Skyrora, the Edinburgh rocket company, has completed a successful test firing of the upper stage of its rocket Skyrora XL. The rocket is intended to be a ‘space tug’ that could tow satellites into different orbits, replace old satellites and clean up space junk. Skyrora’s plan is to launch a rocket in 2022/3 which will ...
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TT Electronics today announced a collaboration agreement with Thales to enable future development of operational technology (OT) based cyber security initiatives and research. These programmes will be delivered out of the National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) in Ebbw Vale, South Wales – a project cofounded by the Welsh Government, Thales and University of South Wales. ...
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Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) has launched a new family of 48 V – 6V digital DC-DC power modules for 48 V data centre products using eGaN transistors from Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Corporation. These power modules target applications for high density computing and data centers, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and multi-user gaming. The MPC1100-54-0000 is the ...
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The semiconductor industry grew 7.3% in 2020, reports Gartner, to reach $449.8 billion. “In early 2020, the expectation was that COVID-19 would have a negative impact across all end equipment markets, but the actual effect was more nuanced,” said Gartner vp Andrew Norwood, “automotive, industrial and some areas of the consumer market were hit hard by ...
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Insight SiP, the miniature RF module specialist, has signed a distribution agreement with Steliau Technology, a French distributor of electronic components. The agreement allows Steliau Technology to sell RF modules with integrated antennas and combining several technologies: UWB / BLE and LoRa / BLE. Insight SIP’s multiradio modules allow customers to focus on their core ...
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NASA and JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have confirmed the Japanese will be working on critical life support systems within the Lunar Gateway, the next-generation replacement for the international space station. Under the agreement, Japan will be working on the Gateway’s International Habitation module (I-Hab), which is where the crew will live, work, and ...
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Qualcomm is to buy the two year-old processor IP startup Nuvia for $1.4 billion. Nuvia was founded in 2019 by former Apple and Google executives to design chips for data centres. It raised nearly $300 million in venture capital. Qualcomm says it plans to incorporate Nuvia’s CPUs across its portfolio, using them in smartphones, laptops, ...
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Available from Cambridge-based Components Bureau, the Excelsys CoolX 3000 series by Advanced Energy is packaged in a small form factor (300 x 131 x 120mm), for a smaller footprint in harsh industrial and medical applications. The intelligent, user-configurable modular power supply offers analogue and digital management. It is equipped with up to 24 isolated outputs, ...
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TSMC announced this morning that it is budgeting between $25 billion to $28 billion for capex this year, up from $17.2 billion in 2020. Around 80% of that amount will be allocated to 7nm, 5nm and 3nm processes with 10% going 3D chip-stacking and packaging tech. Most of it will be going to 3nm which is ...
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Xpeng Motors has selected u-blox F9 precision GNSS receiver for its P7 electric car. F9 receives GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou satellite positioning signals and has been incorporated into the vehicle’s Xpilot 3.0 ADAS (driver assistance system) for use in navigation-guided driving, automated parking and autonomous driving. “For instance, once a navigation destination is set ...
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