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NXP Semiconductors hit by automotive downturn

NXP Semiconductors hit by automotive downturn

NXP Semiconductors has added to the falling results in the wider semiconductor business with full year results down 5% to $12.61bn.The fall reflects the weakness in the global automotive market, and particularly in Europe. Automotive is the largest segment for the company...

Published on: February 04, 2025

Drones and energy harvesting can learn from bat wings

Drones and energy harvesting can learn from bat wings

The air flow around ‘flexible’ bat wings create new insight for more efficient drones and energy harvestingResearchers in the Unsteady Flow Diagnostics Laboratory in EPFL’s School of Engineering set out to study the aerodynamic potential of more flexible wings using an experimental...

Published on: February 03, 2025

Gartner is bullish on AI, sees 12.6% chip market growth in 2025

Gartner is bullish on AI, sees 12.6% chip market growth in 2025

Global semiconductor revenue is set to rise by 12.6 percent in 2025 to US$705 billion, according to Gartner.This will be driven by AI demand and come after a strong 2024 which saw semiconductor revenue at US$626 billion, up 18.1 percent compared to...

Published on: February 03, 2025

Teledyne completes acquisition of UK optical business in $710m deal

Teledyne completes acquisition of UK optical business in $710m deal

Teledyne Technologies has completed the $710m acquisition of select aerospace and defense electronics businesses from Excelitas Technologies in the US.The cash deal includes the optical systems business known under the Qioptiq brand based in Denbighshire, North Wales, UK, as well as the...

Published on: February 03, 2025

Drones and E-harvesting can learn from Bat wings

Drones and E-harvesting can learn from Bat wings

The air flow around Bat ‘flexible’ wings will create new insight for more efficient drones and energy harvestingResearchers in the Unsteady Flow Diagnostics Laboratory in EPFL’s School of Engineering set out to study the aerodynamic potential of more flexible wings using an...

Published on: February 03, 2025

Drones and E-harverting can learn from Bat wings

Drones and E-harverting can learn from Bat wings

The air flow around Bat ‘flexible’ wings will create new insight for more efficient drones and energy harvestingResearchers in the Unsteady Flow Diagnostics Laboratory in EPFL’s School of Engineering set out to study the aerodynamic potential of more flexible wings using an...

Published on: February 03, 2025

Teradyne buys Infineon power semiconductor test team

Teradyne buys Infineon power semiconductor test team

Teradyne is to acquire automated test equipment technology and associated development team from Infineon Technologies.The deal will see Teradyne continue to support Infineon through a service agreement with manufacturing support. Infineon says this also gives ‘enhanced flexibility’ to respond to internal demand...

Published on: February 03, 2025

President Trump re-iterates intention to impose tariffs on chips

President Trump re-iterates intention to impose tariffs on chips

President Trump has repeated that he intends to impose tariffs on semiconductor products, saying they would apply to “chips and things associated with chips.”He spoke to press during a session in the Oval Office on Friday as he signed a number of...

Published on: February 03, 2025

How to prevent drones falling from the sky

How to prevent drones falling from the sky

Drone shows are very impressive to watch, but not always without problems. On YouTube you can find examples of drones, falling from the sky!MIT researchers worked on a training method for ‘multi agent’ systems like drones, robots and self driving cars. In...

Published on: February 03, 2025

Low power spintronic ME-MRAM memory

Low power spintronic ME-MRAM memory

Researchers in Japan have developed a low power magnetic RAM (MRAM) to reduce the energy consumption of memory systems.MRAM is a popular choice for emerging in-memory computing architectures to reduce the power consumption of AI chips for training and for inference, or...

Published on: February 03, 2025