Crash coming this year or next

If the crash doesn’t come this year, it will come next year, warned Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons (pictured) at IFS2022. “Enjoy the Super-Cycle,” urged Penn, “if It lasts through 2022 it will crash in 2023. Capex expansion bragging rights are now out of control (Especially Intel, plus Samsung, SK-Hynix & TSMC all talking ...

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Rosalind Franklin Mars rover drives ahead for September launch

The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover system has passed its latest tests, ahead of its planned September launch in Kazakhstan, the UK Space Agency has highlighted. The technology – the rover is currently in an ultra-clean room at the Thales Alenia Space premises in Turin, along with its Mars-bound companion, the Kazachok landing platform – has ...

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Magnachip upgrades LV MOSFETs

Magnachip’s upgraded LV MOSFETs have lower Rss(on) aimed at battery PCMs in smartphones. Magnachip developed the devices with advanced overvoltage and overcurrent protection features to extend battery life and reduce overheating issues Magnachip began mass production of this new 6.5th generation product last month. The Rss(on) of this new 6.5G product is 20% lower than ...

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Touchscreens tile with tiny borders for video walls

Tyne & Wear touch screen company Zytronic has developed a touch sensor with an ultra-narrow border  – between 3mm and zero. “Designed to mirror the narrowest bezel video wall monitors, the glass sensors create a sleek appearance by using the maximum display area,” according to the company. “The sensors can be linked when used with the ...

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Pickering reed relays stand-off 4kV

Essex-based Pickering Electronics has introduced versions of its Series 104 reed relays that can stand-off 4kVdc – 1kVdc higher than earlier versions. “The higher stand-off voltage allows for an increase in the equipment specification,” said Pickering technical specialist Kevin Mallett. ““It also means an increased high voltage protection margin for extra safety and security.” While ...

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Cat 1 LTE modules offer worldwide data coverage

U-blox has announced two LTE Cat 1 module series offering multi-regional data coverage. “The modules offer device makers facing imminent 2G and 3G network sunsets a migration path to 4G technology for data streaming applications,” according to the Swiss company. “Additionally they offer MQTT Anywhere and MQTT Flex connectivity via u-blox’s Thingstream platform out of ...

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Design revenues grew 17.1% in 2021

Revenues of the Electronic System Design (ESD) industry increased 17.1% year-over-year from $2,953.9 million to $3,458.1 million in Q3 2021, says the ESD Alliance. The companies tracked in the EDMD report employed 51,182 people globally in Q3 2021, an 8.7% increase over the Q3 2020 headcount of 47,087 and up 2.4% compared to Q2 2021.“m ...

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Accelerometers for space applications

Silicon Designs has launched   a family of miniature, radiation-tested, tactical-grade MEMS inertial accelerometers. Offered in three standard full-scale acceleration ranges, of ±10 g, ±25 g, and ±50 g, respectively, the Model 1527 Series is expressly designed to support a variety of critical space electronics testing requirements, including those of spacecraft, satellites, and CubeSats. In ...

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