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Samsung in mass production of 286-layer V9 QLC NAND

David Manners — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 07:03:16 +0000

Yesterday Samsung said it has begun mass production of a 286-layer QLC NAND initially for the server market. Density is 28.5 Gb/mm² – claimed to be 86% higher than its ...

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Tech jobs blood-bath

David Manners — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:20:22 +0000

211,033 tech company employees have been laid off across more than 194 tech companies worldwide since the start of the year, with US firms Dell, Intel, and Tesla leading the ...

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World record optical transmission

David Manners — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:19:04 +0000

Nokia and Deutsche Telekom subsidiary OTE Group have claimed an optical transmission rate world record using Nokia’s sixth generation of super-coherent Photonic Service Engine (PSE-6s) technology. The field trial, which ...

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Are electronics graduates meeting the needs of employers? asks UKESF

Alun Williams — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:06:10 +0000

Are electronics graduates meeting the needs of employers? This is the question the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) has sought to answer with its recent research. Specifically, it sought to ...

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Battery metals prices fall

David Manners — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:05:15 +0000

The prices for metals used in batteries such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium continue to fall, reports TrendForce The price of lithium spodumene concentrate fell 16% q-o-q in August with ...

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DigiKey’s Back2School Prize Giveaway offers $1,000 to Grand Winner

Alun Williams — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:20:15 +0000

DigiKey’s Back2School Prize Giveaway gives students a chance to win store credit towards building their own electronic projects. Note that the “Back to College” promotion is open to any student ...

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Oracle offering 2.4zettaFLOPS

David Manners — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 05:27:55 +0000

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is offering customers access to what it claims to be the largest AI supercomputer in the cloud — with up to 131,072 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs — ...

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Infineon in pilot production on 300mm GaN wafers

David Manners — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 05:14:04 +0000

Infineon has developed 300mm power GaN wafers which deliver 2.3x more ICs per wafer than 200mm. “This remarkable success is the result of our innovative strength and the dedicated work ...

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Mouser and Altium set up PCB design college

David Manners — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 05:11:54 +0000

Mouser and Altium LLC are partnering to support electronics education and careers worldwide. The collaboration seeks to empower the next generation of electronic design engineers by providing expanded access to ...

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SiC half-bridge handles 1.8MW in under 500ns

Steve Bush — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:59:41 +0000

Aiming at vehicle traction, Infineon has put a pair of 3,300V 1,000A 1.9 mΩ silicon carbide trench mosfets into its 100 x 140 x 40mm ‘XHP 2’ module housing, calling ...

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