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Honda converts powertrain plant to hydrogen fuel cell production
Honda converts powertrain plant to hydrogen fuel cell production
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Honda is converting a powertrain plant in Japan to make fuel cell systems for hydrogen vehicles. The plant in Moka…
Japan certifies electrode for mass production solid state battery
Japan certifies electrode for mass production solid state battery
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The Japanese government has certified a negative electrode developed by Toyo Kohan for a solid state battery ahead of mass…
US extends China trade war to SiC, legacy chips
US extends China trade war to SiC, legacy chips
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The US is extending its trade sanctions against China to cover silicon carbide and legacy semiconductor devices on older process.
Electric aircraft startup Lilium finds a buyer.
Electric aircraft startup Lilium finds a buyer.
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Struggling German electric jet maker Lilium has found a buyer for its assets as it makes thousands of staff redundant.

ARM teams on virtual head unit development
ARM teams on virtual head unit development
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ARM is working with Mapbox in the US on a cloud-based Virtual Head Unit (VHU) for automotive designs. The design speeds up integration, testing, and validation of navigation systems by…
Honda, Nissan detail merger plan, add Mitsubishi
Honda, Nissan detail merger plan, add Mitsubishi
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Honda and Nissan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to start discussions on a joint holding company. A separate MoU explores a further merger with Mitsubishi. This follows an…
Agratas buys battery R&D centre in Oxford
Agratas buys battery R&D centre in Oxford
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Battery maker Agratas has bought a new R&D facility in the UK to serve as its technology hub. The 22,857 sq ft (2,123 sq m) facility at Milton Park,…
US cuts funding for Amkor packaging plant, Samsung fab
US cuts funding for Amkor packaging plant, Samsung fab
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The US government has confirmed nearly $5bn for Samsung fabs in Texas and $407m for Amkor in Arizona for packaging, both cut by 20% since the original announcements. The $407m…
X-fab boosts SiC foundry process
X-fab boosts SiC foundry process
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X-fab has enhanced its silicon carbide (SiC) process in Lubbock, Texas, for foundry customers. The Belgian foundry has improved the capability of the lithography, deposition and etch tools and made…
ARM loses out in Qualcomm court case, wants a re-trial
ARM loses out in Qualcomm court case, wants a re-trial
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A jury in Wilmington, Delaware, has found that Qualcomm’s latest AI-PC processors – based on the ARM instruction set – are properly licensed, say Reuters and Bloomberg reports. The court…
Europe okays Italy’s €1.3 billion subsidy for chiplet fab
Europe okays Italy’s €1.3 billion subsidy for chiplet fab
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The European Commission has approved a €1.3 billion subsidy from the Italian government to Silicon Box for its advanced packaging and testing facility in Novara, in the Piedmont region. The…
Micron’s record revenue eclipsed by weak outlook
Micron’s record revenue eclipsed by weak outlook
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Memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) enjoyed record revenue in its first quarter of fiscal 2025 but saw its share price lose 15 percent on weak guidance given…
Two team for light-powered IoT camera in retail
Two team for light-powered IoT camera in retail
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Dracula Technologies in France is working with the CoolR Group for light-powered cameras in retail applications. The deal will see Dracula Technologies integrate its LAYER Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) modules into the CoolR VistaZ cellular…
EdgeCortix joins AI-RAN Alliance for AI in telecom infrastructure
EdgeCortix joins AI-RAN Alliance for AI in telecom infrastructure
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EdgeCortix in Japan has joined the AI-RAN Alliance to boost the use of its edge AI silicon in radio access network (RAN) infrastructure. The AI-RAN Alliance aims to accelerate the…
Europe to start strategic talks on future of the automotive industry
Europe to start strategic talks on future of the automotive industry
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The European Commission is to start talks on the future of the automotive industry in the region in January. The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry in…
Sivers Semiconductors and Ayar Labs target high volume optical I/O
Sivers Semiconductors and Ayar Labs target high volume optical I/O
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The strengthened partnership framework will focus on product qualification and manufacturing readiness of Sivers high precision laser arrays for high volume deployment of optical I/O in AI datacenters…
Crypto Quantique adds true number random generation for IoT security
Crypto Quantique adds true number random generation for IoT security
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Crypto Quantique in London has added true random number generator (TRNG) to the physical unclonable function (PUF) in its QDID semiconductor hardware security IP block. The PUF is inherently resilient…
Rapidus installs Japan’s first EUV lithography for 2nm pilot line
Rapidus installs Japan’s first EUV lithography for 2nm pilot line
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Rapidus has started the installation of Japan’s first EUV lithography machine from ASML for a 2nm pilot line. The ASML NXE:3800E EUV machine is being installed at the Rapidus Innovative…
Yunex Traffic, Autotalks teams on V2X security
Yunex Traffic, Autotalks teams on V2X security
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Autotalks is working with Yunex Traffic on privacy and security capabilities on V2X Roadside Units. The Yunex RSU2X roadside units use the Autotalks chipset to fully comply with the North…
ICEYE tops $500m for radar satellites
ICEYE tops $500m for radar satellites
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Finnish radar satellite developer ICEYE has closed a $65m extension of the company’s earlier growth funding round of $93m The funding round extension included participation from funds managed by Solidium…
Axelera, Arduino team for edge AI
Axelera, Arduino team for edge AI
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Dutch AI chip startup Axelera is working with Arduino to combine its AI accelerator with an industrial controller module. The collaboration will combine the Axelera Metis AI Platform with…
Airbus to make 100 OneWeb 5G LEO satellites in Iris2 move
Airbus to make 100 OneWeb 5G LEO satellites in Iris2 move
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Airbus Defence and Space is to build the extension of the OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband satellite constellation for Eutelsat. Airbus will build the first batches of the extension,…
$406m to boost US 300mm wafer supply  
$406m to boost US 300mm wafer supply  
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The US government has awarded GlobalWafers a grant of $406m to boost 300mm silicon and silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer production, adding silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxy to the deal. The…
Nvidia, Verizon team on 5G edge AI
Nvidia, Verizon team on 5G edge AI
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Verizon and Nvidia have developed an edge AI system that runs on Verizon’s 5G private network with private Mobile Edge Compute (MEC). The development brings together Verizon’s low-latency 5G private…
Synopsys, Sima.ai team to build automotive edge AI silicon
Synopsys, Sima.ai team to build automotive edge AI silicon
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Synopsys and Sima.ai are developing an end-to-end workflow for workload-specific silicon and software for next generation automotive edge AI. The two are combining the Synopsys EDA tools, automotive-grade IP, and…
SiLC launches its first end product with LiDAR for industrial automation
SiLC launches its first end product with LiDAR for industrial automation
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SiLC Technologies has launched its first end product, a LiDaR laser line scanner for industrial automation systems with accuracy of 1mm from a distance of up to 10m. The Eyeonic Trace…
Industry body offers five-point plan for UK chip sector
Industry body offers five-point plan for UK chip sector
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The UK government should focus on fostering fabless chip companies, support work in non-CMOS areas and encourage the hosting of a pilot manufacturing line, according to a strategy paper from…
Kulr to test COTS batteries in orbit
Kulr to test COTS batteries in orbit
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Kulr is to launch several versions of its Kulr ONE Space (K1S) commercial off the shelf (COTS) battery system into orbit for testing. European launch integrator Exolaunch will handle the…


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