May’s Top Ten Articles on eeNews Europe

Power fabs in Dresden and Catania have recently received approval, marking significant progress in the semiconductor industry. Meanwhile, the fate of an optoelectronics fab in the UK hangs in the balance, making it one of the top articles in May on eeNews Europe.

The fab in Newton Aycliffe, which commenced operations in 1991 producing memory chips before transitioning to compound semiconductors for Coherent, is facing challenges. Following the loss of a contract with Apple, a strategic review is underway this month, potentially leading to another sale or closure.

Microchip has introduced a radiation-tolerant version of its PolarFire FPGA featuring embedded RISC-V processors. This development aims to enhance AI and sensor analysis performance in low earth orbit for cost-effective satellites.

Collaboration between ARM and Linaro has resulted in the establishment of OneLab, a lab focused on enhancing the interoperability of edge compute hardware. This initiative is expected to facilitate the deployment of IoT and AI compute technologies.

Researchers in Korea are expanding the application of meta materials from manipulating light to sound. Concurrently, a team in Sweden has devised a low-cost zinc battery utilizing lignin from trees for the carbon electrodes, showcasing innovative sustainable practices.