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Monday, November 28, 2022

Solar cell record efficiency ... CEO interview - Melexis ... GaN predictions for 2023

News this week at eeNews Europe by Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk




Record efficiency of 26.81% for large silicon solar cells

Chinese solar cell developer Longi Green Energy Technology is claiming a new record efficiency for its full sized monocrystalline silicon cell …





Leti, Intel look to quadruple hybrid bonding speeds

CEA-Leti in France has been working with Intel on a hybrid die-to-wafer process that could quadruple production speeds for chiplet-based assembly …





Marc Biron, CEO of Melexis talks the chip shortage and the EU Chips Act

Belgian fabless chip maker Melexis has been at the heart of the chip shortage, and sees no sign of it slowing for automotive …





Infineon Technologies is preparing to launch TSMC’s Resistive RAM (RRAM) Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) technology in its next generation of automotive Aurix microcontrollers …



GaN power semiconductor 2023 predictions




€2bn BMW battery plant for Hungary

BMW is building a high-voltage battery assembly in Hungary for its sixth generation battery pack for electric vehicles of…




Researchers at Microsoft have identified vulnerabilities in the software development kits (SDKs) of semiconductors are leaving electricity grids vulnerable to Chinese hackers…



TDK patents thermal sensing for modular 800W power supply

TDK-Lambda in the UK has developed a configurable 800W power supply that is half the size of its previous generation …




First long reach single pair power over ethernet for smart factory automation

Analog Devices has developed the first Single-pair Power over Ethernet (SPoE) Power Sourcing Equipment…




ABB E-mobility raises $200m as $2.5bn spinout delayed




IGBT module boost for 352kW solar inverters

Infineon Technologies has developed a single IGBT power module for 1500V inverters …




Compact industrial 15W DC-DC converters in metal cases

Traco Power has launched two isolated DC-DC converters in 16pin DIP metal packages …



ARM-based PDU for data centre power management

nVent has developed an ARM-based low profile power distribution unit (PDU) for intelligent control in data centres…



OpenLight launches electronic and photonic PDK

US spinout OpenLight has released its unified process design kit (PDK) for photonics chips ... 

Monday, November 21, 2022

ARM vs Qualcomm .. Real time deepfake detection ... Quantum satellites for Europe

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Qualcomm steps up Oryon battle with ARM

Business news | November 19, 2022

Qualcomm has stepped up its dispute with ARM, launching the name of its custom high performance core, Oryon. 



Real time tool detects deep fake videos in milliseconds

Technology News | November 20, 2022

Researchers at Intel have developed a real time tool to detect fake videos with 96% accuracy. FakeCatcher builds on open…


electronica returns to Munich

News | November 18, 2022

Nearly 70,000 visitors travelled to Munich this week as the electronica exhibition returned. 2,144 exhibitors travelled from 48 countries and…


Europe agrees flagship €2.4bn quantum satellite programme

Business news | November 18, 2022

The European parliament has agreed to back a €2.4bn programme to build a secure quantum satellite network for the region.

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Cambridge GaN Devices raises $19m for mass production

Business news | November 15, 2022

Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has raised $19m to start mass production of its smart…


Ceres delays Chinese fuel cell joint venture

Business news | November 17, 2022

A £20m (E25m) Chinese joint venture between UK fuel cell technology developer Ceres…


Sakuu teams for solid state battery electrodes

Business news | November 16, 2022

3D printed battery startup Sakuu has signed a deal with LiCAP Technologies for the…


Diamond wafer startup takes on SiC

Technology News | November 14, 2022

French startup Diamfab is looking to take on silicon carbide devices with its diamond…


750W 60kV supply for semiconductor and e-beam processing

New Products | November 18, 2022

XP Power has launched a range of 1U high voltage power supplies for semiconductor…


Hotswap MOSFETs double the safe operating area

New Products | November 18, 2022

Nexperia has launched ten 25 V and 30 V MOSFETs optimised for 12V hotswap…


220W GaN power switch operates up to 140kHz

New Products | November 15, 2022

Power Integrations has launched its latest generation of digitally controllable, off-line CV/CC Zero Voltage Switching…


60kW DC supplies see 6U power density breakthrough

News | November 15, 2022

EA Elektro-Automatik in Germany has launched a range of DC power supplies with 60kW of…


Top cooled MOSFET package for motor control

New Products | November 15, 2022

Onsemi has developed a top-cooled package for silicon MOSFETs in motor control and DC-DC…

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Keynote speakers for Europe’s Design and Verification Conference

Technology News | November 18, 2022

Keynote speakers from Mercedes and Nokia are looking at leading edge chip design challenges…


Keysight sees record orders in 2022

Business news | November 18, 2022

Keysight Technologies saw record orders for its test equipment in 2022, ending the year…


Siemens sees digital boost in 2023

Business news | November 18, 2022

Siemens expects its digital business to be its best performing group in 2023. The…

Monday, November 14, 2022

Nexperia buys power management IC firm ... IBM sees quantum inflexion point in 2023 ... Pacemaker battery boost

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Nexperia buys Nowi to move into energy harvesting

Business news | November 11, 2022

Nexperia has bought Dutch energy harvesting power management chip designer Nowi Energy for an undisclosed sum.



Comau teams to simplify robot control with a single PLC

Business news | November 11, 2022

Industrial automation specialist Comau in Italy is demonstrating the first results of its recent collaboration with Rockwell Automation on a…


Cryogenic CMOS design for quantum chips on 22FDX

Technology News | November 11, 2022

Semiwise in Glasgow has developed transistor SPICE models for cryogenic CMOS chip design and verification using the GlobalFoundries (GF) 22FDX …


IBM sees 2023 as quantum inflexion point

Technology News | November 10, 2022

IBM has launched its largest quantum processor with 433 qubits and a range of hardware and software technologies that it…


AMD pushes CXL, chiplets with latest data centre processor

Technology News | November 11, 2022

AMD has launched its latest data centre processor with up to 96 cores and support for the CXL1.1 memory interface.



Infineon to show AI-driven smart air conditioning system

Technology News | November 11, 2022

Once dominated by Asian suppliers, global heating means more energy efficient air conditioning is…


Energy boost for pacemaker batteries

Technology News | November 11, 2022

Researchers at MIT have boosted the energy of nonrechargeable primary battery cells by 50%…


Ruggedised micro data centre for edge processing

New Products | November 10, 2022

Power giant Schneider Electric has launched a ruggedized micro data centre to put more…


Semtech, Exeger show solar powered IoT sensor location

Business news | November 10, 2022

Swedish solar cell developer Exeger is working with Semtech in the US for a…


Navitas GaN FETs for tiny USB-C charger with OLED screen

Business news | November 8, 2022

Australian designer Chargeasap has used GaN FETs from Navitas and graphene cooling for a…


EU signs battery material deal with Kazakhstan

Business news | November 7, 2022

The EU has signed a deal with Kazakhstan on supply of raw materials and…


Verkor buys Siemens site for battery R&D Lab  

Business news | November 7, 2022

French battery startup Verkor has raised more than €250m for its Innovation Centre in…


300W half-brick DC-DC converters for railway power

New Products | November 8, 2022

TDK has launched two half-brick DC-DC converters for railway power systems with the TDK-Lambda CN-110B



SES signs deal to launch European quantum crypto satellite

Business news | November 11, 2022

SES has signed a deal to launch a European end-to-end Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)…


0603 LED range for low current, low light applications

New Products | November 10, 2022

Rohm has launched a series of 0603-size (0.6inch × 0.3inch) / 1608-size (1.6 mm…