The march of the RISC-V architecture continued through 2024, with neuromorphic computing from Innatera in the Netherlands and a universal processor that combines the functions of the CPU, GPU, and DSP from Ubitium in Dusseldorf which has raised $3.7m for the chip design.
But the year also saw the first 64bit microcontroller architecture from Texas Instruments with the C2000 core used in a range of devices.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/innatera-shows-risc-v-neuromorphic-edge-ai-microcontroller/
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/ti-launches-first-64bit-c2000-real-time-microcontroller/
The developments at Raspberry Pi in Cambridge, UK, have been a major theme through the year, notably with the use of the Raspberry Pi 5 for a software defined radio for 5G small cells in June. But it the development, testing and launch of the CM5 compute module with the same high performance Broadcom quad core chip that has captured the imagination through the middle of the year in our coverage, being used in a range of devices when it officially launched in November.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/raspberry-pi-sdr-for-5g-small-cells/
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/raspberry-pi-readies-cm5-compute-module/
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/raspberry-pi-launches-cm5-module/
Intel also readied its first graphic processor for automotive applications in August off the back of its acquisition of Silicon Mobility. The Arc Graphics for Automotive is aimed at AI cockpit designs and could be commercially deployed in vehicles in China as soon as 2025.
The discrete A760A GPU is aimed at the move to software defined vehicles (SDV) that has been accelerating throughout the year so that car makers can design a single vehicle platform that scales across trim levels, adding the discrete GPU to add premium features.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/intel-launches-its-first-dedicated-graphics-chip-for-automotive/
The $1bn EUV centre in the US also saw significant interest. The centre in Albany, New York, will install EUV lithography machines from Dutch developer ASML and aims to boost the domestic EUV supply chain. This was followed by the announcement of funding to develop a new type of glass for EUV machines at a factory in the US.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/us-funds-1bn-centre-to-take-on-asml-in-euv-lithography/
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/32m-for-new-euv-glass-in-the-us/
At the same time the US was pulling back on R&D funding in the Chips Act, cancelling the third round of funding. Other grants under the US CHIPS and Science Act are being made in December as the Biden administration comes to an end.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/us-pulls-back-on-chips-act-rd-funding/
The woes at Intel have been well documented, with CEO Pat Gelsinger leaving the company in December. Before that, four key CPU architects in Portland, Oregon, left the company to staff RISC-V startup AheadComputing.
But it was the Raspberry Pi flotation in June that captured the imagination of the industry.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/sony-plans-dedicated-raspberry-pi-5-line-ahead-of-ipo/
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/raspberry-pi-booms-in-uk-stock-exchange-ipo/
Sony set up a production line in Japan for the Raspberry Pi 5 boards ahead of moving that production to Wales, and the IPO was oversubscribed, rising sharply in the first days of trading and highlighting the strength of some part so the European electronics industry in 2024.
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