2,000 cable harnesses turned around in a week

Kent-based cable loom maker Convert has just turned around and delivered 2,000 harnesses within a week of taking the enquiry. “Texecom’s original supplier had let them down and they were on a very tight deadline for their customer,” according to Convert. “They put a call into Convert on the Wednesday, and Convert began sourcing materials and ...

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CSL’s new-build Derbyshire HQ is six times larger

Automation company Conveyor Systems (CSL) is relocating to a purpose-built headquarters in Swadlincote, Derbyshire. “The new office is six times the size of the previous premises. The move was necessitated by year-on-year growth as CSL has become a major conveyor systems integrator and supplier, handling multi-million-pound projects,” said the company. “The entire building is naturally ...

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Navitas demonstrates 3,200W from a half litre CRPS power supply

Navitas is claiming it can deliver 3,200W from a 40 x 73.5 x 185mm (544cm3) data centre power supply, which is 5.9W/cm3 and almost 100W/in3. Called CRPS185, it has a 1U CRPS (common redundant power supply) form-factor. Inside, the architecture starts with an interleaved CCM (continuous conduction mode) PFC (power factor corrector) and continues into ...

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Halio adds 208Top/s PCIe processor board, and entry-level AI IC

AI chip maker Hailo has introduced a 208Top/s PCIe processor card for implementing neural networks, and an entry-level version of its Halio-8 IC. The PCIe cards, called ‘Hailo-8 Century’, execute at 400frame/s/W on the ResNet50 benchmark model, said the company, and the highest-performance version can run the same benchmark at 10,000frame/s. Versions start at 52Top/s, ...

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Slowdown arrives for Europe’s IPE components

The latest report from DMASS Europe delivers confirmation that the inevitable slowdown after a overheated market has arrived for the IPE (interconnect, passive and electromechanical) component sector, although semiconductors are still thriving. In Q2, the IPE sector dropped 7% to €1.56bn although the broader European components distribution market grew by 10% while the semiconductor sector ...

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Infineon to invest €5bn over 5 years in Kulim, Malaysia SiC fab

Infineon is to invest €5 billion to expand its 200mm SiC fab in Kulim, Malaysia.The planned expansion is backed by customer commitments covering about €5 billion of new design-wins in automotive and industrial applications as well as about €1 billion in pre-payments. The investment will lead to an annual SiC revenue potential of about €7 billion by ...

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60kV fibre-isolated scope probes work up to 1GHz

Micsig Technology is aiming at mains and high-voltage GaN power supply development with a series of optical fibre isolated oscilloscope probes, with bandwidths up to 1GHz and risetimes down to ≤350ps. This kind of probe has no electrically-conductive path between probe tip and scope. Instead, the scope end of the probe and the probe’s head ...

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First meeting of Semiconductor Advisory Panel today

Today, technology minister Paul Scully will chair the first meeting of the government’s Semiconductor Advisory Panel which has been formed to boost the UK semiconductor sector, harness domestic semiconductor strengths, ensure a secure supply of chips, and protect national security. Co-chairs are Scully and Jalal Bagherli, former Dialog CEO. Members are: ·  Amelia Armour – ...

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Imec processing metal halide perovskites

Due to their extraordinary optical and electronic properties, metal halide perovskites have emerged as highly promising materials for next-generation photovoltaic (PV) cells. This is best illustrated by the rapid improvement in PCE, a performance measure, of perovskite solar cells from <4 percent to >20 percent in a matter of years. However, commercialization of such applications ...

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