Details of Fujitsu's 2nm AI chip, $100m for Imagination and a drop in solid state sodium battery

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Has the semiconductor industry turned the corner? Market news | July 24, 2024 A slew of poor financial results this week is nevertheless casting a ray of sunshine on the semiconductor market.

Imagination raises $100m for edge AI IP Business news | July 24, 2024 Imagination Technologies in the UK has raised $100m from funds managed by affiliates of the Fortress Investment Group. Fortress has… Fujitsu plans 2nm AI successor to Fugaku supercomputer chip Technology News | July 24, 2024 Fujitsu is aiming to take back the top supercomputer slot with a 2nm ARM-based chip for the successor to the… Cre8 Ventures offer silicon scale up for Cambridge innovation programme Business news | July 24, 2024 Cre8 Ventures from Siemens is offering a scale up initiative for silicon startups using an innovation scheme at Cambridge University…

Taisan raises £1.3m for solid state sodium battery Business news | July 24, 2024 UK startup TaiSan has raised £1.3m for quasi-solid state sodium battery technology for electric… Project shows impact of road noise on vehicle design Technology News | July 24, 2024 A research project at Renault has demonstrated that the condition of roads leads to… Webasto taps Monolith for AI battery pack test Business news | July 23, 2024 R&D teams at automotive supplier Webasto are to use Monolith AI software to make… NXP’s RFID chip certified for digital car key Business news | July 18, 2024 NXP Semiconductors has had its single-chip NFC and embedded secure element has been certified… Connectors target automotive lighting, infotainment and power New Products | July 18, 2024 Samtec has launched a family of connectors for automotive lighting, infotainment, and power designs. The Samtec A-Series connector… TṺV certifies Synopsys ARC core for automotive cybersecurity Business news | July 17, 2024 The Synopsys ARC HS4xFS Processor IP has achieved ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity certification.  Synopsys interface,… Report details automotive AI opportunities and threats Market news | July 24, 2024 V2M has published a report on the opportunities and threats for automotive suppliers to…

Keysight, Malaga team on Open RAN Business news | July 24, 2024 Keysight Technologies and the University of Malaga’s MobileNet lab are working on Open RAN… H55 raises $62m for electric aircraft battery system Business news | July 24, 2024 H55 has raised CHF55m ($62m) for its electric aircraft battery technology The $62m funding…

GPT AIs for electronics, turnkey AI for EDA and 3D inductors for power packaging

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Proliferation of the electronics GPTs Feature articles | July 20, 2024 Various industries are developing their own large language AI models for specific electronics applications.

Acoustic digital twin for Salzburg festival News | July 19, 2024 Siemens is developing a digital twin to simulate acoustics for the first time for the Großes Festspielhaus festival in Salzburg,… $1.6bn for US defense chiplets Business news | July 19, 2024 The Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) at The University of Texas at Austin is to develop high performance chiplets for… Ansys taps Supermicro, Nvidia for turnkey AI hardware Technology News | July 19, 2024 Ansys has worked with Supermicro and Nvidia on custom hardware that could boost simulation speeds by up to 1,600x. The… ARM SoC with GPU for space AI New Products | July 19, 2024 Vorago Technologies has developed a radiation-hardened ARM processor with GPU for space AI applications. The Vorago VA7230 combines dual…

Reducing AI energy consumption with on-chip training Technology News | July 21, 2024 Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a technique for reducing the power consumption with… Onsemi boosts 1200V planar SiC MOSFET Technology News | July 19, 2024 Onsemi has launched a new generation of 1200V planar silicon carbide MOSFET with plans… RISC-V power controller adds flash memory New Products | July 17, 2024 Eggtronic in Italy has added reprogrammable flash memory to its EPIC RISC-V mixed-signal power… Reusing recycled solid state lithium metal battery cells Technology News | July 17, 2024 Researchers in the US have been working on ways to make solid state battery… Magpack module uses 3D inductor Technology News | July 16, 2024 Texas Instruments has developed a 3D inductor that can be molded around a power… Heimdall raises $25m for power grid optimisation Business news | July 16, 2024 Heimdall Power in Norway has raised $25m to take on the upgrade of the… DC-DC converter series with common 10 x 10mm footprint New Products | July 15, 2024 OmniOn Power in Plano, Texas, has launched a series of point-of-load (POL) modules provide… Ruggedised 750W buck DC-DC converter with conduction cooling New Products | July 16, 2024 TDK has launched a DC-DC converter series ranging from 400W to 750W with conduction… Compact three-phase IGBT bridge module for electromobility New Products | July 17, 2024 StarPower has launched two three-phase IGBT modules for traction inverter control for e-mobility designs. Power management with voltage monitoring for space AI Technology News | July 18, 2024 Renesas Electronics has developed a complete space-ready reference design for low cost the AMD Versal AI… Infineon, Amkor team on supply chain sustainability Business news | July 19, 2024 Infineon Technologies and Amkor have signed a deal to actively engage with common suppliers… 150V n-channel MOSFET for power supplies New Products | July 19, 2024 Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched two 150V N-channel MOSFETs to boost the performance of…

Quantum control breakthrough, NASA tests Infineon power chips for Jupiter missions, and rechargeable high voltage LCO cells for wearables

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European Prize for Women Innovators Feature articles | July 14, 2024 The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology have opened a prize competition for women innovators. The European… Quantum control chip eliminates ion trap lasers Technology News | July 12, 2024 Oxford Ionics has demonstrated the world’s highest performing quantum chip, eliminating the need for lasers to control ion trap qubits…

NASA tests Infineon power MOSFETs for Europa Clipper mission Business news | July 12, 2024 The US space agency NASA is testing the radiation performance of power MOSFETs from… Score-draw for GaN patent battle Business news | July 14, 2024 The battle over gallium nitride (GaN) patents between Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) in the… Sakuu and SK On team for EV battery manufacturing Business news | July 13, 2024 Sakuu has teamed up with SK On in Korea for commercial-scale dry electrode manufacturing. Rechargeable high voltage LCO cells for wearables Technology News | July 12, 2024 Ateios Systems in the US has launched a rechargeable high voltage lithium Lithium Cobalt… Remote probes boost power analyser New Products | July 12, 2024 Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) has launched a test system with remote power probes… Swedish startup Arkion raises $4m for AI analytics of power grids Business news | July 11, 2024 Swedish startup Arkion, formerly known as Skyqraft, has raised $4m for its AI-powered software…

Keysight joins AI-RAN Alliance to boost AI in mobile radio networks Business news | July 12, 2024 Keysight Technologies has joined a new consortium is focused on integrating artificial intelligence advancing… 2000th European proof of concept grant for deep space navigation Technology News | July 11, 2024 The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 100 new Proof of Concept projects…

mbed goes end of life, Ariane 6 launches, and AMD buys Finnish AI lab

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End of Life for Mbed development tools Business news | July 11, 2024 ARM has announced the end of life of the Mbed development environment. The Mbed platform and OS will reach end…

$1.6bn for US advanced chiplet packaging R&D projects Business news | July 10, 2024 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is opening a competition for $1.6bn funding for four advanced packaging R&D… AMD to buy Europe’s largest AI lab for $665m Business news | July 10, 2024 AMD is to buy Europe’s largest private AI lab to accelerate the development and deployment of AMD-powered AI models and…

KD opens optical interconnect lab in Spain Business news | July 10, 2024 KDPOF in Spain has rebranded to KD as it opens a prototyping laboratory and… UK starts V2G fleet charging trial Business news | July 10, 2024 The UK is inviting companies to take part in a trial of next-generation AC… SoundHound adds ChatGPT to European vehicles Business news | July 10, 2024 The SoundHound Chat AI voice assistant with integrated ChatGPT is live and in production in… Mercedes opens €100m battery centre Business news | July 9, 2024 Mercedes-Benz has opened a competence centre for battery cells and new manufacturing processes to… Common mode filter for automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S New Products | July 9, 2024 TDK has launched the first common mode filter for automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S to achieve… Evaluation bundle to boost Aurix Autosar developments New Products | July 8, 2024 HighTec EDV-Systeme in Germany has released an ‘evaluation bundle’ based on the Aurix TC4x… Infineon, Swoboda team for current sensor modules Business news | July 3, 2024 Infineon Technologies and Swoboda are jointly developing high-performance current sensor modules for automotive applications. Bosch appoints new CEO for Five AI Business news | July 3, 2024 Bosch has appointed a new boss for its Five AI subsidiary, acquired in 2022. Ilika ships prototype solid state silicon battery cell to car maker Business news | July 2, 2024 UK battery developer Ilika has shipped its first batch of prototype solid state battery…

Europe returns to orbit with Ariane 6 Feature articles | July 9, 2024 The European Space Agency has launched its long delayed heavy launcher, Ariane 6, marking… CEO interview: Ink jet printing for semiconductor equipment   Business news | July 9, 2024 Nick Flaherty talks to Patrick Heisler and Patrick Galliker at Scrona as it raises…