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IBM plans US$150 billion spend to catch quantum computing wave
IBM plans US$150 billion spend to catch quantum computing wave
Business news | - By Peter Clarke
Computer and software services company IBM Corp. has said it plans to spend US$150 billion in America over the next five years. However, borrowing and/or government support are likely to be needed. Th...
Survey shows continued decline in first-time-right IC design
Survey shows continued decline in first-time-right IC design
Technology News | - By Peter Clarke
A worldwide survey of 597 design verification engineers and executives has found a significant decline in first-time-right IC designs in 2024. It shows that only 14 percent of IC designs prove correct...
OKI develops 124-layer PCB for semiconductor test
OKI develops 124-layer PCB for semiconductor test
Technology News | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting

124-layer PCB technology for wafer inspection equipment intended for next-generation high-bandwidth memory....
Is ARM really 40?
Is ARM really 40?
Feature articles | - By Nick Flaherty
Landing on a date for technology launches is sometimes a challenge, and none more so than at the UK processor core designer ARM. The first ARM processor taped out on 26th April at Acorn in Cambridge, ...
Datacentre decommissioning plant for Shannon
Datacentre decommissioning plant for Shannon
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Korean group SK tes plans a plant in Shannon, Ireland, to recycle IT equipment, including datacentre decommissioning. The 36,000 square foot purpose-built facility will recycle…
Sondrel is now Aion Silicon
Sondrel is now Aion Silicon
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
UK chip design house Sondrel has re-branded as Aion Silicon as it joins the Intel Foundry alliance. Aion provides design services and chip production services…

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IBM plans US$150 billion spend to catch quantum computing wave
IBM plans US$150 billion spend to catch quantum computing wave
Business news | - By Peter Clarke
Computer and software services company IBM Corp. has said it plans to spend US$150 billion in America over the next five years. However, borrowing and/or…
Survey shows continued decline in first-time-right IC design
Survey shows continued decline in first-time-right IC design
Technology News | - By Peter Clarke
A worldwide survey of 597 design verification engineers and executives has found a significant decline in first-time-right IC designs in 2024. It shows that only…
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Spain and Portugal recover from massive power outage
Spain and Portugal recover from massive power outage
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Spain and Portugal are recovering from a massive power outage that also hit southern France. The scale of the outage across several national electricity networks…
TSMC shows kW integrated voltage regulator for AI
TSMC shows kW integrated voltage regulator for AI
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
TSMC has shown an Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) for AI with five times the vertical power density delivery of a discrete design. The latest AI datacentre chips…
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CGD shows 800V EV power design
CGD shows 800V EV power design
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has worked with IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) in France on a three level power inverter for electric vehicles using its integrated…
Marelli to adopt Infineon laser scanning display tech
Marelli to adopt Infineon laser scanning display tech
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Marelli has signed a deal to use laser beam scanning (LBS) technology from Infineon Technologies for in-car displays. The MEMS-based LBS technology will enable Marelli…
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Breakthrough metasurface acts as power-free RF filter
Breakthrough metasurface acts as power-free RF filter
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
­­­Researchers in Japan have developed a passive metasurface that can tackle multipath signal interference without the need for a powered filter. The time-varying interlocking passive…
OKI develops 124-layer PCB for semiconductor test
OKI develops 124-layer PCB for semiconductor test
Technology News | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting

124-layer PCB technology for wafer inspection equipment intended for next-generation high-bandwidth memory.
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Filtronic brings mmWave feeder links to Viasat D2D project
Filtronic brings mmWave feeder links to Viasat D2D project
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Supported by the ESA D2D initiative, Filtronic is contributing advanced feeder link technology to strengthen European satellite communications.
Ericsson invests in Athlone project to innovate 5G programmable networks
Ericsson invests in Athlone project to innovate 5G programmable networks
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Project to accelerate the development of open network management and automation capabilities used in 5G networks globally.
Smart2.0
Solar on the right track
Solar on the right track
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
You can put them on your roof, in a field, or against a wall – why not put solar cells on a rail track? …
Graphene to create the fastest flash memory
Graphene to create the fastest flash memory
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
Where traditional memory works in nanoseconds, PoX operates in picoseconds. That is 0.0000000004 sec to store one bit of information Fast memory is the holy…
Software & embedded tools
PCB tool aims to protect IP
PCB tool aims to protect IP
Technology News |
ByteSnap Design in the UK has developed an automated software tool designed to test and track printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA). The aim is to…
By Nick Flaherty
PCB tool aims to protect IP

ByteSnap Design in the UK has developed an automated software…
EIC to boost defence startups

The European Innovation Council (EIC) and Horizon Europe research programme…
Testing Infineon’s virtual automotive RISC-V chip

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme in Germany has added support…
QNX powers WeRide ADAS systems

WeRide is using the QNX real time operating system for…
Driving a European supply chain for World IoT Day

In an uncertain global economy, focus is shifting to a…
Technology news
YKK shows self-propelled zipper – video
YKK shows self-propelled zipper – video
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
The world’s largest zip maker, YKK, has developed a remote controlled, self-propelled zipper. A tiny geared motor is combined with a wireless link and can…
€6m for free space photonic networks for smart factories
€6m for free space photonic networks for smart factories
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
A €6 million pan-European project is developing free space photonic network components for next generation industrial networks. The SPRINTER project is developing four prototypes, from…
Flexible semiconductor is thermoelectric generator
Flexible semiconductor is thermoelectric generator
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
Researchers in Australia have identified a new material which could be used as a flexible semiconductor in wearable devices to generate power from thermal energy.
Semiconductor
Gartner upgrades Nvidia, drops Infineon
Gartner upgrades Nvidia, drops Infineon
Market news |
Market analyst Gartner has significantly up-rated its estimates of Nvidia’s chip sales for the last two years in its most recent ranking of global chip…
By Peter Clarke
Gartner upgrades Nvidia, drops Infineon

Market analyst Gartner has significantly up-rated its estimates of Nvidia’s…
Confusion reigns as industry awaits US chip tariff revelation

President Trump has said that this week he would announce…
India’s Cyient launches fabless chip company

Engineering, data and management services conglomerate Cyient Ltd. (Hyderabad, India)…
With tariffs expected, global chip market growth starts to decline

The global three-month average chip market grew by 17.1 percent…
President Trump says chip tariffs to start “very soon”

US President Donald Trump said on April 3 that tariffs…
Business news
Pulsiv fires the gun on USB-C modules for wall socket power
Pulsiv fires the gun on USB-C modules for wall socket power
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
UK power startup Pulsiv has developed 65W and 70W power modules with a thermal profile low enough to fit into wall sockets and furniture. This…
Intel cuts more jobs to save $1.5bn
Intel cuts more jobs to save $1.5bn
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Intel is cutting $1.5bn over the next 18 months that would see substantial job cuts and a $2bn reduction in capital spending that will hit…
Andes combines Brainchip neuromorphic AI with RISC-V
Andes combines Brainchip neuromorphic AI with RISC-V
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Neuromorphic AI IP from BrainChip has been integrated with RISC-V cores from Andes Technology. The 22nm FD-SOI Akida AKD1500 chip has been added to…
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Edge AI SDK leverages LLMs to reduce reliance on GPUs
Edge AI SDK leverages LLMs to reduce reliance on GPUs
New Products |
Advantech Edge AI SDK addresses the growing demand for on-premises development of LLMs to drive AI innovation.
By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Edge AI SDK leverages LLMs to reduce reliance on GPUs

Advantech Edge AI SDK addresses the growing demand for on-premises…
Avicena, TSMC optimise photodetector arrays for I/O interconnects

MicroLED-based interconnects aimed at AI scale-up networks deliver over one…
HighPoint adaptors boost PCIe slots for GPU scalability

Adaptors significantly increase PCIe capacity without compromising signal integrity or…
Optical interconnect platform delivers over 1 Tbps/mm I/O density

The modular interconnect platform, based on microLEDs, features industry-leading power…
Rapt AI and AMD GPUs to boost AI workloads and inference

Combines AMD Instinct GPUs with Rapt’s intelligent workload automation to…
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This ray of light can stream 1.9 million HD movies simultaneously
This ray of light can stream 1.9 million HD movies simultaneously
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
The TU/e created a test-bed for super-fast wireless data transfer with infrared light It is not the first time data is transferred with light –…
CheckUp tool measures the health of bus batteries
CheckUp tool measures the health of bus batteries
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
Measuring while charging, that is the concept of the CheckUp tool The Dutch TNO developed a special charger for bus batteries. The charger, named the…
The energy transition will require new synchronization of the grid
The energy transition will require new synchronization of the grid
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
The power Grid needs a ‘pace maker’ to synchronize the various grids – how will wind and solar energy get into step? The traditional ‘pace…
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