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Chip makers bet big on SiC
Chip makers bet big on SiC
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Chip makers in Europe are making big bets on the growth in silicon carbide (SiC) power devices. ST Microelectronics is…
Kyocera takes on laser doppler sensing with 60GHz millimetre wave
Kyocera takes on laser doppler sensing with 60GHz millimetre wave
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Kyocera in Japan has developed a high precision, low noise contactless sensor using 60GHz millimetre-wave sensing that it says can…
Macom acquires assets of French RF wafer fab for European expansion
Macom acquires assets of French RF wafer fab for European expansion
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Macom Technology Solutions in the US is to acquire the wafer fab assets and operations of Ommic in Paris for…
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
Our Next Energy raises $300m as a LFP battery unicorn
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US battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $300m funding round that values the company at over $1.2bn. The $300…

World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
World’s first 700V and 1200V vertical GaN devices in production
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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…
SIA, IESA taskforce improves India’s chip outlook
SIA, IESA taskforce improves India’s chip outlook
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The US-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and its Indian equivalent, the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), are forming a taskforce to strengthen collaboration between the two countries in the…
 First 64 Gbit/s fully integrated loopback MEMS switch for data connectivity
 First 64 Gbit/s fully integrated loopback MEMS switch for data connectivity
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Menlo Micro has used its MEMS technology to create a dual double-pole/triple-throw (2x DP3T) loopback switch for high speed data in test equipment. The MM5620 2x DP3T switch operates from DC…
AI optimisation boost for wafer fab sustainability
AI optimisation boost for wafer fab sustainability
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UK startup Flexciton is using machine learning to optimise semiconductor wafer fab operations to reduce the use of chemicals and energy, making them more sustainable without reducing the yield. This…
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car
Polestar 0 project wins new partners for development of climate-neutral car
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Carmaker looking for CO2-neutral materials and production processes…
imec shows co-integration of SiN waveguides and active silicon photonics
imec shows co-integration of SiN waveguides and active silicon photonics
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imec in Belgium has demonstrated co-integration of its high-quality silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide technology with its silicon photonics platform without performance degradation of the high-bandwidth active devices. This is an…
Wearable pressure sensor works over broad range
Wearable pressure sensor works over broad range
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say they have synthesized a new material that solves one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive…
Cross-vendor data platform for automotive industry takes shape
Cross-vendor data platform for automotive industry takes shape
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Joint venture kicks off Catena-X data ecosystem…
YMTC laying off 10% of workforce
YMTC laying off 10% of workforce
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Memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) is laying off up to 10 percent of its workforce, according to a South China Morning Post report. The SCMP account links…
Huawei’s future in doubt as US stops licensing exports
Huawei’s future in doubt as US stops licensing exports
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The US government has stopped approving export licenses for products to be sent to Chinese technology firm Huawei, according to reports. The move would put extreme pressure on Huawei, which…
Hydrogen power and cooling creates off-grid data centre
Hydrogen power and cooling creates off-grid data centre
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Data centre developer ECL has launched the world’s first modular, sustainable, off-grid system that uses green hydrogen as its primary power source. ECL will deliver data centres in 1MW blocks…
Top ten articles in January on eeNews Europe
Top ten articles in January on eeNews Europe
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NI’s hostile takeover battle, NASA’s tech for missions to Titan and ST’s most affordable 32bit microcontroller were all among the most read articles on eeNews Europe in January. While Infineon…
Samsung certifies carbon footprint of its semiconductors
Samsung certifies carbon footprint of its semiconductors
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Samsung Electronics has established a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on the product carbon footprint of its semiconductor business. The process has been verified by DNV in Norway, one of the…
Micron close to Indian manufacturing deal, says report
Micron close to Indian manufacturing deal, says report
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Talks between memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) and the Indian state of Gujurat about investing $10 billion in manufacturing facilities there, are at an advanced stage, according…
Diodes launches its first SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBD)
Diodes launches its first SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBD)
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Diodes has launched its first Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) with 650V and 1200V versions. The portfolio includes the DSCxxA065 series with eleven products rated at 650V (4A, 6A, 8A,…
Navitas details GeneSiC tech as it signs up German inverter designer
Navitas details GeneSiC tech as it signs up German inverter designer
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Navitas Semiconductor has signed up the Katek Group in Germany to use its GeneSIC silicon carbide MOSFETs for a new generation of solar panel inverters. Navitas is well established with…
US funds Intel, Samsung, IBM to research next-generation chips
US funds Intel, Samsung, IBM to research next-generation chips
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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $50 million to an R&D partnership between Ericsson, IBM, Intel and Samsung to work on next-generation chips. The partnership is part of…
TechUK offers chip plan to UK government
TechUK offers chip plan to UK government
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TechUK, a trade organization that represents more than 900 companies in the UK, has produced a five-point plan for the development of the country’s chip sector. The trade body said…
Japan, Netherlands agree to help US limit exports to China
Japan, Netherlands agree to help US limit exports to China
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Japan and the Netherlands have agreed with the United States to further restrict China’s access to chipmaking equipment, according to numerous reports. ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands told Reuters…
BrainChip tapes out its AI chip in 22nm FD SOI
BrainChip tapes out its AI chip in 22nm FD SOI
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BrainChip has taped out its latest AKD1500 event based machine learning chip on the low power GlobalFoundries 22nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) technology. The reference design is a key milestone…
£27m for next generation solid state silicon battery materials and recycling
£27m for next generation solid state silicon battery materials and recycling
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The UK’s Faraday Battery Challenge has announced 12 projects worth over £27m (€35m) on battery recycling and next generation solid state silicon battery materials. The projects include OXLiD exploring Lithium-sulfur…
Ultrathin layer boosts perovskite solar panel performance
Ultrathin layer boosts perovskite solar panel performance
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An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, says the National…
Ilika, Nexeon team for UK silicon solid state batteries with BMW
Ilika, Nexeon team for UK silicon solid state batteries with BMW
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Ilika Technologies is teaming up with Nexeon and BMW to develop silicon-based solid state batteries (SSB) for electric vehicles (EVs). The £8 million (€10m) Faraday Battery Challenge collaboration project codenamed…
ELEO opens Dutch battery factory
ELEO opens Dutch battery factory
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ELEO in the Netherlands has opened a new battery plant in Helmond. His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands performed the opening ceremony, using an electric excavator to unveil the…


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