RISC-V tops 10bn cores shipped ... Programmable M0 USB PD controller for automotive ... Nanowatt AI ... Perovskite solar cell record

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Europe steps up as RISC-V ships 10bn cores Feature articles | July 8, 2022 It may come as a surprise that over 10 billion RISC-V processor cores have shipped. Nick Flaherty rounds up RISC-V news from Embedded World

Nordic Semiconductor buys its memory supplier Business news | July 8, 2022 Leading European chip designer Nordic Semiconductor is to buy Mobile Semiconductor, a privately-held US company specializing in highly optimized embedded… NXP, IBM look to post quantum algorithms for smart cards Uncategorized | July 8, 2022 NXP has been working with IBM on the post-quantum security algorithms announced this week by NIST in the US for…

Northvolt raises $1.1bn as Volkswagen breaks ground on battery cell gigafactory Business news | July 8, 2022 Northvolt has raised another $1.1bn (€1.1bn) to expand battery cell and cathode material production… In-memory neuromorphic AI slashes power consumption to nW Technology News | July 8, 2022 CEA-Leti has developed an event-driven machine learning system that couples piezoelectric, ultrasound transducers to… Iceotope raises £30m for immersive cooling  Business news | July 8, 2022 UK immersive cooling developer Iceotope Technologies has raised £30m ($36m, €35m) to boost growth. Tandem perovskite solar cell with record 31.25% efficiency Technology News | July 7, 2022 Researchers in Switzerland have developed a low cost perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cell with an… Integrated 60W USB-PD programmable controller for automotive New Products | July 8, 2022 Indie Semiconductor in the US has developed a highly integrated dual-channel USB Power Delivery… Custom power integrity tool shows 3x productivity gain New Products | July 7, 2022 Cadence Design System has developed a custom electromigration and IR drop (EM-IR) design tool… Microwave method for distributed battery recycling Technology News | July 7, 2022 Researchers in Japan have developed an efficient new distributed recycling system that uses microwave… II-VI renames as Coherent deal completes Business news | July 4, 2022 II‐VI has completed the acquisition of Coherent, forming a global leader in materials, networking,…

Configurable photonic chip with 5THz of optical interconnect Technology News | July 8, 2022 Researchers at Politecnico di Milano in Italy have developed an integrated photonic chip that… Segger supports Renesas for ARM Cortex-M85 Business news | July 8, 2022 Segger has ported its development tool chain to support the latest high performance microcontroller… TiVo moves into automotive streaming with $109m Norwegian buy Business news | July 8, 2022 Xperi, the owner of digital TV storage software pioneer TiVo, has bought Vewd Software…