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TI converts Japanese 200mm fab to GaN, quadruples capacity

TI converts Japanese 200mm fab to GaN, quadruples capacity

Texas Instruments has begun the production of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors at a 200mm wafer fab in Aizu, Japan.Together with production at Dallas, Texas, this will quadruple TI’s GaN manufacturing capacity and allow it to reduce dependence on outsourced supply. TI said...

Published on: October 25, 2024

SK Hynix scores record profits, doubles sales on AI demand

SK Hynix scores record profits, doubles sales on AI demand

The leading position of SK Hynix Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) in high bandwidth memory (HBM) DRAM enabled the company to make a record net profit of about US$4.14 billion in the 3Q24 on sales revenue that nearly doubled year-on-year to about US$12.65...

Published on: October 25, 2024

Siemens, Microsoft boost global copilot rollout

Siemens, Microsoft boost global copilot rollout

Over 100 companies in Europe and the US are using a generative AI copilot from Siemens for automation, with thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering the first with a global roll out.Thyssenkrupp is planning  the rollout of the Siemens Industrial Copilot Copilot in 2025, using...

Published on: October 25, 2024

Next generation AI chip design exploration at imec UK

Next generation AI chip design exploration at imec UK

In its first project, the UK wing of Belgian R&D lab imec is developing a tool to optimise the energy of next generation AI chips across compute, memory and connectivity.imec UK in Cambridge has been funded by the UK’s Advanced Research and...

Published on: October 25, 2024

Equal1 opens Dutch lab, teams with TNO on quantum processors

Equal1 opens Dutch lab, teams with TNO on quantum processors

Quantum computer startup Equal1 in Ireland and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) are to build quantum system on chip devices using spin qubits.The strategic collaboration will boost the fabrication of quantum system-on-chip (QSoC) processors using the expertise and facilities...

Published on: October 25, 2024

Lilium runs out of cash

Lilium runs out of cash

European electric aircraft developer Lilium is entering administration after its fundraising collapsed.Lilium had been looking to raise up to €200m from the German federal and Bavarian governments, which was turned down last week. It was also raising €219m from the French government...

Published on: October 25, 2024

ARM escalates Qualcomm dispute with license threat – update

ARM escalates Qualcomm dispute with license threat – update

ARM is threatening to cancel the architectural license that underpins Qualcomm’s latest processors.Qualcomm says ARM has issues a 60 day cancellation notice for its architectural license. The two companies are set to go to court in December over the acquisition of the...

Published on: October 25, 2024

First hybrid sodium-lithium battery provides fast charging, 400km range

First hybrid sodium-lithium battery provides fast charging, 400km range

Chinese battery giant CATL has launched a hybrid battery that uses both lithium ion and sodium chemistries that is already being used in production vehicles.The CATL Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery Is the world’s first battery with both sodium and lithium to provide...

Published on: October 25, 2024

Stellantis plans first EV with solid state battery

Stellantis plans first EV with solid state battery

Stellantis is to use solid state batteries from Factorial for the first time in a demonstration fleet of all-new Dodge Charger Daytona vehicles by 2026.The Stellantis Dodge Charger Daytona is based on the STLA Large platform with a Factorial solid state battery...

Published on: October 24, 2024

Dataloop AI and Qualcomm to develop AI models for Snapdragon devices

Dataloop AI and Qualcomm to develop AI models for Snapdragon devices

Dataloop AI, an end-to-end, data-centric AI development platform for data and AI teams, has announced a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies at Snapdragon Summit to create and deploy AI models for Snapdragon devices.This collaboration aims to significantly accelerate development AI models for mobile,...

Published on: October 24, 2024