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$4bn for Spanish battery gigafactory

$4bn for Spanish battery gigafactory

European car maker Stellantis and CATL of China are to invest up to €4.1bn in a joint venture battery gigafactory in Spain.The large-scale gigafactory in Zaragoza, Spain, will build lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for the automotive market using CATL technology and...

Published on: December 16, 2024

DigiKey adds edge AI microprocessors from STMicroelectronics

DigiKey adds edge AI microprocessors from STMicroelectronics

DigiKey has announced the availability of the STM32MP25 second-generation microprocessors from STMicroelectronics, targeting Industry 4.0 and edge AI applications.The flagship STMicroelectronics STM32 product portfolio is a staple among DigiKey customers, and this second-generation STM32MP25 expands its breadth and depth of products to...

Published on: December 16, 2024

Click board™ helps develop and train ML models for vibration analysis

Click board™ helps develop and train ML models for vibration analysis

MIKROE has launched the compact add-on ML Vibro Sens Click board™, which is designed for precise motion and vibration sensing and analysis.Based on the FXLS8974CF, a 3-axis low-g accelerometer from NXP, this Click board™ offers high-performance and versatility ideal for developing and...

Published on: December 16, 2024

$575m for Bosch US SiC plant

$575m for Bosch US SiC plant

Bosch has signed a preliminary deal with the US government for $225m of direct funding and $350m of loans for its silicon carbide plant in Roseville, California.The preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) under the CHIPS and Science Act will support the $1.9bn...

Published on: December 15, 2024

Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterials

Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterials

New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials – MITAcoustic metamaterials — architected materials that have tailored geometries designed to control the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves through a medium — have been studied extensively through...

Published on: December 15, 2024

The keeper of Moore’s Law

The keeper of Moore’s Law

IEDM is always eye opening for the advances of device technology. The 2024 meeting in San Francisco this week has not only shown the latest 2nm CMOS process technologies, but way beyond.TSMC is discussing the technology for its A16 node at the...

Published on: December 14, 2024

France’s Biomemory raises Series A for DNA-based storage

France’s Biomemory raises Series A for DNA-based storage

DNA-based storage company Biomemory SA (Paris, France) has raised US$18 million in a Series A round of funding led by Credit Mutuel Innovation.The round included the participation existing investor the French Tech Seed fund managed on behalf of the French state by...

Published on: December 13, 2024

Silver nanocubes form miniature laser

Silver nanocubes form miniature laser

Researchers in Lithuania have developed a nanolaser constructed from a series of silver nanocubes without the need for accurate alignment.Working with a partner n Japan, the researchers at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) developed the nanolaser with the silver nanocubes arranged...

Published on: December 13, 2024

Click board for ML models for vibration analysis

Click board for ML models for vibration analysis

MikroE has launched a Click board that helps the development and training of AI models for vibration analysis for machine health monitoring..The MikroE ML Vibro Sens Click uses the FXLS8974CF 3-axis low-g accelerometer from NXP Semiconductors which has ultra-low-power operation alongside high-performance...

Published on: December 13, 2024

Segger supports ST’s AI microcontroller

Segger supports ST’s AI microcontroller

Segger is Germany has announced support for the STM32N6, STMicroelectronics first microcontroller with a neural processing unit (NPU) for AI and machine learning designs.A wide range of Segger’s industry-leading tools, such as the J-Link and J-Trace debug and trace probes, Flasher in-system programmers, SystemView real-time analysis tool, embOS real-time...

Published on: December 13, 2024