Native ROS2 chip ... eight core RISC-V space chip ... Moving IP into next generation CXL chips ... 1200V GaN chips ready for market

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Native RISC-V ROS chip targets robotics Technology News | September 23, 2022 Two European companies are developing a microcontroller chip using the open source RISC-V instruction set that is optimised to run the ROS2 operating system …

ST, CAES team on octacore RISC-V space chip with selectable cores Technology News | September 23, 2022 Space system designer CAES is to design the first eight core fault tolerant chip that is selectable between different architectures,… £31m boost for driver simulation technology Business news | September 23, 2022 AB Dynamics in the UK has acquired simulator specialist Ansible Motion for £31.2m (€35.6m)  as part of a new simulation… Software defined memory fabric drives IP maker into chip business Interviews | September 23, 2022 IP developer IntelliProp is moving into the chip business with a software defined memory fabric based on the Compute Express… Siemens EDA teams for 3D and chiplet designs Business news | September 23, 2022 Siemens Digital Industries Software is working with foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) to develop and implement multi-chip 3D design tools The…

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Odyssey readies 1200V vertical GaN to take on SiC Business news | September 22, 2022 Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies is building samples of vertical gallium nitride (GaN) FET transistors in… VW teams for vehicle-to-grid V2G power Business news | September 23, 2022 Car maker Volkswagen has signed a deal to boost the use of bidirectional charging… onsemi $450m boost to European silicon carbide wafer plant Business news | September 21, 2022 onsemi is expanding its silicon carbide (SiC) wafer plant in the Czech Republic with… ABB takes stake in Samotics to expand AI predictive maintenance Business news | September 22, 2022 ABB has taken a 10% stake in Dutch AI predictive maintenance firm Samotics as… GPU-based AI for real time automated anomaly detection Technology News | September 22, 2022 Falkonry in the US has developed a real time AI tool for anomaly detection… PFC boost converter simplifies startup circuit design New Products | September 22, 2022 STMicroelectronics has developed two power-factor correction (PFC) boost converters to simplify the design of… Sakuu teams for 3D printed solid state battery materials Business news | September 20, 2022 Sakuu has signed a deal with NGK in Japan to supply key materials for… NXP, Elektrobit team for entry level battery management system Business news | September 22, 2022 NXP Semiconductors has teamed up with Elektrobit to co-develop an entry level battery management… Smart materials for power in Industry 4.0 Technology News | September 22, 2022 Henkel in Germany has developed several materials that tackle the challenges of power management… Keysight teams for EV battery test Business news | September 22, 2022 Keysight Technologies is working with Jiyun Technologies in China to develop and deliver a tailored, compact…

OTHER NEWS

Key cybersecurity certifications for critical infrastructure at Siemens Mobility Business news | September 23, 2022 Siemens Mobility has received the first, and largest, certifications by Germany’s TÜV SÜD for… Breakthrough chip for 100G passive networking Technology News | September 23, 2022 Researchers in Belgium have developed a chip that enables the next generation of passive… €5m for LED plastic optical fibre expansion Business news | September 23, 2022 Dutch plastic optical fibre (POF) developer FiberUnlimited has raised €5m to expand its LED… Record tops 2Tbit/s speed for coherent optical network Technology News | September 22, 2022 Nokia Bell Labs has demonstrated a record 260 GBaud (2.08Tbit/s) ultra-high-speed optical signal transmission…

Intel retires Pentium and Celeron ... French centre for solid state battery materials and rare earths ... EU critical raw materials act

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Farewell Pentium and Celeron Business news | September 16, 2022 Intel is to retire its Pentium and Celeron processor families in the consumer market next year, exactly 30 years after launch ...

EU to model Critical Raw Materials Act on CHIPS Act Business news | September 16, 2022 The availability of key raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and rare earths are critical for the production of batteries… Error correction boost for photonic quantum AI Technology News | September 16, 2022 Researchers at Toppan in Japan have developed techniques to improve error correction in optical quantum computers and are also working… Amazon sets its sights on quantum networking Technology News | September 15, 2022 Having pioneered adding quantum computers to cloud services, Amazon Web Services is turning its attention to quantum networking. It is…

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French pilot plant for solid state battery materials, rare earths Business news | September 18, 2022 Solvay, one of the world’s largest chemical companies, has opened a pilot plant for… EV battery tops record 1000Wh/l energy Technology News | September 16, 2022 BMW is planning to use a battery technology with a record energy density of… Six channel PMIC for IoT power New Products | September 16, 2022 Nordic Semiconductor has launched its second power management IC (PMIC) to supply and supervise… Energy harvesting evaluation board supports four sources New Products | September 14, 2022 Trameto in Wales has developed a proof-of-concept for evaluating how to generate reliable micro-power… LEM launches its first plug-and-play train energy meter New Products | September 15, 2022 LEM in Switzerland has launched its first plug-and-play solution for on-board train energy metering… EPC opens motor drive Centre of Excellence in Turin Business news | September 14, 2022 US GaN specialist EPC has opened a new design application center near Turin, Italy,… Highly insulated CAN measurement module captures up to 1500V New Products | September 14, 2022 imc Test & Measurement in Berlin has launched a CAN measurement module that can…

ARM, IBM team on AI phase change in-memory compute chip ... RISC-V for headphone chip and motor control ... GaN half bridge in single package boosts motor drives

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Wolfspeed to build world’s largest SiC wafer plant Business news | September 9, 2022 Wolfspeed is to build the world’s largest plant for the supply of silicon carbide wafers in North Carolina

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ARM, IBM team on low power analog AI chip Technology News | September 9, 2022 Researchers at ARM and IBM have developed a 14nm analog compute in memory chip for low power machine learning… Dolpin Design teams for RISC-V headphone 3.0 chips Business news | September 9, 2022 Dolphin Design has teamed up with Sonical in the US on the design of next generation headphones … Computational packaging boost for quantum photonic chips Technology News | September 9, 2022 Wave Photonics in Cambridge is leading a UK project to develop new packaging techniques for quantum photonic integrated circuits (QPICs). £2m for Nexeon to ramp silicon battery material production Business news | September 8, 2022 Nexeon has raised an additional £2m (€2.3m) for to boost high volume manufacture of silicon materials for high performance batteries.

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Navitas integrates GaN half bridge in single package Technology News | September 9, 2022 Navitas Semiconductor has integrated a complete GaN half bridge with drivers into a single package… AMTE Power CEO steps down Business news | September 8, 2022 Kevin Brundish, CEO and founder of UK battery maker AMTE Power, stepping down  II-VI confirms name change to Coherent Business news | September 8, 2022 II-VI has officially changed its name to Coherent after a bruising takeover battle Atmosic teams for Exeger’s IoT solar cells Business news | September 9, 2022 Swedish solar cell developer Exeger has teamed with energy harvesting chip maker Atmosic Technologies XP Power starts its third factory in Asia Business news | September 9, 2022 XP Power has started construction of a manufacturing plant in Perak, Malaysia, its third in the region Funds for pilot plant for UK lithium production Business news | September 9, 2022 Cornish Lithium has secured additional funding to build a pilot lithium production plant in St Austell AI power management DC-DC regulator adds fast PWM engine New Products | September 9, 2022 Infineon Technologies has launched its next generation of point of load DC-DC regulator for AI chips … 2400W AC-DC supply has 96% efficiency New Products | September 8, 2022 Advanced Energy Industries (AEI) has launched a 2400W AC-DC power supply for data centres  Ilika scales up for UK solid state battery production Business news | September 8, 2022 UK battery developer Ilika is running trials of equipment to scale up production of its silicon solid state battery cells 200V MOSFETs target light electric vehicles New Products | September 8, 2022 Magnachip Semiconductor in Korea has introduced its third-generation 200V Medium Voltage (MV) MOSFETs  Vestas taps TTTech for world’s first 15 MW wind turbine Business news | September 7, 2022 TTTech Industrial is supplying its distributed real time Ethernet control technology to Vestas wind turbines €2.3m to scale up indoor solar cell production in Europe Business news | September 7, 2022 Epishine in Sweden  has received a grant of SEK 25m (€2.3m) to scale up production of indoor solar cells Flexible 1200V SiC power modules simplify inverter designs New Products | September 6, 2022 STMicroelectronics has launched two STPOWER modules with 1200V silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs in popular configurations. Self-charging headphones use flexible solar cells Technology News | September 5, 2022 Adidas Headphones has developed self-charging headphones using solar cells from Swedish supplier Exeger.

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Segger teams to support Geehy APM32 MCU Business news | September 9, 2022 Segger is supporting the APM32 ARM-based microcontroller from Chinese chip maker Geehy Semiconductor  Graph AI chip challengers drive AI as a service Feature articles | September 9, 2022 The challenge of breaking into the data centre to provide AI services is driving chip makers to new business models First RISC-V chip optimised for motor control New Products | September 8, 2022 Renesas Electronics has developed the industry’s first RISC-V MCU specifically optimized for motor control