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Silicon Box to build €3.2 billion Italian chiplet factory
Silicon Box to build €3.2 billion Italian chiplet factory
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Singapore startup Silicon Box Pte. Ltd. will spend €3.2 billion (about US$3.5 billion) building a chiplet packaging factory in northern…
Former Moortec executives create chip monitor startup
Former Moortec executives create chip monitor startup
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Stephen Crosher and other former executives with Moortec Semiconductor Ltd. have founded Monic Semiconductor Ltd. (Plymouth, England). The goal of…
NXP workers called to strike over wages
NXP workers called to strike over wages
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The Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV) or Federation of Dutch Trade Unions has called for a 24-hour strike by workers at…
Dryad adds LoRa satellite links for AI wildfire monitoring
Dryad adds LoRa satellite links for AI wildfire monitoring
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Dryad Networks is adding the ability to link directly to satellites in orbit from its gateways monitoring forests for fires…

Astera IPO to raise half-a-billion dollars
Astera IPO to raise half-a-billion dollars
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Astera Labs Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), a 2017 startup developing connectivity chips for datacenters, has announced the launch of an initial public offering of shares in the company. The offering…
Industry warns on US investigation into V2X
Industry warns on US investigation into V2X
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Several industry associations have come together to warn the US government about an investigation into the safety and operation of V2X automotive wireless communications. This follows Advanced Notice of Proposed…
Free graphics library for GigaDevice ARM microcontrollers
Free graphics library for GigaDevice ARM microcontrollers
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Segger in Germany is working with GigaDevice to provide the emWin embedded system graphics library free of charge on GD32 microcontrollers. The GD32 from GigaDevice has versions using the ARM…
First 2nm silicon targets AI infrastructure
First 2nm silicon targets AI infrastructure
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Marvell has announced a 2nm chip platform with TSMC for data centre and AI applications. The company has extended its deal with TSMC which saw Marvell launch 5nm chips in…
Cadence moves into structural analysis with $1.2bn European buy
Cadence moves into structural analysis with $1.2bn European buy
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Cadence Design Systems is to acquire European tool developer Beta CAE Systems in a strategic $1.2bn move into structural analysis. The deal with Beta CAE in Lucerne, Switzerland, adds more…
Efficient startup raises US$16 million for processor
Efficient startup raises US$16 million for processor
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Efficient Computer (Pittsburgh, Penn.) has raised US$16 million in seed funding to introduce a processor architecture that it claims is up to 100x more energy efficient than general-purpose CPUs on…
Tower plans temporary closures of US wafer fab
Tower plans temporary closures of US wafer fab
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) is planning three, week-long closures of its operations in the US including its wafer fab at Newport Beach, California, according to local reports. Foundry…
TTTech Auto extends BlackBerry QNX deal to SDV
TTTech Auto extends BlackBerry QNX deal to SDV
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TTTech Auto and BlackBerry have extended their partnership to cover software defined vehicles (SDVs). The deal will see the native integration of the latest Blackberry QNX Operating System (OS) 8.0 with TTTech…
Loss-making Sequans says it is exploring multiple options
Loss-making Sequans says it is exploring multiple options
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5G/4G fabless chip company Sequans Communications SA (Paris, France) is exploring its options after the collapse of a planned takeover by Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp. Sequans has just posted a…
EIC backs 27 startups to scale up
EIC backs 27 startups to scale up
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The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 27 projects for follow on funding to scale up key quantum, health and measurement technologies. The 27 were selected from 257 eligible submissions…
Itron boosts grid intelligence with Elpis Squared buy
Itron boosts grid intelligence with Elpis Squared buy
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Itron has bought grid software provider Elpis Squared to boosts its Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio. The acquisition of Elpis Squared allows Itron to embed real-time, high-resolution grid edge data into…
Fraunhofer IPMS to integrate microdisplays/sensors
Fraunhofer IPMS to integrate microdisplays/sensors
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Integration of microdisplays/sensors to create synergies that will strengthen research and expedite development for customers and partners.
Wise-integration raises €15m for GaN
Wise-integration raises €15m for GaN
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Wise-integration in France has raised €15m for its digital control of gallium nitride (GaN) and GaN ICs for power supplies. The Series B round in Wise-integration was led by imec.xpand,…
ADI signs BMW for 10BASE-T1S Ethernet to the edge
ADI signs BMW for 10BASE-T1S Ethernet to the edge
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BMW is to adopt the 10BASE-T1S Ethernet to the Edge bus technology developed by Analog Devices (ADI) in a key partnership. ADI’s E²B 10BASE-T1S transceivers will be used by BMW…
Intel, Concept Reply pioneer AI for vehicle safety
Intel, Concept Reply pioneer AI for vehicle safety
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Advanced AI-based system that allows autonomous vehicles to accurately detect traffic lights, improving road safety in urban areas.
TactoTek teams for recycling 3D molded electronics
TactoTek teams for recycling 3D molded electronics
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Finnish molded electronics pioneer TactoTek is working with TNO in the Netherlands on the challenging topic of recycling 3D molded electronics The strategic partnership will see TactoTek working with TNO…
ADI and BMW join forces on 10MB Ethernet and SDVs
ADI and BMW join forces on 10MB Ethernet and SDVs
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Automotive Ethernet is a key enabler of new, zonal architectures in design and supports megatrends such as software-defined vehicles.
Telefonica highlights World Energy Efficiency Day
Telefonica highlights World Energy Efficiency Day
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Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica has detailed some of the moves it has taken to reduce power consumption across its fixed and wireless networks. Telefonica says it has reduced energy consumption…
Prysmian, Hitachi Energy sign for UK’s longest HVDC cable
Prysmian, Hitachi Energy sign for UK’s longest HVDC cable
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Prysmian in Italy and Hitachi Energy in Switzerland have signed a deal for the UK’s longest high voltage DC cable. Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is a 525kV, 2GW HVDC…
Apple backs UK ‘Girls into Electronics’ programme
Apple backs UK ‘Girls into Electronics’ programme
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Apple is backing a UK programme to boost the number of women entering the electronics industry for a second year. The ‘Girls into Electronics’ programme from the UK Electronics Skills…
Tata will get 70% subsidy for Gujurat fab, says PSMC chair
Tata will get 70% subsidy for Gujurat fab, says PSMC chair
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Steel-to-automobile conglomerate Tata will be provided with 70 percent of the funds to build India’s first 300mm wafer fab in Dholera, Gujurat, according to Taiwan’s TechNews quoting Frank Huang, chairman…
Blueprints for Intel Magdeburg fabs available for download
Blueprints for Intel Magdeburg fabs available for download
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Intel has presented detailed plans for its Magdeburg wafer fabs to the German authorities and these are now publicly available, according to Heisse.de. The filing was related to environmental and…
€30m for German transformer plant
€30m for German transformer plant
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Hitachi Energy is expanding its power transformer manufacturing plant in Bad Honnef, creating up to 100 jobs. The €30m ($32m) expansion of the Hitachi Energy plant to 15,000 square meters…
US approval for first ADI heart monitor system
US approval for first ADI heart monitor system
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the first heart monitor system developed by Analog Devices (ADI). The Sensinel Cardiopulmonary Management (CPM) system is a…


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