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Taisan raises £1.3m for solid state sodium battery
Taisan raises £1.3m for solid state sodium battery
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UK startup TaiSan has raised £1.3m for quasi-solid state sodium battery technology for electric vehicles. TaiSan is targeting a 20…
Cre8 Ventures offer silicon scale up for Cambridge innovation programme
Cre8 Ventures offer silicon scale up for Cambridge innovation programme
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Cre8 Ventures from Siemens is offering a scale up initiative for silicon startups using an innovation scheme at Cambridge University…
Balletto MCUs from Alif integrate Ceva BLE and 802.15.4 IP
Balletto MCUs from Alif integrate Ceva BLE and 802.15.4 IP
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The Balletto BLE 5.3 and Matter wireless family of MCUs for edge AI/ML workloads targets wireless audio and the smart…
AI startup secures seed funding to drive edge development
AI startup secures seed funding to drive edge development
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Seed funding to pioneer next-generation edge AI development with formal methods and large language model agents.

Imagination raises $100m for edge AI IP
Imagination raises $100m for edge AI IP
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Imagination Technologies in the UK has raised $100m from funds managed by affiliates of the Fortress Investment Group. Fortress has provided Imagination with a $100 million convertible term loan to…
Quantinuum to supply quantum computer to Singapore
Quantinuum to supply quantum computer to Singapore
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UK/US quantum computer company Quantinuum is to supply its Helios next generation quantum computer to Singapore and set up an R&D centre in the city state. Singapore’s National Quantum Office…
First security sensor embedded in industrial control systems
First security sensor embedded in industrial control systems
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New security offering provides extended, real-time visibility of internal operations of industrial control systems and their field assets.
AI prompts Merck to buy chip inspection firm UnitySC
AI prompts Merck to buy chip inspection firm UnitySC
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Merck Group (Darmstadt, Germany) has said it plans to buy metrology and chip inspection equipment supplier Unity-SC (Grenoble, France) for €155 million plus further potential, milestone-based payments. Unity-SC employs approximately…
Bosch €7bn bet to dominate home HVAC with biggest ever acquisition
Bosch €7bn bet to dominate home HVAC with biggest ever acquisition
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Bosch is to buy the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH) joint venture to dominate the global residential heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) market in an €7.4bn ($8bn) deal, its…
Webasto taps Monolith for AI battery pack test
Webasto taps Monolith for AI battery pack test
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R&D teams at automotive supplier Webasto are to use Monolith AI software to make battery module and pack testing more efficient for electric vehicles. Integrating the Monolith AI tools into…
Nokia and Bharti Airtel complete 5G NSA Cloud RAN trial
Nokia and Bharti Airtel complete 5G NSA Cloud RAN trial
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Successful 5G NSA Cloud RAN trial in India, enables Airtel to build scalable networks with agility and highly automated processes.
TSMC lifts forecast on strong 2Q24 financial results
TSMC lifts forecast on strong 2Q24 financial results
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Foundry TSMC has announced a net income of NT$247.85 billion (about US$7.54 billion) on sales revenue of NT$673.51 billion (about US$20.5 billion) for its 2Q24. The results came in ahead…
UK launches resource hub for SEP Standard Essential Patents 
UK launches resource hub for SEP Standard Essential Patents 
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The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a resource hub for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). The SEP resource hub is divided into 4 parts, with guidance on Technical Standards…
First UK pilot plant for LFP battery materials
First UK pilot plant for LFP battery materials
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UK startup Integrals Power (IPL) has started production of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials from European and US sources. The production of…
Avnet ASIC launches low power 4nm design service
Avnet ASIC launches low power 4nm design service
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The ASIC design division of distributor Avnet Silica has launched a service for low power 4nm custom chips at TSMC. The ASIC design service from Avnet is aimed at TSMC’s…
Onsemi to provide Volkswagen with next-generation EV power system
Onsemi to provide Volkswagen with next-generation EV power system
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Onsemi will be a primary provider of fully optimized power box system based on its latest generation EliteSiC M3e platform…
Samsung buys Oxford Semantic for AI-based user interface play
Samsung buys Oxford Semantic for AI-based user interface play
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Samsung Electronics has agreed to acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies Ltd., a UK startup specialized in the application of graph theory to knowledge and reasoning. The value of the proposed acquisition…
CrowdStrike shows dangers of single point of failure technologies
CrowdStrike shows dangers of single point of failure technologies
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CyberCube says CrowdStrike fallout an example of how a single pint of failure can create widespread disruption and financial loss.
Chip designer Sondrel appoints CEO, plans delist from AIM
Chip designer Sondrel appoints CEO, plans delist from AIM
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Sondrel Holdings plc, a chip design company that is being reorganized, has appointed John Chubb as CEO. The company has also asked shareholders to vote on a proposal to delist…
$1.6bn for US defense chiplets
$1.6bn for US defense chiplets
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The Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) at The University of Texas at Austin is to develop high performance chiplets for the US Department of Defense. A $840m contract from the…
Infineon, Amkor team on supply chain sustainability
Infineon, Amkor team on supply chain sustainability
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Infineon Technologies and Amkor have signed a deal to actively engage with common suppliers on sustainability. The aim of the deal is for Infineon and Amkor to identify areas for…
Negotiations as von der Leyen wins second term at the European Commission
Negotiations as von der Leyen wins second term at the European Commission
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Ursula von der Leyen has been voted in as the President of the European Commission for the second time, sparking a restructuring of the commissioners. The re-election of von der…
NTT DATA shows Ultralight Edge AI platform
NTT DATA shows Ultralight Edge AI platform
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NTT DATA has developed an ‘ultralight’ edge AI platform that integrates and synthesizes data from sensors, devices and systems into a single data plane. The NTT DATA Edge AI system…
NXP’s RFID chip certified for digital car key
NXP’s RFID chip certified for digital car key
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NXP Semiconductors has had its single-chip NFC and embedded secure element has been certified by the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) for digital car key designs. The CCC Digital Key Certification for the NXP SN220 is…
NASA looks to sell its VIPER Moon rover
NASA looks to sell its VIPER Moon rover
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US space agency NASA is to discontinue development of its Lunar VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project and is looking to sell the technology. The VIPER project had seen…
$400m for US 300mm silicon, SOI wafer plants
$400m for US 300mm silicon, SOI wafer plants
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GlobalWafers is looking to secure $400m of funding from the US government for 300mm silicon and SOI wafer plant in Texas and Missouri. The preliminary terms of the deal with…
 .lumen raises €5m for smart glasses for the blind
 .lumen raises €5m for smart glasses for the blind
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Romanian startup .lumen has launched a €5m funding round, with €1 million available on crowd-sourcing site SeedBlink. .lumen has already raised €4m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and Venture…
TṺV certifies Synopsys ARC core for automotive cybersecurity
TṺV certifies Synopsys ARC core for automotive cybersecurity
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The Synopsys ARC HS4xFS Processor IP has achieved ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity certification. Synopsys interface, security, and processor IP development processes are now also third-party certified to the ISO/SAE 21434…


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