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Flex Wins Two 2025 PACE Awards for Automotive Innovation
The company was recognized for two platforms that are said to underscore its leadership in compute and power electronics product design for next-generation mobility. AUSTIN, Texas—Flex Ltd. reported that it won two 2025 Automotive News PACE Awards at the PACE awards...
Small-Diameter Cable Allows More Copper in Tight Spaces
Using Belden’s TIA-compliant, category 6A cable, organizations can deploy more copper without running new conduit, the company said. ST. LOUIS—The trend toward digitization is increasing demand for more cables in today’s buildings. To help meet this demand, Belden...
High-Efficiency Switching Regulators Reported to Reduce Heat in Space-Saving Package
MicroPower Direct is broadening its point-of-load product line with new regulators that are said to provide peak efficiency of 97 percent, with no heatsink required. SOUTH EASTON, Mass.—To meet the demands of today’s industrial and embedded systems, engineers are...
Fuse Holders Are Designed to Protect PV Modules and Conductors from Reverse Overcurrent Conditions
Keystone Electronics’ PCB and SMT mounted fuse holders feature durable UL 94V-0 Nylon bodies with tin-plated, brass contacts. NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.—Keystone Electronics reported that it broadened its selection of printed circuit board (PCB) and surface mount technology...
New 3D Chips Could Make Electronics Faster and More Energy-Efficient
The low-cost, scalable technology can seamlessly integrate high-speed gallium nitride transistors onto a standard silicon chip. By Adam Zewe | MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The advanced semiconductor material gallium nitride will likely be key for the next generation of...
Sandia to Help Propel U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. While the U.S. was considered a powerhouse in chip production in the 1990s, fabricating more than 35...
New Electronic ‘Skin’ Could Enable Lightweight Night-Vision Glasses
MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes. By Jennifer Chu | MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins”...
Frontgrade Expands Aerospace and Defense Capabilities with Acquisition of Crescend Technologies’ Defense Solutions Division
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Frontgrade Technologies, a provider of high-reliability electronics for space and national security missions, recently acquired IDSI, LLC, the Defense Solutions division of Crescend Technologies, LLC. The acquisition aims to bolster...
Novel Cooling System Could Surpass Heat Transfer Limits for Stacks of Microelectronic Chips
MALIBU, Calif.—HRL Laboratories is working to surpass heat transfer metrics set out by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) with a novel cooling system for stacks of microelectronic chips. The program, called PHased ARray with INnovative...
New Chip Tests Cooling Solutions for Stacked Microelectronics
Preventing 3D integrated circuits from overheating is key to enabling their widespread use. By Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—As demand grows for more powerful and efficient microelectronics systems, industry is turning to 3D integration—stacking...
New IP System Targets Need for Greater Memory Bandwidth
Cadence is working to accommodate unprecedented AI processing demands. SAN JOSE, Calif.—Cadence Design Systems recently introduced what it described as “the industry’s first DDR5 12.8Gbps MRDIMM Gen2 memory IP system solution on the TSMC N3 process.” The new system is...
Surface Mount Printed Circuit Jumpers Reported to Offer Low Profile Circuit Linkage
Keystone Electronics’ jumper devices provide minimal footprint for high-density, high-current PCB packages on power and aluminum backplanes, the company said. NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.—Surface mount technology (SMT) PCB Jumper Devices from Keystone Electronics Corp. are...
Companies Partnering to Deliver Visual AI-Powered Technology to SMT Production Lines
Through their strategic partnership, Cybord and Fuji America are aiming to increase quality in electronics manufacturing. WILMINGTON, Del. and VERNON HILLS, Ill.—Electronic component supply chains are in flux and under constant stress, making it increasingly difficult...
CELUS, Blues Are Collaborating to Drive Next-Generation Electronic Design
AUSTIN, Texas—CELUS is on a mission to “revolutionize” electronics engineering with AI-driven design automation, empowering engineers to design faster and more efficiently. The company said in a release that it recently began partnering with the embedded intelligence...
Trio-Tech International to Produce Electronic Components of Next-Generation Point-of-Sale System
The company said it received a mass production order from a long-standing customer in the hospitality industry. VAN NUYS, Calif.—Trio-Tech International, a provider of semiconductor back-end solutions (SBS) and industrial electronics (IE), reported that it received a...