To find out how local contract electronics manufacturers have coped with the financial and operational fallout from the pandemic, Dataweek conducted a Q&A with three of them.

The contract manufacturing side of the South African electronics industry has been under enormous pressure for some time now, with some high-profile manufacturers having closed their doors or suffering serious financial trouble in recent years.

Dataweek asked some of the local players how the week or so of load shedding in February this year affected them, as well as their forecasts for the future.

The introduction of Groq’s ASIC-based approach to AI inferencing marks a significant shift in the landscape of LLMs.

Mouser Electronics is now shipping the new Digi ConnectCore MP255 development kit, which boasts a versatile, secure, and cost-effective wireless system-on-module (SOM), designed for maximum power efficiency to support battery-powered and industrial AI applications.

Jemstech is pleased to announce that they have successfully concluded a supplier agreement with Kamstrup A/S in Denmark, a leading supplier of intelligent metering solutions in the global market.

The new generation of automatic printing presses from GKG, the all-new G-Tera, is equipped with a 3,0-megapixel LIGHT-Bolt CCD camera, an upgraded conveyor system, and an enhanced printing system.

Inspecting long PCBs that are often used in sectors like telecommunications, automotive, and energy, where high reliability is required, presents several unique challenges.

Change is the only constant across today’s complex manufacturing landscape. The surge of digital transformation, spearheaded by Industry 4.0, has redefined how factories operate, build, and evolve.