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What is 5G? Learn about this future technology and the impact it will have on your life. We’ll glimpse into the future and also take a step into the past to revisit older mobile network generations. A History of Mobile Networks As we head into 2017, we’re starting to make a change. A change towards faster and more reliable mobile network speeds. We’re going 5G. But what exactly is 5G and how do we get there? In this blog, we’ll go over a brief
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6 Trends Shaping Electronic Component Supply Chains 2024 - 2025
The global supply chain for electronic components has faced significant challenges in recent years. From COVID-19 disruptions to surging demand and geopolitical tensions, the combined pressures resulted in long lead times for components and a scarcity of critical raw materials, including advanced materials and rare earth elements. This year saw geopolitical trade tensions between the U.S. and China further strain supply chains, disrupting product
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Advanced Materials in the Electronics Supply Chain
The electronics industry is accustomed to rapid change and innovation. Disruption is the industry’s middle name. Over the past few years, we have seen a series of trends – from AI-driven automation to reshoring efforts – reshaping the industry’s supply chains. However, as we look ahead, one trend deserves more attention than it’s been getting: the role of advanced materials in electronics supply chains. While discussions about supply chain
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Enhancing Signal Integrity in PCB Design: Key Considerations and Strategies
In high-speed printed circuit board (PCB) design, ensuring signal integrity is crucial to achieve reliable and efficient performance. Signal integrity refers to the preservation of the quality of electrical signals as they travel through the PCB, free from distortion and noise. Several factors influence signal integrity, including via design, ground plane strategies, and design for manufacturability (DFM). This article explores these critical
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Transforming Waste: AI-Powered Recycling is Here
Welcome to the Ctrl+Listen Podcast, brought to you by Octopart! Join James and his guest, Carling Spelhaug, the Director of Communications at AMP, as they delve into the revolutionary impact of AI on the recycling industry. Listen to the Episode: Watch the Episode: Episode Highlights: AMP's Mission: How AMP is maximizing waste value The role of AI in automating waste sorting and improving efficiency. Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) The
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6 Electronic Trends Shaping Aerospace Design
The aerospace industry has an unquenchable thirst for new technologies that can improve craft performance and capabilities. This ongoing desire for more speed, less weight, better efficiency and new capabilities drives continual technological advancements in electronic components and aerospace design approaches. From the smallest CubeSats to the largest airliners, the latest components are taking aerospace into a higher orbit. For example
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Overview of SiC Manufacturing Capacity Growth
Silicon carbide promises great benefits over silicon semiconductor chips and the industry recognizes this, increasing manufacturing capacity for exponential growth
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HBM Supply Chain Feels Pressure: Is a Shortage Coming Soon?
HBM could be sold out until 2026, but this is not necessarily a marker of an impending chip shortage, but could result in supplier shifts
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NVIDIA Holds 80% AI Chip Market Share: Who's the Next AI Chip Supplier?
If there were a word to sum up NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s response to growing competition in the AI chip segment, it would be “paranoid”, as he told CNBC in the first half of 2024. Despite a major stake in the market—high enough for the company to be referred to as a “moat”—the company still faces an impending boom in artificial intelligence (AI) chip creation. However, NVIDIA’s response is simply to accelerate its efforts, bringing new chip
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New Global Semiconductor Co-Investment Programs
The worldwide pursuit of semiconductor co-investment programs; a recap of the 2024 IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)
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Designing Micro-vias with Sintered Paste for Rigid-Flex Printed Circuit Boards
Rigid-flex Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are an elegant solution to many electronic packaging challenges. This technology brings together the durability of rigid PCBs with the versatility of flexible circuits. Rigid-flex PCBs are key to many modern devices such as smartphones, medical equipment, and automotive electronics
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US to Enforce 100% Increase for Tariffs on Chinese Chips
The Biden administration's recent announcement of significant tariff increases on Chinese imports, particularly semiconductor chips, has sent shockwaves through the electronics industry.
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Building Neural Networks on FPGAs
In this article Ari Mahpour demonstrates how to get a Neural Network running on the FPGA fabric of a Zynq SoC using hls4ml and the Pynq Z2.
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Say Goodbye to EDA Software Vendor Lock
Multi CAD support ends EDA vendor lock for PCB design teams. See what your electronics design team can do with support for any ECAD file format.
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IPC Courses, PCB Design Practices & Advanced Materials with Kris Moyer
Join Tech Consultant Zach Peterson in this interview with Kris Moyer, an esteemed IPC instructor and seasoned PCB design expert. They pair cover a wide range of topics including IPC courses, PCB design practices, and advanced materials. Discover how IPC courses can elevate your PCB design skills, learn about best practices in high-speed digital design (as well as a few other types of design), and explore the challenges of working with advanced
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AI Vision Systems in Manufacturing with Deepview's Eliyahu Davis
Join us on the Altium OnTrack podcast as Zach Peterson sits down with Eliyahu Davis, the lead engineer at Deepview AI. The two explore the future of AI vision systems in manufacturing. Discover how Deepview AI is revolutionizing factory automation with advanced deep learning cameras. Listen to the Episode: Watch the Episode: Key Topics: The role of sci-fi-inspired vision systems in manufacturing. Insights into Deepview AI’s groundbreaking
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The Rise of Software-Defined Vehicles with Lenora Clark
Discover how software-defined vehicles are revolutionizing the automotive industry! Join Tech Consultant Zach Peterson in this episode of the OnTrack Podcast as he chats with Lenora Clark, Director of Autonomous Driving and Safety Technology at MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions. The pair explore the latest advancements in autonomous driving, advanced automotive electronics, and the incredible technologies that are shaping the future of cars
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