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Iceotope appoints CEO
Iceotope appoints CEO
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Cooling technology specialist Iceotope in Sheffield, UK, has appointed a new CEO based in the US alongside a new chair.
€1bn loan for NXP
€1bn loan for NXP
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NXP Semiconductors has raised €1bn from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for R&D in Austria, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Romania. The six year loan has…
Cognizant, Siemens team on software-defined vehicle digital twins
Cognizant, Siemens team on software-defined vehicle digital twins
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Cognizant in the US is to integrate the PAVE360 digital twin tool from Siemens Digital Industries Software into its software-defined…
First Rust toolchain qualified for medical devices
First Rust toolchain qualified for medical devices
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The Ferrocene Rust toolchain developed by Ferrous Systems in Germany is the first to be qualified to the IEC 62304…

u-blox pulls out of cellular IoT
u-blox pulls out of cellular IoT
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u-blox in Switzerland is pulling out of the cellular IoT business after failing to find a buyer. The company has lost CHF15m ($16.5m) in the first half of the year…
Apple joins board of datacentre chip interconnect standard
Apple joins board of datacentre chip interconnect standard
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Apple has been voted onto the board of the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium which is developing a standard for the interconnect for chips in datacentres. Apple joins with new…
Mitsubishi, AWS team for power analytics
Mitsubishi, AWS team for power analytics
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Mitsubishi Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to collaborate in data centre and cloud services businesses. Mitsubishi Electric will work on the development of…
Startup Indichip backed to create Indian SiC wafer fab
Startup Indichip backed to create Indian SiC wafer fab
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Startup Indichip Semiconductors Ltd. has agreed to build a wafer fab making silicon-carbide power chips in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with an investment of 140 billion rupees (about…
US backs $23m GaN tech hub in Vermont
US backs $23m GaN tech hub in Vermont
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The University of Vermont in the US is to host a $23m research and development hub for gallium nitride (GaN) power technologies close to a semiconductor foundry. The V-GaN Tech…
Europe joins protests against Bidens’ AI chip sales restrictions
Europe joins protests against Bidens’ AI chip sales restrictions
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The European Commission has joined the protests against the US government’s just-introduced Interim Final Rule (IFR) that caps the sale of AI and GPU chips around the world. The IFR…
Infineon breaks ground on power module assembly plant in Thailand
Infineon breaks ground on power module assembly plant in Thailand
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Infineon Technologies has started construction of a new highly automated backend plant in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok for power modules. The first building is planned to be ready for…
Mahindra and Vector Informatik deliver on SDV collaboration
Mahindra and Vector Informatik deliver on SDV collaboration
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Strategic collaboration involved building a future-ready SDV architecture for Electric Origin SUVs from Mahindra.
Mediatek, Denon join Audio Foundry in Wales
Mediatek, Denon join Audio Foundry in Wales
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Taiwanese chip maker Mediatek has joined the Audio Foundry for automotive audio applications. Headquartered in Bridgend, Wales, UK, the Audio Foundry provides state-of-the-art makerspaces staffed by expert engineers, offering a…
Collaboration offers OTA testing of next-generation WLAN devices
Collaboration offers OTA testing of next-generation WLAN devices
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Partners drive cutting-edge WLAN testing to deliver a real-world environment that is integral to the development of cutting-edge wireless.
€20m for imec in-memory compute chiplet spinout
€20m for imec in-memory compute chiplet spinout
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Vertical Compute has raised €20m to commercialise in-memory computing chiplet technology developed at imec in Belgium. The chiplet is expected to be based on spin MRAM technology developed at imec…
TriLite moves its smart glasses display into automotive
TriLite moves its smart glasses display into automotive
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Austrian smart glasses technology developer TriLite is showing an automotive application for its ultra-compact projection display. Alongside live demonstrations of its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, powered by Trixel 3,…
Rapidus plans to send 2nm chips to Broadcom in June, says report
Rapidus plans to send 2nm chips to Broadcom in June, says report
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Japanese startup foundry Rapidus Inc. is planning to supply a 2nm prototype IC to US fabless chip company Broadcom in June, according to Nikkei. The supply is part of push…
Chinese cabin platform adds Qualcomm Snapdragon AI
Chinese cabin platform adds Qualcomm Snapdragon AI
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Chinese tier one supplier Desay SV is using the Snapdragon Cockpit Elite chipset from Qualcomm Technologies for its latest AI-enabled cabin platform. The G10PH intelligent cabin platform will be powered…
Nvidia calls Biden’s last AI export rule ‘sweeping overreach’
Nvidia calls Biden’s last AI export rule ‘sweeping overreach’
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As expected, the White House of outgoing President Biden has announced an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on the sale of AI chips around the world. Immediately, AI processor and GPU…
£14bn UK plan for AI datacentres
£14bn UK plan for AI datacentres
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The UK government has launched a plan for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres that its says has the backing of £14bn (€16.7bn, $17bn) of investment. This includes substantial AI datacentres…
Sivers signs CHIPS Act 5G/6G and EW contracts with NEMC
Sivers signs CHIPS Act 5G/6G and EW contracts with NEMC
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Sivers Semiconductors announced that it has successfully signed contracts for both the Electronic Warfare and 5G/6G chip development awards with the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub through the U.S.
Europe approves Synopsys Ansys deal
Europe approves Synopsys Ansys deal
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The European Commission has approved the $35bn acquisition of Ansys by Synopsys, conditional on full compliance of the current selloffs. The Commission investigated the impact of the transaction in the global markets for…
Samsung to start production of laptop rollable display
Samsung to start production of laptop rollable display
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Samsung Display is to begin mass production of world’s first OLED rollable laptop screen in April 2025. The display was shown on the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus G6 which will launch…
SIA, Nvidia slam proposed global restrictions on US AI chip exports
SIA, Nvidia slam proposed global restrictions on US AI chip exports
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has criticised a US government plan to issue an export control ruling on AI chips that includes sweeping changes just days before the inauguration of…
TSMC’s sales stayed strong throughout 2024, lifting AI optimism
TSMC’s sales stayed strong throughout 2024, lifting AI optimism
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December sales at TSMC, the world’s leading foundry, exceeded expectations at NT$278.16 billion (about US$8.44 billion) sending AI stock prices higher. The sales were flat sequentially but 57.8 percent higher…
New CEO takes control at Traco Power
New CEO takes control at Traco Power
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Sebastian Fischer has taken over as chief executive of the Traco Power Group in Switzerland. Jennifer Caspar, company owner and Chair of the Board of Directors, together with her father…
Birmingham University, Paragraf funded for graphene research
Birmingham University, Paragraf funded for graphene research
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The University of Birmingham, working with Paragraf Ltd. (Somersham, England) has received two UK government awards to research graphene sensors at high and low temperatures. Graphene sensors could be used…
Honda, Sony launch Afeela with microLED external display
Honda, Sony launch Afeela with microLED external display
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With all the focus on the merger of Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi, and the launch of the Honda Series 0 platform, spare a thought for Afeela. This is the result…


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