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Why Automakers Remain in a Chip Shortage

Amidst reports of semiconductor inventories building in the supply chain, the automotive industry remains hampered by the chip shortage. Carmakers’ demand for electronics continues to skyrocket, according to McKinsey & Co., but the auto industry’s reliance on 90 nanometer chips will keep supply and demand out of balance for some time. Most future automotive-wafer demand […]

Update: Leonardo flies first production standard AW609 tiltrotor

Leonardo has flown a production standard AW609 tiltrotor for the first time, the company announced on 19 November. The milestone took place on 13 October at the company’s Philadelphia production facility in the US, and saw aircraft AC5 perform an initial in-flight evaluation of its systems and general handling. As noted by Leonardo, AC5 will […]

Lockheed Martin to deliver 3 Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis moon missions 

Lockheed Martin is under contract to deliver three Orion spacecraft to NASA for its Artemis VI-VIII moon exploration missions. The firm is the prime contractor for the Orion program and completed two Orion vehicles, one of which is Artemis I – currently weeks away from its launch to the moon. Source: Lockheed Martin to deliver […]

Starry to cut half of its workforce, start hiring freeze 

Starry Inc. is the latest tech company in the Boston area to lay off workers in an effort to save capital. The Boston Internet provider startup (NYSE: STRY) said on Thursday it is laying off approximately 50% of its workforce. Source: Starry layoffs 2022: Company to cut half of its workforce, start hiring freeze – […]

Creating a Reliable National Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles 

Electric vehicle (EV) owners may love their cars, but they don’t always like the state of the infrastructure needed to keep those sustainable vehicles charged up and on the road. In the San Francisco Bay area alone—a region where one would assume there are a high number of EVs and an equally ample number of […]

Broadcom’s IFPD Division adds Micro Technology Group

Broadcom has engaged Micro Technology Group as its Agent to promote its Industrial Fiber Product Division’s product portfolio. The division’s product offering includes the following product categories: Time of Flight (ADBR-S50), SiPM (AFBR-S4), Power over Fiber (AFBR-POL & ABFR-POC), Spectrometers (AFBR-S20) and the PYREOS portfolio of Pyroelectric Sensors (AFBR-S6). Micro Technology was the authorized Agent […]

Intel Ignite taps Boston to launch first U.S startup accelerator next month

After graduating close to 100 deep-tech startups from its outposts in Israel and Germany, Intel Corp. is bringing its 12-week accelerator program Intel Ignite to Kendall Square. Tzahi Weisfeld, the Tel Aviv-based general manager of Intel Ignite, said that the ten startups who’ll be in the first Boston batch will be announced in the coming […]

Protecting the climate with gas sensors 

EE Times’ inaugural Green Engineering Summit explored how the industry can help achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions through the use of new technologies and innovations. One of the hot topics at the virtual conference focused on how to achieve substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. A technical session, presented by Bosch Sensortec, showed how tiny digital […]

The Resurgence of U.S. Semiconductor Fabs 

Leading-edge semiconductor fabs haven’t been built in the U.S. for a while but that’s about to change. Let’s look at how and where those changes will take place. It is certainly worth reviewing such information because these fabs will be driving the matching advanced packaging that will also be installed on shore. If there is […]

Examining What’s Behind SiC Market Growth 

Silicon carbide is more than a niche technology, and recent investments by manufacturers across the globe showcase the importance of this emerging semiconductor. With the enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act, a significant portion of funds is dedicated to increase manufacturing for emerging semiconductor technology, including SiC. With this recent boom in utilization, where […]