Category: Electronics
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Four Japanese companies will develop manufacturing processes for optical chiplets. The NEDO-backed programme combines photonic device production, silicon photonics and advanced packaging, targeting a pilot line and substantially greater manufacturing productivity.
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TAIYO YUDEN adds extensive component data within Cadence OrCAD X. The integration makes characteristics for approximately 10,000 capacitors and inductors available within an established PCB design environment, supporting component selection and circuit simulation.
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Altera introduces QuartusIQ to support project-aware FPGA design and debugging. The assistant connects AI models with active Quartus projects, compilation reports and timing analysis, with availability planned for 28 October.
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Nokia and SoftBank plan an AI-RAN field trial in Japan. The 2027 programme will integrate Nokia anyRAN with SoftBank’s AITRAS platform, using NVIDIA accelerated computing to evaluate shared radio and AI workloads under commercial traffic conditions.
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Neumonda will demonstrate coordinated DRAM testing at electronica this November. Its established Raptor, Octopus and Rhinoe platforms will be presented as a complementary test workflow covering high-speed operation, endurance and signal integrity.
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Amsterdam venture EpoQ has won PhotonDelta’s global photonics engineering competition. The reported winning proposal uses integrated photonics for a trapped-ion atomic clock, with access to development services and a conditional investment opportunity.
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Aptiv integrates NVIDIA Hyperion into modular automated driving computing platforms. The expanded partnership includes Halos safety technology and a proposed air-cooled configuration for Thor processing, with a system demonstration scheduled for CES 2027.
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Axcelis has begun expanding semiconductor equipment manufacturing capacity in Korea. Its 20 October Pyeongtaek groundbreaking advances an existing $35 million investment plan, with manufacturing at the enlarged facility scheduled for the second half of 2028.
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EPC has confirmed its GaN transistors power ADI’s reference converter. The dual-phase EVAL-LT7930-AZ regulates a 48V output from 36–65V input, with up to 4kW output power and manufacturer-reported typical efficiency reaching 98.8%.
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STMicroelectronics has introduced secure factory provisioning for Matter device credentials. Its MatterConnect service installs certificates, cryptographic keys and personalisation data into supported components before shipment, reducing the need for equipment manufacturers to operate equivalent secure provisioning infrastructure.