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Nikola Motors, Bosch jointly develop electric powertrain for heavy truck
Nikola Motors, Bosch jointly develop electric powertrain for heavy truck
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With the Nikola Two, the first electric long-distance truck is taking shape. US manufacturer Nikola Motors now revealed what the…
Innoviz funding round worth $65 million and rising
Innoviz funding round worth $65 million and rising
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The latest funding round of in solid-state lidar developer Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Kfar Saba, Israel) has been revealed to be…
Blockchain-based IoT alliance launched
Blockchain-based IoT alliance launched
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The 'Trusted IoT Alliance' has officially launched with the mission of bringing companies together to develop and standardize an open…
Startup demos wireless charging at a distance
Startup demos wireless charging at a distance
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A spin out from MIT has demonstrated a wireless charging technology that can handle multiple devices at a distance of…

Welsh councils sign up for power chip foundry
Welsh councils sign up for power chip foundry
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A signing ceremony has taken place between Welsh local authorities, the UK government and compound semiconductor wafer supplier IQE plc (Cardiff, Wales) to agree to the building of compound semiconductor…
Startup shows wireless charging at a distance
Startup shows wireless charging at a distance
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A spin out from MIT in the US has demonstrated a wireless charging technology that can handle multiple devices at a distance of half a metre.
Intel, Waymo collaborate on self-driving cars
Intel, Waymo collaborate on self-driving cars
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Intel (Santa Clara, CA) has announced a collaboration with Alphabet's Waymo division (Mountain View, CA) on self-driving car technology, marking the first time that Waymo has acknowledged a collaboration with…
Acquisition strengthens Sensirion’s automotive lineup
Acquisition strengthens Sensirion’s automotive lineup
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Swiss sensor technology company Sensirion is acquiring the automotive business from Korean peer Auto Industrial Co. (AIC). The takeover includes AICs relevant business in South Korea, China, and the U.S.
Western Digital backs processor-in-memory startup
Western Digital backs processor-in-memory startup
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Fabless chip company Upmem SAS (Grenoble, France), has raised €3 million in a Series A round of funding from a team that includes: C4 Ventures, Partech Ventures, Supernova Invest and…
Three-country test site for autonomous driving planned
Three-country test site for autonomous driving planned
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France, Germany and Luxembourg will establish a transnational test route for autonomous driving. The test track will be set up to deal tackle the issue of different national traffic regulations…
Western Digital backs processor-in-memory startup
Western Digital backs processor-in-memory startup
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Fabless chip company Upmem SAS (Grenoble, France), has raised €3 million in a Series A round of funding from a team that includes: C4 Ventures, Partech Ventures, Supernova Invest and…
Microsoft ‘confidential computing’ encrypts data while in use
Microsoft ‘confidential computing’ encrypts data while in use
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Microsoft (Redmond, WA) has unveiled new data security features for its Azure cloud computing platform that encrypts data while the data is in use.
Bristol startup Ultrahaptics opens its first US office in Silicon Valley 
Bristol startup Ultrahaptics opens its first US office in Silicon Valley 
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Mid-air haptics solutions provider Ultrahaptics has made official the opening of its first US office in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley. The new office will house the company’s growing US team.
Leading Chinese e-commerce/IoT platform partners with Samsung ARTIK™
Leading Chinese e-commerce/IoT platform partners with Samsung ARTIK™
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The largest e-commerce platform serving the electronics manufacturing industry in China, INGDAN.com has entered a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics to connect the Samsung ARTIK™ IoT Platform with INGDAN.com users…
SMIC teams with Brite Semi on ARC-based low power IoT platform
SMIC teams with Brite Semi on ARC-based low power IoT platform
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Chinese foundry SMIC has teamed up with Brite Semiconductor and Synopsys to launch a 55nm low power platform for devices in the Internet of Things…
Wireless power startup targets IoT with European investment
Wireless power startup targets IoT with European investment
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A US wireless power startup has tapped European investors for a $2m round to commercialise its technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).
ST provides NFC to MediaTek for mobile chipsets
ST provides NFC to MediaTek for mobile chipsets
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STMicroelectronics NV is providing its near field communications (NFC) technology to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) for inclusion in hardware-software platforms for mobile applications.
U.S. blocks China buyout of Lattice Semi
U.S. blocks China buyout of Lattice Semi
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As expected, President Trump has blocked the takeover of FPGA supplier Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Portland, OR) by Chinese-based venture capital group Canyon Bridge Capital Partners.
Apple iPhone X chip raises IP questions
Apple iPhone X chip raises IP questions
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The launch of the latest Apple iPhones has raised some interesting questions on the IP used in the chips.
IoT wireless power startup on path to commercialization
IoT wireless power startup on path to commercialization
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Wireless power startup Nikola Labs (Columbus, OH) announced that it has recently closed a $2 million investment round, which will help it both transition from technology development into initial commercial…
iPhone X chip shows problems of Imagination
iPhone X chip shows problems of Imagination
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The launch of the latest Apple iPhones has raised some interesting questions on the IP used in the chips.
Zero-power wireless communication tech looks to commercialize in 2018
Zero-power wireless communication tech looks to commercialize in 2018
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The University of Washington (Seattle, WA) in the US is licensing its ‘zero power’ wireless technology to a startup called Jeeva Wireless for commercialization in 2018.
Luger Research to foster knowledge sharing in lighting: creates active network of research experts
Luger Research to foster knowledge sharing in lighting: creates active network of research experts
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Luger Research, an independent publication, digital platform, events and research organization founded in 2001 to support the global lighting sector, has established the first scientific lighting partnership network for research…
Zero power sensor technology spins out into startup
Zero power sensor technology spins out into startup
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The University of Washington (UW) in the US is licensing its ‘zero power’ wireless technology to a startup called Jeeva Wireless for commercialisation in 2018.
Skyworks SkyOne® Ultra and DRx adopted by leading M2M module manufacturers
Skyworks SkyOne® Ultra and DRx adopted by leading M2M module manufacturers
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Skyworks Solutions has announced that its SkyOne® Ultra 2.5 and diversity receive (DRx™) modules for mobile applications have been adopted by some of the world’s leading machine-to-machine (M2M) module manufacturers…
Battery-electric truck enters series production
Battery-electric truck enters series production
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Daimler Trucks has handed over its first fully electric truck from serial production in New York. Initially, the vehicle will be produced in a small series; mass production is scheduled…
Tencent, Intel team up on blockchain for IoT
Tencent, Intel team up on blockchain for IoT
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Chinese media and Internet firm Tencent (Shenzhen, China) and Intel (Santa Clara, CA) have announced a partnership centered on blockchain technology.
Welsh councils sign to own chip foundry
Welsh councils sign to own chip foundry
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A signing ceremony has taken place between Welsh local authorities, the UK government and compound semiconductor wafer supplier IQE plc (Cardiff, Wales) to agree to the building of compound semiconductor…


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