US targets ASML, UK grid renewal frustration, and testing Infineon's virtual RISC-V microcontroller core

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ASML targeted in latest round of US tariffs Business news | April 16, 2025 European and Japanese suppliers of semiconductor equipment are set to be targeted in the next round of tariffs by the…

UK power grid renewal ‘frustratingly slow’ Business news | April 16, 2025 A growing power equipment maker in the UK is calling for the coming industrial strategy to provide more visibility of… Nyobolt raises $30m for AI datacentre power News | April 16, 2025 UK battery materials developer Nyobolt has raised $30m to provide expand its heavy duty power from electric vehicles to AI…

UK prepares for production of EV solid state batteries   Business news | April 16, 2025 UK startup Ilika is planning to ramp up shipments of its solid state batteries… Testing Infineon’s virtual automotive RISC-V chip Technology News | April 15, 2025 PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme in Germany has added support for the RISC-V open… Melexis adds China chip manufacturing and logistics Business news | April 16, 2025 Belgian sensor specialist Melexis is working with a Chinese semiconductor foundry to provide end-to-end… High speed flip-chip packaging for ESD protection Technology News | April 10, 2025 Nexperia has developed a packaging technology it calls flip-chip land grid array (FC-LGA) for… Highly integrated SoC for automotive lighting New Products | April 16, 2025 Novosense Microelectronics has developed a highly integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) for modern automotive ambient lighting…

Phantom Space taps Ubotica for edge AI in space Business news | April 16, 2025 Ubotica in Ireland is to supply edge AI technology for a satellites being developed…

3nm at Intel Ireland, $250m for Vishay Newport SiC expansion, and vulnerable solar inverters

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Intel brings 3nm production to Europe in 2025 Business news | March 28, 2025 Intel is shifting high volume production of 3nm chips to Europe at its Fab34 in Ireland later this year. Intel…

Samsung tops European patent list for 2024 Technology News | March 28, 2025 Samsung has displaced Huawei at the top of the list for filing patents at the European Patent Office (EPO) in… World’s first single chip multiwavelength laser   Technology News | March 28, 2025 Scintil Photonics in France is showing the world’s first single-chip, multi-wavelength laser source for large AI datacentre networks. LEAF Light… Shaking up forty years of debug at IAR Feature articles | March 28, 2025 Cecilia Wachtmeister is fundamentally changing its business model in a huge change as she takes over as CEO of IAR…

A dark side to solar power inverters Feature articles | March 29, 2025 Researchers in the US have uncovered vulnerabilities in the inverters and cloud services used… UK confirms £250m Vishay Newport fab investment Business news | March 27, 2025 The UK government has welcomed the £250m investment in silicon carbide (SiC) technology at… 650V power MOSFET halves on resistance New Products | March 26, 2025 Vishay Intertechnology has halved the on resistance in its fourth generation 650 V superjunction… CSA Catapult teams for £9m Scottish power packaging line Business news | March 25, 2025 The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) is to set up a pilot line for… Raspberry Pi redesigns Power over Ethernet for the Pi 5 Technology News | March 25, 2025 Raspberry Pi is designing an add on board to tackle the space challenge of… Wolfspeed appoints new CEO from ams-Osram, Infineon Business news | March 27, 2025 Power chip maker Wolfspeed has appointed a new CEO following its sacking of Gregg… Global renewables add 585GW Market news | March 26, 2025 The latest figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows a massive… Ten technology trends for solar PV systems Feature articles | March 24, 2025 Despite the rapid expansion of photovoltaic (PV) installations worldwide, the evolving power infrastructure faces…

MikroE adds AI code assistant to Necto IDE New Products | March 28, 2025 European board maker MikroE has added AI code creation to its development tool. The… £60m for 6G research in the UK Business news | March 27, 2025 The UK is to back 6G research in the UK with an additional £60m… Dryad AI drone blows out forest fires Technology News | March 27, 2025 Dryad Networks in Germany has demonstrated the first fully functional AI drone prototype for…

Cadence design centre in Wales, Space Forge prepares, and Nvidia photonics

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Siemens to cut a third of jobs in EV charging business Business news | March 21, 2025 Siemens is planning to cut a third of its electric vehicle charging business as part of 5600 job cuts in…

Backdoor in Espressif Bluetooth microcontroller – update Technology News | March 21, 2025 Researchers in Spain have identified hidden commands in a low cost microcontroller from Espressif that is widely used across the… Cadence tries again with £2.5m design centre in Wales Business news | March 21, 2025 US EDA company Cadence Design Systems is setting up a semiconductor design centre in Wales with backing from the Compound… POET samples 800G optical engine for datacentre interconnect Business news | March 21, 2025 POET Technologies in Canada is sampling its AI optical engine to three global customers, including Foxconn and Luxshare. The final…

Nvidia looks to silicon photonics to cut datacentre AI power Technology News | March 21, 2025 Nvidia has worked with foundry TSMC for high speed optical interconnect to reduce the… Consortium to develop open AI models for the power grid Business news | March 20, 2025 In a somewhat circular move, US energy research group EPRI has set up a… First 48V integrated hot-swap eFuse with power-path protection Technology News | March 20, 2025 Texas Instruments (TI) has launched several power-management chips for datacentre designs, including the first… Lithium-Ion battery gauge chips add pre-validated management firmware New Products | March 19, 2025 Renesas Electronics has launched an all in one battery management system for its fuel… 35¢ off-line switcher for European energy regulations New Products | March 17, 2025 Power Integrations has launched its latest generation of switcher chip to meet the latest… Dramatic frequency boost for SiC power MOSFETs Technology News | March 17, 2025 US startup NoMIS Power has significantly improved the short-circuit withstand time (SCWT) of SiC… Space Forge receives launch license for space factory Business news | March 17, 2025 UK startup Space Forge has secured a licence to launch its space factory. The… Infineon launches hybrid power controller for smaller chargers New Products | March 17, 2025 Infineon Technologies has combined the simplicity of a flyback converter with the efficiency of…

The sunset of Northvolt, a key US rare earth startup, and a HaLoW USB dongle

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The sunset of Northvolt Feature articles | March 15, 2025 Having potentially raised $15bn in various grants, incentives and investment to provide battery production in Europe, Northvolt has approximately 6,600…

Mycronic moves into semiconductors with French MRAM buy Business news | March 14, 2025 MRAM test system developer Hprobe in France has been acquired by Swedish production equipment maker Mycronic as part of a… Single chip modulator from 10MHz to 1THz Technology News | March 14, 2025 Researchers at ETH Switzerland have developed a modulator that can convert electrical data to optical signals from 10MHz to 1.14… NorthVolt sells industrial division for $6m, files for bankruptcy Business news | March 14, 2025 After raising over $15bn in funding over the last decade, European battery startup Northvolt is filing for bankruptcy in Sweden…

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