Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.9% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
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New Approach May Help Clear Hurdle to Large-Scale Quantum Computing
Harvard-led team gets around error problems by moving, connecting atoms in mid-computation.
Supplyframe Commodity IQ: Most Electronics Supply Chain Challenges Are Getting Worse
New data from Supplyframe paints a grim picture of current and expected conditions in the electronics supply chain, where commodity supply tightness and cost inflation are impacting most inputs across categories.
Pierre Marchal Joins SiPearl as Chief Financial Officer
SiPearl, the company designing the high-performance, low-power microprocessor for European exascale supercomputers, announces the appointment of Pierre Marchal as Chief Financial Officer.
Ayar Labs Raises $130 Million in Series C Funding, Accelerating Commercialization of Industry’s First In-Package Optical I/O Products
Boardman Bay Capital Management leads round joined by strategic investments from industry bellwethers Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA, fast-tracking Ayar Labs’ transformational technology for AI, HPC, cloud, and telecom applications.
FLEX Conference 2022 to Highlight Latest Flexible Hybrid Electronics Innovations
FLEX Conference will gather industry experts July 11-14, 2022, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for keynotes, panel discussions, technical sessions and product-based demonstrations highlighting the latest innovations in flexible and printed electronics.
New Hardware Integrates Mechanical Devices into Quantum Tech
Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from current, everyday mechanical devices.
The 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium on Technology & Circuits, Now Merged as a Single Event with the Theme: “Technology & Circuits for the Critical Infrastructure of the Future”
Now in its 42nd year of delivering a unique convergence of technology and circuits for the microelectronics industry, the Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits will be merged into one Symposium to maximize the synergy across both domains.
Supplyframe Commodity IQ: Most Electronics Supply Chain Challenges Are Getting Worse
New data from Supplyframe paints a grim picture of current and expected conditions in the electronics supply chain, where commodity supply tightness and cost inflation are impacting most inputs across categories.
Rigetti Hires Eric Ostby as Vice President of Product
Rigetti Computing, Inc. today announced the addition of Eric Ostby as Vice President of Product, effective April 12, 2022.