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Machine learning chip startup raises $9 million
Machine learning chip startup raises $9 million
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Startup machine-learning chip developer Mythic (Austin, Texas) – founded in 2012 as Isocline Engineer Corp. – has raised $9.3 million…
Okmetic invests €40 million in MEMS wafer production
Okmetic invests €40 million in MEMS wafer production
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Specialist wafer supplier Okmetic Oy (Vantaa, Finland) – which was acquired by China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) in 2016…
V2X chipset vendor raises $30 million
V2X chipset vendor raises $30 million
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Automotive communications chipset vendor Autotalks Ltd. (Kfar Netter, Israel) has raised $30 million in a Round D of funding.
Quantum computing startup raises $64M for cloud platform
Quantum computing startup raises $64M for cloud platform
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Rigetti Computing Inc. (Berkeley, CA), a company founded by Chad Rigetti in 2013, has announced it has raised $64 million…

Security, FPGA partnership enables Encryption-as-a-Service for cloud providers
Security, FPGA partnership enables Encryption-as-a-Service for cloud providers
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Encryption IP provider Barco Silex (Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium) announced it has struck a partnership with Accelize (San Jose, CA), a provider of cloud-based FPGA Acceleration-as-a-Service, to enable high-quality cloud-based encryption services…
Largest supercap factory in Europe opens
Largest supercap factory in Europe opens
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Skeleton Technologies (Viimsi, Harjumaa, Estonia) has opened a new supercapacitor production line in Saxony, Germany as part of a €6.2m investment.
TDK to acquire EU sensor IC specialist
TDK to acquire EU sensor IC specialist
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Japan's TDK Corp. is set to acquire ICsense NV (Leuven, Belgium), an analog and mixed-signal ASIC design specialist. The value of the deal was not provided.
Quantum computing startup has $69 million
Quantum computing startup has $69 million
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Rigetti Quantum Computing Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.), a company founded by Chad Rigetti in 2013, has announced it has raised $64 million in Series A and B funding rounds bring the…
Barco Silex to monetize encryption IP through Accelize’s accelerated cloud service
Barco Silex to monetize encryption IP through Accelize’s accelerated cloud service
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Encryption IP provider Barco Silex announced it has struck a partnership with Accelize, a provider of cloud-based FPGA Acceleration-as-a-Service, to enable high-quality cloud-based encryption services leveraging Barco Silex’ encryption cores.
MaxLinear buys Exar in $700m deal
MaxLinear buys Exar in $700m deal
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Consolidation continues in the semiconductor industry with two US mixed-signal and power chip companies coming together to create economies of scale.
ZF invests in radar sensor company
ZF invests in radar sensor company
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ZF Friedrichshafen AG assumes approximately 45 percent of the shares of Astyx Communication & Sensors GmbH from the Hanover Finance Group and founding companies Radial technology is the basis for…
TDK to acquire Belgian sensor ASIC specialist
TDK to acquire Belgian sensor ASIC specialist
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Japan's TDK Corp. is set to acquire ICsense NV (Leuven, Belgium), an analog and mixed-signal ASIC design specialist. The value of the deal was not provided.
MaxLinear to buy Exar for $700 million
MaxLinear to buy Exar for $700 million
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Consolidation continues in the semiconductor industry with two US mixed-signal IC companies coming together to create economies of scale.
Europe’s largest supercapacitor factory opens
Europe’s largest supercapacitor factory opens
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Skeleton Technologies has opened a new supercapacitor production line in Saxony, Germany as part of a €6.2m investment.
Smart lighting project aims to lower technical barriers to adoption
Smart lighting project aims to lower technical barriers to adoption
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Although LED dimming and color tuning are a hot topic, today, individually adjustable lighting applications are rather the exception than the rule. No matter the time of day or season,…
OLED technology alliance formed in Germany
OLED technology alliance formed in Germany
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Von Ardenne GmbH from Dresden, MBraun Inertgas-Systeme GmbH in Garching, Notion Systems GmbH in Schwetzingen and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Reasearch IAP in Potsdam have joined forces in the…
Power conversion startup debuts ‘Zero Power’ chipset
Power conversion startup debuts ‘Zero Power’ chipset
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Power conversion startup Helix Semiconductors (Irvine, CA) has launched a chipset using its MuxCapacitor voltage reduction technology…
Europe to lead photonics with open-access PIC packaging pilot line
Europe to lead photonics with open-access PIC packaging pilot line
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The value of the photonics market is expected to be worth over €615 billion by 2020, a market in which Europe is leading, holding 55% of the production technology market…
EBV reveals Lighting Academy program
EBV reveals Lighting Academy program
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The third EBV Lighting Academy will take place on June 20th and 21st in the prestigious Humboldt Carré in Berlin.
TSMC considers US for 3nm wafer fab site
TSMC considers US for 3nm wafer fab site
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Foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is considering building a next-generation wafer fab with a nominal manufacturing node of 3nm in the US, according to reports.
Smart lighting open platform initiative: made-in-Germany
Smart lighting open platform initiative: made-in-Germany
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Although LED dimming and color tuning are a hot topic, today, individually adjustable lighting applications are rather the exception than the rule. No matter the time of day or season,…
German partners form new OLED technology alliance
German partners form new OLED technology alliance
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Von Ardenne GmbH from Dresden, MBraun Inertgas-Systeme GmbH in Garching, Notion Systems GmbH in Schwetzingen and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Reasearch IAP in Potsdam have joined forces in the…
Helix launches its first power chips
Helix launches its first power chips
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Power startup Helix Semiconductors has launched the first chipset using its MuxCapacitor voltage reduction technology…
Daimler bids farewell to fuel cell technology
Daimler bids farewell to fuel cell technology
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After a longer phase of zig-zag course, carmaker Daimler has decided not to continue the development of fuel cell vehicles – at least not with high priority. Thus, the company…
Fuel cells for UAVs deal inked
Fuel cells for UAVs deal inked
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Hydrogen fuel cell developer Intelligent Energy (Loughborough, UK) has signed a key deal to use its technology in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Seven patent licensors labelled as threat
Seven patent licensors labelled as threat
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Patent and technical analysis firm KnowMade Co. (Sophia Antipolis, France) has prepared a report that covers seven patent licensing companies (PLCs) that it asserts pose a threat to companies working…
Fuel cell deal for UAVs in the Internet of Things
Fuel cell deal for UAVs in the Internet of Things
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A UK developer of hydrogen fuel cells, Intelligent Energy, has signed a key deal to use the technology in unmanned aircraft.
Carbon nanotube battery, supercap R&D company launched
Carbon nanotube battery, supercap R&D company launched
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A new battery research and development company is being launched today to commercialize carbon nanotube technology.


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