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Renesas to scale SiC production with $2bn Wolfspeed wafer deal
Renesas to scale SiC production with $2bn Wolfspeed wafer deal
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Renesas Electronics has signed a ten year deal with Wolfspeed in the US for supply of silicon carbide bare and…
Solarwatt installs 10m solar panels across Europe
Solarwatt installs 10m solar panels across Europe
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German solar panel maker Solarwatt has installed its 10 millionth panel on a house in the UK. The company, based…
Renesas and Wolfspeed sign SiC wafer supply agreement
Renesas and Wolfspeed sign SiC wafer supply agreement
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Agreement enables Renesas to fortify its power semiconductor roadmap and supports the adoption of silicon carbide in automotive, industrial and…
Murata and MobileKnowledge partner on UWB position detection for IoT
Murata and MobileKnowledge partner on UWB position detection for IoT
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UWB position detection modules to the most complete and powerful UWB development kits enable accurate position detection in IoT devices.

Synopsys teams to boost chip design in Jordan
Synopsys teams to boost chip design in Jordan
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Synopsys is working with chip design house Golden Electronics to increase the number of industry-ready chip design engineers in Jordan. The collaboration is in the form of a very large-scale…
Mitsubishi boosts factory automation production with digital twin
Mitsubishi boosts factory automation production with digital twin
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Mitsubishi Electric is to expand its production of factory automation (FA) control systems with a second factory in Japan and digital twin. The ¥42.5bn (€275m) construction of a second five…
New boss for Toshiba in Europe
New boss for Toshiba in Europe
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Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH has appointed Peter Lieberwirth as the new President and CEO from the start of July. He takes over from Tomoaki Kumagai, the outgoing President, who has been…
Micron rolls with China blow as it rides memory storm
Micron rolls with China blow as it rides memory storm
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Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) made a net loss of US$1.9 billion on revenue of US$3.75 billion in its third quarter of fiscal 2023 ended June 1. Micron’s net loss…
Kontron to buy cellular automotive IoT module assets from Telit Cinterion for €24.5m
Kontron to buy cellular automotive IoT module assets from Telit Cinterion for €24.5m
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Kontron is to buy the assets of Telit Cinterion’s Cellular Automotive Module Unit to boost its Internet of Things (IoT) offerings. Kontron’s asset deal with Telit Cinterion in Irvine, California,…
European IoT providers choose EchoStar for real-time satellite connectivity
European IoT providers choose EchoStar for real-time satellite connectivity
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The EchoStar XXI S-band satellite delivers pervasive, two-way connectivity seamlessly across Europe without requiring roaming agreements across geographies.
E-trucks join UK EV pilgrimage
E-trucks join UK EV pilgrimage
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Electric trucks have joined the UK’s EV Rally for the first time. Two e-trucks from DAF and Mercedes joined the EV Rally for the first time travelling to all four…
Lauterbach development tools add support for ARM v9.2 processors
Lauterbach development tools add support for ARM v9.2 processors
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TRACE32® development tools also support the recently announced next-generation Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520.
Nokia to cash in with Apple cross-license renewal
Nokia to cash in with Apple cross-license renewal
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Nokia has said it has signed a cross-license patent agreement with Apple that will replace a current license that is due to expire at the end of 2023. The license…
Navitas adds PLECS Models for GeneSiC trench semiconductors
Navitas adds PLECS Models for GeneSiC trench semiconductors
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Navitas Semiconductor has teamed up with Plexim in Zurich on thermal loss models of its GeneSiC G3 trench silicon carbide MOSFET and Gen 5 MPS diodes. The PLECS thermal loss…
TriEye shows laser-illuminated infrared imaging system for automotive, robotics
TriEye shows laser-illuminated infrared imaging system for automotive, robotics
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TriEye in Israel has developed a laser-illuminated short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging system for automotive and robotics applications. It worked with Coherent in the US to combine its CMOS-based spectrum enhanced detection…
ASML sees export controls on latest DUV lithography equipment
ASML sees export controls on latest DUV lithography equipment
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The Dutch government has just published new export controls for semiconductor equipment. The export controls cover immersion lithography and advanced deposition. This is in addition to the previous restrictions on…
Infineon, Kontrol team for machine-readable autonomous vehicle safety
Infineon, Kontrol team for machine-readable autonomous vehicle safety
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Infineon Technologies is working with Austrian product compliance company Kontrol to automate safety in autonomous vehicles such as driverless cars. The strategic partnership covers the legal requirements, standards, norms, and…
Joint venture to provide lithium carbonate in the UK as French giant buys startup
Joint venture to provide lithium carbonate in the UK as French giant buys startup
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French mining giant Imerys has formed a joint venture with British Lithium to create the UK’s first integrated production of battery-grade lithium carbonate, at the same time buying a majority…
$1.3bn to build world’s largest AI supercomputer
$1.3bn to build world’s largest AI supercomputer
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Three years after Microsoft funded the OpenAI computing cluster that produced ChatGPT, another startup is aiming to build an even larger cluster. Inflection AI has raised $1.3bn (€1.2bn) from investors…
KDPOF to set up photonic packaging line in Spain
KDPOF to set up photonic packaging line in Spain
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KDPOF is to set up an automated pilot plastic packaging line for optical transceivers in Spain as part of the recently approved European IPCEI microelectronics programme. KDPOF is working with…
Pasqal teams for quantum computing in Korea
Pasqal teams for quantum computing in Korea
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French quantum computer developer Pasqal is teaming up with South Korean steel company POSCO and Korean company Qunova Computing to develop quantum computing technologies for the group. Qunova Computing is…
Rogue Valley selects Florida for MEMS wafer fab
Rogue Valley selects Florida for MEMS wafer fab
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Pure-play MEMS foundry Rogue Valley Microdevices Inc. (Medford, Oregon) is planning to site its second wafer fab in Palm Bay, Florida. The company has announced the acquisition of a 50,000-square-foot…
Quadric joins Silicon Catalyst to offer AI IP
Quadric joins Silicon Catalyst to offer AI IP
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Quadric has joined the Silicon Catalyst semiconductor incubator as an In-Kind Partner (IKP), offering its general purpose neural processing (GPNPU) IP to machine learning chip startups. The Chimera GPNPU can…
Celestial AI raises $100m for optical interconnect tech
Celestial AI raises $100m for optical interconnect tech
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Celestial AI in the US has raised $100m to develop for its optical interconnect technology with venture backing from imec and Porsche. This comes as Lightelligence is set to show…
ARIES Embedded joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program
ARIES Embedded joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program
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STMicroelectronics Partner Program offers a large ecosystem that serves customers with optimized support and accelerates time-to-market.
BMW picks Molex cell contacting tech for next generation electric cars
BMW picks Molex cell contacting tech for next generation electric cars
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BMW has selected the Molex Volfinity Cell Contacting System (CCS) for series production of battery packs in its next-generation electric vehicles (EV). In development since 2018, Volfinity connects cells to…
imec, ASML team for pilot line for sub-1nm development
imec, ASML team for pilot line for sub-1nm development
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Belgian research lab imec has signed a key deal with ASML for the latest lithography equipment for a sub-1nm pilot line. A Memorandum of Understanding signed today includes the installation…
Cars are too complex says Stellantis CTO, cuts number of chips
Cars are too complex says Stellantis CTO, cuts number of chips
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The complexity of modern cars is a key problem for the industry in both affordability and weight, says the chief technology officer of European car maker Stellantis, which will lead…


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