MENU

Business news Page 64

Business news Page 64
Wind River, Elektrobit advance autonomous software-defined vehicles
Wind River, Elektrobit advance autonomous software-defined vehicles
Business news |
Collaboration lays a complete pre-integrated foundation for developing enhanced automotive safety levels for ADAS ECUs.
Rogue Valley Microdevices confirms 300mm MEMS fab in Florida
Rogue Valley Microdevices confirms 300mm MEMS fab in Florida
Business news |
Pure-play MEMS foundry Rogue Valley Microdevices Inc. (Medford, Oregon) has confirmed that its second wafer fab, under construction in Palm…
GPU AI cloud taps Norway hydropower
GPU AI cloud taps Norway hydropower
Business news |
Nscale has launched a sustainable high-performance GPU cloud in Norway using AMD chips and hydroelectric power. Nscale is a vertically…
Austrian clean room for mechatronic
Austrian clean room for mechatronic
Business news |
mechatronic systemtechnik in Austria has opened a €20m technology centre in Fürnitz with a new cleanroom. The facility for mechatronic…

RISC-V secure microcontroller designer renames to SealSQ
RISC-V secure microcontroller designer renames to SealSQ
Business news |
SealSQ in Switzerland is rebranding its RISC-V chip development business as SealSQ France as it starts production of secure devices. This strategic change from WISeKey Semiconductor is aimed at accelerating…
$180m for transformer factory in Finland
$180m for transformer factory in Finland
Business news |
Hitachi Energy is to invest $180m in a new transformer factory in Finland as part of a wider $1.5bn plan. The Hitachi expansion in the Vaasa region of Finland will…
imec.xpand launches second semiconductor fund with €300m
imec.xpand launches second semiconductor fund with €300m
Business news |
Imec.xpand has raised €300m for its second fund for semiconductor and nanotech startups in Europe. The imec.xpand fund aims to invest in 25 startups and support its existing companies as…
Wind River. Elektrobit team for Software-Defined Vehicles
Wind River. Elektrobit team for Software-Defined Vehicles
Business news |
Wind River is working with Elektrobit on key software for self-driving software-defined vehicles. The collaboration will see the Wind River VxWorks used as the real-time operating system alongside the Elektrobit EB…
Skylo certifies Sony’s Altair chipset for satellite network
Skylo certifies Sony’s Altair chipset for satellite network
Business news |
Skylo Technologies has certified the Altair ALT1250 chipset from Sony Semiconductor Israel for its satellite network. The certification of the Altair ALT1250 is part of the Skylo Certification Programme so…
Ambarella, Neusoft team for driverless cars
Ambarella, Neusoft team for driverless cars
Business news |
Chinese developer Neusoft has ported its AI algorithms to Ambarella’s latest 5nm CVflow edge chips. Neusoft’s Reach Automotive Technology division plans to jointly promote and explore product technology and market…
Warwick Acoustics to build flat panel speakers at Mira
Warwick Acoustics to build flat panel speakers at Mira
Business news |
Warwick Acoustics is expanding its manufacturing with a factory at the MIRA Technology Park (MTP), Europe’s largest automotive research and development site. Warwick Acoustics designs, engineers and manufactures its automotive…
Partnership brings Layer 7 visibility to multi-orbit networking
Partnership brings Layer 7 visibility to multi-orbit networking
Business news |
Real-time application awareness from next-gen DPI engine to power traffic aggregation and optimization algorithms.
Blaize raises $106m as its heads to AI SPAC deal
Blaize raises $106m as its heads to AI SPAC deal
Business news |
AI chip and software tool developer Blaize has raised $106m from automotive investors in its latest round of funding. Investors in the $106m funding for Blaize include Mercedes Benz and…
SemiQ starts SiC KDG Known-Good-Die programme
SemiQ starts SiC KDG Known-Good-Die programme
Business news |
SemiQ in the US has started a known-good-die (KGD) screening program for its silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET devices. The SemiQ KDG programme delivers high-quality, electrically sorted and optically inspected 1200V…
£37.6m UK Digital Twin Centre for Belfast
£37.6m UK Digital Twin Centre for Belfast
Business news |
The UK government has announced a £37.6m (€43m) national Digital Twin Centre to be based in Belfast, Northern Island. Led by the Digital Catapult, the Centre is supported by Thales…
Guerrilla buys Gallium Semiconductor’s GaN product lines
Guerrilla buys Gallium Semiconductor’s GaN product lines
Business news |
Guerrilla RF Inc. (Greensboro, North Carolina) has acquired the entire portfolio of GaN power amplifiers and front-end modules from Singaporean RF GaN chip vendor Gallium Semiconductor. It was announced in…
Intel has potential investors for Irish fab, says report
Intel has potential investors for Irish fab, says report
Business news |
A group of US asset managers is considering entering into deal with Intel Corp. to help it fund expansion at its wafer fab facility in Leixlip, Ireland, according to Bloomberg.
SES pulls off Intelsat buy to create European satellite giant
SES pulls off Intelsat buy to create European satellite giant
Business news |
SES is to buy competitor Intelsat in a €2.8bn deal that was abandoned last year. The €2.8bn cash deal will create a global satellite giant based in Europe with over…
AMS-Osram restructure hits 500 jobs, prompts fab exit
AMS-Osram restructure hits 500 jobs, prompts fab exit
Business news |
AMS-Osram AG (Premstaetten, Austria) has said 500 employees will be affected by a restructuring brought on by the previously announced cancellation of a microLED project. The company is also seeking…
GOWIN awarded ISO 26262 functional safety compliance for FPGA design environment
GOWIN awarded ISO 26262 functional safety compliance for FPGA design environment
Business news |
High safety and reliability ratings of the GOWIN mid- and low-density FPGAs prompt automotive OEMs to design them into applications including video bridging, display driving and image signal processing.
Report: IBM plans US$730 million Canadian chip expansion
Report: IBM plans US$730 million Canadian chip expansion
Business news |
IBM Corp. plans to spend CA$1 billion (about US$730 million) upgrading and expanding its assembly, testing and packaging (ATP) facility at Bromont, Canada, according to a Bloomberg report. The move…
China’s ATX Semiconductor moves into Malaysia
China’s ATX Semiconductor moves into Malaysia
Business news |
IC packaging and test service provider ATX Semiconductor Group has opened its first factory outside China in Melaka, Malaysia, with an investment of 258 Malaysian Ringgit (about US$55 million). The…
Italy looks at €10bn in chip support – reports
Italy looks at €10bn in chip support – reports
Business news |
The Italian government is looking to support the semiconductor industry with up to €10bn according to reports. “Italy is preparing to become one of the largest microelectronics producers in Europe,”…
Philips settles US medical recall for $1.1bn
Philips settles US medical recall for $1.1bn
Business news |
Royal Philips has settled its Respironics medical equipment recall case in the US for $1.1bn. The first quarter results for Philips saw sales of €4.1bn, up 2.4%. However the order…
Infineon and ETAS optimize next-generation microcontroller security
Infineon and ETAS optimize next-generation microcontroller security
Business news |
Partnership addresses demand for high-performance hardware and robust cybersecurity in next-generation software-defined vehicles.
Infineon adds more security for Aurix TC4x controllers
Infineon adds more security for Aurix TC4x controllers
Business news |
Infineon Technologies has added security from ETAS to its Aurix TC4x Cybersecurity Real-time Module (CSRM). Infineon has integrated the ESCRYPT CycurHSM 3.x Automotive Security Software Stack into the CSRM to…
Putting battery profiling on every engineer’s desk
Putting battery profiling on every engineer’s desk
Business news |
Qoitech in Sweden has dropped the annual license for its battery profiling tools to boost the adoption of the technology in development. Qoitech develops power analysis, profiling and optimization…
Infrachip showroom offer free use of semiconductor test tools
Infrachip showroom offer free use of semiconductor test tools
Business news |
The long awaited Infrachip showroom is now accessible, with more than 100 available sets of equipment and technologies. The €15m Infrachip EU project is starting calls for transnational access so that interested parties…


10s