Weekly newsletter from Nick Flaherty
www.flaherty.co.ukSome great stories over the last week, with a major UK tech acquisition for monitoring the latest system on chip designs, to a tiny, tiny Millenium Falcon 3D printed on a process that also makes leading edge MEMS devices. And if you still use Fortran as a programming language, it has been ported to the new generation of Apple Macs.
The 'state of the nation' interview on verification following the DVcon Europe conference showed interesting trends in languages such as Python emerging, as well as the role of digital twins and the challenges of verification and validation.
Covid-19 and the US-China trade war continue to be major business issues for the industry, but companies are adapting well
And then there are some key technology announcements for electric vehicles and autonomous operation
. Tools to address bias in edge AI systems
. Swissbit buys German memory controller designer
. ST pushes back $12bn target, looks to $15bn
. Quantum dot SWIR sensor has sub-2µm pixel pitch
. Linker shrinks RISC-V application size
. Britishvolt moves battery gigafactory plan to Northumberland
. French EV charger group to go public in US
. ABB builds global e-mobility R&D centre at TU Delft
. Bosch moves into the power station business using UK technology
. Solid state design allows low profile two-wire LED dimmer
. LEGaTO project shows 100x energy efficiency gains in edge computing
. 1.5kW quarter brick isolated DC-DC converter for data centres
. Dolphin boosts power controller IP
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