Entries by admin

Desktop Metal to go public via reverse merger with a SPAC

Burlington-based Desktop Metal Inc. is the latest Massachusetts company to go public this year thanks to an accelerated procedure called a reverse merger.Not including more than a dozen life sciences IPOs this year, Desktop Metal is the fourth Massachusetts company to go public this year. Non-biotech companies that went public this year include daily fantasy […]

Minority-Owned Suppliers are Faring Well in 2020 

New study reveals minority-owned suppliers are showing greater financial stability and resiliency than non-minority owned businesses during the global pandemic. Source: Survey Says: Minority-Owned Suppliers are Faring Well in 2020 | Source Today

Korean Military to Buy 40 More Fighter Jets from U.S.

SEOUL — Korea will double the number of F-35 stealth fighter jets it will buy from the United States, including variants that will operate on the country’s first aircraft carrier, according to military sources. Source: Korean Military to Buy 40 More Fighter Jets from U.S. (excerpt)

Thermo Fisher’s COVID-19 Test Could Have Inaccurate Results

FDA warned earlier this week that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s TaqPath test could have a risk of false results. This follows the Waltham, MA-based company exiting its bid to acquire Qiagen for $12.5 billion. Source: Thermo Fisher’s COVID-19 Test Could Have Inaccurate Results

CDE Expands its High-Energy Storage, Pulse-Discharge Film Capacitors

CDE Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. announces a major product expansion of standard and custom high energy storage, pulse-discharge capacitors. These are specialized devices, designed for applications requiring repetitive high energy and high voltage charge/discharge cycles. Source: CDE Expands its High-Energy Storage, Pulse-Discharge Film Capacitors

Combining Capacitors and Inductors in a Single Component 

Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have devised a method of combining capacitors and inductors in a tiny, 3D rolled membrane. This will save space in the electronic filters found in phones and other wireless devices. They eliminate or enhance specific input signals to get the best output signals. While essential, these filters take […]

Survey in 3D Electronics Alternative to PCBs 

Mention an electronic circuit and you are likely to picture a printed circuit board (PCB): a rigid rectangle in a characteristic green color with copper lines and a bewildering array of components soldered onto it. But does adding electronic functionality means using a PCB and thus requires shoehorning a rigid rectangle into the product? Source: […]

Researchers Demonstrated Ultrahigh Energy Density Ceramic Capacitor 

By introducing defects to a common ceramic material, Berkeley Lab researchers create a highly efficient capacitor with dramatically increased energy density. Source: Researchers Demonstrated Ultrahigh Energy Density Ceramic Capacitor – Passive Components Blog

Homodeus Awaits COVID Home Testing Approval

Many of us have seen and even felt what it’s like to have a test for COVID-19. One Connecticut medical science company saw the national struggle to make tests available, so they took on the challenge. Source: Guilford Company Awaits COVID Home Testing Approval

Memory pricing downward pressure to extend to 1H21

Oversupply in the memory market is likely to extend downward pricing pressure to the first half of 2021. Memory prices are expected to drop 10% in fourth-quarter 2020. Although demnd for memory products from the PC sector may be flat in fourth-quarter 2020, notebook brand vendors are all-out trying to secure shipments from ODMs to […]

Acacia sampling 100G QSFP-DD coherent pluggable module

Acacia Communications Inc of Maynard, MA, USA (which develops and manufactures high-speed coherent optical interconnect products) is sampling new 100G coherent pluggable solutions specifically designed for optimization in edge and access applications with unamplified links up to 120km. Source: Acacia sampling 100G QSFP-DD coherent pluggable module