Maxim has designed a multi-phase dc-dc converter evaluation kit that can deliver 1.8V at over 800A. Called MAX16602CL8EVKIT#, it combines the company’s MAX16602 controller IC with eight MAX20790 smart power-stage ICs. The design is intended to power Intel VR13.HC server CPUs or AI cores from a 12V intermediate bus. “Hyperscale data centre designers grapple with increasing peak ...
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YouTuber Mark Rober recently broke a world record for setting up dominos, using a custom built and programmed autonomous robot called Dominator to place 102,000 of them in just over 24 hours. On completion, the resulting Super Mario mural took only a handful of seconds to collapse once the first row was knocked over. Automatically loaded by ...
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Cincon Electronics of Taiwan is aiming at railway applications with a 20W dc-dc converter that can run from between 10V and 160V. The series is suited for all kinds of voltage parameters in different regions because of its ultra-wide input voltage,” according to the company. “Since rail traffic will be exposed to a harsh environment ...
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Imec and photonics specialist Xanadu have announced a partnership to develop photonic qubits based on SiN waveguides. Xanadu is developing a quantum computer based on photonics. “Xanadu’s ultimate mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere,” says Xanadu founder and CEO Christian Weedbrook, “to do this we have the ambitious ...
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BrainChip has received the first batch of Akida AI chips from its manufacturing run from Socionext America (SNA). The chips were manufactured at TSMC from a production mask set provided in May 2021. This mask set follows the successful production of engineering samples from the Company’s Multi-Project Wafers (MPW), received in August of 2020, and ...
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Cree and ST have extended their SiC 150mm wafer supply deal which is now worth more than $800 million “This latest expansion to our long-term wafer supply agreement with Cree will continue to contribute to the flexibility of our global silicon carbide substrate supply,” says ST CEO Jean-March achery (pictured) “it will continue to contribute ...
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While the comprehensive technical program for the 2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) will be finalized in the fall, the popular IEDM Tutorials and Short Courses are already set. For those who wish to get a jump on learning about the 67th annual IEDM, scheduled for December 11–15, 2021 at the Hilton San Francisco ...
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The South Korean chaebol Hanwha Systems is the latest equity partner within OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, which was bought from bankruptcy by the UK Government and the Indian company Bharti Global for $1 billion in June 2020. Investments have since followed from SoftBank of Japan (also an original investor), EchoStar of ...
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Altium, the PCB software company, the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) and Arduino are getting together to launch the first student electronics design challenge to engage, educate, and enhance PCB design capabilities while engaging with environmental challenges. The Innovation for Environmental Change 2021 International Student Design Competition(#PCBeTheChange) engages student teams to help address common environmental concerns ...
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