Cadence Design Systems reported first quarter revenue of $121.1 million at its System Design and Analysis segment, falling $1.5 million from a year ago for the period ended Mar. 31.

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Smart roads with advanced vehicle sensing capabilities could be the linchpin of future intelligent transportation systems and could even help extend driverless cars‘ perceptual range. A new approach that fuses camera and radar data can now track vehicles precisely at distances of up to 500 meters.

Talks on supply chain-driven circuit design and embedded inductor technology highlight the PCEA Boston Chapter meeting on May 2 in Lowell, MA.

Thermoreflectance-based thermal imaging with its spatial and temporal resolution has proven to be an effective tool for gaining an understanding of the thermal behavior of advanced semiconductor and optoelectronic devices.

The three main approaches to 3D electronics -- applying electronics to a 3D surface, in-mold electronics, and fully printed 3D electronics -- are discussed in detail in the new IDTechEx report "3D Electronics/Additive Electronics 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, and Markets."

PCEA will host a pair of free technical talks on PCB design layout and land pattern generation as part of its meeting at the Del Mar Electronics Show on Wednesday, April 24.

PCB East 2024 features more than 80 hours of technical presentations, including an all-day forum on UHDI.

Beyond Neuralink, meet the other companies developing brain-computer interfaces.

Amphenol released its 2023 Sustainability Report.

The history of Pan Pac including the technologies introduced at the annual symposium are the topic of this week's Reliability Matters podcast.

Production of electronic components, mainly semiconductors and displays, jumped 11.1% annually last quarter, thanks to strong demand for chips used in AI and HPC devices, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said. Production of computers and optical components increased 17.7% from a year ago, bolstered by higher demand for AI and cloud-based data centers.

Plexus has reportedly notified Oregon officials of plans to close its contract electronics manufacturing factory here by this fall.

Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia NVDA.O artificial intelligence chips through resellers, despite the US widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology to China.

Japan's output of printed circuit boards decreased 9.3% in February from the same month last year to 757,000 sq. m., the 25th consecutive drop, and the output fell 11.4% To 44.303 billion yen, the Japan Electronics Packaging Circuits Association (JPCA) said.

Shenzhen Jove Enterprise reported 2023 sales of CNY1.24 million ($171.3 million), down 19% from a year ago.

Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of India-based Dixon Technologies, signed an agreement with Longcheer, the world's second-largest smartphone ODM based in China, for smartphone manufacturing.

Saudi Arabia has set its intentions on advanced manufacturing, and one company, Alat (Arabic for "machine"), is taking the lead, focused on developing electronics and advanced industrial production while pioneering industry 4.0 technology and the use of clean energy in manufacturing.

Foxconn withdrew from a $19.4 billion deal with India's Vedanta to make semiconductors in the South Asian nation owing to "challenging gaps," it announced Tuesday.

US companies borrowed 7% less to finance equipment investments in March compared to a year ago, industry body Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Monday.

TTM Technologies purchased Inovaxe SREX racks.

Nordson named Daniel Hopgood chief financial officer.

LPKF extended the contract of its CEO, Klaus Fiedler, until 2028.

Regina Lathrop, marketing coordinator and co-owner of Datest, has passed away.

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