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France to buy Atos supercomputing, quantum business for €625m
France to buy Atos supercomputing, quantum business for €625m
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The French government has made a €500m offer for the supercomputing and quantum computing business of Atos. The debt-laden business…
Lauterbach supports latest TI C29x microcontroller
Lauterbach supports latest TI C29x microcontroller
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Lauterbach in Germany has added development tool support for the latest C29x microcontroller from Texas Instrument. The Lauterbach TRACE32 development…
ADI puts a brave face on 2024 drop, looks to 2025 recovery.
ADI puts a brave face on 2024 drop, looks to 2025 recovery.
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Analog Devices has seen revenue down by a quarter in 2024 but expects to see recovery in 2025. The company…
Valeo taps Rohm SiC for next generation powertrain
Valeo taps Rohm SiC for next generation powertrain
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Tier One supplier Valeo is to use a silicon carbide (SiC) module from Rohm Semiconductor for its next generation of…

Netlist wins US$118 million in second Samsung patent ruling
Netlist wins US$118 million in second Samsung patent ruling
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Netlist Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) has won a US$118 million damages award against Samsung for the infringements of patents in DDR4 memory modules. The award is a second patent infringement win…
Valeo and ROHM team up on next generation power electronics
Valeo and ROHM team up on next generation power electronics
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Both companies aim to optimize the cost/performance of automotive power electronics by delivering higher energy efficiency, reducing heat generation.
Powercast set to show Matter integration for wireless power
Powercast set to show Matter integration for wireless power
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Powercast is to show wireless, battery-free sensors that integrate into smart-home ecosystems using the Matter connectivity standard and Thread wireless protocol. Matter and the IEEE802.15.4 Thread protocol are being used…
High temperature battery cell test for enhanced battery safety
High temperature battery cell test for enhanced battery safety
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Kulr Technology in the US has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to use its Internal Short Circuit (ISC) technology at higher temperatures. The Kulr technology can be…
Chip market to weaken in 2025, says Semiconductor Intelligence
Chip market to weaken in 2025, says Semiconductor Intelligence
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Analyst Semiconductor Intelligence (SC-IQ) sees the global chip market growing by 19 percent annually in 2024 followed by 6 percent growth in 2025, as it expects a deceleration in AI…
Seco, Hitachi Energy team for 200,000 Qualcomm Smart Boxes
Seco, Hitachi Energy team for 200,000 Qualcomm Smart Boxes
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Hitachi Energy is working with Seco in Italy in a strategic deal to develop and make 200,000 smart boxes for communication and data management across utility infrastructure. Seco will lead…
Lattice Semiconductor mulls bid for Intel’s Altera
Lattice Semiconductor mulls bid for Intel’s Altera
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Low-power FPGA vendor Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Hillsboro, Oregon) is considering making a bid for Altera, Intel’s programmable logic subsidiary, according to Bloomberg. As a smaller company Lattice is seeking help…
Inova wins award and collaborates with Lextar on LED lighting
Inova wins award and collaborates with Lextar on LED lighting
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By licensing its ISELED and ILaS technology to Taiwanese LED manufacturer Lextar, Inova Semiconductors aims to transform automotive LED lighting.
Rocket Lab closes CHIPS award to boost space solar cells
Rocket Lab closes CHIPS award to boost space solar cells
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Rocket Lab is one of only two companies in the United States that specialize in the production of highly efficient and radiation hardened space-grade solar cells.
TSRI picks IQM quantum computer to boost research
TSRI picks IQM quantum computer to boost research
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The first full-stack superconducting quantum computer bought by TSRI will help accelerate quantum technology development in Taiwan.
ST says use of fixed contracts led to MCU sales collapse
ST says use of fixed contracts led to MCU sales collapse
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European chip company STMicroelectronics NV has said that the use of non-cancellable and non-reschedulable sales contracts during 2022 and 2023 contributed to a build-up of microcontroller inventory at customers and…
ST tips Hua Hong deal to support ‘China-for-China’ strategy
ST tips Hua Hong deal to support ‘China-for-China’ strategy
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European chip giant STMicroelectronics NV has revealed it is transferring its 40nm embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) CMOS logic process to foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (Shanghai, China) as part of…
£600K for photonic chip platform
£600K for photonic chip platform
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Light Trace Photonics in the UK has raised £600,000 (€720k, $750k) for its photonic chip technology. The funding round, led by Bristol-based QantX Ventures, will be used to complete the…
Versinetic launches charge controller partner programme
Versinetic launches charge controller partner programme
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UK electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint technology developer Versinetic is launching a global Distribution Partner Programme for its LinkRay charge controller. The programme starts with distribution agreements in Australia and…
Northvolt files for banktrupcy protection
Northvolt files for banktrupcy protection
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Swedish battery startup Northvolt has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US as its finances collapse. Northvolt AB and certain of its subsidiaries voluntarily filed for Chapter 11…
$45m for Iontra RISC-V charging microcontroller
$45m for Iontra RISC-V charging microcontroller
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Iontra in the US has raised $45m for its secure charging microcontroller using the RISC-V instruction set architecture. The Series C round was led by Volta Energy Technologies and brings…
Gigadevice taps Arteris for next gen chip interconnect
Gigadevice taps Arteris for next gen chip interconnect
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GigaDevice in China has licensed FlexNoC 5 interconnect IP for Arteris for its next generation of automotive microcontrollers. The FlexNoC 5 interconnect IP integrates hardware reliability and functional safety features,…
Nvidia looks to top $120bn in a bumper 2024
Nvidia looks to top $120bn in a bumper 2024
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Nvidia is predicting revenues of $128.5bn in 2024 after a bumper third quarter. This is more than double the $60.9bn in the previous year and $26.9bn in 2022. Operating expenses…
$300m for US chiplet packaging
$300m for US chiplet packaging
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Projects in Georgia, California, and Arizona are to receive up to $300m to boost chiplet packaging technology development and substrate manufacturing in the US. Each of the projects for Absolics…
VyperCore accelerator chip adopts Solid Sands for C/C++ compliance
VyperCore accelerator chip adopts Solid Sands for C/C++ compliance
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The collaboration will ensure compliance to the highest quality levels with C and C++ language standards for the new accelerator chip.
Echion ramps niobium battery material rollout with another £10m
Echion ramps niobium battery material rollout with another £10m
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UK startup Echion Technologies has raised £10m (€12m, $12.6m) to accelerate the rollout of partners using its niobium-based material to make fast charging battery cells. The funding will also support…
French photonics firm taps Qualcomm for new CEO
French photonics firm taps Qualcomm for new CEO
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Scintil Photonics in France has appointed Matt Crowley as CEO as founder Sylvie Menezo moves to technology developments and customer partnerships The move will also boost the presence of the…
BYD Semiconductor shows automotive controller chips
BYD Semiconductor shows automotive controller chips
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BYD’s chip design spinout has been working with TSMC and Mediatek on a central automotive controller chip and a 4nm smart cockpit chip. The central controller chip designed by BYD…
$1bn US semiconductor digital twin centre approved
$1bn US semiconductor digital twin centre approved
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The US government is to back a $1bn semiconductor digital twin centre with a $285m grant. The Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins (SMART) centre will be based in…


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