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Jacobs in $1bn critical systems, cybersecurity spinout
Jacobs in $1bn critical systems, cybersecurity spinout
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US consultancy Jacobs is to spin out its Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) and Cyber & Intelligence Solutions (CIS) government services…
ReRAM sees high temperature qualification, first 22nm wafers
ReRAM sees high temperature qualification, first 22nm wafers
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Weebit Nano has qualified its Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) IP module on a 130nm CMOS process at temperatures of up…
IAR elevates automotive motor control with NXP S32M2 support
IAR elevates automotive motor control with NXP S32M2 support
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IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm support for NXP S32 platform speeds up the development of automotive body and comfort applications…
onsemi opens EV lab in Slovakia
onsemi opens EV lab in Slovakia
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onsemi has opened an application test lab in Piestany, Slovakia, developing systems for electric vehicles (xEVs) and energy infrastructure (EI) power conversion systems. The…

Spectrometry sensor startup MantiSpectra raises funds
Spectrometry sensor startup MantiSpectra raises funds
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MantiSpectra BV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), a startup developing near-infrared spectroscopy, has raised €4 million in venture capital in a seed round of funding. Innovation Industries and PhotonVentures led the round…
Tsun raises €19m for 5x microinverter production boost
Tsun raises €19m for 5x microinverter production boost
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Tsun in China has raised RMB150m (€19m) in its second round of funding this year to increase production of its photovoltaic microinverters by 500%. The Series B funding for Tsun…
Boreas raises funds to scale haptic driver chip production
Boreas raises funds to scale haptic driver chip production
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Piezoelectric driver IC developer Boreas Technologies Inc. (Bromont, Canada) has raised US$12 million in Series B funding and expanded its management team. Boreas was founded in mid-2016 and received seed funding…
Airborne 5G basestation trial planned for 2024
Airborne 5G basestation trial planned for 2024
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A team of UK companies led by Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL) is to trial an airborne 5G basestation next summer. SPL has been developing an uncrewed aircraft with a 56m…
Tenstorrent partners with Rapidus to develop edge AI cores
Tenstorrent partners with Rapidus to develop edge AI cores
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Tenstorrent Inc. (Toronto, Canada) has agreed to work with Japan’s nascent advanced logic foundry Rapidus Corp. to develop semiconductor IP for edge AI processing, based on a 2nm manufacturing process.
US GaN microLED startup joins Silicon Catalyst
US GaN microLED startup joins Silicon Catalyst
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US startup Q-Pixel has joined Silicon Catalyst deeptech accelerator in the race to develop microLED displays using GaN. Q-Pixel has developed a single microLED pixel that can be tuned across…
International Semiconductor Alliance launches for European chip packaging
International Semiconductor Alliance launches for European chip packaging
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Four European companies have launched the International Semiconductor Alliance to provide a single source for chip packaging and assembly. Tresky GmbH, budatec GmbH, Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH and Bond…
Infineon readies 200mm SiC wafers, hydrogen
Infineon readies 200mm SiC wafers, hydrogen
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Infineon Technologies has preparing electrical samples of 200mm (8in) silicon carbide wafers in its fab in Villach and is looking at a move into the hydrogen power business, says Peter…
AI startup says it can save ‘billions of dollars’ on drug development
AI startup says it can save ‘billions of dollars’ on drug development
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Fabless AI processor company Ceremorphic Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has announced a life sciences division with a business model based on analog and AI semiconductor technology. Ceremorphic, founded in April…
Siemens bets on automation upturn in 2024
Siemens bets on automation upturn in 2024
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Siemens is expecting the automation business to pick up by the middle of 2024 as customers reduce inventory. Siemens saw overall revenue of €77.8bn in 2023, up 8%, but expects…
Schneider Electric integrates Hailo AI for edge analysis
Schneider Electric integrates Hailo AI for edge analysis
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Schneider Electric is working with Hailo Technologies to integrate edge AI into automation and energy networks. Integrating the Hailo-8 AI processor into the Schneider Electric industrial automation systems provides intelligence at…
blackshark.ai raises $35m for 3D digital twin tech
blackshark.ai raises $35m for 3D digital twin tech
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blackshark.ai has raised $35m in an oversubscribed funding round from European investors. The company, based in the US and Austria, is known for creating the first 3D digital twin of…
Ireland launches 2030 quantum strategy
Ireland launches 2030 quantum strategy
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Ireland has launched its first national strategy for quantum technologies with a target to be a leading hub by 2030. The Quantum 2030 strategy aims to tap into the technology…
Cambium Networks gets large order for 6 GHz broadband platform
Cambium Networks gets large order for 6 GHz broadband platform
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Broadband technology to be used for cost-effective buildout potentially reaching hundreds of thousands of residences.
Keysight EDA boosts simulation support for Tower RF
Keysight EDA boosts simulation support for Tower RF
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Keysight Technologies has expanded the simulation capabilities in its Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software suite to include electro-thermal simulation for the Tower Semiconductor SiGe Power Amplifier (PA) process. Together with…
Quantic™ X-Microwave signs global agreement with Mouser
Quantic™ X-Microwave signs global agreement with Mouser
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The X-Microwave modular platform enables seamless transition from design, to prototyping, to delivering production hardware.
Siemens buys EDA firm to improve design for reliability
Siemens buys EDA firm to improve design for reliability
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Siemens Digital Industries Software group has acquired Insight EDA Inc. (Millbrae, Calif.) for an undisclosed sum of money. Insight EDA was founded in 2007 by Jesse Newcomb and has been…
Save UK chip industry says Semiconductor Leadership Group
Save UK chip industry says Semiconductor Leadership Group
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The UK’s Semiconductor Leadership Group (SLG) is calling for immediate support from the government to ‘save the UK chip industry’. Ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the SLG is urging…
US, Lenovo retains lead for energy efficient supercomputer
US, Lenovo retains lead for energy efficient supercomputer
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The Henri system at the Flatiron Institute in New York, USA, has kept its crown as the most power efficient supercomputer in the world. The top 10 spots of the…
Transphorm taps Allegro MicroSystems for isolated gate driver
Transphorm taps Allegro MicroSystems for isolated gate driver
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Transphorm is using an isolated gate driver from Allegro MicroSystems for high power designs using gallium nitride power transistors. Transphorm’s SuperGaN FETs are designed to work in various topologies and…
Synopsys taps OpenAI for generative AI copilot in the cloud
Synopsys taps OpenAI for generative AI copilot in the cloud
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Synopsys is working with Microsoft to develop a generative AI copilot tool for chip design. The Synopsys.ai Copilot, being used by early customers, runs on the Azure OpenAI Service to…
Infineon CEO looks to ‘30 by 30’ as customers pay it to hold inventory
Infineon CEO looks to ‘30 by 30’ as customers pay it to hold inventory
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Customers are prepared to pay Infineon Technologies to hold stock to avoid supply chain issues, says CEO Jochen Hanebeck as the company aims to reach revenue of €30bn by 2030.
First 5nm embedded processors with Radeon graphics and support chipset
First 5nm embedded processors with Radeon graphics and support chipset
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AMD has launched its first 5nm embedded processors with Radeon graphics units for industrial applications. The 5nm AMD Ryzen Embedded 7000 Series processor family combines up to 12 Zen 4…
Imagination prepares to cut 20% of staff
Imagination prepares to cut 20% of staff
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Processor IP licensor Imagination Technologies Ltd is preparing to lay off 20 percent of its employees, according to Reuters. The decision to cut back has been taken due to challenging…


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