Automotive chip shortage gets worse

Car-makers will lose $210 billion in sales this year because of the chip shortage, according to a report from AlixPartners, who reckon that 7.7 million vehicles will not get built this year because of lack of chips. It is AlixPartners’ third estimate this year. In January, it estimated that lost car sales would be worth $61 billion ...

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NEC and Xilinx hook up for O-RAN RUs

Xilinx and NEC are co-operating on  5G radio units (RUs) for deployment in 2022.  Xilinx will be contributing its 7nm Versal AI Core series devices, which are currently shipping. These latest NEC 5G massive MIMO RUs utilise digital beamforming for more efficient communication and wider bandwidth. Designed to address worldwide markets, NEC RUs will support ...

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Danish drones guide OneWeb’s antenna testing

OneWeb, the satellite company partially owned by the UK government, is using drones to carry out an antenna validation campaign at the Telespazio teleport in Scanzano, Italy. The low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company has turned to QuadSAT, a Danish startup that does the test and measurement of satellite antennas by the use of ...

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NASA selects Aerojet Rocketdyne for Orion spacecraft engine propulsion

NASA has chosen Aerojet Rocketdyne, the aerospace and defence rocket engine manufacturer, to build the primary propulsion element for its Orion spacecraft, the Orion Main Engine (OME). Under the terms of the contract, which runs to April 2032, with a maximum value of $600 million, Aerojet Rocketdyne will deliver up to 20 new OME engines ...

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Prototyping and development boards for NeoMESH networks

NeoCortec, the Copenhagen manufacturer  of  bi-directional wireless mesh network modules, has announced a family of breakout prototyping and development boards that provide a simple and easy way for designers to begin working with NeoMESH, the self-forming wireless mesh network. Designed to operate either as a stand-alone development board, or in Feather Wing mode for compatibility ...

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