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German distribution market plummets 35% in Q4
The German component distribution market fell a dramatic 35% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to trade group FBDi.Incoming orders are not providing any stimulus and the outlook remains subdued until mid-2025 says the group.Europe vulnerable in chip downturnTurnover for the...
No code IoT platform for COM modules
congatec in Germany has developed an off the shelf set of hardware and software modules to simplify the development of end-to-end applications in the Internet of Things (IoT).aReady.IoT is an expansion of the company’s aReady.COM computer on module (COM) offering launched in...
CEO interview: Walter Goodwin, Fractile
UK chip designer Fractile is on the way to producing AI chips for datacentres. The company is developing an in-memory compute (IMC) architecture for AI inference in the datacentre with RISC-V technology and SRAM memory and is taping out test chips from...
Dial ‘M’ for Moon – Nokia’s cellular network at the Moon’s south pole
Nokia Bell Labs will deploy the first cellular 4G/LTE network on the Moon’s South Pole during Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission scheduled for this yearWhile the mission is complex, the goal is simple. Nokia intends to prove that terrestrial cellular technologies that connect...
Excess inventory hits Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs has been hit by the downturn in the industry with a fall of 29% in 2024 to $584m, down from $782m in 2023. This was down to excess inventory at customers that are slowly easing, and is taking a cautious view...
Dial ‘M’ for Moon – Nokia’s cellular network on the moon’s South Pole
Nokia Bell Labs will deploy the first cellular 4G/LTE network on the Moon’s South Pole during Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission scheduled for this yearWhile the mission is complex, the goal is simple. Nokia intends to prove that terrestrial cellular technologies that connect...
Universal Verification Methodology for Mixed-Signal designs approved
The Accellera Systems Initiative has approved the Universal Verification Methodology for Mixed-Signal (UVM-MS) 1.0 standard and made it available to download free of charge (see link below). The UVM-MS 1.0 standard is a comprehensive and unified analog/mixed-signal (AMS) verification methodology based on the...
Tennant brings its robotics manufacturing back to Europe
The prospects of tariffs and a US-EU trade war has prompted a US robotics manufacturer to set up manufacturing in the Netherlands.Tennant, based in Minnesota, US, is to build its T16AMR autonomous cleaning robots at a new factory in Uden, Netherlands, for...
Samsung hosts OpenAI, Softbank CEOs to discuss AI alliance
Lee Jae-yong, the chair of Samsung Electronics, has hosted a meeting with Sam Altman and Masayoshi Son, the CEOs of OpenAI and SoftBank Group respectively, in Seoul, Korea.The three leaders met in Samsung’s Seocho office building to discuss plans for a Korea-US-Japan...
Small area lamp boosts high speed adhesive curing
DELO Industrial Adhesives has developed a curing lamp with a higher peak intensity with improved homogeneity for LED packages and automotive packages.The Delolux 30 is the replacement for the Delolux 80 series of curing lamps with a higher peak intensity of up...
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