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Critical gaps show in electronics industry ethics

Critical gaps show in electronics industry ethics

Ethics in Electronics (EiE) has found significant transparency gaps in the ethical policies of electronics companies, with little advancement in the last two years.EiE researches the ethical, sustainability and governance (ESG) policies of electronics companies at the electronica exhibition every two years...

Published on: November 12, 2024

6nm AMD Versal FPGA boosts bandwidth

6nm AMD Versal FPGA boosts bandwidth

AMD is launching its second generation of Versal FPGA with double the bandwidth and CXL memory support.The gen 2 Versal Premium is a monolithic device built on a 6nm process for aerospace and defence, test and measurement and telecoms applications as well...

Published on: November 12, 2024

CHERI builds global chip security alliance

CHERI builds global chip security alliance

The CHERI Alliance has officially launched with support from Google and global companies to drive a memory-safe chip architecture.The Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) Alliance, based in Cambridge, UK, is expanding with global founding members after showing variants using both ARM...

Published on: November 12, 2024

Nordic cuts 8 percent of staff, cancels Novelda acquisition

Nordic cuts 8 percent of staff, cancels Novelda acquisition

Wireless communications chip company Nordic Semicoductor ASA has announced that it is laying off approximately 8 percent of its total workforce or about 120 people.The company has also reportedly decided to cancel the planned acquisition of Novelda (see Nordic agrees to buy...

Published on: November 12, 2024

Infineon piles on European gloom with weak outlook for 2025

Infineon piles on European gloom with weak outlook for 2025

Infineon Technology AG (Munich, Germany) cast gloom on the Electronica trade show opening in its home town with a downbeat forecast for 2025 as it reported a loss the fourth quarter of its fiscal year.“Currently, there is hardly any growth momentum in...

Published on: November 12, 2024

Custom flat cable for sliding equipment

Custom flat cable for sliding equipment

Junkosha in Japan is showing a flat cable assembly for sliding equipment in semiconductor manufacturing applications for the first time in Europe.The EPTFE Flat Cable designed for critical components in manufacturing and inspection equipment where high-flex cycles, clean manufacturing and long-lasting reliability...

Published on: November 12, 2024

High-quality nanomechanical resonators with built-in piezoelectricity

High-quality nanomechanical resonators with built-in piezoelectricity

This development could open doors to new possibilities in quantum sensing technologiesMechanical resonators have been used for centuries for a multitude of applications. A key aspect of these devices is their ability to vibrate at specific frequencies. A well-known example is the...

Published on: November 12, 2024

Weather radiosonde can find its way back

Weather radiosonde can find its way back

A new type of radiosonde that can automatically fly back to a predetermined spotIt’s standard practice in many countries to launch radiosondes carried by weather balloons twice a day. These instruments climb for two hours towards the stratosphere, collecting data on wind...

Published on: November 12, 2024

MintNeuro raises £1m for brain implant

MintNeuro raises £1m for brain implant

MintNeuro has raised £1m (€1.2m $1.3m) venture funding for its semiconductor-based brain implant.MintNeuro uses a reconfigurable chip, described as smaller than a peppercorn, rather than graphene to make neural implants in the brain smaller, more efficient, and scalable. With over £14m in...

Published on: November 12, 2024

€10m project eyes 100 qubit diamond quantum computer

€10m project eyes 100 qubit diamond quantum computer

A €10m consortium funded by the European Commission and supported by the Quantum Flagship is using diamond and silicon carbide to build quantum computers and quantum simulators that can run at room temperatureThe SPINUS project is developing quantum simulators with more than...

Published on: November 12, 2024