Electronics sector booms and provides growth in manufacturing 25th March 2019
The UK electronics sector experienced the fastest growth of any manufacturing sector in 2018, according to a new report by Santander and Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation. Despite representing less than 5% of UK manufacturing output, the sector generated £19.4bn in turnover and £8.4bn in gross value added (GVA) in 2017. After a period of decline that started in the early 2000s, the sector experienced a major rebound in growth in 2017 and 2018: up 4.4% and 12.4% respectively.
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Size matters: why small is the new big in electronic componentsFirst the industry talked about miniature electronics, now it’s ultra-miniature and nano (effectively nearly invisible). Soon the buzz will be around molecular electronics, where the device components exist as individual molecules with the potential to form their own systems! The aim for improved technology is driven by speed and size: the smaller it is, the quicker the signal passes from one point to another, and the more applications of technology we see.
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Pyreos announce 50% price reduction on its pixel linear arrayPyreos has announced that due to significant market growth, as well as major yield and cost improvements, it has reduced the volume price of its 128 pixel linear array product line by 50%. This is the steepest price reduction in the company’s history and enables customers to offer spectrometers for use in market segments previously considered too price sensitive for this high end technology. Pyreos linear array prices will now fall below $900 at volumes of 500 units.
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Win a SAM R34 Xplained Pro LoRaWAN Evaluation KitMicrochip is giving the Electronic Specifier readers the chance to win a SAM R34 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit for LoRaWAN development (ATSAMR34-XPRO). Microchip's SAM R34 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit is a hardware platform used to evaluate the ATSAMR34 low power LoRa Sub-GHz SiP, designed to enable long range wireless connectivity while extending system battery life.
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Renesas acquisition of IDT gets the all clearRenesas’s acquisition of Integrated Device Technology has jumped its final regulatory hurdle. The companies have been notified by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) that the investigation of the companies’ proposed merger transaction is complete and that there are no unresolved national security concerns with respect to the transaction.
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The semiconductor market decline in 2019The global semiconductor market grew 13.7% in 2018, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS). Each year, Semiconductor Intelligence review semiconductor forecasts and compare them to the final WSTS data. The company use projections which were publicly released from late 2017 through early 2018, prior to the release of January 2018 WSTS data in March 2018. These forecasts ranged from 5.9% from Mike Cowan to 21.3% from Future Horizons.
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Mouser adds edge computing solutions lineMouser Electronics has sealed a global distribution agreement with krtkl (pronounced critical), a provider of high-performance, low-power embedded hardware and software for edge computing applications ranging from mechatronics and automation to computer vision and remote sensing. Through the agreement, Mouser now stocks three krtkl products, including its popular embedded platform, snickerdoodle.
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Virtual personal trainer provides real time audio feedbackLeveraging years of building health and fitness applications, including a popular back pain app, digital therapeutics pioneer Kaia Health has launched Kaia Personal Trainer. According to the company, it is the world’s first full-body virtual personal trainer which tracks exercises, creates personalised fitness plans, counts reps and provides real time audio feedback.
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FPGA/SoC program produces first graduatesGraduation of the charter class of engineers in its Path to Programmable training program has been announced by element14.com. The program, sponsored by Avnet and Xilinx was designed to accelerate the adoption of programmable logic devices in electronic hardware design.
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