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Orca launches PT-2 quantum-enhanced generative AI system

Orca launches PT-2 quantum-enhanced generative AI system

UK quantum computer startup Orca Computing has developed a quantum computer system with generative AI capabilities.The PT-2 combines its photonic quantum computer GPUs running the Nvidia CUDA-Q development platform to provide the genAI.This builds on the PT-1 quantum computer which is being...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Alchip announces tape-out for 2nm process

Alchip announces tape-out for 2nm process

Alchip Technologies Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan) has said it has taped out a 2nm test chip and expects to see silicon back in the 1Q25.The company also reports that it is actively engaged with customers on 2nm ASIC designs.Alchip did not name the...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Industry veteran Charlie Sporck dies

Industry veteran Charlie Sporck dies

Charles Sporck, long time CEO of National Semiconductor, has died at the age of 96 in Sunnyvale, California.He worked at Fairchild, starting out as manufacturing plant manager with Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore, who went on to found Intel, and Jerry Sanders,...

Published on: October 29, 2024

BoS Semi plans automotive AI chiplet

BoS Semi plans automotive AI chiplet

BoS Semiconductors in Korea is planning to launch an automotive neural network accelerator (NPU) chiplet at CES in January 2025.BoS Semi has joined the UCIe Consortium which is building an ecosystem for chiplet interconnects. The BoS AI chiplet will be used alongside a...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Toolset supports development of AI-based applications

Toolset supports development of AI-based applications

TASKING has made available the latest version of its development environment, SmartCode v10.3r1, for the Infineon TriCore™ AURIX™ TC4x family. The new release simplifies the development of AI-based applications in the automotive sector.AI is playing an increasingly important role in the automotive...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Tasking adds AI, parallel processing, to development tool

Tasking adds AI, parallel processing, to development tool

Tasking in Germany has added AI application development and parallel processing to its latest automotive software tool.The latest version of the SmartCode v10.3r1 development environment for the Infineon TriCore AURIX TC4x family. The new release simplifies the development of AI-based applications in...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Infineon halves power wafer thickness

Infineon halves power wafer thickness

Infineon has cut the thickness of its silicon power wafer in half to 20µm, reducing the on resistance by 40% and the overall power losses by 15%.“This is a technology breakthrough from Infineon, the thinnest power wafer at a staggering 20 microns,”...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Introducing the Circular Electronics Design Guide

Introducing the Circular Electronics Design Guide

Designing electronics for a circular economy is a challenge—but one worth embracing. Building a circular model requires both the vision and the infrastructure to support it.This guide provides a roadmap for OEMs in consumer electronics, packed with advice from researchers, practitioners, and...

Published on: October 29, 2024

A single thin film perfectly absorbs all electromagnetic waves

A single thin film perfectly absorbs all electromagnetic waves

The research team of Dr. Byeongjin Park and Dr. Sang Bok Lee from the Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), has developed the world’s first ultra-thin film composite material capable of absorbing over 99% of...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Static electricity could help run air conditioners

Static electricity could help run air conditioners

The innovation by RMIT University in collaboration with Riga Technical University in Latvia helps address this waste challenge by finding a practical use for waste polystyrene

Published on: October 29, 2024