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• Microsoft to ramp up deployment of its own processors in its own servers

  13-10-2026 07:14 via electronicsweekly.com
  Next year, Microsoft will start putting its latest AI datacentre processor, Maia 300, into its own datacentres at “gigawatt scale” – potentially up to a million units. Maia 300, made […]
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• Vishay optical sensors target battery management, energy storage

  14-10-2026 15:51 via electronicsweekly.com
  Vishay’s new automotive grade optical sensors address challenges in modern battery management, energy storage, and industrial automation systems. The four new devices combine an infrared (IR) emitter and PIN photodiode […]
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• In conversation with Siemens on semiconductor test technology

  14-10-2026 12:59 via electronicsweekly.com
  Electronics Weekly recently caught up with Lee Harrison, Director of Product Marketing at Tessent, Siemens Digital Industries Software, to discuss the latest semiconductor test technology. Topics include silicon lifecycle management, […]
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• EW Video: In conversation with Tessent on semiconductor test technology

  14-10-2026 12:59 via electronicsweekly.com
  Electronics Weekly recently caught up with Lee Harrison, Director of Product Marketing at Tessent, Siemens Digital Industries Software, to discuss the latest semiconductor test technology. Topics include silicon lifecycle management, […]
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• TechPoint buys Esprit Electronics for EMS growth

  14-10-2026 12:04 via electronicsweekly.com
  TechPoint has announced it is buying Esprit Electronics, to strengthen its UK manufacturing capability and support its growth ambitions, says the company. “We’re delighted to welcome the Esprit Electronics team […]
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• Qualcomm wins Arm case – awarded $2 in damages

  14-10-2026 07:16 via electronicsweekly.com
    The  jury in the Qualcomm vs Arm case found Arm in breach of its architectural license agreement (ALA) with Qualcomm, and awarded Qualcomm $2 in nominal damages. The  jury […]
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• UK tech companies raise $25.7bn this year

  14-10-2026 07:12 via electronicsweekly.com
  UK Tech companies raised $25.7 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 88% from $13.7 billion in 9M 2025, across 816 rounds, down 17% from 984, according to […]
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• UK tech companies have raised $25.7bn this year

  14-10-2026 07:12 via electronicsweekly.com
  UK Tech companies raised $25.7 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 88% from $13.7 billion in 9M 2025, across 816 rounds, down 17% from 984, according to […]
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• This Time It’s Different

  14-10-2026 07:11 via electronicsweekly.com
  The overall chip market continues to show treble-digit monthly annualised growth rates, more than twice as large as the industry’s two previous record highs in June 2000 (59.3 percent) and […]
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• Apple bids for home electronics market

  14-10-2026 07:09 via electronicsweekly.com
  Apple made a statement yesterday that it is still in the home electronics market. It launched a new $200 HomePod smart speaker  (pictured above)  and a $299 HomeView hub (pictured […]
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• Software translates test patterns and applies them to interfaces and protocols

  14-10-2026 07:02 via electronicsweekly.com
  Siemens’ Tessent Silicon Executable software is designed to translate test patterns and apply them directly onto high-speed interfaces and protocols. Test provider partners will embed the Tessent software within automated […]
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• Software translates test patterns and applies them to interfaces and protocols.

  14-10-2026 07:02 via electronicsweekly.com
  Siemens’ Tessent Silicon Executable software is designed to translate test patterns and apply them directly onto high-speed interfaces and protocols. Test provider partners will embed the Tessent software within automated […]
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• Pathways into Electronics reports on women’s route to study electronics

  13-10-2026 16:11 via electronicsweekly.com
  The UK Electronics Skills Foundation’s (UKESF) new report examines the routes women take to study electronics in further education: Pathways into Electronics: Women EEE Students. It shares findings into the […]
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• Linking functional safety with cybersecurity in the automotive industry

  13-10-2026 13:00 via electronicsweekly.com
  Adding cybersecurity to a car alongside existing protection against technical failures may disrupt critical reaction times for preventing an accident. Engineers can balance this through combined risk analysis, writes Diego […]
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• Knowles ATT A-Series of attenuators in compact SMT package

  13-10-2026 12:50 via electronicsweekly.com
  Knowles is introducing its ATT A-Series of wideband, surface mount attenuators, broadening its high-performance RF component portfolio. The company highlights the series’ attenuation accuracy and high power handling in a compact […]
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• Fortastra raises $30m for manoeuvrable spacecraft for in-orbit security

  13-10-2026 12:01 via electronicsweekly.com
  Fortastra, a space defence company, has raised $30 million of Series A funding. It aims to establish persistent, multi-orbit security coverage through mass deployment of its security craft. The round […]
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• Miniature modules open up in-fixture functional testing

  13-10-2026 09:33 via electronicsweekly.com
  Swedish PCB test company, Wireflow has partnered with the UK’s Pickering Interfaces, to create Testblox AB, offering automated test that does not need reconfiguration and which is easy to replicate, […]
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• BBC micro:bit – ten years on

  13-10-2026 07:13 via electronicsweekly.com
  The BBC micro:bit was developed by a cross-industry collaboration involving the BBC, Arm, and other technology and education partners, including Nordic Semiconductor, NXP, Microsoft, and Samsung. Beginning in early 2016, […]
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• MicroLED market splits in three

  13-10-2026 07:12 via electronicsweekly.com
  AR is driving microLED volume today, says Yole, while optical I/O opens a second front inside AI data centres. MicroLED now splits into three families with different dynamics and defined […]
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• Marvell to sample updates to CXL memory expanders in Q2 2026

  13-10-2026 07:06 via electronicsweekly.com
  In Q1 2007, Marvell expects to sample its second generation Structera X 3406 and Structera X 3506 CXL memory expanders. Modern AI inference workloads, from LLM serving to deep learning […]
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• Marvell to sample updates to CXL memory expanders in Q1 2026

  13-10-2026 07:06 via electronicsweekly.com
  In Q1 2007, Marvell expects to sample its second generation Structera X 3406 and Structera X 3506 CXL memory expanders. Modern AI inference workloads, from LLM serving to deep learning […]
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• HV hot-swap controller for digital power-path protection

  13-10-2026 07:04 via electronicsweekly.com
  Infineon has introduced the XDP8HD40S-1, a high-voltage hot-swap controller designed for digital power-path protection and monitoring in next-generation AI server power architectures operating at ±400 Volt and 800 VDC. As […]
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• Ofcom and JOINER to study satellite spectrum coexistence

  12-10-2026 16:48 via electronicsweekly.com
  Ofcom and the JOINER Platform – a research network initiative – have agreed to collaborate to provide technical evidence for Ofcom’s consideration of future spectrum policies The goal is to […]
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• MEMSensing bone-vibration sensor offers noise cancellation alternative

  12-10-2026 14:47 via electronicsweekly.com
  MEMSensing is launching its bone-vibration sensor into Europe. The compact MEMS device provides a voice reference for environmental noise cancellation in TWS earbuds (true wireless stereo) and other smart wearables. […]
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• UK’s Drone Test Centre gets new NADIC facility

  12-10-2026 11:16 via electronicsweekly.com
  The UK’s Drone Test and Development Centre (DTDC) – at Westcott Venture Park near Aylesbury – is getting a new facility dubbed the National Autonomy and Drone Innovation Centre (NADIC). […]
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• SpectaCell spun out of Imec

  12-10-2026 07:13 via electronicsweekly.com
  SpectaCell – a startup company spun out of Imec, VIB and Ghent University – has raised €6 million in seed financing. The round was led by imec.xpand, with participation from […]
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• 20% collapse in Q3 PC units

  12-10-2026 07:12 via electronicsweekly.com
  Q3 PC shipments fell 20.1% YoYin Q3 2026 to 62.7 million units, according  IDC, the second consecutive decline and a deeper one than the 3.8% drop in Q2. Shipments also […]
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• Kyocera and Tohoku Uni integrate optical isolators onto SiPho ICs

  12-10-2026 07:11 via electronicsweekly.com
  Kyocera and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University have developed a technology for integrating optical isolators onto silicon photonics chips using “laser annealing”, a localised, laser-based heat-treatment […]
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• New approach to broadband characterisation of sub-THz ICs

  12-10-2026 07:08 via electronicsweekly.com
  Keysight Technologies, the University of Glasgow, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), and MPI Corporation have developed a new approach to broadband characterisation of next-generation sub-terahertz (sub-THz) semiconductor devices. Together, the […]
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• Toray tests 150°C inverters

  12-10-2026 07:04 via electronicsweekly.com
  Toray Industries has successfully tested an inverter at 150°C using a prototype film capacitor incorporating a proprietary heat-resistant film as the dielectric. The downside of higher-output drive systems is that […]
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