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SuperNIC startup Enfabrica raises US$115 million in Series C
SuperNIC startup Enfabrica raises US$115 million in Series C
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Networking chip company Enfabrica Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.) has raised US$115 million as part of an oversubscribed Series C round…
Another 500 jobs at AMS-Osram hit by uncertain outlook
Another 500 jobs at AMS-Osram hit by uncertain outlook
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Despite posting a profitable 3Q24 AMS-Osram (Premstaetten, Austria) has said it plans to “upsize” its ‘Re-establish the Base’ cost-cutting program,…
Quantinuum to use Infineon ion traps for fault tolerant quantum computer
Quantinuum to use Infineon ion traps for fault tolerant quantum computer
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Infineon Technologies has signed a key deal with the world’s largest quantum company Quantinuum for the technology to reach a…
Morse Micro and Vantron to drive IoT with Wi-Fi HaLow
Morse Micro and Vantron to drive IoT with Wi-Fi HaLow
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Partnership to provide robust and energy-efficient Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity that meets the growing IoT demands of various industries.

Esperanto, NEC team on RISC-V supercomputers
Esperanto, NEC team on RISC-V supercomputers
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RISC-V processor developer Esperanto Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) is working with Japan’s NEC Corp. on a roadmap for chips and software for high-performance computing. The two companies will be…
IEC 62443 certification service cuts IoT security costs
IEC 62443 certification service cuts IoT security costs
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Advantech has launched its IEC 62443 Certification Service, which targets needs of edge computing equipment in accordance with IEC 62443 and related standards. Advantech has joined forces with Bureau Veritas,…
Gregg Lowe ousted as Wolfspeed CEO
Gregg Lowe ousted as Wolfspeed CEO
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Gregg Lowe is to step down as President & CEO at Wolfspeed and as a Member of the Board of Directors later this month. Current Chairman Thomas Werner will act…
Molex to buy US/UK aerospace connector maker
Molex to buy US/UK aerospace connector maker
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Molex is to acquire AirBorn in Texas for its rugged aerospace connector technology and skills and UK manufacturing. The details of the deal were not disclosed. AirBorn specialises in the…
Nvidia’s Blackwell AI GPUs overheating, says report
Nvidia’s Blackwell AI GPUs overheating, says report
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The latest generation of AI GPUs from Nvidia, called Blackwell, are overheating in server racks, according to a report from The Information. Blackwell is a GPU designed for AI applications…
TSMC grabs US$11 billion for Arizona fabs from US Chips Act
TSMC grabs US$11 billion for Arizona fabs from US Chips Act
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The US government has awarded the world’s leading foundry TSMC up to US$6.6 billion in direct funding under the Chips Act as well as up to US$5 billion in low-cost…
Wise-integration taps Canada for digital GaN expertise
Wise-integration taps Canada for digital GaN expertise
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French intelligent GaN chip designer Wise-integration is opening a Design & Development Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to serve North America. The centre will be led by Christian Cojocaru and staffed…
Silicon Catalyst adds RED Semi, five others to incubator
Silicon Catalyst adds RED Semi, five others to incubator
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Silicon Catalyst has added UK processor IP designer RED Semiconductor to its semiconductor startup incubator alongside five North American companies. Silicon Catalyst is the only incubator and accelerator focused on…
Filtronic opens design centre at Cambridge Science Park
Filtronic opens design centre at Cambridge Science Park
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UK RF chip maker Filtronic has opened a new design centre in the Cambridge Science park. The centre will allow recruitment from the area as well as access to the…
Lyten buys Cuberg plant in Lithium-Sulfur boost
Lyten buys Cuberg plant in Lithium-Sulfur boost
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Lyten in the US is to acquire a local Cuberg battery plant being sold off by Northvolt. The deal will see the Cuberg lithium metal battery factory in San Leandro…
Matlab model-based design toolbox for NXP battery management systems
Matlab model-based design toolbox for NXP battery management systems
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NXP Semiconductors has developed a Model-Based Design Toolbox (MBDT) for Battery Management Systems (BMS) for use with the MathWorks Matlab and Simulink platform. The toolbox simplifies the design, testing, and…
Volvo shows wireless charging taxi fleet
Volvo shows wireless charging taxi fleet
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Volvo is showing its fleet of 20 electric XC40 taxis with wireless charging from InductEV. The fleet has logged 7,000 wireless charging events over the last two years of operation…
Vector, Hubject team for plug-and-charge EV charging
Vector, Hubject team for plug-and-charge EV charging
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Vector and Hubject are working on Plug & Charge (PnC) technology to simplify the electric vehicle (EV) charging process. There are over 2.6 million PnC-ready vehicles already on the market…
VW, Rivian launch $5.8bn Silicon Valley joint venture
VW, Rivian launch $5.8bn Silicon Valley joint venture
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Volkswagen has today launched its $5.8bn joint venture with US startup Rivian Automotive to develop software and electronics architectures for its next generation electric vehicle platforms. The two companies are…
Onsemi and Würth boost accuracy in virtual design for power electronics
Onsemi and Würth boost accuracy in virtual design for power electronics
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Power loss model generator now includes passive components to more accurately model power electronic designs and enable faster time-to-market.
First 3nm multi-domain controller has 38 cores, AI chiplets
First 3nm multi-domain controller has 38 cores, AI chiplets
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Renesas Electronics has launched its fifth generation of domain controller, the first to be built on a 3nm TSMC process. The first R-Car X5 system on chip, the X5H, uses…
Partnership brings Ubuntu to congatec Computer-on-Modules
Partnership brings Ubuntu to congatec Computer-on-Modules
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Computer-on-Modules pre-enabled with Ubuntu Pro provide an an optimized platform that delivers security, reliability and stability.
Seco taps Raspberry Pi CM5 for panel display
Seco taps Raspberry Pi CM5 for panel display
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Seco in Italy is to use the coming CM5 compute module from Raspberry Pi for a 10.1in panel display and port its Clea software to future microcontrollers. The two companies…
Critical gaps show in electronics industry ethics
Critical gaps show in electronics industry ethics
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Ethics in Electronics (EiE) has found significant transparency gaps in the ethical policies of electronics companies, with little advancement in the last two years. EiE researches the ethical, sustainability and…
TI opens its first product distribution centre in Europe
TI opens its first product distribution centre in Europe
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Texas Instruments (TI) has opened its first European product distribution center in Dreieich, Germany, outside of Frankfurt. The distribution centre, announced in 2022, includes 9,000 square meters of space…
CHERI builds global chip security alliance
CHERI builds global chip security alliance
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The CHERI Alliance has officially launched with support from Google and global companies to drive a memory-safe chip architecture. The Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) Alliance, based in Cambridge,…
Nordic cuts 8 percent of staff, cancels Novelda acquisition
Nordic cuts 8 percent of staff, cancels Novelda acquisition
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Wireless communications chip company Nordic Semicoductor ASA has announced that it is laying off approximately 8 percent of its total workforce or about 120 people. The company has also reportedly…
Infineon piles on European gloom with weak outlook for 2025
Infineon piles on European gloom with weak outlook for 2025
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Infineon Technology AG (Munich, Germany) cast gloom on the Electronica trade show opening in its home town with a downbeat forecast for 2025 as it reported a loss the fourth…
MintNeuro raises £1m for brain implant
MintNeuro raises £1m for brain implant
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MintNeuro has raised £1m (€1.2m $1.3m) venture funding for its semiconductor-based brain implant. MintNeuro uses a reconfigurable chip, described as smaller than a peppercorn, rather than graphene to make…


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