The UK government’s $500 million bid for the OneWeb satellite constellation, made with Bharti Enterprises, has won the auction for the system in New York. Bharti is also putting in $500 million. The UK will take a 45% stake in OneWeb. The government hopes that the constellation will provide both broadband access and GPS services. However ...
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The new law imposed by China on Hong Kong and the subsequent withdrawal of the US preferential treatment for Hong Kong could affect the semiconductor supply chain as where it passes through Hong Kong, says TrendForce. Hong Kong is a big warehousing location for semiconductor manufacturers and distributors. The US government’s action is aimed at ...
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Raspberry Pi is adopting the OpenVX 1.3 API to improve computer vision. The open and royalty-free API comes from the Khronos Group whose members include AMD, Apple, Arm, Epic Games, Google, Samsung, Intel, Nvidia, Boeing and IKEA. “The Khronos Group and Raspberry Pi have come together to work on an open-source implementation of OpenVX 1.3, ...
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e-peas, the energy harvesting specialist, has completed a €8 million funding round. The company has raised an additional €8 million worth of investment from Partech and Airbus Ventures, with KBC Focus Fund, W.IN.G, Noshaq Ventures, LeanSquare, Nivelinvest and Vives also contributing. The money will be used to accelerate the introduction of new products and intensify ...
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Semcon of Sweden is deepening its collaboration with fuel cell manufacturer PowerCell by developing a new robotic cell with the use of vision technology that will streamline the production of hydrogen fuel cells for vehicles. The fuel cells use hydrogen to produce electricity and heat, with emissions of only water. Semcon has been engaged to ...
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Saelig has introduced the Cambrionix ThunderSync3-16, a rackmount or desktop charger which provides 16 x USB 3.2 ports and two Thunderbolt 3 host connection, capable of transfer speeds of up to 40Gbits/s. For data transfer, the ThunderSync3-16 delivers the maximum rate possible. Connect 16 x USB 3.2 devices and each port will deliver 5Gbps. Connect USB ...
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The newest member of the RE01 Group lineup is a 256 kilobytes (KB) flash memory variant in addition to the 1.5 megabytes (MB) flash memory embedded controller, already in mass production. Featuring a minimum 3.16 mm × 2.88 mm package size, the new embedded controller is optimized for use in more compact product designs in ...
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The market for SiC and GaN power semiconductors is forecast to pass $1 billion in 2021, driven by demand from EVs, power supplies and photovoltaic inverters, according to Omdia. Worldwide revenue from sales of SiC and GaN power semiconductors is projected to rise to $854 million by the end of 2020, up from $571 million ...
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Versarien the Cheltenham advanced materials engineering group, has received a £5 million loan from Innovate UK Loans Limited. Innovate UK has been running an extended pilot innovation loans programme over the past three years with £75 million committed to the scheme with normal loan amounts of up to £1million. The innovation loans are targeted at UK small ...
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Samsung supplied half the memories in smartphones in Q1, reports Strategy Analytics. Figure 1. Smartphone Memory DRAM Market Revenue Share Q1 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire) Samsung, Hynix and Micron took almost 84% of the revenue from smartphone memory market in Q1 2020. Samsung had 44% of the NAND revenues from smartphones followed by Kioxia with 21% ...
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