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Power semi startup raises $11.8 million in second round
Power semi startup raises $11.8 million in second round
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Ideal Semiconductor Devices Inc. (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), a developer of energy-efficient power semiconductors, has raised $11.8 million from Applied Ventures.
Shaft encoder suitable for harsh environments
Shaft encoder suitable for harsh environments
New Products |
Bourns Inc. (Riverside, Calif.) has introduced a position sensor for RS-485 applications in harsh environments.
China, Asia chip markets gain strength
China, Asia chip markets gain strength
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The chip market in China was up more than 25 percent year-on-year in March and the market in the rest…
Video codec adoption slowed by patent battles
Video codec adoption slowed by patent battles
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According to a report by analyst ReThink TV, new video codecs will disrupt the transcoding market substantially while H.266 codec…

IoT Connector software simplifies building automation
IoT Connector software simplifies building automation
Technology News |
The EnOcean IoT Connector enables intelligent data transformation from raw sensor data into ready-to-use data for IoT applications.
Researchers find new way to make AR/VR glasses
Researchers find new way to make AR/VR glasses
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University of Rochester researchers combine freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid 'bug eyes' in next generation AR/VR headsets and eyewear.
File replication software for Linux and Windows
File replication software for Linux and Windows
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Enables bidirectional real-time file replication and mirroring between Linux, Windows and other UNIX servers and virtual machines.
H.266 fallout damages video codec adoption says report
H.266 fallout damages video codec adoption says report
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New video codecs grow on back of Android TV and OTT in $7.8bn annual royalty market says ReThink TV.
Nel teams for integrated green hydrogen plants
Nel teams for integrated green hydrogen plants
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Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser and First Solar are to develop SCADA system for integrated photovoltaic (PV) hydrogen power plants…
Terahertz multiplexers for next generation 6G and beyond
Terahertz multiplexers for next generation 6G and beyond
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A new design of an ultra-small silicon multiplexer chip will effectively manage terahertz waves, which are key to the next generation of communications of 6G and beyond.
3D mmWave imaging technology ‘sees’ through packages
3D mmWave imaging technology ‘sees’ through packages
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Driving down cost and improving quality and safety, this 3D mmWave imaging technology eliminates manual searches or use of expensive X-ray equipment.
MRAM set to replace SRAM, says TSMC roadmap
MRAM set to replace SRAM, says TSMC roadmap
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Leading foundry TSMC is preparing a variant of magnetic RAM that could be inserted into its 14nm FinFET process to replace SRAM as scratchpad memory in system chips.
UMC taps customers for $3.5bn fab expansion
UMC taps customers for $3.5bn fab expansion
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UMC is working with customers to pay for a NT$100bn (US$3.5bn) expansion at its 300mm fab 12A P6 in Taiwan…
Samsung sees dip in chip business, plans more capacity
Samsung sees dip in chip business, plans more capacity
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Samsung semiconductor business hit by Texas storm and higher costs for next generation memory line but plans to expand fab for foundry business…
SI2 to standardize SPICE model for silicon-carbide MOSFET
SI2 to standardize SPICE model for silicon-carbide MOSFET
Technology News |
The Compact Model Coalition (CMC) working group of the Silicon Integration Initiative (SI2) has agreed to standardize a model for the behaviour of a silicon-carbide MOSFET.
Xeon-powered data acquisition computer for vehicle tests
Xeon-powered data acquisition computer for vehicle tests
New Products |
With the TRX D8, the Irish engineering company Klas Ltd is addressing developers of autonomous vehicle functions. The intelligent data acquisition system has been specially developed for recording the enormous…
Wearable biometric sensing module for any project
Wearable biometric sensing module for any project
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Engineers and designers at R&D engineering company Connected Future Labs have launched a Kickstarter project for an Arduino-based biometric wearable sensor module that can detect emotional, physiological, and movement data…
Prophesee sensor enables driver monitoring
Prophesee sensor enables driver monitoring
Technology News |
Xperi Holding Corp. (Calabasas, Calif.) has developed a driver monitoring system based on the Metavision event-based vision sensor from Prophesee SA.
Sony’s Nagasaki wafer fab starts making CMOS image sensors
Sony’s Nagasaki wafer fab starts making CMOS image sensors
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Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Atsugi, Japan) has announced that it has started operations at a wafer fab built at Nagasaki Technology Center.
Clinical ‘digital twin’ platform digitizes human body
Clinical ‘digital twin’ platform digitizes human body
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Whole-body scanning technology developer Q Bio has unveiled a clinical "digital twin" platform that captures and monitors comprehensive baseline patient health in a scalable virtual model.
$10bn subsidy is price of 2nm EuroFab says Intel
$10bn subsidy is price of 2nm EuroFab says Intel
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger wants an €8 billion (about US$10 billion) subsidy to build a wafer fab in Europe according to reports given as he met with European Commissioner Thierry…
CoolSiC sixpack targets traction applications
CoolSiC sixpack targets traction applications
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The HybridPACK Drive CoolSiC from Infineon for blocking voltages of 1200V is a full-bridge module designed for applications in traction converters in electric vehicles. The manufacturer has now introduced a…
Infineon pushes into USB PD chargers with adaptive controller
Infineon pushes into USB PD chargers with adaptive controller
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Infineon's XDPS2201 is a self adaptive hybrid ASSP controller for USB PD charger designs…
Startup raises funds to finish security processors
Startup raises funds to finish security processors
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Security processor company Axiado Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing. The round was led by Series A investor Orbit Venture Partners.
Vodafone, Google Cloud to develop global data platform
Vodafone, Google Cloud to develop global data platform
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The two companies sign six-year strategic partnership to build powerful new integrated data platform and distributed system for Vodafone, supporting the creation of new digital products and services for customers…
Volkswagen plans own chip development
Volkswagen plans own chip development
Business news |
As part of its "Strategy 2030", VW is expanding its digitalisation strategy. The development of its own semiconductor competence is to play an important role in this. The most important…
Sensor startup to cut curved image sensor costs
Sensor startup to cut curved image sensor costs
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Startup Silina in Paris, France, has created a curved image sensor from conventionally produced planar sensors, supporting multi-die manufacturing and automation.
Intel seeks $10 billion subsidy for ‘EuroFab’
Intel seeks $10 billion subsidy for ‘EuroFab’
Business news |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger wants an €8 billion (about US$10 billion) subsidy to build a wafer fab in Europe according to reports given as he met with European Commissioner Thierry…


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