Semiconductor downturn starts ... Battery is made out of paper ... China risk embedded in telecoms chips ... Nordic Semi sets up RISC-V design team ..

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Analyst warns semiconductor downturn has started Business news | August 5, 2022 Following the dire figures for the semiconductor market in June, analyst Malcolm Penn of Future Horizons warns that the downturn…

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Analyst warns of China threat to global telecoms over Taiwan Business news | August 5, 2022 A European analyst is warning of China adopting similar tactics to Russia to disable western economies in the wake of… Intel close to Italy chiplet assembly plant – report Business news | August 5, 2022 Intel is close to announcing a plant to assemble 25 and 3D packages in Italy, according to a report from… Nordic Semi sets up RISC-V design team Business news | August 5, 2022 Leading European chip design Nordic Semiconductor is setting up a new design team to develop a processor core based on…

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Nexeon raises $220m for silicon battery material manufacturing News | August 5, 2022 UK silicon anode material developer Nexeon has raised $90m (€90m) in the second half… Printed perovskite solar cell and battery combo for wearables Technology News | August 5, 2022 Researchers at the University of Surrey in the UK have printed a flexible zinc-ion… Printed paper battery is activated by water Technology News | August 5, 2022 Researchers in Switzerland have developed a disposable paper battery to reduce the environmental impact… Sakuu opens battery 3D printing plant Business news | August 4, 2022 Sakuu has opened an engineering plant in California for its 3D printed battery technology. BladeBUG shows wind turbine inspection robot -video Technology News | August 3, 2022 UK robot developer BladeBUG has launched a version of its monitoring system with a… Phasecraft, Oxford PV to use quantum computer to find photovoltaic materials Business news | August 2, 2022 Phasecraft and Oxford PV have received funding for a UK project to explore the… bp plans £50m battery lab in UK Business news | August 2, 2022 Energy company bp plans to invest up to £50m ($60m) in a battery testing…

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Committee calls for urgent UK science plan Technology News | August 5, 2022 An influential UK parliament committee is calling for an urgent implementation plan for the… UK police use AI to detect phone users in cars Technology News | August 5, 2022 Police in the UK have rolled out a camera system that uses machine learning… Quantum dots boost LED smart lighting Technology News | August 5, 2022 Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an LED smart lighting system using… QLM raises £12m for quantum sensor technology Business news | August 4, 2022 QLM Technology in the UK has raised £12m (€14m, $14m) for its quantum sensing…

Quantum tech boost ... Blockchain for plastic recycling in electronics ... single chip for smart locks

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Blockchain project to increase the use of recycled plastic in electronics Business news | July 22, 2022 A European project is looking at ways to boost the use of recycled plastic in electronics using blockchain for traceability. UK blocks Chinese vision sensing technology deal Business news | July 22, 2022 The UK government has blocked a deal to supply vision sensing technology to China. The deal with the University of… IQM raises €128m in Europe’s largest quantum computing round Business news | July 22, 2022 IQM Quantum Computers in Finland has raised €128m ($128m) to scale up its quantum computer technology in the biggest round…

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Foxconn partner launches graphene battery pack for e-bikes Business news | July 22, 2022 US battery startup Appear has launched a high-performance, fast charging graphene-based battery packs for… Single chip for battery-free smart locks New Products | July 22, 2022 Infineon Technologies has developed a 32bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller (MCU) with  integrated H-Bridge, energy… Skeleton, Siemens to build world’s largest supercapacitor factory Business news | July 19, 2022 Skeleton Technologies is to build a supercapacitor factory in Markranstädt, Leipzig, with Siemens as… Startup raises £8m to scale up printable graphene production Business news | July 18, 2022 Integrated Graphene in Scotland has raised over £8m to scale up production of its… 200W half-brick DC-DC converter has 12:1 input New Products | July 22, 2022 TDK has launched a 200W DC-DC converter series with a 12:1 ultra-wide input range… Cubic boron arsenide provides thermal material boost Technology News | July 22, 2022 Researchers at MIT and the University of Houston have investigated the properties of cubic…

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Analog-in-memory AI processor startup uses memristors Business news | July 22, 2022 TetraMem in Calfornia is developing analog-in-memory compute processor architecture using memristor technology. The company… Breakthrough for all-silicon photonic quantum computing Technology News | July 22, 2022 Researchers in Canada say they have made a crucial breakthrough in the development of… Fibonacci boost for quantum computer error correction Technology News | July 21, 2022 Researchers in North America have discovered a way to make qubits in quantum computers…

Siemens UK power lab ... world's largest AI model with 13 programming languages ... Second generation silicon capacitors

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Siemens sets up power lab in Wales Business news | July 15, 2022 Siemens is setting up a power electronics innovation hub with the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult in Wales.

First GDDR6 graphics DRAM with 24Gbit/s speed Technology News | July 15, 2022 Samsung Electronics is sampling the industry’s first 16Gbit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6) DRAM with a 24Gbit/s transfer rate. WiFi fights back in the Internet of Things Business news | July 15, 2022 With the rise of wireless protocols such as Matter, the WiFi Alliance is highlighting its use for the Internet of… World’s largest AI model supports 13 programming languages Technology News | July 15, 2022 The world’s largest AI model is offering open access support for 13 programming languages ranging from C to PyTorch

Bosch to develop 1200V GaN process for automotive Business news | July 14, 2022 Bosch is developing a 1200V gallium nitride technology produced in Europe for automotive that… Siemens teams to build digital twins of electricity grids Business news | July 15, 2022 Siemens Smart Infrastructure has teamed up with Esri in California to expand its ecosystem… First ST high-side switch controller with silicon fuse Technology News | July 15, 2022 STMicroelectronics has launched automotive high-side switch controller with system protection using its silicon fuse… AMTE Power, Mahle team for electric powertrain Business news | July 15, 2022 AMTE Power in Scotland has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mahle Powertrain (MPT)… Semikron qualifies Rohm’s fourth generation SiC power chips Business news | July 14, 2022 Semikron in Germany has qualified the fourth generation silicon carbide (SiC) technology from Rohm… Transphorm adds TO-263 D2PAK GaN surface mount package New Products | July 13, 2022 Transphorm has launched a TO-263 D2PAK surface mount package for its 650V SuperGaN GaN-on-silicon… Second generation silicon capacitors boost performance Technology News | July 12, 2022 Empower Semiconductor has launched its second generation of silicon capacitor to take on multi-layer…

IZM shows automated direct laser welding of photonic chips Technology News | July 15, 2022 Researchers in Germany have developed a technique for automated direct welding of photonic integrated… Codasip opens RISC-V design centre in Greece Business news | July 14, 2022 Codasip has opened a new RISC-V design facility in Greece, hiring Giorgos Nikiforos from…

RISC-V tops 10bn cores shipped ... Programmable M0 USB PD controller for automotive ... Nanowatt AI ... Perovskite solar cell record

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Europe steps up as RISC-V ships 10bn cores Feature articles | July 8, 2022 It may come as a surprise that over 10 billion RISC-V processor cores have shipped. Nick Flaherty rounds up RISC-V news from Embedded World

Nordic Semiconductor buys its memory supplier Business news | July 8, 2022 Leading European chip designer Nordic Semiconductor is to buy Mobile Semiconductor, a privately-held US company specializing in highly optimized embedded… NXP, IBM look to post quantum algorithms for smart cards Uncategorized | July 8, 2022 NXP has been working with IBM on the post-quantum security algorithms announced this week by NIST in the US for…

Northvolt raises $1.1bn as Volkswagen breaks ground on battery cell gigafactory Business news | July 8, 2022 Northvolt has raised another $1.1bn (€1.1bn) to expand battery cell and cathode material production… In-memory neuromorphic AI slashes power consumption to nW Technology News | July 8, 2022 CEA-Leti has developed an event-driven machine learning system that couples piezoelectric, ultrasound transducers to… Iceotope raises £30m for immersive cooling  Business news | July 8, 2022 UK immersive cooling developer Iceotope Technologies has raised £30m ($36m, €35m) to boost growth. Tandem perovskite solar cell with record 31.25% efficiency Technology News | July 7, 2022 Researchers in Switzerland have developed a low cost perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cell with an… Integrated 60W USB-PD programmable controller for automotive New Products | July 8, 2022 Indie Semiconductor in the US has developed a highly integrated dual-channel USB Power Delivery… Custom power integrity tool shows 3x productivity gain New Products | July 7, 2022 Cadence Design System has developed a custom electromigration and IR drop (EM-IR) design tool… Microwave method for distributed battery recycling Technology News | July 7, 2022 Researchers in Japan have developed an efficient new distributed recycling system that uses microwave… II-VI renames as Coherent deal completes Business news | July 4, 2022 II‐VI has completed the acquisition of Coherent, forming a global leader in materials, networking,…

Configurable photonic chip with 5THz of optical interconnect Technology News | July 8, 2022 Researchers at Politecnico di Milano in Italy have developed an integrated photonic chip that… Segger supports Renesas for ARM Cortex-M85 Business news | July 8, 2022 Segger has ported its development tool chain to support the latest high performance microcontroller… TiVo moves into automotive streaming with $109m Norwegian buy Business news | July 8, 2022 Xperi, the owner of digital TV storage software pioneer TiVo, has bought Vewd Software…