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AI  to drive 160% increase in data centre power, European grid issues
AI  to drive 160% increase in data centre power, European grid issues
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Data centre power requirements are set to almost double by 2030 putting significant pressure on the European power grid, according…
Single Pair Ethernet SPE jacks and cables for smart buildings
Single Pair Ethernet SPE jacks and cables for smart buildings
New Products |
Stewart Connector has developed jacks and cables for Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) in smart buildings. SPE enables data as well…
AMS-Osram plans Austrian opto fab, seeks €200 million funding
AMS-Osram plans Austrian opto fab, seeks €200 million funding
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AMS-Osram AG (Premstaetten, Austria) has said it has applied to European authorities for €200 million to support the construction of…
Technical conference supports chiplet paradigm
Technical conference supports chiplet paradigm
Technology News |
One of the highlights of the upcoming IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) will be a complete computer…

Mastering Industrial Device Connectivity: PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and cybersecurity
Mastering Industrial Device Connectivity: PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and cybersecurity
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HMS Networks and Elektor are holding an exclusive live webinar on Tuesday May 21, 2024 (16:00pm CEST) on industrial device connectivity Industrial automation devices typically need to communicate using connectivity protocols…
CopprLink specifications for PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 copper cables
CopprLink specifications for PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 copper cables
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A new specification will extend PCI Express standard technology for high speed interconnect over copper cables. The PCI-SIG has released the CopprLink Internal and External Cable specifications for signaling at…
Video switch cuts BoM of interface standards
Video switch cuts BoM of interface standards
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Diodes has launched an automotive-compliant 20Gbps 1:2 video switch for in-cabin infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications. The Diodes PI3WVR14412Q video switch uses a space-saving design to cut…
China’s ATX Semiconductor moves into Malaysia
China’s ATX Semiconductor moves into Malaysia
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IC packaging and test service provider ATX Semiconductor Group has opened its first factory outside China in Melaka, Malaysia, with an investment of 258 Malaysian Ringgit (about US$55 million). The…
Heilind opens new distribution centre in Germany
Heilind opens new distribution centre in Germany
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Heilind Electronics Europe has opened a new distribution centre in Hanau near Frankfurt, Germany for its interconnect, sensors and fasteners. The Heilind distribution centre in Hanau will support growth in…
First MIPI over USB Type-C boosts AI vision
First MIPI over USB Type-C boosts AI vision
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Innodisk has launched the industry’s first MIPI over Type-C implementation. Running MIPI over USB Type C overcomes traditional MIPI cable lengths limitations, allowing embedded camera modules to be positioned farther…
CCS connector supports 375kW charging
CCS connector supports 375kW charging
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The CHARX connect universal CCS vehicle charging inlets from Phoenix Contact now enables High Power Charging with a permanent 375 kW. The higher performance of the type 1 and type 2 CCS connector permits…
Earth Day 2024 sees planet vs plastics
Earth Day 2024 sees planet vs plastics
Feature articles |
The official theme for this year’s Earth Day is Planet vs. Plastics, and European electronics firms are highlighting the transition away from plastics in areas from fibre optical cabling, connectors…
Precision timing with integrated MEMS clock
Precision timing with integrated MEMS clock
New Products |
SiTime in the US has launched a family of MEMS clock system-on-a-chip for data centre applications. The Chorus family of clock generators is aimed at precision AI datacentre timing applications.
Lockheed Martin backs wiring automation startup Q5D
Lockheed Martin backs wiring automation startup Q5D
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Q5D Technologies Ltd. (Bristol, England), a company that provides tooling to automate wiring harness manufacture, has raised US$3.0 million in funding. The company was founded in 2018 and the funding…
Microchip buys SerDes pioneer VSI
Microchip buys SerDes pioneer VSI
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Microchip Technology has bought VSI in South Korea for its Automotive SerDes Alliance (ASA) open standard technology for in-vehicle networking (IVN). The deal adds the VSI ASA Motion Link (ASA-ML)…
Valens, Sony team for A-PHY integrated camera sensor
Valens, Sony team for A-PHY integrated camera sensor
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Valens Semiconductor is working with Sony Semiconductor to complete Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing of a multi-vendor A-PHY link that will be used for a Sony A-PHY-integrated image sensor. The Sony…
PCIe 7.0 specification reaches ‘half way point’
PCIe 7.0 specification reaches ‘half way point’
Technology News |
The latest version of PCI Express, PCIe 7.0, is on track for launch in 2025 with version 0.5 available today. PCIe 7.0 updates the standard for PAM4 signalling to achieve…
MIMO enables world first 7,000km optical link with 12-core fibre
MIMO enables world first 7,000km optical link with 12-core fibre
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NEC and NTT in Japan have successfully conducted a first-of-its-kind transoceanic-class 7,280km transmission experiment using a coupled 12-core multicore fibre and MIMO technology. The optical fibre cable used by NEC…
Celestial AI raises US$175 million for photonic fabric
Celestial AI raises US$175 million for photonic fabric
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Startup Celestial AI Inc., which is working to introduce high bandwidth optical connections between compute and memory in the datacenter, has raised US$175 million in its Series C round of…
Startup TeraSignal offers optimizing re-driver IC for optical modules
Startup TeraSignal offers optimizing re-driver IC for optical modules
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TeraSignal Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) has launched CMOS re-driver ICs for 800G linear pluggable optical (LPO) modules in the data center. The TS8401/02 reduce power by up to 50 percent and…
VITA 62 OpenVPX backplane acts as power source
VITA 62 OpenVPX backplane acts as power source
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Elma Electronic has launched a 3U OpenVPX 2-slot backplane with a VPX power and ground slot as well as a VITA 62 power supply slot. The 3U OpenVPX backplane assists with the…
32 channel WDM filter for optical interconnect
32 channel WDM filter for optical interconnect
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imec in Belgium has developed a 32 channel wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) filter in silicon. The WDM filter developed by imec is four times the capacity of today’s commercial transceivers and…
Keysight teams for first full line rate 1.6 T Ethernet test
Keysight teams for first full line rate 1.6 T Ethernet test
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Keysight Technologies and Credo Semiconductor have demonstrated the industry’s first full line speed testing of 1.6Tbit/s Ethernet over active copper cable. The IEEE P802.3dj draft compliant 1.6T Ethernet media access…
Floating connector for high-speed automated manufacturing
Floating connector for high-speed automated manufacturing
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Harwin in the UK has launched a fine pitch board-to-board power and data floating connector series for high speed automated manufacturing. The Flecto floating connector series address the data…
Astera expands IPO on AI strength
Astera expands IPO on AI strength
Business news |
Astera Labs Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.). a 2017 startup developing connectivity chips for datacenters which recently announced its IPO, has increased the number of shares on offer and the expected…
Tata’s Indian fab to produce silicon in 2026, say reports
Tata’s Indian fab to produce silicon in 2026, say reports
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A Tata-Powerchip wafer fab, the first to be established in India for more than 30 years, is expected to be producing silicon in 2026, according to local reports quoting Ashwini…
NTT looks to 15Tbit/s chiplet optical interconnects
NTT looks to 15Tbit/s chiplet optical interconnects
Technology News |
NTT in Japan has set up a subsidiary to develop a short range 15Tbit/s optical transceiver for chiplet interconnects. The co-packaged optical and electronic technologies being developed by NTT Innovative…
First 51.2-Tbit/s co-packaged optical Ethernet switch for scalable AI
First 51.2-Tbit/s co-packaged optical Ethernet switch for scalable AI
Technology News |
Broadcom is shipping the industry’s first 51.2 terabits per sec (Tbit/s) co-packaged optics (CPO) Ethernet switch to customers for scalable AI systems. Bailly integrates eight silicon photonics 6.4-Tbit/s optical engines…


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