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Distributor RS renames US Allied business
Distributor RS renames US Allied business
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London-based RS Group is rebranding its main trading brand in the Americas, Allied…
US snaps up Swedish SiC equipment maker
US snaps up Swedish SiC equipment maker
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Veeco Instruments in the US has acquired Epiluvac, a Swedish maker of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) epitaxy systems for silicon…
Keysight brings expertise to four European 6G smart networks projects
Keysight brings expertise to four European 6G smart networks projects
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Participation in the SNS-JU public-private partnership helps facilitate and develop leadership in 5G and 6G networks and services in Europe.
Faurecia-Aptoide, Catappult launch world’s first app distribution centre for cars
Faurecia-Aptoide, Catappult launch world’s first app distribution centre for cars
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App developers can now distribute their apps to millions of cars worldwide…

UK could lose wafer maker IQE over delayed chip strategy
UK could lose wafer maker IQE over delayed chip strategy
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IQE plc (Cardiff, Wales), a leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafers, could relocate abroad unless the UK government sets out its strategy for semiconductors quickly. That is according to The…
Foxconn shakes off factory disruption as January sales jump
Foxconn shakes off factory disruption as January sales jump
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Electronics assembly company Hon Hai Precision Industries, which trades as Foxconn, achieved record sales in January of NT$660.4 billion (about US$22 billion) up 48 percent year-on-year and 4.9 percent sequentially.
ST linked to Indian fab project as former NXP exec appointed
ST linked to Indian fab project as former NXP exec appointed
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STMicroelectronics could become a partner in a Vedanta-Foxconn joint venture created to build a wafer fab in Gujurat, India, according to reports. At the same time Indian metals-to-mining conglomerate Vedanta…
BrainChip teams for neuromorphic preventative AI
BrainChip teams for neuromorphic preventative AI
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BrainChip has teamed up with AI Labs on the next generation of preventive maintenance technologies using spiking neural networks. The Minsky AI Engine will be used with BrainChip’s Akida event-driven…
Recharge wins battle for Britishvolt assets
Recharge wins battle for Britishvolt assets
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Australian battery startup Recharge Industries is to purchase the assets of Britishvolt in the UK. The company, a subsidiary of Scale Facilitation Partners in the US, is building a battery…
Integra Technologies to build giant chip packaging plant in Kansas
Integra Technologies to build giant chip packaging plant in Kansas
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Integra Technologies plans to build the largest packaging plant in the US in Kansas with support from the US government. The $1.8bn plant will have 1m sq feet and create…
Macom acquires assets of French RF wafer fab for European expansion
Macom acquires assets of French RF wafer fab for European expansion
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Macom Technology Solutions in the US is to acquire the wafer fab assets and operations of Ommic in Paris for just €38.5 million. The company currently operates a 3-inch wafer…
UMC, Cadence team for chiplet reference flow
UMC, Cadence team for chiplet reference flow
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Taiwanese foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is using a reference flow from Cadence Design Systems for its 3D chiplet packaging business. UMC’s hybrid bonding solutions are now ready to support…
Record year for Arrow as China weakens
Record year for Arrow as China weakens
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Distributor Arrow Electronics has seen a record year but warns of softening demand in China as the chip shortage eases and the semiconductor downturn bites. The company saw full year…
UK chip strategy will include taxpayer funding
UK chip strategy will include taxpayer funding
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The creation of a semiconductor strategy for the UK is close to completion and will include direct funding by government of startup and scale-up companies as well as incentives for…
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
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US battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $300m funding round that values the company at over $1.2bn. The $300 million of equity financing is joined with $220 million in…
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
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NexGen Power Systems has started shipping engineering samples of the first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices for high power applications. The 1200V Vertical GaN e-mode Fin-jFETs are the only…
More than half US-owned chipmaking capacity is overseas
More than half US-owned chipmaking capacity is overseas
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American IC manufacturers have 56 percent of their wafer capacity installed at fabs located in other regions of the world, according to a report from Knometa Research. Given that the…
SIA, IESA taskforce improves India’s chip outlook
SIA, IESA taskforce improves India’s chip outlook
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The US-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and its Indian equivalent, the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), are forming a taskforce to strengthen collaboration between the two countries in the…
Infineon grows strongly, confirms guidance
Infineon grows strongly, confirms guidance
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Quarterly figures show positive development despite adverse economic environment…
The Things that happen at the Edge
The Things that happen at the Edge
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The LoRaWan ‘Wall of Fame’ at the IoT solutions show in Barcelona If you need to mention a break-through technology for IoT, it might be LoRaWan. This Long Range WAN…
AI optimisation boost for wafer fab sustainability
AI optimisation boost for wafer fab sustainability
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UK startup Flexciton is using machine learning to optimise semiconductor wafer fab operations to reduce the use of chemicals and energy, making them more sustainable without reducing the yield. This…
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car
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Carmaker looking for CO2-neutral materials and production processes…
EVR Motors continues winning streak in India, opens Indian plant
EVR Motors continues winning streak in India, opens Indian plant
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Compact e-motors for light vehicles…
Wolfspeed, ZF join forces to advance SiC technology
Wolfspeed, ZF join forces to advance SiC technology
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Joint R&C centre will focus on e-mobility, renewable energies…
IoT authentication platform adds quantum-hardened private keys
IoT authentication platform adds quantum-hardened private keys
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First Japanese commercial certificate authority uses quantum-hardened private keys to strengthen security protections for IoT devices against current and future threats.
Silicon Labs sees first billion dollar year
Silicon Labs sees first billion dollar year
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Silicon Labs has seen a significant growth in 2022, topping a revenue of $1bn for the first time. This follows a bumper fourth quarter that saw sales up 23% to…
Honda backs Israeli fusion startup in $22m round  
Honda backs Israeli fusion startup in $22m round  
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NT-Tao in Israel has raised $22m for its fusion power technology. The Series A round was led by Delek US and NextGear Ventures, with additional participation from Honda, OurCrowd and…
Ubiik partners with Realtek on NB-IoT module for utilities and IoT
Ubiik partners with Realtek on NB-IoT module for utilities and IoT
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Jointly developed NB-IoT module to enable a cost-efficient 3GPP implementation of smart grid, AMI, and other IoT applications.


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