Coherent has begun sampling 300mm silicon carbide substrates to customers. The material targets heat spreading in AI and HPC packaging, with the company claiming up to 25% better performance than current solutions.
NXP has launched MCX A5 microcontrollers for secure industrial Ethernet. The Cortex-M33 family integrates 10BASE-T1S digital PHY capability, topology discovery, and post-quantum security while targeting long-life industrial edge nodes.
LitePoint has validated STMicroelectronics’ next-generation UWB silicon against emerging standards. Testing with IQgig-UWB+ covers PHY performance for the ST64UWB family as IEEE 802.15.4ab develops longer-range ranging and sensing capabilities.
Researchers propose a CMOS pixel architecture improving simulated near-infrared sensitivity. FDTD modelling reaches 0.94 optical efficiency at 1000nm without increasing silicon thickness.
Zhen Ding and NTHU advance smart PCB manufacturing research together. Five projects address process optimisation, logistics, supply resilience, materials risk, and AI-enabled production management.
Molex has invested in CAEPlus to advance active liquid cooling. BoundaryCool targets increasing processor heat loads in AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
TTM Technologies has agreed a $1.1 billion Epiq Solutions acquisition. The transaction extends its manufacturing portfolio into software-defined radios, embedded computing, and space electronics.
India has approved 31 additional electronics manufacturing projects across states. The package expands domestic production across components, materials, sub-assemblies, and manufacturing equipment.