A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms — bulges that can cause death or serious injury if they b

Microchip has unveiled two new solutions that look to simplify USB Type-C PD designs by removing the complexity and high costs traditionally associated with implementing USB Type-C in a range of appli

Development distributor, Farnell, is now stocking Kitronik products that includes accessories for micro:bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi that are suitable for educators, students, makers and hobbyists.

The CMOS image sensor market is forecast to continue reaching record-high sales and unit volumes through 2023 with the spread of digital-imaging applications offsetting weakness in the global economy

Mouser Electronics is now stocking Oslon Pure 1010 LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors.

SCHOTT, the international technology group, has unveiled the latest update to its RealView portfolio of high-refractive index glass wafers for Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) devices.

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear signs of superconductivity - the

A new report from Future Market Insights, is predicting that worldwide sales of GaN micro-LED will increase 33% year-over-year to reach $197,000 in 2019, up from $150,000 in 2018.

Harwin has formally opened its Apprentice Training Hub, along with a new state-of-the-art R&D Centre, as part of the company's continued drive to address the skills gap within the engineering

A new coating could make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long lasting, heralding a possible boom in the development of next-generation electric vehicles.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield’s new Energy Institute are set to play a key role in two new initiatives that are removing the barriers to low-carbon transport.

Sigfox, the IoT service provider and global 0G network operator and Alps Alpine, a manufacturer of high-quality electronic products, have signed a Global Alliance Partnership Agreement.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) has filed multiple lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany alleging that semiconductor manufacturing technologies used by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) infringe 16 GF

The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics will be laser printed and made in minutes, according to researchers behind a new e-textile technology.

The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) has announced that it has achieved a breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide (ß-Ga2O3).

Organic electronics company FlexEnable has revealed an ultra-narrow border organic LCD (OLCD) to enable bezel-less displays for notebooks and tablets.

Xilinx, adaptive and intelligent computing specialists, today announced the expansion of its 16 nanometer (nm) Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include the world’s largest Field Programmable Gate Arra

Zuken has launched eCADSTAR, a new internet connected PCB design platform that is said to bring the power of modern EDA software and the flexibility of the internet to the electronics design market.

Qualcomm Incorporated recently announced that LGE has entered into a new direct worldwide patent license agreement with the company.

Micron Technology has unveiled the industry’s highest-capacity monolithic 16Gb low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) DRAM.

Strong demand from cloud service providers (CSPs) is boosting Mellanox’s profile in the Ethernet adapter business, with the company’s market share rising to within 5 percentage points of industry-lead

Concurrent Technologies and Acromag have delivered a single slot, stand-alone I/O controller for 6U VPX deployments.

Mouser is now stocking the QPF4219 front end module (FEM) from Qorvo.

Micron Technology has announced advancements in DRAM scaling, making it the first memory company to begin mass production of 16Gb DDR4 products using 1z nm process technology.

Zuken, a supplier of electrical and electronic design automation solutions, has completed the acquisition of Vitech Corporation following the approval of the US Department of Defense and the Committe

The MCU market is expected to contract by 6% this year, according to semiconductor market analysts, IC Insights. The fall is being attributed to an overall slowdown in electronic systems, a fall off i

Arrow Electronics has announced a series of events that will bring together leading authorities in the design and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI).

Scientists in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick have developed an innovative way to pattern metals which could make the next generation of solar panels more sustainable and chea

Semtech has released a Smart Building Reference Kit, a collection of tools that have been designed to accelerate the development of smart building solutions based on LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN proto

Rutronik is distributing the first Wireless Secure MCUs featuring a comprehensive multi-protocol wireless sub-system.

Everspin Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) persistent memory solutions, has announced an IP cross-licensing agreement with Seagate Technology, a special

There is little doubt that many electronics businesses continue to be uncertain over the notion of IP and what it means to protect it. Busy innovators can obviously be forgiven for focusing their effo

Rice University materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan, has created unique two-dimensional flakes with two distinct materials molybdenum diselenide on one side of a sharp divide with rhenium diselenide o

Engineers at the University of Illinois have found a way to redirect misfit light waves to reduce energy loss during optical data transmission.

Chirp and Arduino have announced the first official integration of data-over-sound on Arduino’s range of boards.

Diodes Inc is set to buy Lite-On Semiconductor of Taiwan in a deal that values the company at over $420m.

Sundance Multiprocessor Technology, a supplier and manufacturer of embedded modules, has launched the Sundance VCS-1, a small, high performance, low power and lightweight embedded processor platform.

Intel in the second quarter maintained its position as the world’s largest semiconductor supplier, although second-placed Samsung closed the gap due to the strong performance of key memory products, a

Conrad Electronic is offering its B2B customers in the areas of maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) the opportunity to source products and services electronically, saving them money, while increas

Semtech and Murata have announced the sampling availability of a new modem based on Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the specialty foundry, has taped-out an Arm-based 3D high-density test chip that will enable improved system performance and power efficiency for computing applications such as AI/ML

Winbond Electronics, a supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, has said that its SpiStack dual-die NOR+NAND code storage product has been included on NXP's FRWY-LS1012A board for use with its

Marvell has announced an expansion of its NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) portfolio.

Molex company Bittware, a supplier of enterprise-class NVMe Storage platforms featuring FPGA technology, has announced a strategic investment and collaboration with Eideticom, a company operating in t

The product design and engineering consultancy, 42 Technology, has announced the world’s first Rust programming language application for a single-chip Internet of Things (IoT) device.

Technology innovator Pliops has conducted the first public demonstration of a new, patent-pending technology that accelerates database storage functions.

Scientists at the University of Leeds have created a new form of gold which is just two atoms thick - the thinnest unsupported gold ever created.

As artificial intelligence (AI) processing moves from the cloud to the edge of the network, battery powered and deeply embedded devices are being increasingly challenged to perform AI functions, like

Xilinx has expanded its Alveo data centre accelerator card portfolio with the launch of the Alveo U50.

CEVA, a licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Immervision.

Everspin Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM), is expanding the ecosystem for its 1 Gb Spin-transfer Torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) with Cadence Design Systems.

MagnaChip Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor products, is now offering 0.35 micron 700V Ultra-High Voltage process technologies (UHV) suitable for di

Microchip Technology has announced an expanded data centre portfolio and its entrance into the memory infrastructure market.

Intel has announced that it is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to provide increased workload acceleration capacity for the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server.

Arrow Electronics has teamed up with ADLINK and Microsoft to launch an IoT solution to help industrial customers reduce costly unplanned production shutdowns by enabling machine condition monitoring.

Huawei Technologies is testing a smartphone equipped with Hongmeng, the company’s own operating system, which could potentially go on sale by the end of this year, according to Chinese state-media out

Smartphone sales will drop 2.5% this year to 1.5 billion units, according to Gartner. However, sales are set to return to growth in 2020, driven by broader availability of 5G models and the promotion

InnoGrit, a US start-up, has developed a set of three controllers for solid-state drives (SSDs), including one for data centres that embeds a neural-network accelerator.

Ranplan Wireless is collaborating with the University of Warwick on a project funded by Innovate UK’s Geospatial Commission to identify wireless blackspots to support the rollout of 5G and help improv

u-blox, a provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies, has acquired Rigado’s Bluetooth modules business in an Asset Purchase Agreement.

MagnaChip Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor products and a specialist in OLED display technology, has surpassed 500 million cumulative shipments of

Zytronic, a supplier of custom designed, durable Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT and MPCT) touch sensors has invested over £350,000 into their Northeast manufacturing site, upgrading both its gla

Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics which could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults,

Cambridge-based Bulgin, a manufacturer of connectors and related components, has been bought by the private equity fund Equistone Partners in a deal that values the business at £105 million.

STMicroelectronics has launched STM32Trust to help guide designers’ efforts to build strong cyber-protection into new IoT devices leveraging industry best-practices.

An EU consortium of businesses and academia have announced a three-year project ELIoT (Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things) with the aim of developing mass market IoT implementations of LiFi.

Microlease, now part of Electro Rent Corporation, a leading supplier and distributor of test equipment and services has made a number of significant investments in test equipment for the emerging 5G m

Agile Analog, a Cambridge-based analogue IP company, has successfully been awarded funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to accelerate their new product development.

Mouser Electronics, has signed a global distribution agreement with Formerica Optoelectronics, a leading provider of optical interconnect solutions.

Alibaba Group’s chip subsidiary, Pingtouge Semiconductor, has announced a RISC-V based processor, the Xuantie 910, that will be used to target infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, and

Rambus, a silicon IP and chip provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northwest Logic, a specialist supplier of memory, PCIe and MIPI digital controllers.

A team of researchers led by Osaka University have been able to demonstrate how information encoded in the circular polarisation of a laser beam can be translated into the spin state of an electron in

Apple has agreed to acquire Intel's 5G modem business in an acquisition that values the business at $1bn and which highlights the company's desire to have more direct control of its supply cha

Power Integrations has announced new members of its InnoSwitch3 families of offline CV/CC flyback switcher ICs. The ICs feature up to 95% efficiency across the full load range and up to 100W in enclos

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has said that is sees 5nm and 7nm demand improving significantly, as worldwide 5G development accelerates.

Vesper, a developer of advanced acoustic sensors, has introduced the VM3000, a piezoelectric MEMS microphone.

Researchers from KAUST have managed to combine sensing, energy-harvesting, current-rectifying and energy-storage functions into a single microchip.

MA Business, publisher of New Electronics and Eureka magazines, is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).

The US private equity firm Advent International has acquired Cobham, the UK aerospace and defence supplier, in a deal that values the UK business at £4bn.

OptimalPlus, a specialist in lifecycle analytics solutions, has launched a new Lifecycle Analytics Solution for Advanced Drivers Assistance System (ADAS) cameras.

In a step toward developing portable scanners that can rapidly measure molecules in pharmaceuticals or classify tissue in patients' skin, researchers have created an imaging system that uses laser

UnitedSiC, a manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, has added two new TO220-3L package options to its growing range of hard-switching UF3C FAST series of 650V SiC FETs.

X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the analogue/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has announced that its high-voltage 180nm CMOS semiconductor process (XH018) is now available for automotive applications via

Mouser Electronics has announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies to distribute its brand of Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies vibration monitoring pro

Distributor, RS Components, is starting to ship the latest version of the MakerBot 3D printer - the MakerBot Method - which has been designed to bridge the gap between industrial and desktop 3D printi

Arrow Electronics has launched the Smart Occupancy and Floor Space Monitoring Solution, an IoT Smart Buildings solution co-created with Rigado and Iconics.

SiTime has unveiled Endura MEMS timing solutions for aerospace and defence applications such as field and satellite communications, precision GNSS, avionics, and space.

Researchers have announced a new material, developed via joint convergence research, that simultaneously possesses high stretchability, high electrical conductivity, and self-healability even after be

XMOS has announced its VocalFusion development kit for Amazon AVS, a far-field 2-mic solution optimised for smart TVs and set-top boxes.

Electrical engineers from the University of Illinois are using beta-gallium to fabricate high-power semiconductors. Beta-gallium oxide is readily available and promises to convert power faster and mor

u-blox, a provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and Arvento Mobile Systems, a specialist in vehicle telematics and fleet management technology, are launching launch a new imt

Arm has announced that it is expanding the ways existing and new partners will be able to access and license its technology for semiconductor design.

Researchers of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), from the Nanophotonic Technology Centre (NTC), have designed new silicon nanoantennas with direct applications in communication and data pr

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $429 billion in 2019, which would represent a decline of 9.6% from $475 billion in 2018, according to new market report from Gartner.

Kontron S&T AG, a subsidiary of S&T AG and a provider of IoT and embedded computing technology (ECT), has signed a deal with Fujitsu Technology Solutions, to acquire the Augsburg-based Fujitsu

Anglia has added a comprehensive range of battery chargers and power supplies to its product line up following its appointment as UK and Ireland distributor by leading Norwegian manufacturer Mascot.

CEVA, a leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors is acquiring Hillcrest Laboratories from InterDigital. Hillcrest Labs is a global supplier of software an

Cadence Design Systems has unveiled Conformal Litmus, a next-generation solution that provides constraints signoff and clock domain crossing (CDC) signoff.

Vox Power and Digi-Key Electronics have announced a distribution agreement that will provide worldwide, 24-hour availability of innovative configurable power supply solutions.

Robots and prosthetic devices may soon have a sense of touch equivalent to, or better than, human skin as a result of Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES), which is an artificial nervous system.