Nisshinbo Micro Devices has developed a dual channel H-bridge driver with a boost converter to drive piezo actuators for camera modules and haptic devices.The ND1130 is built in a BiCMOS process to provide up to 40 V from a single-cell Li-ion battery...
                            
                                Published on: January 31, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            A fashion designer in London has worked with datacentre operator Equinix to create a dress entirely from data cables.Unlike smart wearable materials, the dress uses non-functioning Cat 5 Ethernet cables and optical fibre cables from an Equinix datacentre, crocheted into a dress...
                            
                                Published on: January 31, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US has found cybersecurity vulnerabilities including a backdoor, in a medical patient monitor.The backdoors in the CMS8000 patient monitor and its re-badged version, the Epsimed MN-120,  may put patients at risk after being connected...
                            
                                Published on: January 31, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            In a paper, Engineers from the University of Glasgow have described a new wireless tag that is able to identify objects and measure temperature without relying on integrated circuits.Inexpensive coils and a sensing material made from a form of silicon rubber called...
                            
                                Published on: January 31, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            STMicroelectronics is planning temporary closures of multiple fabs as inventory and weak markets hit its 2024 results.“2024 turned out to be one of the worst years in many decades for the industries we serve, particularly in Industrial and Automotive,” said Jean Marc...
                            
                                Published on: January 31, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            An AI-powered camera monitor system (CMS) from Gauzy in Israel is being deployed by Ford Trucks in the US.The Smart-Vision CMS from Gauzy uses the CV2FS AI SoC, from Ambarella to replace traditional side and/or rearview reflective-glass mirrors with high-resolution cameras mounted...
                            
                                Published on: January 31, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            Keysight Technologies has opened its 6G research and innovation Lab in Spain with the University of Malaga (UMA).The Malaga 6G Research and Innovation lab is an integral part of Keysight’s European infrastructure, working with numerous consortia, industry, and standards bodies.The lab features...
                            
                                Published on: January 30, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            Memory maker Kioxia Inc. is offering its AiSAQ technology as open-source software to the design community claiming it will reduce generative AI’s requirements for DRAM.If the technology is successful it could potentially boost the use of solid-state drives (SSDs) for AI applications...
                            
                                Published on: January 30, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            European chip company STMicroelectronics revealed sales revenue exactly on guidance at $3.32 billion for 4Q24 but said sales will drop by about 27 percent sequentially to about US$2.5 billion in 1Q25.A quarter before the company had said that 2025 would start weakly...
                            
                                Published on: January 30, 2025
                                
                             
                            
                            
                         
                                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            European chip company STMicroelectronics revealed sales revenue exactly on guidance at $3.32 billion for 4Q24 but said sales will drop by about 27 percent sequentially to about US$2.5 billion in 1Q25.A quarter before the company had said that 2025 would start weakly...
                            
                                Published on: January 30, 2025