Category: News
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Ireland has launched I-C3 to accelerate custom chip design locally. The new competence centre, coordinated by Tyndall, will give startups and SMEs access to design tools, pilot lines, training, and funding routes under Europe’s Chips Act programme.
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Lenovo has earned SERI Champion status for electronics sustainability leadership. The recognition follows the company’s adoption of the R2v3 standard across multiple manufacturing centres for responsible electronics processing and reverse supply chain control.
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Taoglas has launched an AI antenna recommendation engine worldwide. The tool shortlists antennas using project constraints, aiming to cut early RF selection time and reduce late-stage redesign and certification churn.
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TTTech will deliver 10Gb TSN networking for Army HADES jets. The contract covers a deterministic Ethernet platform and software intended to upgrade the ISR fleet’s digital backbone for high-throughput, time-bounded data transport.
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UKBIC has appointed Jason Watkins as its new commercial director. He joins the Coventry battery manufacturing development facility to lead business development, sales, and customer project delivery as UK battery scale-up demand intensifies.
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ECSA has opened 2026 applications for its microelectronics summer school. The Bologna programme runs in late August, covering semiconductor technology, IC design, embedded intelligence, and integration, with a focus on building the engineering pipeline Europe’s chip projects will need.
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Mastercam 2026.R2 shifts simulation workloads from CPU to GPU hardware. A new GPU-accelerated verifier and the Copilot assistant target faster toolpath checks and fewer repetitive edits, as the company moves to a twice-yearly major release cadence.
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Omron’s S8AS2 targets crowded control cabinets with smarter DC distribution. It combines a 24 V power supply, branch-level electronic protection, and live diagnostics, aiming to simplify wiring and isolate faults without taking an entire panel offline.
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ifm’s O2I2 readers pack high-speed code capture into tight footprints. The compact multicode units read up to 50 codes per second, apply deep learning for damaged marks, and connect via Ethernet or RS232 for tracking, AGVs, and semiconductor traceability.
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Blueshift will bring low-outgassing thermal tapes to JEC World Paris. The company is positioning AeroZero tapes and flame barriers for lightweight spacecraft and aerospace electronics protection.