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UK startup Orca Computing buys US photonics group
UK startup Orca Computing buys US photonics group
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UK quantum computer maker Orca Computing has bought the photonics division of a US telecoms company in a deal that…
Edge AI startup Semron raises funds for memcapacitor processing
Edge AI startup Semron raises funds for memcapacitor processing
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Semron GmbH (Dresden, Germany) has raised €7.3 million (about US$7.9 million) for edge AI processing based on memory-capacitive devices, according…
First ISO/SAE 21434 certification for SLI37 controller
First ISO/SAE 21434 certification for SLI37 controller
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Infineon Technologies is the first company in the industry to receive key cybersecurity certification for its SLI37 automotive security controller.
Real time hypervisor integrated into x86 COM boards
Real time hypervisor integrated into x86 COM boards
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congatec in Germany is now including real time hypervisor software on all of its new x86-based Computers-on-Modules (COM) boards. The…

Korean AI chipmaker Rebellions closes $124 million funding round
Korean AI chipmaker Rebellions closes $124 million funding round
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AI chipmaker Rebellions Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) has raised US$124 million in a Series B round of funding led by KT Corp., the country’s leading data center business. Rebellions is…
Renault pulls Ampere EV IPO
Renault pulls Ampere EV IPO
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The Renault Group has cancelled the public offering of Ampere, which it created to be a pure play European EV and software developer. Since the inception, Renault’s strategic approach has…
Kioxia samples first UFS 4.0 embedded flash
Kioxia samples first UFS 4.0 embedded flash
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Kioxia is sampling the industry’s first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Version 4.0 embedded flash memory devices for automotive applications. UFS 4.0 embedded flash from Kioxia enables faster transfer speeds in…
Massive layoffs at iRobot as European doubts kill Amazon deal
Massive layoffs at iRobot as European doubts kill Amazon deal
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Amazon has terminated its deal to buy iRobot after nearly 18 months and an investigation by the European Commission. Amazon said its proposed acquisition of iRobot has no path to…
Canon could ship nano-imprint lithography machines in 2024
Canon could ship nano-imprint lithography machines in 2024
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Canon Inc. hopes to begin shipping nano-imprint lithography machines in 2024 or early in 2025 and undercut with ASML Holding NV with tools to make leading-edge semiconductors. “We would like…
Finnish ALD testing startup raises funds
Finnish ALD testing startup raises funds
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Chipmetrics Oy (Joensuu, Finland), a startup that is commercializing high aspect ratio silicon structures for semiconductor metrology, has raised €2.4 million in an investment round. The investment was led by…
UK delays sign-off on Vishay’s Newport wafer fab deal
UK delays sign-off on Vishay’s Newport wafer fab deal
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A lack of UK government approval for Vishay’s purchase of Nexperia’s wafer fab in Newport, South Wales, is putting jobs at risk, according to reports. The delay comes despite the…
Infleqtion buys two photonics firms for chip-scale quantum computing
Infleqtion buys two photonics firms for chip-scale quantum computing
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Infleqtion in the US has acquired two integrated silicon photonics companies to boost its integration roadmap for chip-scale quantum computing and sensing. The acquisition of SiNoptiq and Morton Photonics is…
Philips agrees US recall deal, orders fall
Philips agrees US recall deal, orders fall
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Philips has agreed a deal with US regulators on a recall of medical equipment as it shows growth of 7% in 2023. However the company made a loss on the…
German solar wafer maker expands to the US
German solar wafer maker expands to the US
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German wafer maker NexWafe GmbH has established a US subsidiary to evaluate the development of multi-gigawatt-scale solar wafer production. Nexwafe has an initial target production volume of 6GW of solar wafers…
Intel puts on a brave face as data centre revenue plummets
Intel puts on a brave face as data centre revenue plummets
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Intel has seen a further drop in its business, down 14% in 2023 to $54.2bn as customers used their inventory. The results come after years of losses and falling profits.
Luceda, Luxtelligence team for photonics PDK
Luceda, Luxtelligence team for photonics PDK
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Luxtelligence and Luceda have developed a process design kit (PDK) for photonic integrated circuits (PIC) built in Europe using the latest technology. The PDK provides PIC designers with access to…
Ericsson gets EIB funding for wireless technology research
Ericsson gets EIB funding for wireless technology research
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Funding important for research to reach Net Zero target by 2040 through reduced energy consumption in the mobile networks globally.
Siemens, UL team for first digital twin certification
Siemens, UL team for first digital twin certification
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Siemens has worked with test lab UL Solutions for the first certification of an industrial product in the US after parts of the required tests were conducted through digital twin…
Porotech selects foundry PSMC to make GaN-on-Si microLEDs
Porotech selects foundry PSMC to make GaN-on-Si microLEDs
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Poro Technologies Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has partnered with Taiwanese open foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC) for the mass production of GaN-on-silicon microLEDs on 200mm-diameter wafers for display applications. Poro,…
Infineon teams for the energy internet in China
Infineon teams for the energy internet in China
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Infineon Technologies has announced a partnership with Sinexcel Electric in Shenzhen for what it calls the ‘Energy Internet’. Infineon will provide Sinexcel with its 1200 V CoolSiC MOSFET power semiconductors…
How to meet the need to calculate suppliers’ GHG emissions
How to meet the need to calculate suppliers’ GHG emissions
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The Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) has published guidance on how to calculate Scope 3 Category 1 greenhouse gas emissions. The ‘Scope 3 Category 1’ includes all purchased goods and services…
SK Hynix bouncing back on AI demand
SK Hynix bouncing back on AI demand
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SK Hynix, the world’s second largest memory chip maker, made an operating profit in the 4Q23 on sales that increased 25 percent sequentially and 47 percent year-on-year. The company said…
Infineon, Anker PD fast charging lab to cut carbon dioxide
Infineon, Anker PD fast charging lab to cut carbon dioxide
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The joint lab serves as an research hub for industry experts to develop power-delivery fast charging products with higher power density.
Infineon opens GaN power lab with Anker
Infineon opens GaN power lab with Anker
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Infineon Technologies has opened a joint Innovation Application Centre in Shenzhen with Anker Innovations. The Innovation Application Centre is already operating after two years of preparation and serves as R&D…
Inventory correction to hit ST in 2024
Inventory correction to hit ST in 2024
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STMicroelectronics is expecting significant inventory correction in the industrial market in the first half of 2024 that will hit its results. ST expects revenue to fall from $17.3bn in 2023,…
Aetina works with NVIDIA to drive edge vision AI
Aetina works with NVIDIA to drive edge vision AI
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Vision AI offering gives customers and developers using the powerful NVIDIA Jetson edge AI and robotics platform a seamless, flexible and scalable system.
Infineon extends 150mm SiC wafer deal with Wolfspeed
Infineon extends 150mm SiC wafer deal with Wolfspeed
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Infineon Technologies has extended its deal with Wolfspeed for the supply of 150mm silicon carbide wafers. The deal between Infineon and Wolfspeed (then Cree) was originally signed in February 2018…
VARTA expands battery research with new facility in Graz
VARTA expands battery research with new facility in Graz
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Battery research focus includes silicon-based electrodes, the use of new materials and sustainable recycling.


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