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Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
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The European Commission’s proposed use of national governments to monitor and respond to the semiconductor supply chain won’t work, according…
Congatec drives Robotics 4.0 in China
Congatec drives Robotics 4.0 in China
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Intel Labs China has chosen COM Express modules from congatec in Germany for a new robotics development platform for Asia.
Celus raises €25m for AI automation of PCB design
Celus raises €25m for AI automation of PCB design
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German startup Celus has raised €25m with an impressive advisory board to use machine learning and AI to streamline printed…
Cadence to acquire Future Facilities, adding digital twins expertise
Cadence to acquire Future Facilities, adding digital twins expertise
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Acquisition enables engineering simulation-driven, physics-based 3D digital twins for sustainable data center design and operations.

Aurora Labs gets funding of $63 million to realise AI in software-defined vehicles
Aurora Labs gets funding of $63 million to realise AI in software-defined vehicles
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In a Series C financing round, the software manufacturer Aurora Labs has received 63 million US dollars. The company intends to use the capital injection to further develop its AI-based…
Cadence moves into digital twins with acquisition
Cadence moves into digital twins with acquisition
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Cadence Design Systems is to acquire Future Facilities, a provider of electronics cooling analysis and energy performance optimization solutions for data centre design and operations using physics-based 3D digital twins.
Panasonic sues Broadcom over semiconductor patents
Panasonic sues Broadcom over semiconductor patents
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Panasonic Holdings Corp. (Osaka, Japan) filed lawsuits against chip company Broadcom Corp. in the western district of Texas alleging patent infringement on Thursday July 7. Panasonic alleges that Broadcom –…
Hella brings brake-by-wire pedal into large-scale production
Hella brings brake-by-wire pedal into large-scale production
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Automotive supplier Hella has received an order to develop and manufacture a fully electric brake pedal sensor for a high-volume production vehicle. In contrast to conventional brake systems, brake-by-wire technology…
Renesas restores production after Japan lightning strike
Renesas restores production after Japan lightning strike
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Renesas has restored full production at its Kawashiri wafer fab in the south of Japan after an instantaneous voltage drop caused by lightning. There was some damage to the work-in-process…
ST and GF to advance FD-SOI with joint 300mm fab in France
ST and GF to advance FD-SOI with joint 300mm fab in France
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Jointly operated, high-volume manufacturing facility to support European and global demand as the world transitions to digitalization and decarbonization.
Ericsson, Thales team for 5G satellites
Ericsson, Thales team for 5G satellites
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Ericsson is teaming up with Thales and Qualcomm on a satellite network to provide 5G to smartphones on the ground. After multiple studies and simulations, the three companies plan to…
ST, GlobalFoundries to build 300mm FD-SOI fab at Crolles
ST, GlobalFoundries to build 300mm FD-SOI fab at Crolles
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STMicrolectronics is to build a second 300mm fab at its site in Crolles, France, this time in partnership with GlobalFoundries. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to…
Nordic Semiconductor buys its memory supplier
Nordic Semiconductor buys its memory supplier
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Leading European chip designer Nordic Semiconductor is to buy Mobile Semiconductor, a privately-held US company specializing in highly optimized embedded memory technology for microcontrollers (MCUs) and Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). Mobile supplies…
Northvolt raises $1.1bn as Volkswagen breaks ground on battery cell gigafactory
Northvolt raises $1.1bn as Volkswagen breaks ground on battery cell gigafactory
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Northvolt has raised another $1.1bn (€1.1bn) to expand battery cell and cathode material production in Europe as VW breaks ground on its first battery cell Gigafactory. NorthVolt’s Gigafactory in Ett,…
Iceotope raises £30m for immersive cooling 
Iceotope raises £30m for immersive cooling 
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UK immersive cooling developer Iceotope Technologies has raised £30m ($36m, €35m) to boost growth. This brings the total raised to over $73m since the company formed in 2005 in Sheffield.
Artificial entity thinks, learns like a person
Artificial entity thinks, learns like a person
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Cognitive technology company Future AI has announced the launch of its prototype software and artificial entity that it says thinks, learns, and evolves like a person.
Segger supports Renesas for ARM Cortex-M85
Segger supports Renesas for ARM Cortex-M85
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Segger has ported its development tool chain to support the latest high performance microcontroller core from ARM, the Cortex-M85. First silicon using the core was shown at the recent Embedded…
TiVo moves into automotive streaming with $109m Norwegian buy
TiVo moves into automotive streaming with $109m Norwegian buy
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Xperi, the owner of digital TV storage software pioneer TiVo, has bought Vewd Software of Norway in a $109m deal ahead of a split into separate IP and product business…
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
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A foundry at the Newport wafer fab in Wales, UK, is still possible, a senior executive from Nexperia has told UK law makers. Toni Versluijs, UK country manager at Nexperia,…
€5.5m for 50 qubit photonic quantum computer
€5.5m for 50 qubit photonic quantum computer
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QuiX Quantum in the Netherlands has raised €5.5m ($5.6m) to develop a photonic quantum computer based around its processor technology. The seed round investment comes from PhotonDelta, FORWARD.one and Oost…
Imperas teams for system level verification for RISC-V
Imperas teams for system level verification for RISC-V
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Imperas Software in the UK has teamed up with Breker Verification Systems for system level verification of RISC-V designs. Breker provides advanced test content synthesis for system on chip (SoC),…
Toshiba teams for quantum security in the US
Toshiba teams for quantum security in the US
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Toshiba has teamed up with Safe Quantum to expand its quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum communication business into the US. The company has set up a global quantum subsidiary…
Panthronics teams to accelerate NFC wireless charging
Panthronics teams to accelerate NFC wireless charging
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Panthronics in Austria has teamed up with a Chinese original design manufacturer (ODM) to accelerate the adoption of NFC wireless charging in computing and consumer devices. Luxshare-ICT in Guangdong is…
MI5, FBI warn on China
MI5, FBI warn on China
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The directors of the security services in the UK and US have warned of the growing threat to Europe posed by China. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum and FBI Director…
Dutch photoquantum pioneer Quix Quantum raises funds
Dutch photoquantum pioneer Quix Quantum raises funds
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Photonic quantum processor provider Quix Quantum BV has secured €5.5 million (about US$5.6 million) in seed round investment. The funding follows the Stefan Hengesbach as CEO and was made by…
Synthetic data platform to revolutionize software testing
Synthetic data platform to revolutionize software testing
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Synthetic data platform, including a free edition, improves quality, velocity, productivity and security of software testing for mid-market companies.
NXP, ING and Samsung to pilot UWB-based payment application
NXP, ING and Samsung to pilot UWB-based payment application
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Pilot combines NXP UWB technology and the payment expertise of ING to make peer-to-peer payments more intuitive and seamless.
US seeks to expand ban on ASML’s China sales
US seeks to expand ban on ASML’s China sales
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The US government is applying pressure on the Netherlands to stop ASML Holding NV from selling deep-ultraviolet lithography equipment to China, according to a Bloomberg report. ASML stopped supplying extreme…


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