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Vector Photonics exhibiting at ECOC 2026

Semiconductor today - 4 години 47 хв тому
Vector Photonics Ltd of the West of Scotland Science Park — which was spun off from the University of Glasgow in 2020, and is pioneering the use of photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSEL) in secure communications — is exhibiting on stand 1468 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2026) in Malaga, Spain (20–24 September). The firm will discuss how its proven PCSEL technology can eliminate communications bottlenecks in AI data centers that are threatening to restrict performance...

Arduino UNO R4 WiFi: A Guide to Sensors and Displays

Open Electronics - 6 годин 28 хв тому
Learn how to use the STEMMA QT/Qwiic connector on the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi to connect I²C sensors and displays, with a custom adapter board and example code.

Why a nine-month AI chip tape-out matters

EDN Network - 6 годин 35 хв тому

AI-assisted chip design is not new. What is new is seeing an advanced ASIC reach tape-out in roughly nine months. The significance is not that AI can optimize individual design tasks; the industry already knows that. Synopsys and others have demonstrated AI-assisted implementation, verification, PPA optimization, and design-space exploration across many tape-outs.

What makes the nine-month result important is the possibility that architecture, RTL, verification, memory, network-on-chip (NoC), high-speed I/O (HSIO), design for testability (DFT), physical design, timing, and power were compressed together into a much tighter development cycle without losing overall convergence.

OpenAI and Broadcom’s Jalapeño program therefore raises a more important engineering question: How do you make many strongly dependent design activities move faster at the same time without allowing the chip to diverge?

The answer is unlikely to be one AI tool. Parallelism creates speed while intelligence-aware control keeps the design converging.

Speed begins with task parallelism

A semiconductor development flow is often shown as a sequence:

Architecture → RTL → Verification → Synthesis → Floorplan → Place & Route → Timing → Signoff

Experienced engineers know that real programs are never completely sequential. Architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, software, package definition, and other activities already overlap. But there are still expensive handoffs and feedback loops.

  • Architecture decisions affect RTL.
  • RTL changes affect verification.
  • Synthesis exposes PPA problems.
  • Physical design exposes congestion and timing problems.

These problems may propagate back into RTL, microarchitecture, memory organization, interfaces, or even the original partitioning. Every long loop consumes schedule, and AI and modern automation make it possible to push much more of this activity into continuous parallel execution.

However, architecture exploration can continue while RTL develops. Verification can run continuously against evolving blocks. Early synthesis and floorplanning can feed physical information upstream before RTL is frozen. Therefore, NoC, memory, HSIO, DFT, timing, power, and implementation teams can work simultaneously rather than waiting for a single completed design state.

In other words, AI can accelerate individual activities inside each of those workstreams. That creates speed, but it also creates a new problem.

A complex ASIC isn’t a collection of independent tasks

Consider something as simple as moving an HSIO PHY. Locally, the change might solve a placement or congestion problem. But that decision may propagate into:

Floorplan → Bump assignment → Package escape → Routing → Timing → Clocking → Power delivery → Signal integrity → DFT access → Local thermal behavior

The same problem exists throughout the chip. Change the NoC topology and bandwidth may improve, while latency, power, routing congestion, area, and verification requirements change. Change SRAM organization and compute utilization may improve while floorplan pressure and timing deteriorate.

Change pipeline depth and frequency and throughput may improve while latency, verification assumptions, clocking, and workload scheduling move in another direction. Change HBM or HSIO placement and the effect may extend beyond the silicon floorplan into package interfaces and power delivery.

This creates a fundamental problem: A locally optimized design decision can produce a globally worse chip. That’s why simply adding more AI tools cannot be the complete answer.

Imagine architecture AI, RTL AI, verification AI, DFT AI, physical-design AI, and timing optimization all running aggressively in parallel. Each one could produce a technically better answer within its own objective function. Yet together they could cause the overall design to diverge. Parallel execution therefore creates speed only if something maintains continuity between the parallel activities.

Parallel AI needs intelligence-aware control

Parallel execution therefore needs a second layer: intelligence-aware control. Call it an intelligence-aware control environment. Its purpose is not necessarily to design every transistor, block, or interface. Its purpose is to understand the relationships between design decisions and control how changes propagate through the development program.

For every significant modification, the environment should be capable of asking:

  • What changed?
  • What depends on it?
  • Which assumptions may now be invalid?
  • Which analyses must run again?
  • Did this local improvement create a penalty somewhere else?
  • Can the new result propagate automatically, or does it require engineering review?

That is more than launching EDA jobs. It requires awareness of the relationships among major design objects:

  • Compute/NPU
  • NoC
  • SRAM and memory hierarchy
  • HBM/DDR
  • HSIO/PHY
  • Clock and reset
  • Power domains
  • DFT
  • Physical implementation
  • Package interfaces

And each of these operates within engineering constraints: area, power, timing, bandwidth, latency, physical location, interface behavior, verification requirements, SI/PI limits, and thermal conditions. Change one object and some portion of these constraints may need to be reevaluated. The development environment therefore needs something resembling a live dependency map of the ASIC.

The real schedule savings may be in the feedback loops

Consider a conventional development loop. An RTL block changes, and verification runs. Later, synthesis exposes a problem and physical implementation discovers congestion. Next, STA identifies a timing issue and the problem returns upstream.

RTL or microarchitecture changes again. Downstream work repeats. So, while each individual tool may be fast, the engineering loop is slow. Now imagine a connected environment in which a change to an HSIO region immediately identifies the analyses affected by that change.

Perhaps it triggers update:

  • Floorplan checks
  • Timing checks
  • Congestion checks
  • Power checks
  • Package-interface checks
  • Signal-integrity checks

An NoC modification would activate a different dependency path. A compute-block modification might primarily require RTL verification, synthesis, PPA, timing, and physical evaluation. But the objective is not to rerun the entire chip every time something moves.

It is to understand what must be reevaluated because this particular design object changed. That distinction matters enormously. If feedback that previously took days arrives in hours—or minutes—many design loops can operate simultaneously without waiting for large downstream milestones. That is where months can begin disappearing from the schedule.

AI becomes more useful when boundaries are controlled

Within that environment, AI can operate aggressively on bounded engineering problems. It may help engineers explore architectural alternatives, generate or modify RTL, analyze verification failures, optimize arithmetic structures, evaluate physical alternatives, interpret timing results, propose ECOs, or search PPA space.

Synopsys’ existing products already demonstrate that AI can autonomously search enormous implementation and verification spaces and accelerate convergence within individual domains. The harder step is connecting those capabilities so that one accelerated decision does not silently invalidate another.

Instead of asking an AI system “Improve this block,” the environment can effectively ask “Improve this block while maintaining these timing, power, physical, interface, and verification constraints—and identify what downstream assumptions the change affects.” Now AI supplies speed and search capability while the control environment protects global convergence. That is a far more powerful combination.

Intelligence doesn’t eliminate engineering judgment

Suppose an optimization reduces area by 6%. Is that automatically better? No. That’s because congestion may increase, timing margin may fall, or current density may increase or redistribute. Moreover, DFT access may become more difficult and power density may create a local thermal problem. A high-speed interface may also move into a more difficult package region.

No single PPA number determines whether that design state is actually better. This is why Broadcom’s role in the OpenAI program is important. OpenAI explicitly credits Broadcom’s silicon implementation expertise as part of the nine-month result.

Years of ASIC experience create something that is difficult to reproduce quickly: an understanding of which dependencies matter, which trade-offs are acceptable, which interfaces are high risk, and which apparently small changes can create major downstream consequences. So, while AI may dramatically increase how many alternatives engineers can evaluate, experienced semiconductor teams still determine which alternatives are worth accepting.

Workload knowledge may also shorten architecture convergence

There is another advantage apparent in the OpenAI example. Jalapeño was not designed as a generic accelerator and then handed to an unknown software workload. OpenAI says the chip was built around knowledge of its models, kernels, serving systems, memory behavior, networking, scheduling, and product requirements.

That matters because many ASIC programs spend significant time determining what the chip should optimize. On the other hand, OpenAI began with extremely detailed knowledge of the workloads the silicon is expected to execute. That allows tighter co-development between:

Workload → Architecture → Memory → Networking → Scheduling → Silicon

OpenAI is now also reporting measured first-silicon results from Jalapeño, which makes the nine-month tape-out more significant than a purely simulated design exercise. But even here, the important lesson may not simply be “software-hardware co-design.” It’s that more design information becomes available earlier, reducing uncertainty that would otherwise propagate through later stages.

A nine-month tape-out is not yet a nine-month methodology

This distinction is important because a fast program could benefit from exceptional engineering talent, proven IP, mature implementation flows, large compute resources, rapid management decisions, deep Broadcom experience, OpenAI workload knowledge, extensive automation, and extraordinarily tight focus. These ingredients can produce an exceptional result.

However, an exceptional result is not automatically a repeatable process. The real proof comes with the next generations. Can ASIC #2 and ASIC #3 converge in approximately the same timeframe? Can the process deliver predictable verification closure, controlled ECO activity, consistent PPA, manageable engineering effort, and successful first silicon?

OpenAI and Broadcom describe Jalapeño as the beginning of a multi-generation platform. If the nine-month schedule becomes repeatable, then something more important has happened than simply using AI in chip design. For instance, how development methodology has changed.

The larger opportunity

The future of AI-assisted semiconductor design may therefore not be one giant AI system autonomously designing an entire system-on-chip (SoC). It may look more like many specialized engineering activities operating simultaneously:

  • Architecture
  • RTL
  • Verification
  • Memory/NoC
  • DFT
  • Physical implementation
  • Timing/Power

With AI accelerating work within each of these domains, a higher-level control environment continuously maintains dependency, connectivity, change impact, feedback, and convergence across the complete development program. That gives us a much simpler way to understand the nine-month question: Parallelism creates speed; intelligence-aware control keeps the design converging; and AI can make each piece move faster.

The harder engineering challenge is making sure all of those faster-moving pieces continue advancing toward the same tape-out. If that can be accomplished repeatedly, the real achievement will not be one fast ASIC. It will be a new level of repeatable semiconductor development capability.

Dr. Moh Kolbehdari is senior director of IC/packaging at Socionext US.

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Infineon and Skeleton collaborate on solid-state transformers and sidecars to enhance AI data-center resilience

Semiconductor today - 7 годин 22 хв тому
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany and Skeleton Technologies, which provides high-power energy storage systems for AI data centers, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on high-efficiency, resilient power solutions for modern data centers...

Rohde & Schwarz has Achieved Initial Verification of 3GPP Rel. 17 Power-Saving Feature SSSG for 5G NR

ELE Times - 7 годин 24 хв тому

Rohde & Schwarz in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has completed an early verification step for 3GPP Rel. 17 Search Space Set Group Switching (SSSG). This 5G NR feature, designed to reduce device power consumption, has now been formally submitted for RAN5 verification. This milestone supports the path from standardization to conformance testing and commercial use, while also feeding practical findings back into the standardization process.

Rohde & Schwarz has successfully verified for the first time a 3GPP NR conformance test case for Search Space Set Group Switching (SSSG). Introduced in 3GPP Release 17, SSSG is a power-saving mechanism for user equipment that improves how a device monitors control channel activity while maintaining reliable reception of scheduling information.

By completing verification of the 3GPP RAN5 NR conformance test case TS 38.523-1 TC 7.1.1.12.5 for SSSG at an early stage, the two companies supported early readiness of this feature across the 5G conformance ecosystem. The verification was carried out using a mobile test platform using Qualcomm X105 5G Modem-RF and the R&S TS-PCT protocol conformance test platform from Rohde & Schwarz, which is based on the CMX500 5G one-box signaling tester. SSSG optimizes the PDCCH monitoring behavior in 5G NR devices. This reduces unnecessary monitoring activity and helps improve power efficiency.

Rohde & Schwarz and Qualcomm Technologies are the first to complete all relevant test aspects for this conformance test case. During the verification work, the companies also identified areas where the underlying conformance specification could be improved and supported the submission of a change request to 3GPP RAN5, the group responsible for conformance test specifications. This links practical verification work with ongoing standardization development.

This combination of test execution and standards input shows how verification work can also improve the quality of future test specifications. For device manufacturers, the wireless chipset ecosystem and certification organizations, it marks a step toward reliable testing of advanced 5G power-saving functions.

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🎥 Майбутні інженери опановуватимуть реверс-інжиніринг у новій лабораторії на ФРП

Новини - 7 годин 29 хв тому
🎥 Майбутні інженери опановуватимуть реверс-інжиніринг у новій лабораторії на ФРП
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KPI4U-2 ср, 09/02/2026 - 12:58
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⚙️ Новий високотехнологічний простір на Факультеті робототехніки та приладобудування КПІ дасть змогу студентам пройти весь шлях створення інженерного продукту — від ідеї та цифрового проєктування до виготовлення, складання й випробування готових робототехнічних систем.

Northrop Grumman wins $7m DARPA contract to create diamond-cooled chips

Semiconductor today - 8 годин 14 хв тому
US-based aerospace & defense technology company Northrop Grumman Corp has won a $7m contract to create diamond-cooled chips that deliver higher power, faster speeds and enhanced performance for military radar and communications...

US DOE announces $12m funding opportunity to develop space PVs

Semiconductor today - 8 годин 28 хв тому
To accelerate technical innovation and expand domestic manufacturing capabilities for solar panels in space applications, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation has announced a $12m funding opportunity to help to ensure that the next generation of space photovoltaics (PV) is developed in the USA...

🍁 Три дні Японії в самому серці Києва — у КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського

Новини - 9 годин 44 хв тому
🍁 Три дні Японії в самому серці Києва — у КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського
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🇯🇵 Запрошуємо поринути у світ традицій, мистецтва й культури Країни сонця, що сходить, на фестивалі «Японська осінь» від Українсько-Японського центру КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського.

Vishay Intertechnology Commercial and Automotive Grade Low Profile Common Mode Chokes Offer High Shock and Vibration Resistance

ELE Times - 10 годин 11 хв тому

Vishay Intertechnology, today introduced two new low profile common mode chokes for high current automotive, energy, and industrial applications. Available in both surface-mount and through-hole packages, the Vishay Dale commercial ICMS2321 10 and Automotive Grade ICMS2321-1A combine a heat rating current to 30 A with a 1500 VDC dielectric withstand voltage between coils.

With their low profile, the devices released today offer a reduced size and volume, making them more resistant to shock and vibration, while their enhanced core design increases performance and saturation current at high temperatures up to +150 °C. Offering a self-shielded, rugged construction, the common mode chokes are ideal for DC/DC converters, high voltage inverters, EMI filters, and high current filters for noise suppression in motor control and other circuitry. The AEC-Q200 qualified ICMS2321-1A is well suited for use in automotive on-board chargers.

In addition to their surface-mount and through-hole mounting options, the ICMS2321-10 and ICMS2321-1A offer customizable inductance, impedance, DCR, and current ratings. Devices with surface-mount terminations are available in tape and reel packaging and are compatible with automated pick and place assembly for increased flexibility in board layouts. The common mode chokes are RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, and Vishay Green.

Device Specification Table:

Part number ICMS2321-10 ICMS2321-1A
Inductance 70 µH to 480 µH
DCR typ. 1.2 mΩ to 13.4 mΩ
DCR max. 1.3 mΩ to 15.0 mΩ
Common mode

impedance

@ 1 MHz 540 Ω to 3790 Ω
@ 10 MHz 345 Ω to 1920 Ω
@ 100 MHz 220 Ω to 410 Ω
Heat rating current typ.(1) 7 A to 20 A
Heat rating current typ.(2) 10 A to 30 A
Leakage max. 1.7 µH to 11.5 µH
AEC-Q200 No Yes

 

(1) DC current (A) that will cause an approximate ΔT of 40 °C

(2) DC current (A) that will cause an approximate ΔT of 100 °C

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75 GPIO on a Single Board: The IOX-77 Beats the Arduino Mega with Wi-Fi

Open Electronics - 10 годин 28 хв тому
The IOX-77 is an ESP32-C3-based development board that packs 75 GPIO pins into a compact 71 × 42 mm PCB, using five RISC-V CH32V003 microcontrollers on an I²C bus for parallel execution and expandability.

GÖPEL electronic Introduces the New Multi Line AXI 3D-CT X-Ray Inspection System

ELE Times - 10 годин 53 хв тому

In electronics manufacturing, material and quality testing using X-ray inspection is considered the gold standard for reliability and the highest standards. For years, GÖPEL electronic has been a leader in the field of inspection and non-destructive, comprehensive assembly testing at all levels. With a completely newly developed system platform, the manufacturer now presents next-generation X-ray inspection: The Multi Line AXI combines outstanding technological innovations with highly versatile application options and multifunctionality, while offering simple operation and rapid adaptability to inspection tasks. The result is an innovative AXI system that sets new standards in X-ray inspection—offering a secure investment and high performance.

Technically, the Multi Line AXI stands out as a state-of-the-art planar 3D-CT X-ray system, offering the highest possible resolution and razor-sharp cross-sectional images. Based on the company’s proprietary aspeCT technology, the system achieves new levels of precision and image quality in X-ray inspection. Using a high-resolution, high-speed flat-panel detector, the detailed images are transformed into intelligent 3D reconstructions and volumetric 3D images and models of the highest quality. An innovative 7-axis system with synchronized control ensures high-speed, on-the-fly CT imaging in the shortest possible time: In less than 2 seconds, and with 8 µm voxel resolution, the Multi Line AXI offers flexible 2D, 2.5D, and 3D X-ray imaging as needed, using microfocus X-ray tubes and in sub-micrometer increments. This makes the system a highly secure investment and versatile in its application, manufactured entirely in Jena.

In addition to its outstanding technology, the Multi Line AXI has been consistently designed for broad applicability, reliability, and low-maintenance operation. With an 810×535 mm inspection area, a maximum PCBA clearance of 105 mm, and a transport capacity of up to 25 kg in its flexible transport system, both the smallest PCBAs and large power electronics can be inspected quickly and with consistently high quality. Thanks to the use of parts from exclusively European suppliers and German-brand mechanical components, the system is extremely durable and reliable. The Multi Line AXI’s platform concept makes upgrades, expansions, and repairs quick and easy. Furthermore, the system can be integrated into any manufacturing or inspection environment—whether inline, at-line, or stand-alone. It interfaces seamlessly with the manufacturer’s MES and can be integrated into traceability systems. High repeatability, variable X-ray performance as needed, and adaptability to high mix, low-volume production are hallmarks of the Multi Line AXI.

However, a system’s performance and quality are only the foundation—in everyday use, an AXI system must be quickly adaptable to specific inspection tasks and easy to operate. The Multi Line AXI guarantees this through its seamless integration into the PILOT software platform’s user interface, which has also proven itself in GÖPEL AOI systems. Inspection programs are automatically generated using “Magic Click” based on Gerber and assembly data or other CAD formats (ODB++, Process, etc.). For reliable verification, the PASS/FAIL evaluation is supported by intelligent AI assistants. This transforms detailed X-ray images into actionable inspection results—ensuring the quality and security of the PCBA. Short programming times and comprehensive evaluation of results—including precise void calculation and THT fill rate measurement in percent—combined with GÖPEL electronic’s software and inspection intelligence make the Multi Line AXI practical and suitable for everyday use, intuitive to operate, and customizable.

In developing the new X-ray inspection system, GÖPEL electronic also addressed questions about the future: How do we want to manage our resources? As a result, the Multi Line AXI is designed as a “Lean & Green Machine” focused on resource conservation, energy efficiency, and sustainability. The manufacturer has deliberately omitted pneumatic components and compressed air, which not only simplifies installation and operation but also reduces maintenance and operating costs. With its lightweight design—weighing just 2.7 metric tons and featuring a compact footprint of 1600×1660—this X-ray system requires no special structural preparations and can be installed quickly and easily in virtually any environment. Based on GÖPEL electronic’s many years of experience, the system is designed from the outset to be durable, upgradeable, and reusable, with easy access for service and maintenance.

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Murata to Showcase ’Scaling the Future from India with Murata’ at electronica India 2026

ELE Times - 12 годин 23 хв тому

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a global leader in electronic components and innovative electronic solutions, will participate in electronica India 2026, taking place from 16–18 September 2026 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru.

Located at Hall 3, Booth H3.E11, Murata will present its exhibition theme, ‘Scaling the Future from India with Murata,’ showcasing how its technologies are helping shape the next generation of intelligent, connected, and energy-efficient electronic systems. As India’s industries accelerates toward an AI-powered, electrified, and digitally connected future, Murata is helping enable the technologies that make it possible. Backed by global reliability, local commitment, and scalable innovation, Murata delivers advanced electronic components, sensing technologies, power solutions, RF technologies, and system innovations that support next-generation industrial systems.

At electronica India 2026, visitors will experience application-focused demonstrations, engage with Murata’s technical experts, and discover how the company’s technologies help accelerate innovation across rapidly evolving industries.

Scaling the Future from India with Murata

The electronics industry is entering a new era driven by artificial intelligence, semiconductor innovation, intelligent mobility, industrial automation, robotics, and digital infrastructure. As these technologies continue to converge, the need for highly reliable, energy-efficient, and integrated electronic solutions continues to grow.

At electronica India 2026, visitors will experience how Murata’s technologies address these evolving industry needs through interactive demonstrations and application-focused showcases.

Explore Murata’s Application Zones

Murata’s booth will feature five application zones highlighting technologies that enable future-ready electronic
systems across diverse industries:

  • IC Zone – Accelerating Semiconductor Innovation from Device to System
    High performance AI computing requires increasingly integrated semiconductor systems. Explore how Murata’s components, reference design, and EMI expertise support power delivery, noise control, and reliable system design for advanced semiconductor applications.
  • Data Center Zone – Powering AI Servers and Modern Data Center Infrastructure
    Data centers supporting AI and other high-performance computing workloads require efficient, reliable, and scalable power solutions. Discover Murata’s power technologies and electronic components for AI servers, networking, and modern data center infrastructure.
  • Mobility Zone – Driving the Future of Connected and Electrified Mobility
    Enabling connected, electrified vehicles through advanced communication, sensing, and battery technologies. Explore Murata solutions for V2X (Vehicle to Everything), connectivity, positioning, and system reliability.
  • Industrial Zone – Accelerating Smart Factory Transformation
    Manufacturers are adopting smarter, more connected operations. Explore Murata solutions for automation, machine monitoring, asset tracking, and operational efficiency.
  • Humanoid Zone – Enabling Responsive Interaction and Synchronized Action
    Humanoid robots need accurate sensing, reliable connectivity, and coordinated control. Discover how Murata technologies support responsive interaction, synchronized movement, and dependable operation.

Complementing these featured showcases, visitors will also have the opportunity to explore additional product showcases and technology displays across each application zone, together with Murata’s broader product portfolio, demonstrating Murata’s expanding role in delivering comprehensive electronic solutions across diverse applications.

Global Expertise. Growing Local Readiness

Murata combines decades of global technology leadership with an expanding local presence to support India’s rapidly evolving electronics ecosystem. By integrating global manufacturing standards with local engineering expertise and dedicated customer support, Murata continues to deliver the quality, reliability, and innovation trusted by customers worldwide.

As part of its long-term commitment to India, Murata continues to strengthen its local capabilities through its sales offices in Chennai, Delhi (Noida), and Bengaluru, together with its manufacturing facility in Chennai. This growing footprint enables closer customer collaboration, faster technical support, and stronger partnerships, reinforcing Murata’s commitment to supporting India’s ambition to become a global hub for electronics manufacturing and technological innovation.

Join us at electronica India 2026

Murata invites customers, partners, design engineers, and industry professionals to visit Hall 3, Booth H3.E11 at electronica India 2026 to experience application-focused demonstrations, engage with technical experts, and discover how ’Scaling the Future from India with Murata’ is enabling the next generation of electronics.

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Navitas ships first US-made Gen 5 GaNFast products from GlobalFoundries

Semiconductor today - 19 годин 37 хв тому
Gallium nitride (GaN) power IC and silicon carbide (SiC) technology firm Navitas Semiconductor Corp of Torrance, CA, USA says that the first shipments of US-manufactured 5th Generation GaNFast technology, in partnership with GlobalFoundries of Malta, NY (GF, the only US-based pure-play foundry with a global manufacturing footprint, including facilities in the USA, Europe and Singapore), will begin in September, marking a milestone in strengthening the US domestic GaN ecosystem for AI infrastructure and critical national security applications...

Repair Guide: SYNCO G2 Pro RX Receiver Module (Autonomous)

Reddit:Electronics - Втр, 09/01/2026 - 18:28
 SYNCO G2 Pro RX Receiver Module (Autonomous)

### 1. Original Behavior and Diagnosis

* **Symptom:** The device charged and operated normally when connected to the charger, even allowing it to be unplugged and continue working. However, the failure occurred when turning it off; it wouldn't turn back on independently unless the charger was reconnected.

* **Diagnosis Process:** Exhaustive tests were performed, ruling out various components like the power button, battery, and motherboard capacitors, ultimately finding a damaged P-type MOSFET in the power section.

### 2. Tools and Materials Needed

* Precision multimeter

* Soldering station

* Flux and isopropyl alcohol

* Precision screwdrivers

### 3. Module Disassembly

* Carefully remove the screws to open the module.

* Separate the pressure tabs.

* Carefully lift the back cover where the battery is attached, being mindful of the wiring connected to the main board.

### 4. Repair Procedure

* Locate the power circuit section where the P-type MOSFET identified in the diagnosis operates.

* Apply flux and use the soldering station to extract the defective component.

* Once the P-type MOSFET causing the power-on failure is removed, clean the area with isopropyl alcohol and proceed as needed to restore the power line.

### 5. Subsequent Tests and Reassembly

* Test the receiver's autonomous power-on without connecting an external charger.

* Correctly align the circuit board inside the casing, securing the buttons and pins.

* Close the cover, tighten the screws, and perform the final operational test.

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Nexperia explores power semiconductor collaboration with Aurobay for electrified powertrains

Semiconductor today - Втр, 09/01/2026 - 18:04
Discrete device designer and manufacturer Nexperia B.V. of Nijmegen, the Netherlands (which operates wafer fabs in Hamburg, Germany, and Hazel Grove Manchester, UK) says it will explore a strategic collaboration on advanced power semiconductor solutions for automotive applications with Aurobay Technologies, a division of Horse Powertrain Ltd (a joint venture between Renault Group and Geely)...

LED Traffic Light Module for Arduino: Features, Wiring, and Testing

Open Electronics - Втр, 09/01/2026 - 18:00
A compact LED traffic light module for Arduino and other platforms: how it works, how to wire it, and how to test it with simple sequences.

Vexlum appoints president of the Americas

Semiconductor today - Втр, 09/01/2026 - 17:14
Finland-based Vexlum — which was spun off from Tampere University of Technology’s Optoelectronics Research Centre in 2017 and develops and manufactures high-power semiconductor vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) technology systems — has appointed Erik McKee as president of the Americas. Based in Denver, Colorado, he will oversee operations and growth across North and South America, supporting accelerating demand for the company’s laser technology in quantum, semiconductor, space, medical and other advanced industrial and scientific applications...

⭐ Оголошується набір у творчі колективи Центру культури та мистецтв КПІ

Новини - Втр, 09/01/2026 - 17:00
⭐ Оголошується набір у творчі колективи Центру культури та мистецтв КПІ kpi вт, 09/01/2026 - 17:00
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Центр Культури та Мистецтв КПІ імені Ігоря Сікорського оголошує набір! Хочете співати, танцювати, малювати та розвивати свої творчі здібності? Приєднуйтесь 👇

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