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2025 Raspberry Pi revenues up 25% YoY

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:40:35 +0000

Four million Raspberry Pis were shipped in H2 2025, and a total of 7.6 million for FY 2025, up 9% over FY 2024. Revenue was $323 million – up 25% ...

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Molex buys Smiths Interconnect

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:37:57 +0000

Molex has completed the acquisition of Smiths Interconnect, a subsidiary of UK-based Smiths Group. Smiths Interconnect brings a diverse portfolio of complementary products and advantaged capabilities in ruggedized custom connectors, ...

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Nvidia invests $2bn in Marvell for AI ASIC compatibility

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:29:07 +0000

Nvidia is to invest $2 billion in Marvell to ensure that Marvell’s customers for datacentre ASICs have a route to compatibility with Nvidia’s computing platform. With the hyperscalers developing their own ...

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2026 semiconductor capex to increase 20% YoY

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:27:56 +0000

Semiconductor industry capex was $166 billion in 2025, up 7% YoY, says Semiconductor Intelligence (SI). SI estimates 2026 capex will be $200 billion, up 20% from 2025. TSMC was the ...

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NIST develops high temperature photonics packaging

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:17:03 +0000

IollNIST (The US National Institute of Science and Technology) scientists have developed a new process for packaging photonic integrated circuits so they can survive and operate in some of the ...

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Notebook shipments to fall 14.8%

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:16:33 +0000

Notebook shipments are set to fall 14.8% YoY, says TrendForce. Further price hikes are expected in the coming quarters. A tight memory supply continues to push up system costs, while ...

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Farnell signs Same Sky

David Manners — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:14:46 +0000

Farnell has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Same Sky, a manufacturer specialising in interconnect, audio, thermal management, motion and control, relay, sensor, and switch solutions. This partnership expands the ...

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Mistral raises $830m

David Manners — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:28:16 +0000

Mistral AI, the French AI developer, says it has taken on debt of $830 million to run a datacentre. The datacentre, at Bruyeres-le-Chatel near Paris, is used to train of ...

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Greeks launch satellites for D2D comms

David Manners — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:27:25 +0000

OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator pioneering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity through its direct-to-device (D2D) global satellite network, has launched two satellites – ERMIS-1 and ERMIS-2 – aboard SpaceX’s ...

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Weebit raises $56m

David Manners — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:25:48 +0000

Weebit Nano has raised $56 million in a share placement plus a non-underwritten placement to raise up to $6.5 million. Weebit will issue 19.8 million new securities representing about 19.4% ...

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