Prototyping by its very definition needs an engineering environment that quickly and accurately validates design ideas and a new series of development boards from chip company STMicroelectronics could provide that. With the introduction of what it describes as...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 09-02-2016

A new world record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an organic photovoltaic OPV multi-junction cell for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity has been achieved by research and development teams at Heliatek, a spin off from the Technical Universi...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 08-02-2016

A new world record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an organic photovoltaic OPV multi-junction cell for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity has been achieved by research and development teams at Heliatek, a spin off from the Technical Universi...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 08-02-2016

What is said to be the world’s first hardware virtualised GPU products have been announced by US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Called the AMD FirePro S-Series GPUs with multiuser GPU (MxGPU) technology, this hardware-virtualised GPU archi...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 02-02-2016

What is said to be the world’s first hardware virtualised GPU products have been announced by US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Called the AMD FirePro S-Series GPUs with multiuser GPU (MxGPU) technology, this hardware-virtualised GPU archi...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 02-02-2016

A platform to create technologies vital for the millimetre wave (mmWave) radio spectrum is being built by the New York University (NYU) Wireless research centre. The development of mmWave radio spectrum technologies is an imperative to launching the next ultra...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 29-01-2016

A platform to create technologies vital for the millimetre wave (mmWave) radio spectrum is being built by the New York University (NYU) Wireless research centre. The development of mmWave radio spectrum technologies is an imperative to launching the next ultra...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 29-01-2016

Stephen Oxley, Senior Engineer at TT Electronics, advises on the correct way to use current sense resistors. Designers of power supplies, battery management systems and motor drives are commonly faced with the need to measure current accurately. Whether for fa...

By Stephen Oxley | 28-01-2016

Looking back at 2015 you have to say that from an electronics perspective that was not as boring year. The semiconductor business went through some dramatic changes. Smaller process nodes are coming to the fore, next generation semiconductor materials such as...

Articles | By David Somo | 27-01-2016

Looking back at 2015 you have to say that from an electronics perspective that was not as boring year. The semiconductor business went through some dramatic changes. Smaller process nodes are coming to the fore, next generation semiconductor materials such as...

Insights | By David Somo | 27-01-2016

Mass-production of the LQP02HQ series of film-type high frequency chip inductors in the ultra-compact 01005 size has started say manufacturers, Murata. Because of the trend toward increased multiband capability and increasingly sophisticated functions, the con...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 26-01-2016

Mass-production of the LQP02HQ series of film-type high frequency chip inductors in the ultra-compact 01005 size has started say manufacturers, Murata. Because of the trend toward increased multiband capability and increasingly sophisticated functions, the con...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 26-01-2016