International fibre laser maker IPG Photonics is to spend £15m building a UK headquarters in Coventry. To open before next year on a 1.7ha site in Coventry’s Ansty Park, according to the West Midlands Growth Company (see below), it will create 30 jobs in electronic and mechanical production, robotics and laser processing. “IPG Photonics is ...
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Lattice is focusing on system security with small FPGAs that have their own root-of-trust alongside other security features that can protect processors, GPUs, other FPGAs, and their associated memories. “This is the first small FPGA designed to be compliant to SP 800-193 – as a chip, and enabling our customers to build compliant products,” said Lattice ...
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The University of Tokyo has created a thermo-mechanical micromachine that can sense terahertz electromagnetic radiation, without the need for cryogenic cooling. THz cameras is a possible application. The device is a beam suspended across a gap, coated with a resistive nickel-chromium (NiCr) film. The film absorbs THz radiation, that transfers as heat to the beam, ...
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Renesas has added a hardware motor control accelerator to 32bit microcontrollers that already achieve a 1,160 CoreMark from EEMBC – the highest score for a 5V MCU operating at 200MHz, claims Renesas. Within the RX72T group, as the chips will be known, the accelerator enableshigh-speed position control and speed control calculations required for implementing servo ...
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TSMC has certified a suite of Mentor Calibre nmPlatform design tools for its 5nm finfet process, including nmDRC, nmLVS, YieldEnhancer, PERC (pictured) and Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform software. “For example, Calibre PERC reliability verification solution on TSMC’s 5nm FinFET technology is engineered to help enhance product reliability by making leakage checks available for full chip designs,” said ...
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Infineon is claiming efficiency and audio quality benefits for multi-level Class-D audio amplification. Branding its multi-level products Merus, “Infineon is the first company to apply multi-level switching technology to class D audio amplifier products, improving amplifier parameters compared to traditional class D amplifiers – power consumption, solution size, audio performance, electromagnetic interference, and BOM cost, it said. ...
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Devon-based LED maker Plessey has announced a display device design and long-term supply agreement with smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) company Vuzix. It will support the development and production of AR products that combine Plessey’s “micro-LED light source technology”, according to Plessey, with Vuzix’ expertise and intellectual property in smart glasses and essential optics ...
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Rohde & Schwarz has been chosen to supply test equipment for the newly refurbished electronic engineering teaching laboratory at the University of Essex. “We have made a considerable investment in our main teaching laboratory and created a facility that we are truly proud of, which fully meets the expectations of our new cohorts of students,” ...
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Plessey has revealed its first GaN-on-silicon HD monolithic micro-LED with an active silicon backplane. “This is a momentous milestone in the development of our monolithic micro-LED display technology,” said Plessey director of epitaxy Dr Wei Sin Tan. “To the best of our knowledge this is truly a world first, and we are extremely proud of ...
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Artificial intelligence has allowed a hummingbird-inspired robot to manoeuvre like the real thing, according to Purdue University, which is searching for a way to make smaller drones. Due to the way conventional aerodynamics work, according to the university, drones can’t be made infinitely smaller as they can’t generate enough lift to support their weight – but ...
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