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Farnell has concluded the second season of its Top Tech Voices podcast series, bringing together leading experts and thought leaders to explore how innovation can improve lives, protect what matters and help solve real human challenges.

Microchip Technology has announced that registration is now open for its European MASTERs Conference, an in-person technical training event for embedded control engineers. The conference will take place October 12–15, 2026, at the Westin Grand Munich in Munich, Germany. MASTERs is an acronym for Microchip Annual Strategic Technical Exchange and Review and is curated to provide engineers with peer-to-peer technical training led by Microchip subject-matter experts.

Farnell’s Top Tech Voices podcast continues its season with two new episodes featuring neuroscientist and founder Dr Anne-Laure Le Cunff and architect and MIT Professor Carlo Ratti.

Today marks the official launch of Moore4Power (More than Moore for Disruptive Innovations in Power Electronics), one of Europe’s most ambitious semiconductor R&D projects. Led by Infineon Technologies, this Chips Joint Undertaking initiative unites large entities, small and medium-sized enterprises and research institutes from 15 European countries to develop the next generation of smart, efficient and sustainable power electronics. With a total project volume of €91 million, Moore4Power will run for three years aiming to deliver breakthrough innovations that strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty and sustainability in the field of power electronics.