Technology

Automotive Semiconductor demand just beginning: NXP

ELE Times News - April 29, 2021

The semiconductor shortage in the automotive market signifies the start of a new demand cycle as the semiconductor content in cars continues to increase,...

Automation and Robotics

Scientists Develop New Type of Artificial Muscle Inspired by DNA Supercoiling

ELE Times Research Desk - April 29, 2021

University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have mimicked the supercoiling properties of DNA to develop a new type of artificial muscle for use in miniature...

Test and Measurement

Rohde & Schwarz validates first 5G RRM FR2 conformance tests with the R&S TS-RRM-NR Test...

ELE Times Bureau - April 29, 2021

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) has approved the first two radio resource management (RRM) conformance test cases for 5G FR2 frequencies, implemented on the...

New Products

Renesas DDR5 I3C Bus Extension and SPD Hub Devices Qualified for AMI Firmware

ELE Times Report - April 29, 2021

Renesas announced that AMI, a firmware and software solutions partner, has qualified the Renesas I3C bus extension products for its MegaRAC SP-X Remote Management...

Electronics

EasyPACK CoolSiC MOSFET module supports fast-switching DC-link voltage of 1500 V

ELE Times News - April 29, 2021

Infineon Technologies has launched a new EasyPACK™ 2B module in the company’s 1200 V family. The module comes in 3-level Active NPC (ANPC) topology...

India News

India’s IT companies scramble to handle Covid-19 Surge

ELE Times Bureau - April 28, 2021

India's giant IT firms in Bengaluru and other cities have set up Covid-19 "war-rooms" as they scramble to source oxygen, medicine and hospital beds for infected...

Photonics

Researchers Discover 2D Material Using High-Pressure Technology

ELE Times Research Desk - April 28, 2021

An international team with researchers from the University of Bayreuth has succeeded for the first time in discovering a previously unknown 2D material by...

Automation and Robotics

Vision Test for Autonomous Cars

ELE Times Research Desk - April 28, 2021

The five-meter-long Lexus RX-450h leads a rather contemplative life at Empa. It never takes long trips. Instead, the SUV dutifully makes its rounds on...

New Products

Expansion of Radiation-Hardened ArmÒ Microcontroller (MCU) Family for Space Systems

ELE Times News - April 28, 2021

Deep space initiatives including planetary exploration, orbiter missions and space research require innovative spacecraft system technology providing connectivity and processing. To enable system designers...

Memory

First DDR5 memory modules now in Mass Production

ELE Times Research Desk - April 28, 2021

DDR5 memory modules have gone into mass production thanks to Chinese manufacturers Netac and Jiahe Jinwei, as reported by VideoCardz. Looking at the specifications of...

Manufacturing

Electronics companies may take a hit as Oxygen Crisis Sucks Nitrogen Out

ELE Times News - April 28, 2021

The government’s efforts to mitigate the oxygen crisis that’s affecting Covid-19 patients may cause a shortage of nitrogen, a gas critical for the electronics manufacturing...

India News

India’s under-appreciated role as sword arm of the UN

ELE Times Report - April 28, 2021

India’s immense contribution to the ONUC (French: Opérations Des Nations Unies au Congo), one of the United Nations’ (UN) most complex peacekeeping missions in...

Aviation Aerospace and Defence