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Europe consults on critical raw materials
Europe consults on critical raw materials
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The European Commission is seeking feedback from industry on how to procure and recycle certain critical raw materials within EU competition…
Green Hills ports safety software to TI AM26x microcontroller
Green Hills ports safety software to TI AM26x microcontroller
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Green Hills Software has added safety software support for the AM26x Sitara family of microcontrollers from Texas Instruments (TI). The…
Arm accelerates cloud migration to Neoverse processors
Arm accelerates cloud migration to Neoverse processors
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Approximately 50 per cent of the compute shipped to major cloud providers in 2025 will be Arm-based processors.
Accurate grid modelling boosts EV charger rollout
Accurate grid modelling boosts EV charger rollout
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In-depth modelling and monitoring of the low voltage network can help grid operators identify the best locations to install electric…

Frontgrade Gaisler to commercialise neuromorphic AI for space
Frontgrade Gaisler to commercialise neuromorphic AI for space
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The Swedish National Space Agency has contracted Frontgrade Gaisler to develop a combined RISC-V neuromorphic SoC for use in space.
Miromico taps Panasonic for custom IoT solar cell
Miromico taps Panasonic for custom IoT solar cell
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Panasonic has developed a customised solar cell for an industrial sensor system developed by Swiss IoT equipment maker Miromicro. The miro Insight Lux sensor monitors indoor air quality with precision,…
Raytheon to use Akida neuromorphic AI chip for radar processing
Raytheon to use Akida neuromorphic AI chip for radar processing
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Raytheon is using the Akida neuromorphic AI chip from Brainchip in a US research project on radar signal processing. The $1.8m contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) was…
Spectra7 active copper cable assets sold in $9m deal
Spectra7 active copper cable assets sold in $9m deal
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Parade Technologies in Taiwan is set to acquire the assets of Spectra7 Microsystems for $9m in the next two weeks. Spectra7, which has a design centre in Cork, Ireland, had…
Car makers fined €600m for illegal greenwashing in Europe
Car makers fined €600m for illegal greenwashing in Europe
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15 car makers across Europe and the UK have been fined a total of €600m for a cartel around making false claims about recycled vehicles, or greenwashing. Separate investigations by…
ST signs Innoscience as GaN development, manufacturing partner
ST signs Innoscience as GaN development, manufacturing partner
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STMicroelectronics NV has signed a GaN technology development and manufacturing agreement with China’s Innoscience. The Joint Development Agreement (JDA) covers the use of GaN technology for power electronics for AI…
Terahertz startup AttoTude raises US$50 million in Series B
Terahertz startup AttoTude raises US$50 million in Series B
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AttoTude Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), a 2024 startup developing electronic interconnect technology for AI and datacenters, has raised US$50 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was…
Expanding UMC and GlobalFoundries mull merger
Expanding UMC and GlobalFoundries mull merger
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Taiwanese foundry United Microelectronics Corp. and GlobalFoundries are considering a merger, according to Reuters, just as UMC has opened a US$5 billion wafer fab in Singapore. The city-state is also…
Black Semi consolidates Europe’s graphene scene with ANL buy
Black Semi consolidates Europe’s graphene scene with ANL buy
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Black Semiconductor GmbH (Aachen, Germany) has acquired a fellow graphene startup Applied Nanolayers BV (Delft, The Netherlands) for an undisclosed sum of money. Black Semiconductor, said the move would speed…
Teradyne teams for first double-sided silicon photonics wafer probe
Teradyne teams for first double-sided silicon photonics wafer probe
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Teradyne has teamed up with ficonTEC in Germany on the first high-volume, double-sided wafer probe test cell for silicon photonics as it acquires its own photonic startup. Silicon photonics is…
Renault, Nissan re-negotiate deal
Renault, Nissan re-negotiate deal
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Nissan has re-negotiated several aspects of its deal with Renault as it faces the prospect of a takeover by Honda. Renault is to take over the joint venture between the…
Datacenter chip startup Retym emerges with US$180 million
Datacenter chip startup Retym emerges with US$180 million
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Retym Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.), a programmable DSP chip startup, has emerged from stealth with more than US$180 million in funding including a US$75 million Series D round. The company was…
Phlux raises £9 million Series A to enable product launches
Phlux raises £9 million Series A to enable product launches
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Infrared sensor and connectivity startup Phlux Technology Ltd. (Sheffield, England) has raised £9 million (about US$11.6 million) in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by BGF…
imec to set up €40m chiplet development centre in Germany
imec to set up €40m chiplet development centre in Germany
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imec is to set up a centre in Germany to develop automotive chiplet technology. The Advanced Chip Design Accelerator (ACDA) will be based in Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany, following backing of…
Automotive drives French patent listings
Automotive drives French patent listings
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Automotive companies continue to dominate the listing of patent applications in France in 2024, with Stellantis, Renault and Valeo as the leading innovators. Automotive battery developers Verkor and ACC are…
SealSQ to buy chip designer IC’Alps, signs automotive deal
SealSQ to buy chip designer IC’Alps, signs automotive deal
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Swiss security firm SealSQ has signed a strategic deal with French chip designer IC’Alps for automotive security in driverless cars as it looks to buy the company. The deal will…
Airbus UK to design and build ExoMars lander
Airbus UK to design and build ExoMars lander
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Airbus in the UK is to build the ExoMars lander that will take the Rosalind Franklin rover to the surface of Mars The contract comes from the European Space Agency…
Intel brings 3nm production to Europe in 2025
Intel brings 3nm production to Europe in 2025
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Intel is shifting high volume production of 3nm chips to Europe at its Fab34 in Ireland later this year. Intel 3 is the company’s second EUV lithography node with an…
Mazda, Rohm develop automotive GaN chips
Mazda, Rohm develop automotive GaN chips
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Japanese car maker Mazda and Rohm are jointly developing gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors for automotive applications for a demonstrator later this year. The two companies have been working on…
Navitas targets 80 PLUS Ruby certification for datacentre power supplies
Navitas targets 80 PLUS Ruby certification for datacentre power supplies
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Navitas Semiconductor is aiming for certification to the 80 Plus Ruby efficiency for its GaN and SiC datacentre power supply designs up to 8.5kW. The GaNSafe and Gen 3 ‘Fast’…
£60m for 6G research in the UK
£60m for 6G research in the UK
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The UK is to back 6G research in the UK with an additional £60m as it responds to a recent report on the telecoms supply chain. “We will back…
UK confirms £250m Vishay Newport fab investment
UK confirms £250m Vishay Newport fab investment
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The UK government has welcomed the £250m investment in silicon carbide (SiC) technology at the Vishay Intertechnology fab in Newport Wales revealed by eeNews Europe yesterday. The deal will…
Internet2 and Cisco drive long-distance coherent optics
Internet2 and Cisco drive long-distance coherent optics
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Redefining long-haul flexibility and on-demand network capacity, the breakthrough trial demonstrated a 400 Gbps link spanning more than 3,000 km without transponders or regeneration.
Wolfspeed appoints new CEO from ams-Osram, Infineon
Wolfspeed appoints new CEO from ams-Osram, Infineon
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Power chip maker Wolfspeed has appointed a new CEO following its sacking of Gregg Lowe back in December. Robert Feurle will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from May…


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