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Microcontroller AI development tool adds deeply quantized neural networks
Microcontroller AI development tool adds deeply quantized neural networks
Technology News |
STMicroelectronics has released what it says is first artificial-intelligence (AI) development tool from a microcontroller vendor to support ultra-efficient deeply…
Fingerprint Cards ships 1.5 billion sensors
Fingerprint Cards ships 1.5 billion sensors
Business news |
Biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) has shipped more than 1.5 billion of its sensors since 2014. Fingerprints was…
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps Unisoc alive with Foxconn tie
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps Unisoc alive with Foxconn tie
Business news |
Tsinghua Unigroup has been acquired by Beijing Zhiguangxin Holding in a move that gives its chip making subsidiaries Unisoc –…
Inova signs NXP, Microchip for automotive smart bus  
Inova signs NXP, Microchip for automotive smart bus  
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Inova Semiconductors in Germany has signed deals with NXP and Microchip to use the ILaS (ISELED Light & Sensor Network)…

Siemens teams to build digital twins of electricity grids
Siemens teams to build digital twins of electricity grids
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Siemens Smart Infrastructure has teamed up with Esri in California to expand its ecosystem of partners for its grid software business. The partnership enhances capabilities for the planning, operations and…
World’s largest AI model supports 13 programming languages
World’s largest AI model supports 13 programming languages
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The world’s largest AI model is offering open access support for 13 programming languages ranging from C to PyTorch and Rust. BLOOM is a Large Language Model (LLM) with over…
Blickfeld raises €15m to scale up lidar production
Blickfeld raises €15m to scale up lidar production
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German lidar sensor developer Blickfield has raised €15m from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up. Blickfeld, based in Munich, will use the funding to accelerate the development of…
Drones help tackle heatwave fires across Spain
Drones help tackle heatwave fires across Spain
Feature articles |
Drones with a control system from UAV Navigation are helping emergency services in Spain tackle major fires in the current heatwave. The Spanish Emergency Military Unit (UME) is a dedicated paramilitary force…
Renesas teams for edge AI compiler
Renesas teams for edge AI compiler
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Renesas Electronics has teamed up with EdgeCortix to develop a new compiler for its edge AI accelerator. EdgeCortix in Japan has developed heterogeneous platform-based compiler framework called MERA alongside an…
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps chip firms alive
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps chip firms alive
Business news |
Debt-ridden Tsinghua Unigroup, one of China’s largest semiconductor conglomerates, has been acquired by Beijing Zhiguangxin Holding. The new parent brings an equity-for-debt plan and a 60 billion yuan (about US$8.9…
Mobileye IPO on hold due market conditions, say reports
Mobileye IPO on hold due market conditions, say reports
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An initial public offering of shares in Intel subsidiary Mobileye is being postponed until markets stabilize, according to reports citing sources at the autonomous driving chip firm. According to a…
Crolles fab helps keep Europe in deep tech
Crolles fab helps keep Europe in deep tech
Opinion |
The news that ST’s Crolles site in France will gain another 300mm wafer fab and a base for further FDSOI process development is a good thing for Europe, the companies…
Programming language for hardware accelerators
Programming language for hardware accelerators
Technology News |
Scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) say they have created a new programming language for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.
Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
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The European Commission’s proposed use of national governments to monitor and respond to the semiconductor supply chain won’t work, according to Stiftung Neue Verantwortung eV, an independent, non-profit think tank…
Aurora Labs gets funding of $63 million to realise AI in software-defined vehicles
Aurora Labs gets funding of $63 million to realise AI in software-defined vehicles
Business news |
In a Series C financing round, the software manufacturer Aurora Labs has received 63 million US dollars. The company intends to use the capital injection to further develop its AI-based…
Opinion: Next Crolles wafer fab helps keep Europe in the deep tech game
Opinion: Next Crolles wafer fab helps keep Europe in the deep tech game
Opinion |
The news that ST’s Crolles site in France will gain another 300mm wafer fab and a base for further FDSOI process development is a good thing for Europe, the companies…
CAN FD vulnerability threatens vehicle security
CAN FD vulnerability threatens vehicle security
Technology News |
In order to adapt the data bus oldie CAN to the increased requirements of modern cars, the industry developed CAN FD. Now, however, a critical vulnerability that affects millions of…
Europe steps up as RISC-V ships 10bn cores
Europe steps up as RISC-V ships 10bn cores
Feature articles |
It may come as a surprise that over 10 billion RISC-V processor cores have shipped. After all, it took ARM 17 years to reach that milestone in 2008, and RISC-V…
Segger supports Renesas for ARM Cortex-M85
Segger supports Renesas for ARM Cortex-M85
Business news |
Segger has ported its development tool chain to support the latest high performance microcontroller core from ARM, the Cortex-M85. First silicon using the core was shown at the recent Embedded…
TiVo moves into automotive streaming with $109m Norwegian buy
TiVo moves into automotive streaming with $109m Norwegian buy
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Xperi, the owner of digital TV storage software pioneer TiVo, has bought Vewd Software of Norway in a $109m deal ahead of a split into separate IP and product business…
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
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A foundry at the Newport wafer fab in Wales, UK, is still possible, a senior executive from Nexperia has told UK law makers. Toni Versluijs, UK country manager at Nexperia,…
IAR Systems updates Embedded Workbench for full RH850 support
IAR Systems updates Embedded Workbench for full RH850 support
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Version 3.10 unleashes power of Renesas multicore automotive MCUs…
Hypervisor for functional safety on x86 processors
Hypervisor for functional safety on x86 processors
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Real-Time Systems (RTS), a subsidiary of German board maker congatec, has developed a hypervisor designed for safety-critical systems using the Intel safety processors. The Type 1 RTS Safe Hypervisor is…
Elekrobit, Qt team up for the digital car cockpit
Elekrobit, Qt team up for the digital car cockpit
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A joint offering from the two companies combines the Qt device creation framework with the field-proven Autosar solution EB tresos and engineering services from Elektrobit. This enables automotive manufacturers to…
Baselabs software enables highly automated parking
Baselabs software enables highly automated parking
Technology News |
Sensor fusion expert Baselabs has added dedicated functionality for automated to their algorithm for processing high-resolution sensor data. Baselabs Dynamic Grid now detects parking spaces from semantically processed camera data.
Mobileye launches SDK for advanced safety and driver assistance systems
Mobileye launches SDK for advanced safety and driver assistance systems
Technology News |
Intel company Mobileye has launched the EyeQ Kit – its first software development kit (SDK) for the EyeQ system-on-chip that powers driver-assistance and future autonomous technologies for automakers. Built to…
Newport chip foundry is still possible, Nexperia’s Versluijs tells MPs
Newport chip foundry is still possible, Nexperia’s Versluijs tells MPs
Business news |
Toni Versluijs, UK country manager at Nexperia, has told UK members of parliament that his company’s offer to support a compound semiconductor foundry within Nexperia Newport has been on the…
Going down: Annual chip market growth continued to soften in May
Going down: Annual chip market growth continued to soften in May
Market news |
Recent trends in the global chip market continued in May with the Americas region maintaining strong growth while Chinese market annual growth fell again. The global chip market was worth…


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