Semiconductor M&A slowed significantly in 2017, says IC Insights’ 2018 McClean Report.

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Vicor has introduced its highest current output ZVS buck voltage regulator for 24V/28V applications, providing a regulated 5V output at up to 20A. Packaged within a 10 x 14 x 2.5mm LGA SiP package, the PI3325-00-LGIZ is designed to be pin-compatibility to a 48V input version ZVS buck, the PI3525-00-LGIZ, allowing designs to be ported …

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Closer ties between Britain and France are on the political agenda as both countries look to develop strong positions in new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence. UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Matt Hancock has announced plans for a digital conference to promote closer co-operation with France in the digital economy. The digital …

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Next week at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, French research centre Leti will demonstrate a new curving technology for optical components that widens field of view and compensates for optical aberrations. Called Pixcurve, it is a proof of concept for optical components such as microdisplays, visible imagers and cooled infrared sensors used in mobile …

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MIPS, provider of the eponymous processor architecture and IP cores, is once again in Silicon Valley, following the acquisition of MIPS from Imagination Technologies by Tallwood Venture Capital and Paxion Capital Partners. Tallwood’s managing director, Dado Banatao and Nicholas Brathwaite, founding partner of Riverwood Capital and WRV Capital, will represent Paxion on the board of …

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Our forefathers were not much bothered by government-recommended alcohol units suggests the 18th century The Astronomer’s Drinking Song:   WHOE’ER would search the starry sky, Its secrets to divine, Sir, Should take his glass – I mean, should try A glass or two of wine, Sir. True virtue lies i’ th’ golden mean, And man must …

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Astute Electronics has been designated as an authorised distributor for P-DUKE power components. This will see the distributor supporting P-DUKEíS range of AC/DC PSUís and DC/DC converters in the high-reliability sector. Astute will be providing technical support across the full range of P-DUKE products which includes AC-DC power supplies (open frame, chassis, enclosed and DIN-Rail …

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Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a novel electric propulsion technology for nanorobots. It allows molecular machines to move a hundred thousand times faster than with the biochemical processes used to date. This makes nanobots fast enough to do assembly line work in molecular factories. “By applying electric fields, we can …

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We are very pleased to confirm the place of techUK’s director, Paul Hide, on the EW BrightSparks 2018 selection panel. EW BrightSparks is a programme, run in partnership with RS Components, to highlight talented young electronic engineers in the UK. Paul, you may remember was a mainstay of the panel for the 2017 EW BrightSparks programme. He …

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  On the occasion of its 30th anniversary and the shipment of its four billionth chip, Peregrine Semiconductor has changed its name to pSemi. The Murata company has announced that it will broaden its scope and portfolio to include power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF front end products. “We’ve challenged the …

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