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Blogs

- Blaize AI GSP chips take on legacy GPU/CPUs to usher in new era of AI edge computing & apps (13/08/2020)
  
  New Blaize Pathfinder & Xplorer platforms deliver breakthrough performance for more efficient, more flexible, more accurate & more cost-effective real-time AI computing at the edge.
- Semtech collaborates with AWS & TensorIoT to simplify IoT solution development (12/08/2020)
  
  Asset Tracking & Smart Building Kits integrated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) deliver accelerated IoT solutions for systems integrators & enterprises.
- Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme invests in UK manufacturing innovation to boost post-lockdown recovery (12/08/2020)
  
  NPL has announced its Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme, a scheme to help UK manufacturing recover from the economic effects of lockdown & the COVID-19 crisis. The role of measurement science is vital in getting the UK ‘back to business’ & through its M4R programme, NPL is working with National Measurement Laboratory partners to provide access to cutting-edge expertise.
- Innovate UK funding to accelerate development of electric aircraft awarded to TT Electronics (06/08/2020)
  
  UK Aerospace Research & Technology (UKART) Programme, which represents £3.9bn joint government & industry investment, awards funding to TT & other members of the AEPEC (Aerospace Electric Propulsion Equipment, Controls & machines) project, to foster the nation’s competitive position in civil aerospace.
- New direct printing technique offers new dimension for smart sensor technologies (05/08/2020)
  
  The binder Innovation & Technology Center (ITC) has developed a new direct printing technique that allows the application of functional electronic layers directly on a component.
- ecsn/afdec mid-year update for UK & Ireland electronic components market forecast revised down (04/08/2020)
  
  ecsn's updated mid-year 2020 forecast released today now points to a 'modest decline' in 2020 revenues for authorised distributors of electronics components in the UK & Ireland, after being revised downwards in response to current economic uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- EPDT August 2020 issue (inc. Manufacturing & Medical features) now available online (03/08/2020)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Manufacturing technologies & Medical applications, as well as editorial on diversity in engineering and, for STEM Matters, a review of the latest report on ‘Educational Pathways into Engineering’.
- STEM Matters: EngineeringUK analysis – Educational pathways into engineering (02/08/2020)
  
  For more than 20 years, EngineeringUK, the not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with the STEM community to inspire tomorrow’s engineers & increase the STEM talent pipeline, have published a comprehensive report on the state of engineering in the UK – covering educational routes into engineering, as well as key statistics describing the sector & its workforce.
- Editor's comment: In STEM, diversity matters... (02/08/2020)
  
  As we start to emerge from lockdown – and try to figure out what the ‘new normal’ will look like for all of us – STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) has a vital role to play in the process. Critically, scientists are leading the search for a vaccine & other drug therapies to combat the virus – as well as doing the research & providing the advice to help inform government policy decisions.
- How COVID-19 is making STEM cool for careers, according to new IET research (29/07/2020)
  
  New research by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has revealed that young people have taken inspiration from healthcare professionals & engineers during the Covid-19 pandemic to enhance their perceptions of real and life changing engineering & science to consider these roles for future careers.
- Registration now open for Digital AI Conference presented by Mouser & partners (29/07/2020)
  
  Online artificial intelligence (AI) event with industry leaders – including Google, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel, Texas Instruments & NXP Semiconductors – to take place on 9th & 10th September.
- Electronics design demands creativity, as well as logic & precision, according to chip design firm (29/07/2020)
  
  IC design & delivery consultancy, Sondrel is looking for electronic design engineers who can use both left & right brain thinking to become Chip Architects. Read more about their design process...
- CES 2021 moves to all-digital experience (28/07/2020)
  
  In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that CES 2021 – from January 6-9, 2021 – will be an all-digital experience connecting exhibitors, customers, thought leaders & media from around the world. The new format will allow participants to hear from technology innovators, see cutting-edge technologies & the latest product launches, and engage with global brands & startups from around the world.
- COVID-19 educational online event watched by thousands of eager students & STEM fans (28/07/2020)
  
  'Big Bang Digital 2020 – science, engineering & Covid-19', the one-day digital STEM event which took place in mid-July, has given almost 50,000 young people the opportunity to listen to and speak with scientists, engineers, technicians, healthcare professionals & students about the essential role of science & engineering during a pandemic. Sessions from the day are now available to view on demand.
- UK manufacturers well positioned to lead green revolution, growing jobs & GDP, says new report (27/07/2020)
  
  A new report published by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), 'Decarbonisation: Future Growth for Manufacturing', asserts that, if the UK moves towards green manufacturing, between £8-£20 Billion could be added to UK GDP, as well as up to 1 million new jobs created.
- Online event calling for greater diversity in UK engineering roles to be hosted by RS, in collaboration with the IET (23/07/2020)
  
  ‘REflect’, a digital event hosted by RS Components in collaboration with the IET, will show how organisations that tap into the talents of diverse ethnic groups can help address the UK engineering skills shortage.
- World's first hybrid electric 70+ seater aircraft unveiled by UK's Electric Aviation Group (20/07/2020)
  
  British design offers a blueprint for sustainable mass air transportation, as well as creating more than 25,000 UK jobs & unlocking $5 billion of investment in the UK aerospace industry.
- Obituary: George English, an electronics industry stalwart, 1935-2020 (18/07/2020)
  
  The Leadership Group of electronics industry trade association, the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) was saddened to learn of the death of George English, founder of G. English Electronics Ltd. (GELEC). George died in the ‘Hospice in the Weald’ (Kent) on 1st July 2020, aged 85, after a short illness. George will be sadly missed by his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Susan, David & Tracy, and his six grandchildren.
- Royal Academy of Engineering presents MacRobert Award panel discussion on climate change (16/07/2020)
  
  Live-streamed panel discussion, ‘Powering net zero Britain – the current engineering view’, will debate the engineering innovations that will underpin Britain’s climate change pledges. Physicist & TV presenter, Helen Czerski chairs a panel of leading UK engineers, including this year’s MacRobert Award winner, JCB.
- Disruptive Bizen transistor technology secures Capex investment to expedite delivery of first product (15/07/2020)
  
  Early adopters lining up to use the novel Bizen transistor wafer process technology, which uses quantum tunnel mechanics; silicon data & PDK to be delivered this summer.

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