Paul Whytock

Paul Whytock is Technology Correspondent for Electropages. He has reported extensively on the electronics industry in Europe, the United States and the Far East for over thirty years. Prior to entering journalism, he worked as a design engineer with Ford Motor Company at locations in England, Germany, Holland and Belgium.

Will the Semiconductor Chip Shortage Morph Into Over-Supply & Tumbling Prices?

Many industries worldwide are still struggling to purchase adequate semiconductor stocks to enable them to manufacture a sufficient product to meet customer demand. Prime among the

Insights | 14-11-2022

Diamond Sensors Breakthrough in Cardiac Disease Diagnosis

Your heart beats around 100,00 times a day, and that function is controlled by an electrical system that not only causes the contraction of heart chambers but also coordinates them

Wearables | 26-09-2022

Diamond Sensors Breakthrough in Cardiac Disease Diagnosis

Your heart beats around 100,00 times a day, and that function is controlled by an electrical system that not only causes the contraction of heart chambers but also coordinates them

Insights | 26-09-2022

Do I Know You? How Flawed is Facial Recognition?

I Live in London, which means that when I move around the city, be it for business meetings, shopping or sightseeing, I will be photographed over 200 times in one day.  This will b

Privacy | 22-08-2022

Think biometrics protect you from hacking…think again?

When it comes to providing personal security, it’s fair to say that biometrics are pretty good but not infallible. Biometrics are vulnerable to numerous hacking methods, including

13-07-2022

Is zero chip defects a never-ending journey for car-makers?

Car manufacturers must have semiconductor components to innovate and create better vehicles. It's a constant cycle of trying to be the most customer-attractive maker, and these day

15-06-2022

Winning the global GaN game needs a big corporate wallet

We all know there is a worldwide semiconductor device shortage, and we know what's causing it and what needs to happen to resolve it. But knowing is very different from actually so

23-05-2022

Sodium battery technology will oust lithium in the long-term

Lithium-ion battery technology is already a major player in our lives and is set to get even bigger. According to analysts, the global market for these batteries will reach almost

08-04-2022

Life-saving tethered drones get a power and comms boost

The idea of flying a UAV tethered drone system seems incongruous at best, but the fact is that they can do a lot of things better than free-flying drones. Tethered drones are not a

25-03-2022