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Infineon teams for smart glasses and head-up displays
Infineon teams for smart glasses and head-up displays
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Infineon Technologies has teamed with Vienna startup TriLite Technologies on a reference design for smart glasses using a new MEMS…
Marvell buys Innovium for $1.1 billion
Marvell buys Innovium for $1.1 billion
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Fabless communications and computing chip company Marvell Technology Inc. has agreed to buy Ethernet switching startup Innovium Inc. for $1.1…
Qualcomm launches bidding race for Veoneer
Qualcomm launches bidding race for Veoneer
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Only recently the automotive supplier Magna announced the intended takeover of its Swedish competitor Veoneer. Now the takeover is suddenly…
AccelerComm licenses 5G physical layer IP to DARPA
AccelerComm licenses 5G physical layer IP to DARPA
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Communications channel coding specialist AccelerComm Ltd. (Southampton, England) has agreed to license its 5G physical layer product portfolio to the…

Pivotal Commware picks CommAgility 5G software
Pivotal Commware picks CommAgility 5G software
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5G NR software running on the Layerscape Access® chipset from NXP will leverage Pivotal’s patented Holographic Beam Forming technology to provide the lowest C-SWap profile.
SpaceX enters satellite IoT market with Swarm buy
SpaceX enters satellite IoT market with Swarm buy
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SpaceX has acquired US satellite IoT startup Swarm Technologies to add low data rate services to its portfolio.
Satellite IoT startup sets up 5G lab in Luxembourg
Satellite IoT startup sets up 5G lab in Luxembourg
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OQ Technology is setting up a 5G Satellite Test Centre in Luxembourg for global equipment as part of the Internet of Things (IoT)…
ON Semi rebrands with eye toward ‘sustainable future’
ON Semi rebrands with eye toward ‘sustainable future’
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Semiconductor supplier ON Semiconductor has announced its new name and refreshed brand as a next step in its goal to establish itself as the leading provider of intelligent power and…
Navitas, Lenovo team for 130W GaN USB-C charger
Navitas, Lenovo team for 130W GaN USB-C charger
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Lenovo's 130W charger uses integrated GaN devices from Navitas Semiconductor to almost halve the size and is built by Luxshare in China…
Don’t dabble says onsemi chief in re-brand
Don’t dabble says onsemi chief in re-brand
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Onsemi looks to reduce its product revenues by 10 to 15 percent as it moves its focus to intelligent power and sensing…
McLaren sells off its applied power group
McLaren sells off its applied power group
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Car maker McLaren is selling its applied technology business to UK private equity firm Greybull capital for an undisclosed sum…
Qualcomm launches bidding race for Veoneer
Qualcomm launches bidding race for Veoneer
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Only recently the automotive supplier Magna announced the intended takeover of its Swedish competitor Veoneer. Now the takeover is suddenly turning into a race for the best bid: chip designer…
Foxconn enters the chip business
Foxconn enters the chip business
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The world’s largest contract manufacturer is to re-purpose a memory fab after a $900m deal with Macronix in Taiwan.
Foxconn buys Macronix wafer fab for $90 million
Foxconn buys Macronix wafer fab for $90 million
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Hon Hai Technology Group (Hsinchu, Taiwan), otherwise known as Foxconn, has agreed to buy a 6-inch wafer fab and equipment from Macronix for NT$2.52 billion (about US$90 million).
Foxconn enters SiC power chip business
Foxconn enters SiC power chip business
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The world’s largest contract manufacturer is to enter the market for silicon carbide (SiC) power chips through a $900m deal with Macronix in Taiwan.
Laird Connectivity and KORE partner on wireless and IoT
Laird Connectivity and KORE partner on wireless and IoT
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Partnersip aims to offer a broad portfolio of wireless IoT sensors, gateways, and services that deliver wireless connectivity in remote or hard-to-reach locations.
InterDigital licenses patents to Xiaomi, drops litigation
InterDigital licenses patents to Xiaomi, drops litigation
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Non-exclusive, royalty bearing license covers essential patents related to 3G, 4G and 5G as well as WiFi and HEVC video.
Autotalks, ZF team up for V2X solutions
Autotalks, ZF team up for V2X solutions
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V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions provider Autotalks has been selected to provide its V2X solutions for tier one ZF. Autotalks’ dual-mode (DSRC/C-V2X) V2X chipsets will be integrated into ZF´s ProConnect Connectivity…
Continental drives Automated Valet Parking with AI startup investment
Continental drives Automated Valet Parking with AI startup investment
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Automated Valet Parking (AVP) is one of the most advanced use cases for the development of autonomous driving. Technically related to this is the automatic manoeuvring of vehicles in factories…
Spectricity raises €14m for tiny hyperspectral sensor
Spectricity raises €14m for tiny hyperspectral sensor
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€14m in series B funding looks to take imec hyperspectral sensor spinoff Spectricity into mobile and consumer devices…
China’s regulator to investigate chip pricing amid shortages
China’s regulator to investigate chip pricing amid shortages
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China is launching an investigation in the automotive industry because it suspects chip distributors of using a shortage to charge exorbitant prices, Reuters reported.
Google preps smartphone processor called Tensor
Google preps smartphone processor called Tensor
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Google has announced the development of a custom system-on-chip designed to drive Pixel 6 smartphones to be released in the autumn.
STMicroelectronics makes first 200-mm silicon carbide wafers
STMicroelectronics makes first 200-mm silicon carbide wafers
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Transition to 200-mm SiC wafers marks milestone in capacity build-up to support automotive and industrial markets in the electrification of their systems and products.
QuickLogic and Zifisense launch TinyML development kit
QuickLogic and Zifisense launch TinyML development kit
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TinyML development kit enables rapid IoT endpoint AI development and brings infinite possibilities for IoT applications that require real-time processing at the edge.
On Semi boosts prices, preps 300mm fab
On Semi boosts prices, preps 300mm fab
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Lead times and prices up as On Semiconductor bounces back from the Covid-19 pandemic…
Pandemic curbs Infineon‘s flight of fancy
Pandemic curbs Infineon‘s flight of fancy
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In the past quarter Infineon was able to increase its revenues by 25% year-on-year and achieve a profit of €245 million - after a loss of €128 million in the…
Volume manufacturing line for silicon fibre battery material
Volume manufacturing line for silicon fibre battery material
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Unifrax is to make its SiFAB silicon fibre anode material in volume in US…
Software defined geostationary satellite easily reconfigured on the fly
Software defined geostationary satellite easily reconfigured on the fly
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The Eutelsat Quantum is the first software defined satellite in a geostationary orbit and uses technology from SSTL in the UK.


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