Has the semiconductor industry turned the corner?
Market news | July 24, 2024
A slew of poor financial results this week is nevertheless casting a ray of sunshine on the semiconductor market.
Imagination raises $100m for edge AI IP
Business news | July 24, 2024
Imagination Technologies in the UK has raised $100m from funds managed by affiliates of the Fortress Investment Group. Fortress has…
Fujitsu plans 2nm AI successor to Fugaku supercomputer chip
Technology News | July 24, 2024
Fujitsu is aiming to take back the top supercomputer slot with a 2nm ARM-based chip for the successor to the…
Cre8 Ventures offer silicon scale up for Cambridge innovation programme
Cre8 Ventures from Siemens is offering a scale up initiative for silicon startups using an innovation scheme at Cambridge University…
Taisan raises £1.3m for solid state sodium battery
UK startup TaiSan has raised £1.3m for quasi-solid state sodium battery technology for electric…
Project shows impact of road noise on vehicle design
A research project at Renault has demonstrated that the condition of roads leads to…
Webasto taps Monolith for AI battery pack test
Business news | July 23, 2024
R&D teams at automotive supplier Webasto are to use Monolith AI software to make…
NXP’s RFID chip certified for digital car key
Business news | July 18, 2024
NXP Semiconductors has had its single-chip NFC and embedded secure element has been certified…
Connectors target automotive lighting, infotainment and power
New Products | July 18, 2024
Samtec has launched a family of connectors for automotive lighting, infotainment, and power designs. The Samtec A-Series connector…
TṺV certifies Synopsys ARC core for automotive cybersecurity
Business news | July 17, 2024
The Synopsys ARC HS4xFS Processor IP has achieved ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity certification. Synopsys interface,…
Report details automotive AI opportunities and threats
V2M has published a report on the opportunities and threats for automotive suppliers to…
Keysight, Malaga team on Open RAN
Keysight Technologies and the University of Malaga’s MobileNet lab are working on Open RAN…
H55 raises $62m for electric aircraft battery system
H55 has raised CHF55m ($62m) for its electric aircraft battery technology The $62m funding…
Proliferation of the electronics GPTs
Feature articles | July 20, 2024
Various industries are developing their own large language AI models for specific electronics applications.
Acoustic digital twin for Salzburg festival
News | July 19, 2024
Siemens is developing a digital twin to simulate acoustics for the first time for the Großes Festspielhaus festival in Salzburg,…
$1.6bn for US defense chiplets
Business news | July 19, 2024
The Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) at The University of Texas at Austin is to develop high performance chiplets for…
Ansys taps Supermicro, Nvidia for turnkey AI hardware
Technology News | July 19, 2024
Ansys has worked with Supermicro and Nvidia on custom hardware that could boost simulation speeds by up to 1,600x. The…
ARM SoC with GPU for space AI
New Products | July 19, 2024
Vorago Technologies has developed a radiation-hardened ARM processor with GPU for space AI applications. The Vorago VA7230 combines dual…
Reducing AI energy consumption with on-chip training
Technology News | July 21, 2024
Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a technique for reducing the power consumption with…
Onsemi boosts 1200V planar SiC MOSFET
Onsemi has launched a new generation of 1200V planar silicon carbide MOSFET with plans…
RISC-V power controller adds flash memory
New Products | July 17, 2024
Eggtronic in Italy has added reprogrammable flash memory to its EPIC RISC-V mixed-signal power…
Reusing recycled solid state lithium metal battery cells
Technology News | July 17, 2024
Researchers in the US have been working on ways to make solid state battery…
Magpack module uses 3D inductor
Technology News | July 16, 2024
Texas Instruments has developed a 3D inductor that can be molded around a power…
Heimdall raises $25m for power grid optimisation
Business news | July 16, 2024
Heimdall Power in Norway has raised $25m to take on the upgrade of the…
DC-DC converter series with common 10 x 10mm footprint
New Products | July 15, 2024
OmniOn Power in Plano, Texas, has launched a series of point-of-load (POL) modules provide…
Ruggedised 750W buck DC-DC converter with conduction cooling
New Products | July 16, 2024
TDK has launched a DC-DC converter series ranging from 400W to 750W with conduction…
Compact three-phase IGBT bridge module for electromobility
StarPower has launched two three-phase IGBT modules for traction inverter control for e-mobility designs.
Power management with voltage monitoring for space AI
Technology News | July 18, 2024
Renesas Electronics has developed a complete space-ready reference design for low cost the AMD Versal AI…
Infineon, Amkor team on supply chain sustainability
Infineon Technologies and Amkor have signed a deal to actively engage with common suppliers…
150V n-channel MOSFET for power supplies
Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched two 150V N-channel MOSFETs to boost the performance of…
European Prize for Women Innovators
Feature articles | July 14, 2024
The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology have opened a prize competition for women innovators. The European…
Quantum control chip eliminates ion trap lasers
Technology News | July 12, 2024
Oxford Ionics has demonstrated the world’s highest performing quantum chip, eliminating the need for lasers to control ion trap qubits…
NASA tests Infineon power MOSFETs for Europa Clipper mission
Business news | July 12, 2024
The US space agency NASA is testing the radiation performance of power MOSFETs from…
Score-draw for GaN patent battle
Business news | July 14, 2024
The battle over gallium nitride (GaN) patents between Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) in the…
Sakuu and SK On team for EV battery manufacturing
Business news | July 13, 2024
Sakuu has teamed up with SK On in Korea for commercial-scale dry electrode manufacturing.
Rechargeable high voltage LCO cells for wearables
Ateios Systems in the US has launched a rechargeable high voltage lithium Lithium Cobalt…
Remote probes boost power analyser
New Products | July 12, 2024
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) has launched a test system with remote power probes…
Swedish startup Arkion raises $4m for AI analytics of power grids
Business news | July 11, 2024
Swedish startup Arkion, formerly known as Skyqraft, has raised $4m for its AI-powered software…
Keysight joins AI-RAN Alliance to boost AI in mobile radio networks
Keysight Technologies has joined a new consortium is focused on integrating artificial intelligence advancing…
2000th European proof of concept grant for deep space navigation
Technology News | July 11, 2024
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 100 new Proof of Concept projects…
End of Life for Mbed development tools
ARM has announced the end of life of the Mbed development environment. The Mbed platform and OS will reach end…
$1.6bn for US advanced chiplet packaging R&D projects
Business news | July 10, 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is opening a competition for $1.6bn funding for four advanced packaging R&D…
AMD to buy Europe’s largest AI lab for $665m
AMD is to buy Europe’s largest private AI lab to accelerate the development and deployment of AMD-powered AI models and…
KD opens optical interconnect lab in Spain
KDPOF in Spain has rebranded to KD as it opens a prototyping laboratory and…
UK starts V2G fleet charging trial
The UK is inviting companies to take part in a trial of next-generation AC…
SoundHound adds ChatGPT to European vehicles
The SoundHound Chat AI voice assistant with integrated ChatGPT is live and in production in…
Mercedes opens €100m battery centre
Business news | July 9, 2024
Mercedes-Benz has opened a competence centre for battery cells and new manufacturing processes to…
Common mode filter for automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S
New Products | July 9, 2024
TDK has launched the first common mode filter for automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S to achieve…
Evaluation bundle to boost Aurix Autosar developments
New Products | July 8, 2024
HighTec EDV-Systeme in Germany has released an ‘evaluation bundle’ based on the Aurix TC4x…
Infineon, Swoboda team for current sensor modules
Business news | July 3, 2024
Infineon Technologies and Swoboda are jointly developing high-performance current sensor modules for automotive applications.
Bosch appoints new CEO for Five AI
Bosch has appointed a new boss for its Five AI subsidiary, acquired in 2022.
Ilika ships prototype solid state silicon battery cell to car maker
Business news | July 2, 2024
UK battery developer Ilika has shipped its first batch of prototype solid state battery…
Europe returns to orbit with Ariane 6
Feature articles | July 9, 2024
The European Space Agency has launched its long delayed heavy launcher, Ariane 6, marking…
CEO interview: Ink jet printing for semiconductor equipment
Nick Flaherty talks to Patrick Heisler and Patrick Galliker at Scrona as it raises…