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Renesas tapes out spiking neural network chip
Renesas tapes out spiking neural network chip
Interviews | - By Nick Flaherty
Renesas is taping out a chip using the spiking neural network (SNN) technology developed by Brainchip. This is part of a move to boost the leading edge performance of its chips for the Internet of Thi...
Rimac expands UK power R&D centre
Rimac expands UK power R&D centre
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Rimac Technology is planning to expand its UK power R&D centre across a number of divisions during 2023. The centre in Warwickshire is looking to expand battery systems engineering, control system...
5G users hit 1bn in 2022
5G users hit 1bn in 2022
Market news | - By Nick Flaherty
There are over a billion users of 5G already, with 5bn predicted for 2030, says the latest report by Ericsson. “We expect to approach one billion 5G users worldwide by the end of this year. Moreover, ...
Interview: Pandemic response drives Industry 4.0 at Limerick
Interview: Pandemic response drives Industry 4.0 at Limerick
Interviews | - By Nick Flaherty
Leo McHugh, vice president for industrial automation for Analog Devices, based in Limerick, Ireland,  talks to Nick Flaherty about expanding its European fab and the continuing impact of the Covid-19 ...
GlobalWafers breaks ground on 300mm wafer megafactory  
GlobalWafers breaks ground on 300mm wafer megafactory  
Business news |
GlobalWafers has broken ground on a major plant in Texas to make 300mm wafers, a key part of the silicon supply chain. The 3.2m sq…
Quantware launches foundry for superconducting quantum chips
Quantware launches foundry for superconducting quantum chips
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QuantWare in the Netherlands has launched a foundry service for superconducting quantum chips. Fabrication and production of quantum computing hardware currently is very capital intensive,…

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Spiking neural network dev kits for sound and vision
Spiking neural network dev kits for sound and vision
New Products |
SynSense has launched application development kits for its Speck and Xylo neuromorphic vision and audio processing chips. Speck is an event-driven neuromorphic vision SoC that…
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup
Business news |
Augmented reality headset startup Ixana has said it has raised US$3 million in seed funding and that it will demonstrate hardware based on a proprietary…
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Kulr licenses battery safety and test technology
Kulr licenses battery safety and test technology
Business news |
Kulr is licensing technology from NASA for battery safety and testing of lithium ion cells. The company is licensing its Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimeter (FTRC)…
Rimac expands UK power R&D centre
Rimac expands UK power R&D centre
Business news |
Rimac Technology is planning to expand its UK power R&D centre across a number of divisions during 2023. The centre in Warwickshire is looking to…
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Tool improves visualisation of virtualised systems for maximum control
Tool improves visualisation of virtualised systems for maximum control
New Products |
New functionality facilitates development of time-critical software…
Airbus, Renault join forces on battery technology
Airbus, Renault join forces on battery technology
Business news |
Transition to new battery chemistries in the focus…
Optoelectronics
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup
Business news |
Augmented reality headset startup Ixana has said it has raised US$3 million in seed funding and that it will demonstrate hardware based on a proprietary…
By Peter Clarke
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup

Augmented reality headset startup Ixana has said it has raised…
Blue light boost for hollow optical fibres

The University of Bath’s Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials…
Porsche backs Xanadu with $100m for fault-tolerant quantum computer

Xanadu in Canada has raised another $100m to build its fault…
Night vision device for cars combines visible light, IR and laser

Kyocera integrates RGB, NIR sensors and AI image fusion…
Ouster, Velodyne join forces in Merger of Equals

Marriage expected to strengthen financial position and speed lidar adoption…
Eenews Embedded
MEMS scanning mirror produces large field of view for LiDARs
MEMS scanning mirror produces large field of view for LiDARs
Business news |
MEMS optical subsystem meets the most demanding requirements of the LiDARs used in automotive ADAS, drones and robotics.
First power MEMS switch cable of handling 10 A
First power MEMS switch cable of handling 10 A
New Products |
With kilowatt power handling, MM9200 is the industry’s highest power MEMS switch poised to revolutionize smart power and energy distribution.
Market news
Sensors market to keep growing in ’22 and ’23
Sensors market to keep growing in ’22 and ’23
Market news |
The semiconductor sensors market will grow by 13 percent in 2022 and 4 percent in 2023 due high demand and increasing prices, according to IC…
Continental opens „megafactory“ for automotive display panels
Continental opens „megafactory“ for automotive display panels
Business news |
Automotive supplier expands manufacturing capacity by 60%…
TSMC’s October sales leap forward
TSMC’s October sales leap forward
Market news |
TSMC’s sales in October were up over 50 percent on the same month a year ago as the world’s leading chip manufacturer continued to defy…
Digital signal processing
Ceva CEO to retire
Ceva CEO to retire
Business news |
Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of Israeli IP provider Ceva, is to retire at the end of the year, to be replaced by Amir Panush who joins…
By Nick Flaherty
Ceva CEO to retire

Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of Israeli IP provider Ceva, is to…
Blueshift Memory wins grant for FPGA development

IP licensor Blueshift Memory Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has been awarded…
100Gbit/s active cables ship to data centres

TE, Amphenol and Molex are sampling 100Gbit/ active electrical cables…
Alphawave IP in $240m deal for Israeli optical DSP firm

London-based Alphawave IP Group has bought Banias Labs, an Israeli…
Alphawave buys Banias Labs for coherent optical bid

Data center chip and IP company Alphawave IP Group plc…
Eenews Wireless
EU project ELIoT demonstrates LiFi for the mass market
EU project ELIoT demonstrates LiFi for the mass market
Technology News |
Researchers demonstrated a new LiFi infrastructure in real-world application scenarios and presented a roadmap for LiFi in the future IoT.
Telecoms industry to come under pressure in 2023
Telecoms industry to come under pressure in 2023
Market news |
Analysys Mason releases its top predictions for the telecoms industry in the year ahead as inflation rises globally.
Partners
JLR sources power semis for its next-gen e-cars from Wolfspeed
JLR sources power semis for its next-gen e-cars from Wolfspeed
Business news |
Jaguar Land Rover partners with Wolfspeed for silicon carbide technology supply for next generation electric vehicles…
AUO integrates LED driver tech from ADI into automotive widescreen displays
AUO integrates LED driver tech from ADI into automotive widescreen displays
Partners |
Industry's first matrix LED driver enables local dimming…
Elektrobit, Canonical join forces to establish Linux in software-defined vehicles
Elektrobit, Canonical join forces to establish Linux in software-defined vehicles
Business news |
Cooperation aims at developing a completely new software base for next-gen automotive operating systems…
Interconnect & cables
Blue light boost for hollow optical fibres
Blue light boost for hollow optical fibres
Technology News |
The University of Bath’s Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (CPPM) is working with BT’s global research and development centre to boost the use of…
By Nick Flaherty
Blue light boost for hollow optical fibres

The University of Bath’s Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials…
Mixed layout Hi-Rel connectors available off the shelf

Harwin has expanded the contact layout options of its Gecko-MT…
First long reach single pair power over ethernet for smart factory automation

Analog Devices has developed the first Single-pair Power over Ethernet…
ABB E-mobility raises $200m as $2.5bn spinout delayed

ABB’s e-mobility division has raised CHF200 ($208m, €203m) in a…
Astera Labs’ funding takes it triple-unicorn

Astera Labs Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), a 2017 startup developing…
Smart 2.0
Open source plugin enables real-world 3D data in Unity game engine
Open source plugin enables real-world 3D data in Unity game engine
New Products |
3D geospatial platform Cesium has announced that Cesium for Unity, an open source plugin that enables real-world 3D data to be utilized in the Unity…
Stretchy semiconductors gain from new manufacturing method
Stretchy semiconductors gain from new manufacturing method
Technology News |
Researchers at Penn State say they have developed stretchy transistors using a new manufacturing method.
Technology news
France signs quantum technology deal with US
France signs quantum technology deal with US
Technology News |
The United States and France have signed a deal on quantum technology during the visit of president Emannuel Macron to Washington DC this week. The…
For the sake of safety: Autonomous cars develop social skills
For the sake of safety: Autonomous cars develop social skills
Technology News |
AI interprets pedestrian behaviour to enable interaction between car and humans…
Test environment simulates automated valet parking
Test environment simulates automated valet parking
Technology News |
Set-up demonstrated at 5GAA Member Symposium…
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