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R1 sensor fusion chip, Disney+ at the heart of Apple’s AR headset
R1 sensor fusion chip, Disney+ at the heart of Apple’s AR headset
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
As ever, the launch of Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is strong on beautiful graphics and short on technical details. But it will be a year before it is available in Europe. The $3499 headset will be p...
Apple completes its ARM lineup with 5nm, 134billion transistor M2 Ultra
Apple completes its ARM lineup with 5nm, 134billion transistor M2 Ultra
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
Apple has completed its range of ARM-based chips with the M2 Ultra, its largest to date with 134bn transistors. As previously suggested, the M2 Ultra uses Apple’s UltraFusion interconnect and silicon ...
Elmos taps Intellias to gain software expertise
Elmos taps Intellias to gain software expertise
Business news | - By Christoph Hammerschmidt
Chipmaker wants to grow beyond its role as a mere semiconductor supplier…...
Hughes, OneWeb extend partnership to LEO in-flight services
Hughes, OneWeb extend partnership to LEO in-flight services
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
A global distributor of OneWeb aero service, Hughes offers LEO-only and Hybrid LEO+GEO satellite services for onboard connectivity....
AI/ML flow for PolarFire RISC-V FPGAs in edge designs
AI/ML flow for PolarFire RISC-V FPGAs in edge designs
New Products | - By Nick Flaherty
Microchip Technology has launched a mid-range industrial edge stack for its PolarFire RISC-V FPGAs with an AI/ML development flow. PolarFire includes the only RISC-V SoC…
Hailo ports generative AI to embedded chip
Hailo ports generative AI to embedded chip
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
Israeli AI chip startup Hailo has ported a generative AI framework to its architecture at the request of a customer. Generative AI frameworks such as…

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GloFo, ST finalize terms for €7.5 billion wafer fab at Crolles
GloFo, ST finalize terms for €7.5 billion wafer fab at Crolles
Business news | - By Peter Clarke
Chip companies GlobalFoundries and STMicroelectronics have said they have agreed the deal to create a jointly-operated 300mm wafer fab in Crolles France with a budget…
Dutch government to examine Nexperia’s acquisition of Nowi
Dutch government to examine Nexperia’s acquisition of Nowi
News | - By Peter Clarke
The Dutch government is planning to investigate the takeover of energy harvest startup Nowi BV by Chinese owned Nexperia BV under national security legislation that…
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Solid state cooling boost for mini-PC
Solid state cooling boost for mini-PC
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Frore Systems has seen its MEMS-based solid state active cooling chips integrated into a mini PC to double the performance. Zotac Technology in Taiwan launched…
First power beamed down from space
First power beamed down from space
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
A space solar power prototype has successfully transmitted power down to the Earth’s surface from orbit. The wireless power transfer was demonstrated by MAPLE, one…
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Elmos taps Intellias to gain software expertise
Elmos taps Intellias to gain software expertise
Business news | - By Christoph Hammerschmidt
Chipmaker wants to grow beyond its role as a mere semiconductor supplier…
Tracing tool simplifies software testing and debugging of automotive MCUs
Tracing tool simplifies software testing and debugging of automotive MCUs
New Products | - By Christoph Hammerschmidt
Works independently from microcontroller architecture…
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Dolphin Design picks Imperas for processor functional verification
Dolphin Design picks Imperas for processor functional verification
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
ImperasDV enables ‘step-compare’ advanced functional verification including asynchronous events, plus verification IP reusability with RVVI.
Complete RISC-V analog IP subsystem targets IoT
Complete RISC-V analog IP subsystem targets IoT
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Initial subsystem includes all the analog IP required for a typical battery powered RISC-V based IoT system, accelerating time to market.
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Hughes, OneWeb extend partnership to LEO in-flight services
Hughes, OneWeb extend partnership to LEO in-flight services
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
A global distributor of OneWeb aero service, Hughes offers LEO-only and Hybrid LEO+GEO satellite services for onboard connectivity.
Trio validate CATR OTA test systems for 5G mmWave phased array antennas
Trio validate CATR OTA test systems for 5G mmWave phased array antennas
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Fujikura, and Avnet working Rohde & Schwarz benchtop CATR OTA test system for 5G mmWave phased array antenna R&D.
Smart2.0
Solar technology ‘On Track’
Solar technology ‘On Track’
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
Sun-ways, a Swiss start-up, is developing a technology, a train, that can place solar cells in between rail tracks From the Fast Company report: Sun-ways…
You are talking to a digital microphone
You are talking to a digital microphone
Market news | - By Wisse Hettinga
The Soundskrit digital microphone provides directional audio and easily integrates into a wide range of connected consumer devices including laptops, webcams, AR/VR, headsets, earbuds, smart…
Gan
Nidec and Renesas collaborate on E-Axle semiconductors
Nidec and Renesas collaborate on E-Axle semiconductors
Business news |
E-Axle proof of concept to launch at end of 2023 will feature a 6-in-1 system based on Is SiC, with more complex GaN to follow…
By Jean-Pierre Joosting
Nidec and Renesas collaborate on E-Axle semiconductors

E-Axle proof of concept to launch at end of 2023…
IQE announces 200 mm RGB epitaxy for microLED display qualification

Differentiated microLED wafer products will provide its customers with faster-time-to-market…
QPT drives high-power GaN up to 20 MHz

Patented set of technologies unleashes high-power GaN to operate at…
4-kW GaN power supply reference design

Customers can integrate the new turnkey GaN-based PSU reference design…
ROHM mass producing 650-V GaN HEMTs

GaN HEMTs boost efficiency and miniaturization in a wide range…
Feature articles
ToF smart camera maker wins Rock SBC engineering challenge
ToF smart camera maker wins Rock SBC engineering challenge
Feature articles | - By Nick Flaherty
A maker of smart cameras using time of flight (ToF) sensors has won the $50,000 Rock engineering challenge. The challenge invited engineers, developers, educators, inventors and…
3nm AI chips and 6nm microcontrollers will be key to TSMC Dresden fab
3nm AI chips and 6nm microcontrollers will be key to TSMC Dresden fab
Feature articles | - By Nick Flaherty
TSMC’s European Technology Symposium was heavily focussed on automotive, and of course the prospects for a fab in Dresden. The company says it is carrying…
Meta details its first custom RISC-V AI silicon
Meta details its first custom RISC-V AI silicon
Feature articles | - By Nick Flaherty
Meta has revealed details of the first chip it designed in house using RISC-V to run AI frameworks for its Facebook and Instagram services. The…
Research
Modulate Electromagnetic Waves at the Speed of Light
Modulate Electromagnetic Waves at the Speed of Light
Technology News |
While most of the AI neural algorithms run on conventional digital devices and computers, electronic engineers have been exploring the potential of running them on…
By Wisse Hettinga
Modulate Electromagnetic Waves at the Speed of Light

While most of the AI neural algorithms run on conventional…
IMEC maps out monolithic CFET at VLSI Symposium

IMEC researchers are due to report on a monolithic silicon…
Between Bots and Bees

Rafael Barmak (EPFL) explains why they are trying to sneak…
3D-NAND flash explores beyond 300 layers at VLSI Symposium

3D-NAND flash non-volatile memory is covered by several papers at…
6G connection speeds over 100 Gbps at 300 GHz demonstrated

6G data link made at speeds greater than 100 Gbps…
Business news
Renesas completes Panthronics deal with 13 NFC reference designs
Renesas completes Panthronics deal with 13 NFC reference designs
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Renesas Electronics has completed the acquisition of Panthronics in Austria, launching 13 reference designs that include the Near-Field Communication (NFC) wireless technology. The thirteen designs…
Lumotive sees first industrial design win with Hokuyo 3D lidar
Lumotive sees first industrial design win with Hokuyo 3D lidar
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Hokuyo Automatic in Japan is to use a solid state metasurface beam steering chip for industrial 3D lidar sensors for the first time. The multi-year…
€260m HPC supercomputer centre for Bavaria
€260m HPC supercomputer centre for Bavaria
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
The German Science Minister has approved construction of a €260m high performance computing centre in Erlangen, northern Bavaria. The HPC centre will be a sister…
Batteries
Open Source Crucial to Realizing Full Potential of Microgrids
Open Source Crucial to Realizing Full Potential of Microgrids
Opinion |
“The Open Source Opportunity for Microgrids: Five Ways to Drive Innovation and Overcome Market Barriers for Energy Resilience.” The Linux Foundation,…
By Wisse Hettinga
Open Source Crucial to Realizing Full Potential of Microgrids

“The Open Source Opportunity for Microgrids: Five Ways to Drive…
Looking Inside an Operating Battery

Argonne scientists use X-ray beams to observe in fine detail…
Battery Cells in the Stratosphere

Newly developed battery packs use battery cells with specific energy…
Electric Airplanes will take off with Lightweight Batteries

Lightweight battery for commercial electric airplane will enable efficient regional…
Ultra-long Endurance Solar-Powered UAV becomes reality

Montavista began delivery of its new innovative METARY®EL series lithium…
News
BrainChip teams for neuromorphic AI for Software-Defined Radio
BrainChip teams for neuromorphic AI for Software-Defined Radio
News | - By Nick Flaherty
Contract manufacturer Lorser Industries in the US is licensing BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic AI technology for software-defined radio (SDR). The combination of Lorser’s expertise in SDR…
Analog Discovery 3, what more do you want?
Analog Discovery 3, what more do you want?
New Products | - By Wisse Hettinga
Analog Discovery 3: 125 MS/s USB Oscilloscope, Waveform Generator, Logic Analyzer, and Variable Power Supply Digilent has announced a new addition to its Discovery…
New Robot Mobile Manipulator from PAL Robotics
New Robot Mobile Manipulator from PAL Robotics
New Products | - By Wisse Hettinga
Introducing TIAGo Pro Edition: our most advanced mobile manipulator TIAGo Pro Edition‘s innovations revolve around fully torque-controlled arms and placement that will enhance the robot’s…
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