$10m for grid sensor firm ... pacemaker risk from iPhone 12 magnets ... AI piezo sensor for tyres

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. $400m takes OneWeb satellite network to full rollout
. HP memory firm expands into Europe
. SOI Consortium combines with SEMI
. Here teams for AR 3D map displays in cars
. PLS moves UDE debug tool to 64bit with Python
. Adafruit adds Helium LPWAN IoT integration
. MPS taps EPC for 48V GaN DC-DC converter
. $10m for grid optical sensor platform
. Pacemaker risk from latest iPhone
. Funding boost for UK second life battery startup
. Sequans, e-peas team for cellular IoT energy harvesting
. Smallest energy harvesting chip for wearables and IoT
. Piezo energy harvesting AI module for tyre sensor
. Material boost for solid state battery technology
. 1500W DC programmable power supply supports LabView and IVI

TI launches wireless BMS chipset ... Flow battery for ships ... power trends for 2021

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

 . TI takes on ADI, Infineon with wireless BMS
. ST shakes off Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 results
. Imagination returns to profit
. Sequans expands 5G deal with Renesas
. Wireless haptic vest has 40 motors
. AR glasses boost from tiny full colour laser module
. 11 TOPS photonic AI chip
. Meyer Burger raises €22m for solar cell production
. Vicor's power trends for 2021
. Samsung moves to solar powered TV remote controls
. Flow battery project to power ships
. Wurth, Microchip team on AC-DC controller reference design
. First 60W wireless power receiver chip
. Hall effect chip integrates power, voltage, and current monitoring
. Durable USB A connector adds fast charging support

Hyperloop project ... Fluence tops $1bn ... Detecting cable thefts ... AI standards for wind power

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. How the industry responded to Covid-19 in 2020
. 2020: A year of medical innovation
. Dual core Xtensa chip for the AIoT
. Electrostatic anti-corrosion plastic film is compostable
. The Netherlands creates €30m hyperloop project
. Scottish project aims for hydrogen fuel cell train

. GaN power trends for 2021


. Powering through 2020


. Siemens energy JV Fluence reaches unicorn status


. US taps Israeli clean energy tech with $17m for projects
. Helsinki converts its heavy-duty vehicles to electric
. Autonomous robots tackle charger challenge
. First supercooled superconducting 4bit processor is most power efficient
. Developing AI standards for wind power
. Long distance detection of copper cable thefts
. Graphite material boost for thermal management

Last news of 2020

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Broadband use in UK doubles to 85 ExaBytes
How the industry responded to Covid-19 in 2020
2020: A year of medical innovation
$222m round values Graphcore at over $2.7bn
Read the CEO interviews of 2020
GaN power trends for 2021
Polymer battery deal for HAPS basestation in the sky
First supercooled superconducting 4bit processor is most power efficient

Addressing bias in edge AI ... Britishvolt changes plans ... linker for RISC-V ... solid state LED dimmer

News this week by Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. Tools to address bias in edge AI systems
. Swissbit buys German memory controller designer
 . ST pushes back $12bn target, looks to $15bn
. Quantum dot SWIR sensor has sub-2µm pixel pitch
. Linker shrinks RISC-V application size
. Britishvolt moves battery gigafactory plan to Northumberland
. French EV charger group to go public in US
. ABB builds global e-mobility R&D centre at TU Delft
. Bosch moves into the power station business using UK technology
. Solid state design allows low profile two-wire LED dimmer
. LEGaTO project shows 100x energy efficiency gains in edge computing
. 1.5kW quarter brick isolated DC-DC converter for data centres
. Dolphin boosts power controller IP