Tesla's battery plan ... new data centre chip ... first Bizen power chips

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. World first with multiple Covid-19 test machine
. Nuvia raises $240m to build ARM data centre chip
. Germany tops European automation list

 . Tesla moves to cobalt-free silicon battery cell with a new form factor

. IR takes on time of flight for contactless gesture sensing
. Bizen takes on GaN and SiC in small power packages

 . RFID chip makes analogue watches smart
. Aqueous electrolyte for high temperature redox flow battery designs
. Energy harvesting system integrates easily into clothing
. Supercapacitors operate at higher voltages
. Flat wire SMD power inductors with 150°C operation
. 60W DC-DC converter modules have 3kV isolation

Tesla's Battery Day ... IBM's 1m qubit quantum computer plan ... battery tech for Covid-19 recovery

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. Tesla Battery Day will mark dramatic industry shift
 . IBM aims for million qubit quantum computer

. Dutch deal for edge AI in the IoT
. TDK-Lambda in £11.5m factory revamp
. Humanoid robot is testbed for vision developers
. Battery tech vital for Covid-19 recovery
. ABB expands Swiss power lab
. Clean power boost from Amazon’s first climate fund investments

. GaN enables compact 160W AC-DC adapter
. DrMOS power stage boost for graphics cards and gaming

. Bidirectional regenerative supply simplifies EV test
. GaN switch for compact smart LED lighting
. ASIC boost for 10GHz oscilloscope
. Swiss firms team on four legged autonomous robot

A 20s Covid-19 test and a 15s charging battery but concern over UV disinfecting LEDs

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. Production starts for 20s Covid-19 test
. UK Covid-9 test systems to be built in the Netherlands by US company
. Alarm over consumer UV-C systems for Covid-19
 . Skeleton plans graphene battery that charges in 15s
. Rambus, AIchip team on 4.0Gbit/s HBM2E memory interface
. Asset tracker combines WiFi and NB-IoT cellular
. Apple backs wind turbines for Danish data centre
. Apple and Philips share sustainability plans
. Co-designing power devices with microfluidics for cooling
. Lignin gives supercapacitor 900x performance boost
. Current waveform analyser detects hardware Trojan
. Metal terminals on MLCC range with high voltage tolerance
. Solder-free rugged three-phase AC filter capacitors
. SiC board for 7.5kW motor drives
. 15W wireless power receiver targets, industrial, medical

Quantum breakthrough ... Teraherz startup raises backing ... ARM R82 details ... Smart Contact lens mimics human iris ...

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. CMOS terahertz startup gets EC equity backing
. Breakthrough for quantum key distribution networks
. Spinoff to commercialise smart contact lens that mimics human iris
. ARM Cortex-R82 targets storage computation
. First 7nm ARM laptop with 5G mmWave
. 5GW solar array with re-used batteries powers Mercedes plant
. Odyssey Semis aims to displace SiC with GaN
. Amber raises $5.5m and signs three new deals
. UN working group looks to amend lithium battery classification
. First battery-free energy harvesting GameBoy
. Thermocell boost for wearable designs
. Ferroelectric boost for ultrahigh energy density supercapacitors
. Solid state thermoelectric cooler runs to 150°C
. 3W 3kV DC-DC converter for medical and industrial
. Flyback controller for LED designs