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Analog Devices invests €630 million in Limerick facility
Analog Devices invests €630 million in Limerick facility
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New R&D and manufacturing facility in Limerick intended to help accelerate advances in cutting-edge applications, including digital biology, electric vehicles,…
PEI-Genesis cuts lead times with new D-Sub production facility
PEI-Genesis cuts lead times with new D-Sub production facility
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New facility in Philadelphia provides D-Sub connectors with fast lead times, supporting increased demand globally.
Vehicle network startup Ethernovia raises $64 million
Vehicle network startup Ethernovia raises $64 million
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Ethernovia Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), a 2018 startup working on the sensor, computing and communications aspects of vehicle networks, has…
Driveco raises €250m for its own European charging infrastructure
Driveco raises €250m for its own European charging infrastructure
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Electric charger maker Driveco in France has raised €250m to create a network of over 60,000 charging points in Europe…

Analog Devices taps Europe for €630m fab in Ireland
Analog Devices taps Europe for €630m fab in Ireland
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Analog Devices is to invest €630m and triple wafer capacity at its European regional headquarters in Limerick, Ireland. The investment is part of Ireland’s first Important Projects of Common European…
Bosch tests L4 driverless cars on German roads
Bosch tests L4 driverless cars on German roads
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Bosch has received a permit from the German Federal Transport Authority to test Level 4 driverless cars on public roads in all weathers. Level 4 as specified by SAE J3016…
Indian chip startups get seed funds from Sequoia Capital
Indian chip startups get seed funds from Sequoia Capital
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InCore Semiconductors and Mindgrove Technologies – both based in Chennai, India – have both received seed funding in rounds led by Sequoia Capital India. In the case of InCore Semi…
Billions for European battery gigafactory
Billions for European battery gigafactory
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This week has seen three new battery gigafactories announced across Europe with over €7bn in investment. ProLogium of Taiwan is to set up a solid state battery gigafactory in Dunkirk,…
Synopsys signs Black Duck software supply chain management deal
Synopsys signs Black Duck software supply chain management deal
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Synopsys is extending its moves into supply chain management through a deal with ReversingLabs. The deal will provide ReversingLabs software development and security teams with a comprehensive software supply chain…
Nordic teams for IoT software SIM
Nordic teams for IoT software SIM
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Nordic Semiconductor has signed a key deal for a software-only SIM that simplifies the roll out of millions of devices on the Internet of Things (IoT). The collaboration will use…
Nuvoton adds AppWizard code-free graphics to its ARM chips
Nuvoton adds AppWizard code-free graphics to its ARM chips
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Taiwanese chip maker Novoton Technology has licensed the AppWizard software from Segger Microcontroller in Germany to ease the development of embedded graphics. Nuvoton customers can now use Segg’s AppWizard across…
Denso, UMC ship their first automotive IGBTs from 300mm wafers
Denso, UMC ship their first automotive IGBTs from 300mm wafers
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Denso has started shipping the first silicon IGBTs developed in partnership with foundry UMC. The devices, developed with UMC’s subsidiary United Semiconductor Japan (USJC) on a jointly funded 300mm wafer…
US looks to bring PCB production back with $3bn of funding
US looks to bring PCB production back with $3bn of funding
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The US government has introduced legislation for $3bn of subsidies to bring back printed circuit board production. The bipartisan Protecting Circuit Boards and Substrates Act of 2023 aims to finish…
Foundry SMIC reports falling sales, profits and tough times ahead
Foundry SMIC reports falling sales, profits and tough times ahead
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China’s largest foundry chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) has posted a reduced net profit on declining sales in its 1Q23 financial results. The company’s revenue was US$1,462.3 million…
MOU brings satellite network to government/enterprise connectivity
MOU brings satellite network to government/enterprise connectivity
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First-of-its-kind LEO satellite constellation delivers low latency similar to or better than fibre along with high security.
AccelerComm raises £21.5m for 5G satellite and OpenRAN
AccelerComm raises £21.5m for 5G satellite and OpenRAN
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AccelerComm in Southampton, UK, has raised £21.5m (€25m) to boost its development of radio IP for 5G satellites and OpenRAN systems. The Series B round was led by Parkwalk, Swisscom…
Compiler test update boosts Andes RISC-V in automotive
Compiler test update boosts Andes RISC-V in automotive
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Andes Technology has upgraded its version of the SuperTest Compiler Test and Validation Suite developed and supplied by Solid Sands in the Netherlands to support its growth in automotive chip…
EU launches semiconductor supply chain alert system
EU launches semiconductor supply chain alert system
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The European Commission has launched a pilot project to warn of potential problems in the semiconductor supply chain ahead of setting up the European Semiconductor Board. The Semiconductor Alert System…
Foundries’ April sales stay far below last year’s
Foundries’ April sales stay far below last year’s
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April sales at TSMC were down 14.3 percent year-on-year and for neighbor foundry United Microelectronics Corp. they fell 19 percent amid continued market weakness. TSMC’s April sales figures are in…
IAR updates visual model-based design for complexity
IAR updates visual model-based design for complexity
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The latest update of the state machine design system IAR Visual State adds better cross-platform support and a range of new features.
ARM, Silicon Catalyst team for IP giveaway
ARM, Silicon Catalyst team for IP giveaway
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Silicon Catalyst and ARM have teamed up to offer startups designing system-on-chip (SoC) free access to ARM’s processor IP. Under the ARM Flexible Access programme, ARM IP is free for…
Jacobs expands US battery recycling in $200m deal
Jacobs expands US battery recycling in $200m deal
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Jacobs is working with Cirba Solutions to design lithium battery recycling plants across the US in a $200m deal. Cirba is a battery materials and management company for end-of-life batteries…
Ceva buys spatial audio tech for hearables
Ceva buys spatial audio tech for hearables
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Ceva has acquired the RealSpace 3D Spatial Audio business, technology and patents from partner VisiSonics. Based in Maryland, close to CEVA’s sensor fusion R&D development centre, the VisiSonics spatial audio…
Lynred breaks ground on €85m French infrared sensor production site
Lynred breaks ground on €85m French infrared sensor production site
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Lynred has broken ground on a €85 million ($93.7m) industrial site in Grenoble, France, to centralised production of its infrared sensor technology and systems. This is the biggest construction investment…
Onsemi plans trench SiC devices
Onsemi plans trench SiC devices
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Onsemi is developing silicon carbide MOSFETs using a trench structure rather than a planar for later this year with samples expected in 2024. The company has SiC epitaxial wafer plant…
Become AI advantaged with IBM Watsonx
Become AI advantaged with IBM Watsonx
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Watsonx is a new platform to be released for foundation models and generative AI, offering a studio, data store, and governance toolkit From the press release: At its…
Startup launches quiet electric duct engines for commercial drones
Startup launches quiet electric duct engines for commercial drones
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Greenjets in the UK has developed a quiet, tiny ducted electric propulsor, or ‘jet engine’, for commercial drones. The startup is a spinout of consultancy Blue Bears and has been…
Porsche picks Mobileye platform for hands-free driving
Porsche picks Mobileye platform for hands-free driving
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System will be tweaked for the needs of sporty drivers…


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