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Intel unveils new cloud-to-edge technologies
Intel unveils new cloud-to-edge technologies
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Technology company Intel has announced new cloud-to-edge technologies at its Vision 2022 conference, showcasing how education, finance, manufacturing, medicine, transportation…
Chinese-owned wafer maker to invest $400 million in Finland
Chinese-owned wafer maker to invest $400 million in Finland
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Silicon wafer manufacturer Okmetic Oy (Vantaa, Finland) has said it will invest €388 million (about US$400 million) to build a…
EU raises 5G Open RAN security and competition concerns
EU raises 5G Open RAN security and competition concerns
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A report from the EU on the cybersecurity of Open RAN highlights the security risks of combining devices from different…
Market turbulences thwart Continental’s sales hopes
Market turbulences thwart Continental’s sales hopes
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Increased raw material costs, disruptions in the supply chain and the semiconductor crisis have spoiled Continental's first quarter. Large orders…

Valens, Omnivision team for MIPI A-PHY image sensor
Valens, Omnivision team for MIPI A-PHY image sensor
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Israeli chip designer Valens Semiconductor has teamed up with Omnivision on an automotive image sensor with a MIPI A-PHY interface. The companies will include Valens’s VA7000 A-PHY-compliant chipsets inside Omnivision’s…
Chinese startup raises funds for in-memory AI
Chinese startup raises funds for in-memory AI
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Chinese startup Nanjing Houmo Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. has completed round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan (100 million yuan is about US$14.86 million). The company said the…
IQE, Porotech partner up on GaN microLED displays
IQE, Porotech partner up on GaN microLED displays
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Compound semiconductor wafer supplier IQE plc has formed a partnership with Poro Technologies Ltd. (Porotech) to commercialize gallium-nitride based microLED displays. The partnership will develop, scale and commercialize Porotech’s technology,…
Marvell boosts CXL business with Tanzanite buy
Marvell boosts CXL business with Tanzanite buy
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Marvell is buying US startup Tanzanite Silicon Solutions to integrate into its CXL platform for Cloud Data Centres. Tanzanite is a leading developer of Compute Express Link (CXL) technologies which are…
Two team for first GaN data centre power supply over 100W/cu in
Two team for first GaN data centre power supply over 100W/cu in
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xFusion Digital Technologies in China is using gallium nitride transistors from GaN Systems for the first 3kW data centre power supply to reach a power density of 100W/in3 (6W/cc). Xfusion’s…
Semikron integrates ST’s SiC devices into EV power modules
Semikron integrates ST’s SiC devices into EV power modules
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STMicroelectronics will supply silicon carbide (SiC) technology for Semikron's eMPack power modules for use in next-gen electric vehicles (EVs). Semikron already received a billion-euro order for these parts.
Strong backing for digital-in-memory computing
Strong backing for digital-in-memory computing
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D-Matrix Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has closed a $44 million Series A round of funding in support of its digital-in-memory computing (DIMC) chip architecture. The company has also announced its…
USound confident of beating Bosch in MEMS microspeaker market
USound confident of beating Bosch in MEMS microspeaker market
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USound GmbH (Graz, Austria) claims it is on track to dominate the true wireless stereo (TWS) market with MEMS-based microspeakers despite competition from Bosch Sensortec GmbH. Bosch Sensortec is in…
Infineon increase revenue forecast for 2022
Infineon increase revenue forecast for 2022
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Infineon Technologies has increased its forecast for 2022 revenues, but is predicting challenges from the war in Ukraine and continuing Covid-19 shutdowns. Second quarter 2022 revenues were €3.298 billion, up…
Display maker Royole pays staff after six-month delay
Display maker Royole pays staff after six-month delay
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Some employees of Royole Corp. – a flexible display startup with a major manufacturing plant in Shenzhen, China – have received back wages owed for nearly six months, according to…
Germany lines up €14bn for chips
Germany lines up €14bn for chips
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Germany is planning to allocate €14 billion (US$15bn) to support chipmakers, according to Reuters. Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck says there would more examples like Intel setting up chip fabs…
Fluke opens European HQ in Eindhoven
Fluke opens European HQ in Eindhoven
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Test equipment maker Fluke has combined seven offices into a new European headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The site on the Brainport Industries Campus includes a 400sqm customer experience centre…
Germany has €14 billion for chipmakers, says minister
Germany has €14 billion for chipmakers, says minister
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Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck says his country has €14 billion (about US$14.8 billion) to support chipmakers, according to Reuters. Habeck added that there would more examples like Intel setting…
Recovery for Bosch as it warns of slowdown
Recovery for Bosch as it warns of slowdown
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Bosch is warning of higher costs from supply chain issues with a slowdown as it reported recovered profits in 2021. The war in Ukraine is a key issue, says Dr.
Distributor Electrocomponents changes its name to RS
Distributor Electrocomponents changes its name to RS
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Broad-based distributor Electrocomponents has changed its name to reflect its most popular brand. Now known as the RS Group, it has nine brands for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial…
Nexperia aims for $10bn after record year
Nexperia aims for $10bn after record year
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European chip maker Nexperia has seen 49% growth in its discrete and power chip business, with a revenue of $2.14bn. The company, a subsidiary of Wintech Technology of China, increased…
Open grid software to speed up simulation
Open grid software to speed up simulation
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Siemens Smart Infrastructure has developed an open, modular suite of software for the electricity grid that supports digital twin simulation more efficiently. The suite of software enables developers to keep…
Deal for photonic sensors
Deal for photonic sensors
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Advanced Navigation in Australia has bought a spin-out from the Australian National University (ANU) developing patented photonic sensors for precision navigation. Vai Photonics will join Advanced Navigation to commercialise their…
VW backs Qualcomm for driverless cars
VW backs Qualcomm for driverless cars
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In a blow to Nvidia, Volkswagen’s software subsidiary Cariad will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Ride Platform’s system-on-chips (SoCs) for unified scalable software platform for its driverless cars. The deal is the…
KNX releases Version 3.0 for IoT
KNX releases Version 3.0 for IoT
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The KNX Association has launched Version 3.0 of the interconnect standard to align with IPv6 for the Internet of Things (IoT). This is the first major release of the…
u-blox, Geespace team for high precision automotive positioning
u-blox, Geespace team for high precision automotive positioning
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Swiss position expert u-blox has signed a deal with a satellite subsidiary of Chinese car maker Geely to expand augmentation services for high precision positioning applications. The deal allows u-blox…
MaxLinear to acquire Silicon Motion
MaxLinear to acquire Silicon Motion
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Radio frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal semiconductor company MaxLinear has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Silicon Motion under which MaxLinear will acquire the NAND flash…
Innodisk announces new Edge AI computing focus
Innodisk announces new Edge AI computing focus
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Focus on the Edge AI computing will accelerate the deployment and implementation of global smart application fields.
Anritsu, Bluetest offer OTA measurement of 5G mobile terminals
Anritsu, Bluetest offer OTA measurement of 5G mobile terminals
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Facilitates LTE, 5G FR1 and 5G FR2 measurements using just one OTA chamber and one single RF measurement instrument.


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