Production

As nations around the world continue to pledge billions in military support to Ukraine, and Russia continues to cut off supply lines to Ukrainians on the front lines and those trapped in cities in the Donbas, the question as to how we get supplies across Ukraine to where they’re most needed is as pertinent as ever.

The current Fab capacity challenges within the Semiconductor industry have resulted in ASIC and Fabless companies evaluating multiple foundries in order to meet chip production forecasts for the next several quarters.

System Plus Consulting has announced a complete analysis of the Apple-developed processors: the 10-core CPU plus 16-core GPU processor for notebooks, and the Apple-developed 10-core CPU plus 32-core GPU processor for the MacBook Pro.

Yole Développement (Yole) has developed comprehensive power electronics expertise for more than 10 years, with specific investigations fully dedicated to the automotive applications.

There’s been no easing of the shortage of some semiconductor devices over the last eighteen months, as the headlines in the industry trade media attest. In this article, Adam Fletcher, chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) provides an explanation of why it takes so long for chip manufacturers to put their supply networks back in balance.

When identifying electronic components for optimal products, there are many design considerations that must be adhered to. Using smartphones’ screens and enclosures (aka chassis) as the key example of such components, this article looks at some key areas of T&M (test and measurement) that designers must take into account to achieve resilient, reliable, and effective devices.

Batteries are to have a central role in the future of sustainable energy and mobility. Affordable, high-quality lithium battery packs are needed in diverse kWh (kilowatt-hour) ratings to power vehicles ranging from ebikes, drones, and small city cars, to large electric vehicles (EVs), trucks, and buses. This article focuses on Yamaha's approaches to automating the production of batteries with the use of robotics and other technologies.

Today, industrial businesses buy high-spec spare parts for their machinery, leave many of them on a warehouse shelf for years, and then send them to a landfill. This is wasteful and unsustainable. This article by Ben Findlay, CEO and Co-Founder of Machine Compare Marketplace discusses his company's efforts to offer a circular model to the industry.

New data released by Oxygen Finance provides visibility of Local Authority supply chain carbon emissions by category of spend for the first time. This will allow councils to focus carbon reduction efforts in the areas of biggest impact.

This World Supply Chain Day, Electronic Specifier discusses the global disruption to upstream suppliers in Russia and Ukraine and its effect on global supply chains. The extraordinary events in Ukraine have forced buyers to find alternative suppliers for things they would typically import from Russia and Ukraine.