Our choices include the University of Glasgow researching compostable circuit boards, Malcolm Penn having positive news on the semiconductor market, and tough times in Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain…

Only 30% of nearly 4,500 CEOs surveyed worldwide say they are currently very confident in their company’s growth prospects, according to PwC’s Global CEO Survey. Looking ahead to the next …

UK Space Agency (UKSA) funding is supporting a £20 million space innovation hub – the Westcott Space Hub – which has officially opened in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The R&D hub aims …

Toshiba has launched the TB67S579FTG, a stepper motor driver IC featuring Advanced Microstep Technology. This two-phase, bipolar stepper motor driver employs a constant current control method. Target applications include office …

Melexis has announced the MLX90520 – a reference inductive encoder IC with 22-bit resolution for rotary & linear movement. The MLX90520 fulfills the demand for high-accuracy, cost-effective position sensing in …

ROHM has developed the “UCR10C Series” which claims to deliver the industry’s highest rated power for 2012-size shunt resistors (10mΩ to 100mΩ). The devices form a copper-based resistive element on …

Fewer than 20 companies will be in production of humanoid robots in 2028, says Gartner, and less than 100 companies will progress beyond experimentation The five likely leaders are Unitree, …

The Nikkei is carrying an interesting piece about how TSMC, UMC and ASE are diversifying their supply chains locally. “For a small company, entering the chipmaking materials business is as …

Q5D, a manufacturer of robotic cells for product electrification, has introduced a laser-assisted selective metallisation process that enables high-precision, high-speed creation of conductive tracks onto large, complex three-dimensional (3D) substrates. …

Panasonic Industry has announced its latest PIR (passive infrared) motion detector, a Flat Wide Detection Type (12 lens) sensor. It includes PaPIRs+ (Panasonic Passive Infrared Sensors+), the next-generation of Panasonic …