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European project to standardise EV charger technologies
European project to standardise EV charger technologies
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The €18.8m eCharge4Drivers project brings together 32 companies and universities to test out and standardise EV charger technologies…
Electric Vehicle Warning Sound System
Electric Vehicle Warning Sound System
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Since electric vehicles do not emit the sound pedestrians and other traffic participants need to get alerted, the legislators all…
SiFive looks to foster worldwide network of RISC-V startups
SiFive looks to foster worldwide network of RISC-V startups
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SiFive Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) has created a global network of nine startup companies to help support design wins for…
IMEC looks at best way to improve DRAM
IMEC looks at best way to improve DRAM
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IMEC has highlighted indium-gallium-zinc-oxide transistors as a way for DRAM technology to break out of current limitations.

400kW fast charger uses Infineon SiC modules
400kW fast charger uses Infineon SiC modules
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Infineon Technologies teams with Ingeteam in Spain on a 400kW fast charger design using eight CoolSiC SiC modules…
Thinnest VR display to date
Thinnest VR display to date
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Researchers at Facebook Reality Labs, Facebook's AR/VR R&D division, say they have demonstrated the thinnest VR display to date in a proof-of-concept headset based on folded holographic optics.
Amorphous boron-nitride could be next IC insulator
Amorphous boron-nitride could be next IC insulator
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Researchers have found that an amorphous form of the material boron-nitride could be useful an as insulator in future generations of integrated circuits.
Atomic ‘Swiss Army knife’ precisely measures quantum materials
Atomic ‘Swiss Army knife’ precisely measures quantum materials
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say they have developed a novel instrument that can make three kinds of atom-scale measurements simultaneously.
Self-driving car AI tech to power space electronics
Self-driving car AI tech to power space electronics
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AImotive and C3S in Hungary are using automotive chips to add artificial intelligence (AI) to low cost satellites in space…
IMEC provides DRAM review, mulls R&D directions
IMEC provides DRAM review, mulls R&D directions
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IMEC has highlighted indium-gallium-zinc-oxide transistors as a way for DRAM technology to break out of current limitations.
Qualcomm adopts Soitec POI wafers for SAW filters
Qualcomm adopts Soitec POI wafers for SAW filters
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SOI wafer supplier Soitec has made an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies to supply piezoelectric-on-insulator (POI) wafers for a new generation of RF SAW filters for 4G and 5G cellular communications.
New 2D material could revolutionize semiconductor interconnects
New 2D material could revolutionize semiconductor interconnects
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Researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) say they have discovered a new material that has the potential to accelerate the advent of next-generation semiconductors.
Low-cost AI chips for space use
Low-cost AI chips for space use
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AImotive and C3S in Hungary are using automotive chips to add artificial intelligence (AI) to low cost satellites in space…
Project takes automotive AI chips into space
Project takes automotive AI chips into space
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AImotive and C3S in Hungary are using automotive chips to add artificial intelligence (AI) to low cost satellites in space…
Startup launches piezoMEMS speaker for TWS earphones
Startup launches piezoMEMS speaker for TWS earphones
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The Montara is a six-cell, piezoMEMS speaker that its developer, startup xMEMS Labs Inc., claims is the world's first true MEMS speaker.
Free chips courtesy of Google, SkyWater, eFabless
Free chips courtesy of Google, SkyWater, eFabless
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The FOSSi Foundation has announced that it is now possible for anybody to get ICs manufactured for free with support from Google, SkyWater Technology Foundry and eFabless.
Monolithic GaN power chips embedded in PCB
Monolithic GaN power chips embedded in PCB
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Researchers in Germany have embedded two monolithic 600V GaN-on-Si chips into a 12mm PCB to create a commercial 600V half bridge module.
Free power management chips on multi-project wafers
Free power management chips on multi-project wafers
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Designers can get digital power management ICs manufactured for free with support from Google, SkyWater Technology Foundry and eFabless.
Membrane-on-a-chip automates Covid-19 drug testing
Membrane-on-a-chip automates Covid-19 drug testing
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A 'cell membrane-on-a-chip' developed in the UK and US is being used to automate the testing of new drugs to tackle Covid-19.
UV-C robot disinfects warehouse in half an hour
UV-C robot disinfects warehouse in half an hour
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MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed a robotic system that disinfects surfaces and neutralizes aerosolized forms of the coronavirus.
BMW gets serious with OTA software updates
BMW gets serious with OTA software updates
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For the current month BMW has announced its most comprehensive software update to date. In contrast to previous practice, the update will now also be available for vehicles that are…
Samsung: New 2D material promises semiconductor ‘paradigm shift’
Samsung: New 2D material promises semiconductor ‘paradigm shift’
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Researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) say they have discovered a new material that has the potential to accelerate the advent of next-generation semiconductors.
SiFive creates global network of RISC-V startups
SiFive creates global network of RISC-V startups
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SiFive Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) has created a global network of nine startup companies to help support design wins for the RISC-V instruction set architecture.
TNO Space and ESA to develop terabit optical links to satellites
TNO Space and ESA to develop terabit optical links to satellites
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TNO Space in Delft has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate optical communication technologies for terabit-per-second links to telecom satellites.
AI detection of lithium batteries and dangerous goods
AI detection of lithium batteries and dangerous goods
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The iCMORE lithium battery detection algorithms make the Hi-Scan 1c0080 XCT scanner from Smiths Detection the first explosive-detection system (EDS) to offer such identification options.
Project to build terabit optical links to space
Project to build terabit optical links to space
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TNO Space in Delft has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate optical communication technologies for terabit-per-second links to telecom satellites.
€4.5m 3D solid state battery pilot line targets wearables
€4.5m 3D solid state battery pilot line targets wearables
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A €4.5m pilot line in Eindhoven is developing a 3D solid state battery manufacturing process, starting with wearables…
Near-eye displays for VR use holographic optics
Near-eye displays for VR use holographic optics
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Researchers at Facebook Reality Labs, Facebook's AR/VR R&D division, say they have demonstrated the thinnest VR display to date in a proof-of-concept headset based on folded holographic optics.


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