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The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Professor Jayant Baliga of North Carolina State University for his part in the invention and development of the IGBT. “Two thirds of the electricity in the world is used to run motors in consumer and industrial applications,” said chair of Millennium Technology committee Professor Päivi Törmä. “Professor Baliga’s innovation has allowed ...

World-renowned semiconductor research lab Imec has named Lisa Su, chair and CEO of AMD, as the winner of the 2024 Imec Innovation Award. “Since taking the helm of AMD in 2014, Dr Su’s technological acumen and leadership have propelled the company to the forefront of semiconductor technology development,” said Imec CEO Luc Van den hove. “Under her leadership, AMD has ...

The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2023 have been announced, and Electronics Weekly studied the list of winners to discover which electronics-related organisations have been honoured this year. One of the successful companies is ipTest of Guildford in Surrey, which has won in the Innovation category for its DS5 1,000A high-speed tester for SiC and GaN power components (right). Particularly suited ...

Samsung Electronics has been recognised with two awards at the Sustainable Materials Management electronics challenge awards ceremony hosted by the EPA. Samsung was one of nine companies to receive a gold tier award and one of two companies named the SMM electronics challenge champion award winners. In addition, Samsung was recognised by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) as a CES ...

Four US engineers have been awarded the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) at a Buckingham Palace ceremony for their work creating “the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system,” GPS. The QEPrize is a £1 million award that celebrates the global benefit of engineering innovation on humanity. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presented the trophy to Dr ...

Guests at this year’s Elektra Awards were treated to an exciting event with a wide range of entertainment.

The Elektra Awards 2014 were presented at a Gala Dinner at the Lancaster London on 26 November. The Elektra Awards is an annual highlight for the electronics industry and has been recognising technical, innovative and business success within the sector for more than a decade. Gallery: Photographs of the winners >> This year’s event was hosted by comedian, writer and ...

The UK electronic systems trade body NMI has announced its 2012 awards are open for entries. The annual programme celebrates organisations, individuals and practices that are conducive to a healthy and vibrant industry.

We are pleased to announce a whole number of new sponsorships for the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2011. There are 21 categories this year and the Distributor of the Year is now sponsored by IC Resources, the Educational Support Award is now sponsored by IC Group, the Embedded Systems Product of the Year Award is now sponsored by Redline, ...

Last night at Electronica we had the Industry Awards event. It’s the second time we’ve held the event in Munich, and it went down really well. Comedian Dominic Holland was the presenter for the night, and he did a good job of taking the piss out of the whole industry. Apparently we’re all a bunch of nerds. Quite right too. ...