EUV lithography power, wafer thickness halved, and solid state boost

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Germany launches €12m chip skills academy Business news | November 1, 2024 The German government has today launched an educational initiative with a €12m skills academy for the semiconductor industry. The scheme,…

Power is next challenge for EUV lithography Feature articles | November 3, 2024 The rollout of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography could be hit by the increasing power… Infineon halves power wafer thickness Technology News | October 29, 2024 Infineon has cut the thickness of its silicon power wafer in half to 20µm,… SOLiTHOR tops 1000 cycles for solid state battery Technology News | October 30, 2024 SOLiTHOR in Belgium has achieved over 1000 cycles for a 3Ah lithium metal solid-state… Cathode boost for potassium-ion battery Technology News | November 1, 2024 European researchers say they have made a breakthrough that could help deliver a new… Materials manufacturing for Voyager space station Business news | October 31, 2024 UK startup Space Forge has signed a deal with Voyager Space to explore possibilities in… Solid state megawatt power controller for electric aircraft Technology News | October 29, 2024 Collins Aerospace has completed prototype development of a solid-state power controller and power distribution… First UK smart energy interoperability demo Business news | October 30, 2024 A research project in Scotland is holding the UK’s first demonstrations of interoperable demand… Magnachip doubles production of 12V Super Short Channel MOSFETs Business news | October 30, 2024 Magnachip has doubled production of its MXT low voltage trench power MOSFETs for mobile… eFuse protects 64GB DDR5 DRAM in edge AI New Products | October 31, 2024 Innodisk has launched a DDR5 DRAM memory module for edge AI applications with the… Sakuu teams to dry print aluminium battery cells News | October 31, 2024 Sakuu has teamed up with Eleqtrion in Canada to use its battery manufacturing platform…

£220m upgrade for BAE Systems UK plant Business news | November 1, 2024 BAe Systems is upgrading its UK-based Electronic Systems business with a $220m renovation project. Arrow restructures as distribution falls in Europe Business news | November 1, 2024 Arrow is heading for a fall of 16% in its revenue in 2024, triggering… Sondrel appoints new CEO Business news | November 1, 2024 Leading UK semiconductor design house Sondrel is appointing a new chief executive, its third… Merck renames displays business as it buys French metrology company Business news | November 1, 2024 Merck in Germany is boosting its electronics business with the acquisition of Unity-SC in…

EIC startup boost, Infineon's Deepcraft AI, and Waymo's $5.6bn for driverless cars

By Nick Flaherty at eeNews Europe www.flaherty.co.uk

Europe boosts EIC innovation and scale up funding Business news | October 30, 2024 The European Innovation Council (EIC) is to invest €1.4 billion in deep tech and scaling up strategic technologies in 2025,…

Infineon rebrands imagimob edge AI models and tools Business news | October 30, 2024 Infineon Technologies is re-launching a range of edge AI models and tools following its acquisition of imagimob. The models will… UV enhanced die bonder speeds PCB assembly Technology News | October 30, 2024 Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider Escatec has integrated a UV curing light with a die bonder to boost the precision… Xiphera taps Crypto Quantique cryptography Business news | October 30, 2024 Xiphera in Finland is to use quantum-secure cryptography technology from Crypto Quantique to upgrade its nQrux Hardware Trust Engines. Xiphera… Royal Mail taps Wiliot for parcel monitoring Business news | October 30, 2024 Royal Mail in the UK is the world’s first delivery company to use energy harvesting tags from Wiliot to boost…

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Waymo raises $5.6bn in driverless car boost Business news | October 28, 2024 Google spin-out Waymo has raised another $5.6bn for its driverless car technology, bringing the… Stellantis plans first EV with solid state battery Business news | October 24, 2024 Stellantis is to use solid state batteries from Factorial for the first time in… Wayve expands AI ADAS testing to US Business news | October 24, 2024 UK driverless car tech developer Wayve is starting on-road testing of its AI-based ADAS… First hybrid sodium-lithium battery provides fast charging, 400km range Technology News | October 25, 2024 Chinese battery giant CATL has launched a hybrid battery that uses both lithium ion… Denso seals Quadric deal for RISC-V AI core Business news | October 29, 2024 Leading Japanese automotive supplier Denso is expanding its semiconductor business through a development license… BoS Semi plans automotive AI chiplet News | October 29, 2024 BoS Semiconductors in Korea is planning to launch an automotive neural network accelerator (NPU)… Complete brake pedal position sensor with wake-up function New Products | October 28, 2024 Melexis has developed a cost-effective sensor to simplify brake pedal designs. For functional safety… Tasking adds AI, parallel processing, to development tool News | October 29, 2024 Tasking in Germany has added AI application development and parallel processing to its latest… Keysight, ADI team on GMSL test Business news | October 29, 2024 Keysight Technologies and  Analog Devices (ADI) are developing a comprehensive test system for Gigabit… MIPI Security framework protects image data Technology News | October 30, 2024 The MIPI Alliance has released a framework of four specifications to secure data in automotive… Innoscience expands 100V GaN for LiDAR New Products | October 30, 2024 Innoscience Technology has expanded its portfolio with two 100V automotive-grade GaN devices for faster switching… Hella, Varta team on battery diagnostics Business news | October 30, 2024 Hella Gutmann Solutions and Varta are to create a low voltage battery diagnostic services…

2nm ARM chiplet, AMD teams with Intel and Mercedes taps neuromorphic AI

By Nick Flaherty at eeNews Europe www.flaherty.co.uk

ARM details 2nm Neoverse V3 chiplets for the data centre Business news | October 16, 2024 ARM has announced several 2nm chiplet designs by customers using its Neoverse V3 compute subsystem (CSS). ADTechnology and Rebellions are… Intel, AMD team to take on ARM in the data centre Business news | October 16, 2024 Arch-rivals Intel and AMD have created an “x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group” to push back against the rise of ARM and… Cryo-CMOS multiplexing for quantum spin qubits Technology News | October 16, 2024 Researchers at VTT in Finland have developed a 64 channel on-chip multiplexer for quantum spin qubits. The team developed on-chip…

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Mercedes taps Intel Liohi2 for neuromorphic AI Technology News | October 14, 2024 Mercedes is leading a project in Germany to use neuromorphic computing to improve the… imec signs up European firms for automotive chiplet programme Business news | October 11, 2024 imec has signed up ARM, BMW, Bosch, SiliconAuto, Siemens and Valeo in Europe as… Battery prices set to fall to $80/kWh by 2026 Market news | October 11, 2024 Research by Goldman Sachs is predicting the cost of EV batteries will fall to… ProLogium, FEV show 100% silicon battery Business news | October 16, 2024 ProLogium Technology has shown its 100% silicon composite anode battery at the 2024 Paris… Embedded RISC-V CHERI core for automotive New Products | October 16, 2024 Codasip in Germany has developed a customisable RISC-V core for automotive applications that uses… Vicor launches modular DC-DC converters for automotive Technology News | October 16, 2024 Vicor has developed three automotive-grade power modules for 48V EV systems. The modules cover… Lauterbach teams for virtualised RISC-V in automotive Business news | October 15, 2024 Lauterbach and hypervisor developer Kernkonzept are working together on virtualised development environment for RISC-V… Infineon combines silicon and SiC in plug and play module New Products | October 15, 2024 Infineon Technologies has combined silicon and silicon carbide for a more cost effective power… Nissan to launch bi-directional charging for V2G first in the UK Business news | October 11, 2024 Nissan is planning to launch affordable bi-directional charging on selected electric vehicles in 2026… Large area fingerprint sensors for automotive designs New Products | October 11, 2024 Infineon Technologies has launched two new automotive-qualified fingerprint sensors optimized for its Traveo T2G…

Three team on avionics for lunar exploration Business news | October 16, 2024 TTTech Aerospace is working with Thales Alenia Space and Beyond Gravity on two European… World’s first small scale PCIe 5.0 switch New Products | October 16, 2024 Kandou in Switzerland has launched a transport layer switch for PCI Express 5.0 Zetti…