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Globalfoundries, ST mull joint European wafer fab – report
Globalfoundries, ST mull joint European wafer fab – report
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Leading chip manufacturers, Globalfoundries Inc. and STMicroelectronics NV are in discussions about building a joint wafer fab in France, according…
China’s metasurface IC startup raises funds
China’s metasurface IC startup raises funds
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Tianjin Shanhe Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., a developer of metasurface photonic chips, has raised tens of millions of yuan in…
LoRaWAN® geolocation module for battery-powered IoT asset tracking
LoRaWAN® geolocation module for battery-powered IoT asset tracking
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Co-developed with Abeeway, Murata has designed and manufactured the LoRaWAN® geolocation module for low-power indoor and outdoor applications.
NXP aims for microcontroller Nirvana
NXP aims for microcontroller Nirvana
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NXP is aiming to bring together its Kinetis and LPC microcontroller lines. The four families in the 40nm MCX series…

Renesas backs Arduino with $10m
Renesas backs Arduino with $10m
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Renesas Electronics is investing $10m in the Series B funding round for open source board and tool maker Arduino. Other investors in the $32m round include Robert Bosch Venture Capital,…
TTTech Auto, BlackBerry want to establish QNX Neutrino as RTOS for ADAS
TTTech Auto, BlackBerry want to establish QNX Neutrino as RTOS for ADAS
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TTTech Auto and BlackBerry are partnering to integrate BlackBerry's QNX Neutrino real-time operating system and TTTech's MotionWise automotive safe software platform for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and software-defined vehicles.
Ontix brings smart city 4G/5G to Small Cell Forum
Ontix brings smart city 4G/5G to Small Cell Forum
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Neutral host specialist Ontix looks to developing technical and commercial enablers to accelerate small cell adoption and drive wide-scale densification.
Soitec raises sales by 48% in record year
Soitec raises sales by 48% in record year
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Silicon wafer supplier Soitec SA (Bernin, France) has reported annual revenue of €863 million for the 2021-2022 financial year, up 48 percent compared with the previous year. The EBITDA from…
Intel to get 40% subsidy for German wafer fabs
Intel to get 40% subsidy for German wafer fabs
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Intel is to get €6.8 billion (about US$7.15 million) in funding from the German government towards the €17 billion initial cost of building two side-by-side wafer fabs in Magdeburg, Germany.
STMicroelectronics and Sensory collaborate on embedded voice control
STMicroelectronics and Sensory collaborate on embedded voice control
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STM32 MCUs pair with Sensory’s VoiceHub technology to streamline development of voice-based user interfaces on wearables, IoT, and smart-home applications.
Yokogawa backs European digital twin tool developer
Yokogawa backs European digital twin tool developer
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Yokogawa Electric is investing in Belgian low code digital twin tool developer Waylay to boost its cloud services for industrial automation and smart buildings. Yokogawa and Waylay have been working…
Graphcore aims at European AI supply chain with German deal
Graphcore aims at European AI supply chain with German deal
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UK chip designer Graphcore has signed a deal with German framework provider Aleph Alpha in a move that strengthens a strategic supply chain for AI technology in Europe. The European Union…
Samsung renews interest in NXP takeover
Samsung renews interest in NXP takeover
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The on-again, off-again rumors around a possible acquisition bid for NXP Semiconductors NV from Samsung Electronics have resurfaced sending NXP's stock price up briefly.
Siemens enters EV wireless charging market with WiTricity deal
Siemens enters EV wireless charging market with WiTricity deal
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Siemens is licensing wireless charging technology from WiTricity for new products alongside a $25m investment. The companies also aim to work together on open, interoperable standards in wireless charging for…
EU approves Telefonica’s solar panel joint venture
EU approves Telefonica’s solar panel joint venture
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The European Commission has approved the creation of a solar panel joint venture by European telecoms supplier Telefonica and Repsol in Spain. The joint venture, as yet unnamed, will be…
Siemens acquires UK predictive maintenance and industrial AI startup
Siemens acquires UK predictive maintenance and industrial AI startup
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Siemens is acquiring UK industrial AI startup Sensye to boost its predictive maintenance and asset intelligence services. The global industrial analytics software company is based in Southampton and has raised…
Lauterbach supports Fraunhofer RISC-V functional safety core
Lauterbach supports Fraunhofer RISC-V functional safety core
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Lauterbach’s debug tool now supports the EMSA5-FS functional safety processor core developed using the open RISC-V instruction set architecture. EMSA5-FS was developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) as…
First consumer optical metasurface lens ships
First consumer optical metasurface lens ships
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STMicroelectronics and Metalenz have brought the first optical metasurface lens to market. Rather than using glass, a metasurface lens uses etched structures on a silicon chip to reflect light. This…
Renesas buys edge AI tool developer
Renesas buys edge AI tool developer
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Renesas Electronics is to acquire US startup Reality Analytics Inc. (Reality AI) for its embedded edge AI tools in an all-cash transaction. The deal is expected to close by the…
Renesas to acquire embedded AI solutions provider
Renesas to acquire embedded AI solutions provider
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Semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Reality AI to acquire the embedded AI solutions provider in an all-cash transaction.
MEMS speaker arrays propel USound into automotive applications
MEMS speaker arrays propel USound into automotive applications
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MEMS speaker pioneer USound GmbH (Graz, Austria) has announced its entry into the automotive market with the offer of MEMS speaker arrays. The use of arrays of speakers allows directionality…
Renesas to acquire Reality Analytics for endpoint AI capabilities
Renesas to acquire Reality Analytics for endpoint AI capabilities
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Acquisition to bring advanced signal processing and seamless endpoint AI to IIoT, consumer and automotive applications.
Partnership offers test platforms for 5G MIMO OTA
Partnership offers test platforms for 5G MIMO OTA
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Integrated 5G MIMO OTA test platforms characterize, test, and optimize one or more communication antennas in vehicles, mobile devices, and similar products.
Ashling tools for RISC-V space processor
Ashling tools for RISC-V space processor
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Ashling is to provide its RiscFree Toolchain for software development support for the NOEL-V fault tolerant RISC-V space processors developed by CAES. NOEL-V is a synthesizable VHDL processor model based on the…
IBM pulls out of Russia
IBM pulls out of Russia
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IBM has become the latest multinational electronics company to cease operations in Russia as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. The company suspended operations in early March and is…
ThinKom and CarlisleIT to offer Ka-Band satellite antenna
ThinKom and CarlisleIT to offer Ka-Band satellite antenna
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Satellite antenna will provide the high quality inflight connectivity for regional airlines currently only available on mainline aircraft.
Audi rolls out charging hub system after pilot phase
Audi rolls out charging hub system after pilot phase
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One of the biggest obstacles to the widespread acceptance of electric vehicles is the lack of charging points. Not everyone has their own garage where they can install such a…
Arduino to expand offerings to the enterprise
Arduino to expand offerings to the enterprise
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Open-source electronic prototyping platform Arduino has announced plans to expand its portfolio of hardware, software, connectivity and developer tools "from the Garage and Classroom" to engineering professionals in corporations.


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