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Macom acquires assets of French RF wafer fab for European expansion
Macom acquires assets of French RF wafer fab for European expansion
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Macom Technology Solutions in the US is to acquire the wafer fab assets and operations of Ommic in Paris for just €38.5 million. The company currently operates a 3-inch wafer production line and has r...
UMC, Cadence team for chiplet reference flow
UMC, Cadence team for chiplet reference flow
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Taiwanese foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is using a reference flow from Cadence Design Systems for its 3D chiplet packaging business. UMC’s hybrid bonding solutions are now ready to...
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
US battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $300m funding round that values the company at over $1.2bn. The $300 million of equity financing is joined with $220 million in grants from the st...
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
NexGen Power Systems has started shipping engineering samples of the first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices for high power applications. The 1200V Vertical GaN e-mode Fin-jFETs are the only wide-ba...
Fully automated six axis laser processing system for implantable medical devices
Fully automated six axis laser processing system for implantable medical devices
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
Coherent has developed a fully automated laser system for texturing and marking implantable medical devices. The AP 530 S is a six axis, freeform texturing…
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
NexGen Power Systems has started shipping engineering samples of the first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices for high power applications. The 1200V Vertical GaN…

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UK chip strategy will include taxpayer funding
UK chip strategy will include taxpayer funding
Business news | - By Peter Clarke
The creation of a semiconductor strategy for the UK is close to completion and will include direct funding by government of startup and scale-up companies…
More than half US-owned chipmaking capacity is overseas
More than half US-owned chipmaking capacity is overseas
Business news | - By Peter Clarke
American IC manufacturers have 56 percent of their wafer capacity installed at fabs located in other regions of the world, according to a report from…
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Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
US battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $300m funding round that values the company at over $1.2bn. The $300 million of equity financing is…
Honda backs Israeli fusion startup in $22m round  
Honda backs Israeli fusion startup in $22m round  
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
NT-Tao in Israel has raised $22m for its fusion power technology. The Series A round was led by Delek US and NextGear Ventures, with additional…
eeNews Automotive
Automotive software platform opens door to cloud-native development
Automotive software platform opens door to cloud-native development
New Products | - By Christoph Hammerschmidt
Developing in the cloud, running in the car – with no modification…
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car
Business news | - By Christoph Hammerschmidt
Carmaker looking for CO2-neutral materials and production processes…
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Low-cost $1 Bluetooth® LE tag to change IoT industry
Low-cost $1 Bluetooth® LE tag to change IoT industry
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Two new, game-changing disposable Bluetooth® LE tags set a new benchmark for affordability and performance in the IoT industry.
Fast nanosecond switching low linewidth, widely tunable laser
Fast nanosecond switching low linewidth, widely tunable laser
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Only commercially available tunable laser that offers the elusive combination of nanosecond switching and narrow linewidth.
eeNews Wireless
Tool for UWB PHY layer validation/conformance test
Tool for UWB PHY layer validation/conformance test
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Automated test tool enables chip designers to automatically test the conformance of their UWB enabled products against version 1.3 of FiRa’s PHY specifications.
High-linearity sub-6 GHz RF switches in volume production
High-linearity sub-6 GHz RF switches in volume production
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Targeting 5G wireless infrastructure and massive MIMO, the SP4T switches deliver industry-leading performance for hybrid beamforming systems.
Smart2.0
The Things that happen at the Edge
The Things that happen at the Edge
Business news | - By Wisse Hettinga
The LoRaWan ‘Wall of Fame’ at the IoT solutions show in Barcelona If you need to mention a break-through technology for IoT, it might be…
Implementing Machine Learning and Matter
Implementing Machine Learning and Matter
New Products | - By Wisse Hettinga
A nice project to start implementing Machine Learning and Matter The best way to getting introduced to new technologies is to play with them. Machine…
Energy harvesting
Carbon nanotube yarn harvests mechanical energy
Carbon nanotube yarn harvests mechanical energy
Technology News |
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas say they have made novel carbon nanotube yarns that convert mechanical movement into electricity more effectively than…
By Rich Pell
Carbon nanotube yarn harvests mechanical energy

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas say they…
Ultrathin layer boosts perovskite solar panel performance

An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite…
Device transmits radio waves with almost no power

Engineers at the University of Washington and Stanford University say…
Meyer Burger ramps up German solar panel production

Meyer Burger is looking to commercialise solar panels using perovskite…
Ambient IoT kit for exploring energy harvesting tags

Battery-free sensor tags developer Wiliot has announced the launch of…
Feature articles
PIR motion sensors – key to a data-driven society
PIR motion sensors – key to a data-driven society
Feature articles | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Developed from the ground up over 22 years, production of Panasonics PIR motion sensors has exceeded 100 million units. Here we go behind the scenes…
Britishvolt: live by politics, die by politics
Britishvolt: live by politics, die by politics
Feature articles | - By Nick Flaherty
The final collapse of ill-fated battery gigafactory startup Britishvolt is a lesson in the risks of relying on political support for major projects. The startup…
MEMS startup raises $100 million to air-cool processors
MEMS startup raises $100 million to air-cool processors
Feature articles | - By Peter Clarke
Startup Frore Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has unveiled a couple of MEMS products for active air cooling of chips and raised $100 million in…
Automotive
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Business news |
US battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $300m funding round that values the company at over $1.2bn. The $300 million of equity financing is…
By Nick Flaherty
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn

US battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $300m funding…
Infineon grows strongly, confirms guidance

Quarterly figures show positive development despite adverse economic environment…
Automotive software platform opens door to cloud-native development

Developing in the cloud, running in the car – with…
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car

Carmaker looking for CO2-neutral materials and production processes…
Switching current automotive PCB relay

Low load relay targets motor/resistance control applications.
New products
OKdo launches Rock5A board for edge AI
OKdo launches Rock5A board for edge AI
New Products | - By Nick Flaherty
Board manufacturer OKdo has launched the latest version of its Rock single board computer developed with Radxa. The more affordable ROCK 5A board is based…
Cloud edge-AI dev tool optimizes, benchmarks STM32 MCUs
Cloud edge-AI dev tool optimizes, benchmarks STM32 MCUs
New Products | - By Rich Pell
Semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics has introduced a set of tools and services designed to get edge AI technology on the market faster and with less complexity…
Nordic ships its IoT WiFi 6 chip and development kit
Nordic ships its IoT WiFi 6 chip and development kit
New Products | - By Nick Flaherty
Nordic Semiconductor has started shipping its first low power WiFi 6 companion chip in volume, along with a development kit for the Internet of Things…
5g
High-linearity sub-6 GHz RF switches in volume production
High-linearity sub-6 GHz RF switches in volume production
New Products |
Targeting 5G wireless infrastructure and massive MIMO, the SP4T switches deliver industry-leading performance for hybrid beamforming systems.
By Jean-Pierre Joosting
High-linearity sub-6 GHz RF switches in volume production

Targeting 5G wireless infrastructure and massive MIMO, the SP4T switches…
Antevia picks Picocom silicon for 5G in-building private networks

New approach to 5G in-building private networks revolutionises the RAN…
Benchmarking system to drive mobile network evolution

Next generation benchmarking system allows MNOs to master increasing challenges…
Demand grows for Vuzix smart glasses running on 4G/5G

Remote support over provider 4G and 5G networks using Vuzix…
QA Cafe and Amarisoft team up on 5G/LTE FWA gateway testing

CDRouter users worldwide can now test features, scalability, and performance…
Interviews
CEO interview: Mark Lippett of XMOS on leveling the playing field
CEO interview: Mark Lippett of XMOS on leveling the playing field
Interviews | - By Peter Clarke
XMOS was founded in 2005 and remains private so we started out by asking CEO Mark Lippett if the edge processor and microcontroller vendor is…
Maximizing Memory Performance, reducing energy – Interview with Dr. Angelos Arelakis, ZeroPoint
Maximizing Memory Performance, reducing energy – Interview with Dr. Angelos Arelakis, ZeroPoint
Interviews | - By Wisse Hettinga
Zeropoint Technologies developed a solution that allows you to make optimal use of your memory in terms of performance per watt. Claiming up to 50%…
The Multi Tool for Electronic Engineers – Interview with Crt Valentincic, Red Pitaya
The Multi Tool for Electronic Engineers – Interview with Crt Valentincic, Red Pitaya
Interviews | - By Wisse Hettinga
Red Pitaya, the multi tool for the electronics engineer, is getting serious. It is clear that the Red Pitaya is more than a play tool…
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