News Archive
Recogni’s logrithmic AI backed by Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks Inc. has participated in AI startup Recogni’s US$102 million Series C round of financing co-led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint Ventures.Juniper has said it will collaborate with Recogni, which was founded in 2017 with a mission to create energy-efficient AI...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Partner with us