Intel seems to be up to something pretty major. It  hints at huge future plans while pursuing ambitious current initiatives. At the Munich car show in September CEO Pat Gelsinger dropped the idea of a multi-fab campus in Europe with a projected ten year price tag of $95 billion with the site to be announced …

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Seraphim, a London-based investment group that has a focus on the Space sector, has announced a $25 million investment into Isotropic Systems. The UK company, which is based in Reading, is a developer of broadband terminal technologies for satellite communications. Its flat panel antennas will be capable of creating a mesh network by simultaneously connecting …

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The Lattice  mVision stack now supports 4K video data processing and LPDDR4 memory to deliver higher quality image signal processing (ISP) performance. Highlights of the Lattice mVision solution stack version 2.1 include: Expanded support capabilities – the stack’s expanded capabilities include support for the LPDDR4 DRAM memory standard. With up to eight programmable SERDES lanes …

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GaN Systems  has introduced a 3kW Bridgeless Totem Pole (BTP) PFC + LLC Resonant Converter Power Supply Unit (PSU) that exceeds the 80 PLUS Titanium standard. Switching from silicon-based PSUs to GaN-based PSUs reduces CO2 emissions on a set of 10 datacentre racks by 100 metric tons per year, says GaN Systems  and financially, GaN-based PSUs …

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The UK government has published what it describes as the UK’s first National Space Strategy. A joint initiative by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Ministry of Defence, it’s intended to outline a “national vision” to grow the UK’s space sector. For context, it points out that the global space …

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Imec is co-developing with Swiss medtech specialist NeuroGyn an implantable device for peripheral nerve stimulation. NeuroGyn specialises in neurostimulaton and surgical solutions for pelvic nerve disorders. Leveraging Imec’s expertise in ultra-low power wireless communication and powering, the new implant aims at prolonging the lifetime of the device while lowering its cost, making it suitable at …

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SiPearl, the company designing the microprocessor for European exascale supercomputers, has opened a design center in Grenoble with the goal of recruiting 50 engineers on site by the end of 2022. Following Maisons-Laffitte, Duisburg, Barcelona and Sophia Antipolis, SiPearl’s Grenoble site is an important recruitment pool for semiconductor technologies and HPC. “It was obvious that …

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Woven Planet, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Toyota, has bought automotive OS developer Renovo Motors of Campbell, California. Renovo’s software will advance Woven Planet’s development of  programmable vehicles. The acquisition will add depth to Woven Planet’s resources, particularly for Arene, Woven Planet’s open vehicle development platform, by: bolstering their team with top-tier engineers who have …

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Believed to be the first electromigration/voltage drop (EM/IR) tool for both analogue and digital methodologies, mPower has been released by Siemens Digital Industries. The tool marks Siemens’ entry into the IC power analysis market, capable of power integrity analysis for analogue, digital and mixed-signal IC designs. It is also scalable and uses industry standard inputs …

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Compact, DIN rail mounting ac/dc converters from Mornsun are energy efficient and offer superior EMC performance, says Relec Electronics, which has added the LIF Series to its line card. The LIF120 R2, LIF240 R2 and LIF480 R2 are all IEC/EN/UL62368, UL61010, UL508-approved, which means they are suitable for use worldwide. They have a universal input range …

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