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GaN pioneer Transphorm goes public in reverse merger
GaN pioneer Transphorm goes public in reverse merger
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GaN pioneer Transphorm has raised $21m and gone public in a reverse merger in the US, adding Marelli as an…
NXP, Analog forecast about 5% coronavirus impact on quarterly revenues
NXP, Analog forecast about 5% coronavirus impact on quarterly revenues
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NXP Semiconductors and Analog Devices have advised that the global outbreak of coronavirus Covid-19 could adversely impact their current financial…
Rigetti quantum computing company raises $71 million
Rigetti quantum computing company raises $71 million
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Quantum computing company Rigetti & Co Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.) has raised $71 million in equity finance, according to a filing…
Parallel Wireless enables mobile broadband in rural Latin America
Parallel Wireless enables mobile broadband in rural Latin America
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Parallel Wireless has announced that they have deployed hundreds of programmable virtualized 4G OpenRAN sites to deliver mobile broadband in…

STL and VMware to collaborate on 5G access
STL and VMware to collaborate on 5G access
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Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) has announced that it will collaborate with VMware to develop virtual network functions for 5G Access for converged wireline-wireless technology.
Signify to complete Cooper Lighting Solutions acquisition
Signify to complete Cooper Lighting Solutions acquisition
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Signify announced it has completed the acquisition of Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton, strengthening its market position as a leader in lighting systems and aiming to capture growth in the…
Special Interest Group for AI and machine learning in chip design tools
Special Interest Group for AI and machine learning in chip design tools
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The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) has launched a special interest group to focus on the growing needs and opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for electronic design…
Model challenges growth in data centre energy use
Model challenges growth in data centre energy use
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Researchers in the US have developed and released a model that challenges the assumption that data centre energy use is growing.
Tower drops Jazz, embraces analog
Tower drops Jazz, embraces analog
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Specialty foundry Tower Semicoductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel), which has traded for the last decade as TowerJazz, is dropping the Jazz name.
Funds flood hardware startups, SambaNova raises $250 million
Funds flood hardware startups, SambaNova raises $250 million
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SambaNova, the Silicon Valley startup that claims to be building an integrated hardware-software stack for next-generation enterprise computing, has raised $250 million in its Series C.
‘Universal’ processor startup gains supercomputer design win
‘Universal’ processor startup gains supercomputer design win
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Startup Tachyum Inc. has said that is Prodigy 'universal' data center processor design will be included in a supercomputer to be deployed in 2021. The company hasn't named the customer.
Embedded World defies the coronavirus
Embedded World defies the coronavirus
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In contrast to other major events such as the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Embedded World is taking place in Nuremberg. However, participation is visibly lower.
Marvell and Analog Devices work on highly integrated 5G radio
Marvell and Analog Devices work on highly integrated 5G radio
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Marvell and Analog Devices, Inc., have announced a technology collaboration leveraging an industry-leading 5G digital platform from Marvell and world-class wideband RF transceiver technology from ADI to deliver fully optimized…
Quectel LPWA IoT module integrates with Microsoft Azure
Quectel LPWA IoT module integrates with Microsoft Azure
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Quectel Wireless Solutions is collaborating with Microsoft and Qualcomm Technologies to integrate its latest LPWA module BG95 with Microsoft's Azure Device SDK to provide direct and secure connections to Azure…
Edge winding investment to improve fill factor
Edge winding investment to improve fill factor
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Investment in new edge winding equipment by REO in Germany will boost the fill factor of wound components for higher performance.
Coronavirus takes 5-week toll on product shipments, says IPC
Coronavirus takes 5-week toll on product shipments, says IPC
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Electronics manufacturers anticipate at least a five-week product shipment delay from suppliers due to the coronavirus epidemic, according to global electronics manufacturing association IPC.
Analysts estimate Qorvo paid over $400 million for DecaWave UWB expertise?
Analysts estimate Qorvo paid over $400 million for DecaWave UWB expertise?
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RF chip supplier Qorvo Inc., has acquired DecaWave Ltd., a Dublin-headquartered supplier of ultawide band (UWB) location chips, in a deal estimated to be worth $400 million or more.
Bosch signs cloud battery deal for Chinese electric supercar
Bosch signs cloud battery deal for Chinese electric supercar
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Cloud battery technology from Bosch will be used in the Hi Phi 1 electric supercar being developed by Chinese designer Human Horizons…
Sumitomo backs UK cryobattery developer in $46m deal
Sumitomo backs UK cryobattery developer in $46m deal
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A $46m investment in Highview Power will see Sumitomo taking its cryobattery technology global…
BMW cranks up electric car drive production in Germany
BMW cranks up electric car drive production in Germany
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The BMW Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing will expand from 8,000 to 80,000 square metres and more than doubling the staff…
Graphcore nears ‘double-unicorn’ status with extra funding
Graphcore nears ‘double-unicorn’ status with extra funding
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Machine learning processor chip startup Graphcore has raised an additional $150 million in equity finance taking the value of the company close to $2 billion.
Did Qorvo pay more than $400 million for Dublin’s UWB expertise?
Did Qorvo pay more than $400 million for Dublin’s UWB expertise?
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RF chip supplier Qorvo Inc. has acquired DecaWave Ltd., a Dublin-headquartered supplier of ultawide band (UWB) location chips, in a deal estimated to be worth $400 million or more.
Chip industry helps EUV photoresist pioneer with $31 million
Chip industry helps EUV photoresist pioneer with $31 million
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Investors drawn from leading-edge chip makers and semiconductor equipment vendors have invested $31 million in Inpria, a pioneer of metal oxide photoresists for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.
Globalfoundries signs SOI wafer supply deal with Taiwan
Globalfoundries signs SOI wafer supply deal with Taiwan
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Globalfoundries has agreed to develop a long-term supply deal with GlobalWafers Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) for 300mm-diameter silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers.
esVolta raises $140m for utility-scale battery storage
esVolta raises $140m for utility-scale battery storage
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esVolta in the US has raised $140m for its esFaraday portfolio of eight utility-scale battery storage projects in California…
BMW expands electric car drive production in Germany
BMW expands electric car drive production in Germany
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The BMW Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing will expand from 8,000 to 80,000 square metres and more than doubling the staff…
Dialog Semi buys Adesto to accelerate IIoT expansion
Dialog Semi buys Adesto to accelerate IIoT expansion
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Dialog Semiconductor announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Adesto Technologies Corporation for $12.55 per share in cash (approximately $500 million), with the strategic…
Qorvo closes acquisition of Decawave for UWB technology
Qorvo closes acquisition of Decawave for UWB technology
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Qorvo® has completed its acquisition of Decawave, a pioneer in ultra-wideband (UWB) technology and provider of UWB products for mobile, automotive and IoT applications.


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