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The semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry is expected to have a CAGR of 7% 2024-28 to reach 11.1 million wpm in 2028, says SEMI. A key driver is the  expansion of advanced process capacity (7nm and below), which is expected to increase by approximately 69% – from 850,000 wpm in 2024 to 1.4 million wpm in 2028 – at a CAGR ...

Qorvo’s QPA1314 is a packaged high power MMIC amplifier, fabricated on Qorvo’s production 0.15 um GaN on SiC process (QGaN15).  QPA1314 is targeted for 13.75 – 14.5 GHz Satcom band. Linear power is 20 W with 25 dBc third order intermodulation distortion products. It provides 40 W of output power with 27 dB of large signal gain while achieving 30% ...

The UK Space Agency is providing new funding for projects using satellite data to improve the delivery of public services. The agency is making £2.5 million available to five projects. This was announced at the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, in Vienna. It follows a joint call for proposals from the UK Space Agency and ESA’s InCubed2 programme. ...

The Q1 AR/VR headset market grew 18.1% y-o-y, says IDC, with Meta leading the rebound and taking  50.8% of the market. “While Meta continues to lead, the rise of brands like Viture and XREAL shows that innovation in form factor and user experience is resonating with consumers,” says IDC’s Jitesh Ubrani, “the next wave of growth will be driven by ...

Pickering has introduced a reed relay that can stand-off 20kV. “The relay features 12.5kV switching at a maximum of 50W,” according to the company. “Tungsten-plated contacts ensure a long and reliable life, supporting up to 100 million operations when cold switching.” Footprint is 63.5 x 19mm, and they have coil terminals on the bottom and the high-voltage contact terminals on ...

Chell Instruments has introduced a 32 input thermocouple scanner for temperature measurement in industry and aerospace. Called 2432T, “it measures all types of thermocouples with high accuracy and at high speed, and outputs the data over interfaces that including Modbus, iDDS, IENA, Netscanner, or Chell native TCP/IP protocol or UDP protocol”, according to the company. Its construction includes a copper ...

Intel is to close its automotive chip unit and lay off ‘most’ of its employees. The unit operates out of Munich and designs chips for infotainment, vehicle controls, and software-defined vehicles. The decision does not affect Mobileye, the Israeli autonomous driving company  which Intel bought for $15.3 billion in 2017 and holds an 88% stake. Intel has already decided to ...

EBE Sensors + Motion has introduced a touch sensor evaluation board for challenging environments. It implements a technology branded ‘TCRC’, which is aimed at operating panels in industry, construction machinery, medical environments and kitchens, for example. “Whether in freezing cold, tropical heat, wet, or dusty environments, TCRC sensors work reliably,” claimed EBE. “They can be operated with gloves or dirty ...

We are asking readers of Electronics Weekly to choose the winner of the University Research Project of the Year in this year’s Elektra Awards. You are invited to select – from below – the research project from the last year that you feel will make the largest impact on the commercial market in the next five years. The five universities ...

RS Group’s 2024/25 ESG Report shows significant progress against its 2030 ESG action plan For a Better World. Now at the halfway mark, RS continues to embed sustainability at the core of its strategy and operations. RS Group has refined the four global ESG goals to reflect its evolving priorities and the changing sustainability landscape. Encompassing 14 ambitions, the four ...