European board maker MikroE has launched a Click board for long distance bi-directional 915MHz LoraWAN data communications in the US.The LR 11 Click board uses Ezurio’s 453-00139R LoraWAN module which integrates the Silicon Labs EFR32 SoC and the Semtech SX1262 radio. It...
Published on: October 22, 2024
Renesas Electronics has launched two microcontroller families with a focus on low power operation for consumer designs.The 64MHz RX261 and RX260 microcontroller (MCU) groups have a power efficiency of 69μA/MHz during active operation and 1μA in standby mode. They also enable designers...
Published on: October 22, 2024
Quantum Dice Ltd., a pioneer of quantum random number generator (QRNG) technology, has signed a cooperation agreement with SCI Semiconductor Ltd. (Cambridge, England), a developer of secure semiconductor systems.Quantum Dice is a 2020 spin-out from the University of Oxford while SCI Semiconductor...
Published on: October 22, 2024
Global shipments of silicon wafers are set to decline in 2024 before a strong rebound in 2025, according to industry organization SEMI.Global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to decline 2 percent in 2024 to 12,174 million square inches (MSI) with 10...
Published on: October 22, 2024
German processor designer Codasip has donated its newly developed RISC-V Software Development Kit (SDK) for CHERI to the community-interest organization CHERI AllianceThe Alliance is making the SDK freely available for download on GitHub to provide open access to the complete SDK with Linux...
Published on: October 22, 2024
RISC-V chip developer SiFive is shipping a development board based on its P550 core.The Premier P550 board marks a fundamental shift in the RISC-V board strategy by the company with a new partnership programme.The Premier P550 uses a quad core 1.4GHz RISC-V...
Published on: October 21, 2024
The US government is backing Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) with a $325m grant to expand local production of ultra-pure polysilicon.Founded in 1961 in Michigan, HSC is the only US-based manufacturer of hyper-pure polysilicon and is one of just five companies in the world...
Published on: October 21, 2024
Winner of the contest will receive €50,000 in services from the ecosystem, backed by a €60 million startup fund – The engineering contest is a global competition for innovative ideas for PIC-based solutions that address some of the world’s most pressing societal...
Published on: October 21, 2024
Researchers at Delft University of Technology and MIT have developed a novel 3D printing technique called Speed-Modulated Ironing, enabling high-resolution surface textures and colour gradients using just a single materialMaterial extrusion 3D printing is being used for an increasingly wide range of...
Published on: October 21, 2024
Kioxia is showing several emerging memory technologies it is developing at the IEDM 2024 conference in December.The emerging memory technologies include a new type of DRAM using oxide semiconductors with a focus on reducing power consumption, MRAM suitable for larger capacities for...
Published on: October 21, 2024