SK Telecom has opened more TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Center (TEAC) programme applications to attract investors and startups to develop edge-based 5G services. SK Telecom has been operating TEAC in Korea since 2017, while Deutsche Telekom  and BT are operating TEACs in Germany and the UK respectively.  The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing ...

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The SIA has asked Washington for $37 billion for R&D, to build a fab and to provide funds for states wanting to give incentives to get semiconductor investment, according to the Wall Street Journal. The aim is to match China in its state investment in semiconductors. $5 billion of the $37 billion would be spent ...

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Microsoft’s news site is to sack 50 journos and replace them with an AI programme, reports the Seattle Times. The journalists staffed Microsoft’s MSN website and Edge browser. They did not write original stories but made selections of stories from other media. 27 of the journalists were sub-contractors employed by PA Media, formerly the Press ...

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Smiths Interconnect has won a contract from Boeing to design, manufacture and supply bespoke connectors for use aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway. Smiths Interconnect’s docking umbilical connectors will be used to transfer power, signal and communications to different modules on the space station.  “With many phases of the Artemis programme still to come, ...

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Infineon has added a 1700v class to its CoolSiC MOSFET offering. Maximising the physical characteristics of  SiC, this ensures that the  1700 V surface-mounted devices (SMD) offer superior reliability, as well as low switching and conduction losses. The CoolSiC MOSFETs 1700 V are targeting auxiliary power supplies in three-phase conversion systems such as motor drives, ...

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The Oxford Foundry today announces the four solutions it will support on the OXFO COVID-19 Rapid Solutions Builder.  The four solutions are: Healthcare stream.  My110: A saliva-test for COVID-19, which is easier and non-invasive compared with other means of testing. My110 went through Entrepreneur First and the team has deep diagnostics development knowledge, protein chemistry and nanomedicine expertise. ...

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The government has launched a £400,000 funding pot for innovators to design schemes to boost the security of  internet-connected products, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman announced today. The programme aims to support the development of the market of assurance schemes for the IoT. Assurance schemes demonstrate that a device has undergone independent testing or a robust ...

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