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UK opens national quantum computing centre
UK opens national quantum computing centre
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The UK government has opened its National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) that will host 12 quantum computer systems. The NQCC…
AST ready for 5G from space
AST ready for 5G from space
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AST SpaceMobile has unfolded the solar panels on first five commercial satellites to provide 5G from space. The BlueBird satellites…
Siemens teams for digital twin of Dutch grid
Siemens teams for digital twin of Dutch grid
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Alliander is using digital twin technology from Siemens to reduce grid congestion and increase grid utilization in the Netherlands. Using Gridscale…
Space centre re-opens for testing  
Space centre re-opens for testing  
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The Higgs Centre for Innovation in Edinburgh is relaunching its Space Testing Facility. The centre has upgraded its clean rooms…

SK Hynix scores record profits, doubles sales on AI demand
SK Hynix scores record profits, doubles sales on AI demand
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The leading position of SK Hynix Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) in high bandwidth memory (HBM) DRAM enabled the company to make a record net profit of about US$4.14 billion in…
Siemens, Microsoft boost global copilot rollout
Siemens, Microsoft boost global copilot rollout
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Over 100 companies in Europe and the US are using a generative AI copilot from Siemens for automation, with thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering the first with a global roll out. Thyssenkrupp…
Lilium runs out of cash
Lilium runs out of cash
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European electric aircraft developer Lilium is entering administration after its fundraising collapsed. Lilium had been looking to raise up to €200m from the German federal and Bavarian governments, which was…
Stellantis plans first EV with solid state battery
Stellantis plans first EV with solid state battery
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Stellantis is to use solid state batteries from Factorial for the first time in a demonstration fleet of all-new Dodge Charger Daytona vehicles by 2026. The Stellantis Dodge Charger Daytona…
Dataloop AI and Qualcomm to develop AI models for Snapdragon devices
Dataloop AI and Qualcomm to develop AI models for Snapdragon devices
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Collaboration aims to simplify creation of dedicated, high-quality AI models and applications for Snapdragon and Qualcomm platforms. …
Altium heads deeper into distribution with new tools
Altium heads deeper into distribution with new tools
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EDA tool developer Altium, now part of Renesas Electronics, is to launch three new products building on its 365 cloud-based platform. The deal was only confirmed in August this…
Partnership brings 4G/5G Open RAN to defense and utility networks
Partnership brings 4G/5G Open RAN to defense and utility networks
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Airspan and Pavo Group team up to revolutionize defense and utility networks with cutting-edge 4G/5G Open RAN technology.
Boldyn Networks to drive digital transformation with Private 5G as a Service
Boldyn Networks to drive digital transformation with Private 5G as a Service
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Boldyn Networks is investing 300 million EUR to support the broader adoption of private networks worldwide.
Wayve expands AI ADAS testing to US
Wayve expands AI ADAS testing to US
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UK driverless car tech developer Wayve is starting on-road testing of its AI-based ADAS software in the US. London-based Wayve has opened an office in Silicon Valley to support its…
Fractile licenses RISC-V vector processor IP for AI accelerator
Fractile licenses RISC-V vector processor IP for AI accelerator
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UK startup Fractile has licensed a 64bit RISC-V vector processor for its AI accelerator chip from Andes Technology. Fractile, with chip design in London and Bristol, is developing AI inference…
Ashling, Embecosm team to support Akean RISC-V IP cores
Ashling, Embecosm team to support Akean RISC-V IP cores
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Ashling and Embecosm have teamed up to provide a comprehensive, optimized toolchain for Akeana’s range of high-performance RISC-V processors. Akeana has developed a single database that can produce a range…
Denmark launches sovereign AI supercomputer
Denmark launches sovereign AI supercomputer
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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang joined the king of Denmark to launch the country’s largest sovereign AI supercomputer. The AI supercomputer, named Gefion after a goddess in Danish mythology,…
First spin qubit quantum computers for Europe
First spin qubit quantum computers for Europe
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Two quantum computers using semiconductor spin qubits are to be installed in Europe for the first time. The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) has selected SURF in the Netherlands to host…
ARM escalates Qualcomm dispute with license threat – update
ARM escalates Qualcomm dispute with license threat – update
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ARM is threatening to cancel the architectural license that underpins Qualcomm’s latest processors. Qualcomm says ARM has issues a 60 day cancellation notice for its architectural license. The two companies…
First CHERI RISC-V embedded chip and Early Access Programme
First CHERI RISC-V embedded chip and Early Access Programme
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SCI Semiconductor in Cambridge has developed the first CHERI-enabled family of chips for embedded designs. The ICENI microcontroller chips are based on the RISC-V RV32E architecture and using the Microsoft…
Celestial AI buys Rockley Photonics patents for $20m
Celestial AI buys Rockley Photonics patents for $20m
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Celestial AI has bought the silicon photonics intellectual property of Rockley Photonics, including worldwide issued and pending patents, for $20m. This gives Celestial AI one of the strongest IP portfolios…
Dryad plans wildfire drone system
Dryad plans wildfire drone system
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Dryad Networks in Germany has raised two grants for its wildfire detection technologies, including drones to put out the fires. A €3.8m grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)…
Codasip donates CHERI RISC-V SDK to open source
Codasip donates CHERI RISC-V SDK to open source
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German processor designer Codasip has donated its newly developed RISC-V Software Development Kit (SDK) for CHERI to the community-interest organization CHERI Alliance The Alliance is making the SDK freely available…
SiFive launches Premier P550 RISC-V development board
SiFive launches Premier P550 RISC-V development board
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RISC-V chip developer SiFive is shipping a development board based on its P550 core. The Premier P550 board marks a fundamental shift in the RISC-V board strategy by the company…
Hemlock Semiconductor expands US polysilicon production
Hemlock Semiconductor expands US polysilicon production
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The US government is backing Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) with a $325m grant to expand local production of ultra-pure polysilicon. Founded in 1961 in Michigan, HSC is the only US-based manufacturer…
€90bn trusted investor network for European deep tech
€90bn trusted investor network for European deep tech
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The European Commission has launched a Trusted Investors Network to co-invest with European venture capital funds on deep tech startups. The network aims to address the problems that startups have finding…
Startup in funding to reduce energy consumption in AI data centres 
Startup in funding to reduce energy consumption in AI data centres 
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Oriole Networks solves speed, latency and sustainability problems by creating networks of AI chips using advanced photonic technology.
BeDimensional gains €20 million to make 2D materials
BeDimensional gains €20 million to make 2D materials
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has offered BeDimensional SpA (Genoa, Italy), €20 million to help it scale up its manufacturing of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride. The funding comes in…
US adds $2bn for grid projects
US adds $2bn for grid projects
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The US government has allocated an additional $2bn for 38 projects to boost the capacity and resilience of the electricity grid. The projects will upgrade nearly 1000 miles of transmission…


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