Virgin Orbit successfully completed its third mission at the end of last week, launching several satellites into orbit from beneath the wing of a modified Boeing 747 in California. The significance for the UK, beyond the good news for Glasgow-based Spire Global which had one of the seven satellites in the payload (its ADLER-1), is that ...
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Imprint Energy has launched the latest generation of its zinc-based battery technology, ZinCore. “ZinCore’s power density and thin, flexible, customizable design will power innovation and new connectivity,” says CEO Christine Ho. The batteries provide 10X more power in the same volume than Imprint’s previous zinc-based battery, ZincPoly. They are 1.0 mm wide with a bending diameter of ...
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Audi RS Q e-tron is a fuel-electric series hybrid made for the Dakar cross-desert race, which finishes today. In series hybrids, all drive is via electricity, there is no rotating mechanical link between heat engine and wheels. Just like a diesel-electric railway train, the intervening electric drive allows the fuel engine to run continuously at ...
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Researchers at Austrian university TU Wien (Vienna) have created a simple and compact source of terahertz radiation, claiming that radiates significantly more power than similar devices: 10μW at its 525GHz fundamental and 70μW at 330GHz. There are various ways to generate terahertz waves. TU Wien lists cryogenic quantum cascade lasers for high intensities, or down-conversion ...
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Rated at up to 36A, and with a 30.5 x 16mm footprint and 20.5mm (plus pins) height, G6QE is Omron’s latest electric vehicle charging safety shut-down relay. “With a switching current of 36A at 250Vac, 10,000 switching operations are possible, and with 30A at 250Vac even 100,000,” according to distributor Rutronik, which is stocking the parts. ...
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The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) stated CES 2022 live attendance was over 45,000 people, about a quarter of the over 175,000 attendees at the last live event, CES 2020, reports Semiconductor Intelligence. Over 2300 companies exhibited at CES 2022, about half the 4500 companies at CES 2020. We at Semiconductor Intelligence elected to attend CES ...
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Astroscale U.S. has joined in partnership with Orbit Fab – the “Gas Stations in Space” refueling service provider – to provide on-orbit refueling services to Astroscales’s spacecraft. Specifically, it will be for Astroscales’s LEXI (life extensions in-orbit) Servicer operating in geostationary orbit (GEO), which was designed to be refueled in space. Under the terms of ...
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Toshiba is sampling an Ethernet bridge IC – the TC9563XBG – for use in automotive zonal-architecture, infotainment, telematics or gateways as well as industrial equipment. Volume production is planned for April. The new bridge IC incorporates two 10 Gbps Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) supporting a number of interfaces including USXGMII, XFI, SGMII, and RGMII. ...
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Electroninks has added gold and platinum particle-free conductive inks to its silver and copper inks. Chemically-resistant, the printed metal structures can be used as conductive tracks and contacts in high-temperature electronics in consumer and medical devices, sensors and semiconductors, according to the company. It claims 6μΩ.cm for the gold version and 40 – 120Ω/square for ...
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TSMC has set a 2022 capex budget of $40-44 billion as it expects Q1 sales of $16.6 billion to $17.2 billion and growth for the year of 15-20%. The capex target is at least $10 billion more than kast year from last year and 43% higher than Intel’s $25 billion to $28 billion. The company ...
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