Micros

Today’s 3.3kW switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) can achieve power densities of 100W/inch³ by utilising the latest technologies, including superjunction (SJ silicon) and silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs in the totem-pole PFC stage as well as gallium nitride (GaN) power switches for high-voltage DC-DC stage operation.

Elma Electronic has expanded its line of rugged small form factor (SFF) Edge computing systems to include the JetSys-5330, based on the powerful NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin system-on-module (SoM).

Chip design company Arm is moving to make its own chip in efforts to showcase the capabilities of its designs. 

With the Intel Xeon W-3400 and W-2400 (code-named Sapphire Rapids), Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH is adding new desktop workstation processors to its range that are predestined for high-end computing.

In March, US President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) with plans to spend $50 million on domestic and Canadian production of circuit boards. 

Omron Electronic Components Europe has extended its SMD photo IC portfolio with the introduction of a compact 3mm slot variant.

For the first time since EtherCAT was introduced 20 years ago, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is publishing node figures. 

Infineon Technologies and Hi-Lo Systems, a Taiwan based IC programming and testing company, have announced their partnership in the area of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chips. 

SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, has applauded the provisional agreement reached in the European Chips Act Trilogue Negotiations to invest €43 billion to bolster Europe’s microelectronics industry.

Distributor Mouser Electronics is now shipping the OPTIGA Trust M IoT security development kit from Infineon Technologies.