Chip shortages ... Laser deal battle ... air taxi ready for takeoff

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

. EU and US set up clash on chip shortages
. II-VI crashes laser deal
. Electric air taxi firm in $1.1bn deal
. European chip shortage looms for 2021
. Bosch quantum technology focus
. Isotropic Systems raises $40m for multi-beam satellite antenna
. ST builds digital twin of 300mm Crolles fab
. Siemens and ASE extend 3D packaging
. Keysight, Transphorm team on GaN power supply virtual prototype
. 15MW wind turbine is record 260m high
. Cloud BMS for Spanish e-scooter
. Cryobattery developer raises $70m

POWER TECH
. Ceramic SiC material for thermal cooling
. Energy optimization software for wireless charging robot fleets
. 650V GaN chip has 800V peak operation for 500W chargers
. Hybrid supercapacitor and battery for IoT energy harvesting

Dialog's Renesas deal ... Bosch looks to AI in IoT ... Indoor solar cells can replace batteries

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. Dialog in Renesas deal
. Electronics eats the car industry
. Bosch looks to AIoT as revenue falls
. 3D printing microfluidic channels for lab-on-chip prototypes
. Real time accurate layout previews for analog circuits
. Bourns buys German magnetics maker
. Nexans wins French power grid cable deal
. Solar cell for indoor use replaces batteries
. Free space wireless charging for the living room
. Data acquisition chip for BMS
. 320kW fast charger design
. 28V switch for USB-C PD ports
. Data centre 1100W DC-DC converter
. eFuse adds programmable protection

MLCC battle ... top ten chip markets for 2021 ... ST's EV boost ... Infineon's quantum processor

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. Top ten chip markets for 2021
. Rockley raises $65m for photonics
. Samsung takes on Murata with MLCC for 5G smartphones
. Infineon to build quantum processor
. Petaflop era for semiconductor manufacturing
. Low cost 3D-printed electronic nose
. AIR DRUID for medical swarming drone deliveries
. Europe's second life battery programme
. Siemens, Aral roll out 350kW fast chargers across Germany
. £85m for UK electric aircraft projects
. Electric car boom puts ST back on the road
. Can hydrogen be cheaper than oil?
. Encapsulated 150W AC-DC converter module for industrial and medical
. 80V Buck-Boost charging controller with MPPT for solar panels
. 300W AC-DC converter measures 4 x 2in