NATO equity investments, solid state battery battles heat up and a computer architecture centre at Cambridge

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

NATO’s first equity deal backs UK startups Fractile, Space Forge Business news | June 19, 2024 A billion euro NATO Innovation Fund has backed four deeptech starts in Europe with long term equity investments.

CEO interview: WeEn Semiconductors Business news | June 19, 2024 WeEn Semiconductors is a power spinout of Philips and NXP that perhaps is overshadowed by Nexperia. It is a Chinese… EU proposes budget cuts to tech programmes in 2025 Business news | June 19, 2024 The European Union has published its proposed €200bn draft budget for 2025 with significant cuts to technology spending. The draft… Pasqal ships 100qbit quantum computer to GENCI, CEA Business news | June 19, 2024 French quantum computer developer Pasqal has shipped a 100qubit quantum processing unit (QPU) to the GENCI (Grand Équipement National de…

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onsemi plans $2n Czech SiC expansion Business news | June 19, 2024 onsemi is planning a multi-year investment of up to $2 billion for end-to-end production… Avnu Alliance launches first TSN component certification programme Business news | June 19, 2024 The Avnu Alliance has launched the first component certification programme for Time Sensitive Networking… Cambridge opens computer architecture research centre Technology News | June 19, 2024 The computer science department at the University of Cambridge has opened a specialist computer…