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UK distributors warn of stockpiling
UK distributors warn of stockpiling
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UK electronics firms are being encouraged not to stockpile components as the chip shortage eases. This stockpiling has driven higher…
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup
Chip done, says all-day AR headset startup
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Augmented reality headset startup Ixana has said it has raised US$3 million in seed funding and that it will demonstrate…
Blue light boost for hollow optical fibres
Blue light boost for hollow optical fibres
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The University of Bath’s Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (CPPM) is working with BT’s global research and development centre…
OpenLight launches electronic and photonic PDK
OpenLight launches electronic and photonic PDK
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US spinout OpenLight has released its unified process design kit (PDK). This combines both electronic and photonic designs used at…

US export controls’ reach extends to Chinese displays
US export controls’ reach extends to Chinese displays
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US export controls are starting to have a chilling effect on the purchasing of Chinese made display panels and further restrictions could be applied, according to TrendForce. The market analysis…
Intel, Hermann Hauser, Google investor back Black Semiconductor
Intel, Hermann Hauser, Google investor back Black Semiconductor
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Black Semiconductor GmbH (Aachen, Germany), a 2019 startup that develops graphene-based photonic interfaces, has received support from three big names in technology; Intel, Hermann Hauser and, reportedly, Andy Bechtolsheim. The…
Porsche backs Xanadu with $100m for fault-tolerant quantum computer
Porsche backs Xanadu with $100m for fault-tolerant quantum computer
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Xanadu in Canada has raised another $100m to build its fault tolerant million qubit photonic quantum computer with technology from imec in Belgium The Series C round was led by Canadia…
Night vision device for cars combines visible light, IR and laser
Night vision device for cars combines visible light, IR and laser
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Kyocera integrates RGB, NIR sensors and AI image fusion…
Ouster, Velodyne join forces in Merger of Equals
Ouster, Velodyne join forces in Merger of Equals
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Marriage expected to strengthen financial position and speed lidar adoption…
Noonen takes CEO post at holography startup Swave Photonics
Noonen takes CEO post at holography startup Swave Photonics
Business news |
Industry veteran Mike Noonen has been appointed CEO of holographic projection IC startup Swave Photonics NV (Leuven, Belgium). Swave Photonics is a fabless chip company spin-off from the IMEC research…
Photonic FPGA startup appoints former Xilinx exec as CEO
Photonic FPGA startup appoints former Xilinx exec as CEO
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Startup iPronics (Valencia, Spain), which has developed a general-purpose software-programmable photonic processor, has appointed Mark Halfman as CEO. iPronics has developed a photonic IC architecture inspired by the electronic FPGA.
Semiconductor market continues to fall
Semiconductor market continues to fall
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The global semiconductor market is continuing its fall as the global recession bites. The latest figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) for September 2022 show the market was down…
Chip market crash arrives – worse than expected
Chip market crash arrives – worse than expected
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The global chip market started to contract on an annual basis in Q3 with China and Asia taking the lead, while Europe’s reduced exposure to consumer electronics has kept it…
Internet boost with first data transmission over 1Pbit/s
Internet boost with first data transmission over 1Pbit/s
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Researchers from Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have achieved data rates over 1Pbit/s using a single laser and a single optical chip.
Avicena buys glō microLED fab for optical chiplets
Avicena buys glō microLED fab for optical chiplets
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Avicena has acquired a US microLED fabrication plant and engineering team previously owned by Swedish startup glō to boost the development of high-speed chiplet interconnects. glō invested over $200m in…
Solder reflow boost for photonic component alignment
Solder reflow boost for photonic component alignment
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Researchers at Fraunhofer IZM are developing a cost-efficient solder reflow method for the coupling of optical components for photonic encryption systems. The €15m Silhouette project is working on a modular…
Fastest optical transmission at 2Tbits/s per wavelength
Fastest optical transmission at 2Tbits/s per wavelength
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NTT has shown the world’s fastest optical transmission experiment of digital coherent optical signals over 2Tbits/s per wavelength. The company developed an ultra-wideband baseband amplifier module and digital signal processing…
IQE signs VCSEL deal with Asian consumer electronics leader
IQE signs VCSEL deal with Asian consumer electronics leader
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Wafer supplier IQE plc (Cardiff, Wales) has said it has signed a multi-year supply agreement with a global consumer electronics leader based in Asia. The deal with the unnamed customer…
SWIR camera in SXGA format
SWIR camera in SXGA format
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The Wildcat+ 1280 from Xenics (Leuven, Belgium) is a short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera with a resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels (SXGA format). The camera is sensitive from visible to…
Alphawave buys Banias Labs for coherent optical bid
Alphawave buys Banias Labs for coherent optical bid
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Data center chip and IP company Alphawave IP Group plc has bought optical DSP chip company Banias Labs Ltd. (Hod Hasharon, Israel) for US$240 million. Alphawave is betting on what…
Ayar Labs’ optical chip-to-chip connection takes defense role
Ayar Labs’ optical chip-to-chip connection takes defense role
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Lockheed Martin and Ayar Labs are collaborating on optical I/O for reduced latency and power consumption in defense applications. The two companies plan to develop sensor platforms that leverage Ayar…
TDK teams full colour laser module in AR smart glasses
TDK teams full colour laser module in AR smart glasses
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TDK has developed a full-colour laser module (FCLM) small enough to use in AR smart glasses. The direct retinal laser projection module was developed with QD Laser in the US…
Dutch fibre sensor firm raises €5m for industrial expansion
Dutch fibre sensor firm raises €5m for industrial expansion
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Dutch university spinout Optics11 has raised €5m to expand the development of its fibre-based sensors for industrial applications. The funding round was led by new investor FORWARD.one and returning investor…
Lidar expert Ibeo files for insolvency
Lidar expert Ibeo files for insolvency
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The automotive supplier needs new investors…
Superconducting optoelectronics to scale up brain-inspired computing
Superconducting optoelectronics to scale up brain-inspired computing
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say they have demonstrated a solution that may someday allow artificial neural systems to operate 100,000 times faster than the…
Foundries defy chipmarket downturn
Foundries defy chipmarket downturn
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Taiwanese foundries TSMC and UMC were able to maintain strong progress year-on-year with September sales while the global chip market is headed towards contraction. TSMC achieved net revenue for September…
IQE, Micledi form microLED partnership
IQE, Micledi form microLED partnership
Business news |
Compound semiconductor wafer supplier IQE plc has formed a partnership with Micledi Microdisplays BV (Leuven, Belgium) to develop microLEDs for augmented reality products. Under this agreement, IQE will provide Micledi…
Researchers combine lidar and radar sensors in the headlamp
Researchers combine lidar and radar sensors in the headlamp
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Sophisticated beam guidance prevents systemic measurement errors…


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