Alchip Technologies in Taiwan has taped out a test chip in the latest 2nm technology for ASIC designs.The test chip won’t be back from the unnamed foundry until the first quarter of 2025, and will contain test structures for its ASIC designs...
Published on: October 29, 2024
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a device to help avoid grid overload: a revolutionary EV smart-charging systemIn 2024, more than one in five cars sold is an electric vehicle (EV). Intergovernmental agencies estimate that by 2035, half of...
Published on: October 28, 2024
The global chip market will grow by 18.8 percent in 2024 to reach US$629.8 billion driven by AI demand, according to market research firm Gartner.This is a higher rate than the 16.8 percent growth Gartner forecast a year ago which itself had...
Published on: October 28, 2024
Melexis has developed a cost-effective sensor to simplify brake pedal designs.For functional safety purposes, the Melexis MLX90424 integrates two position-sensing devices and a wake-up switch all isolated in one package. The chip can be powered directly by the 12 V and handles...
Published on: October 28, 2024
Taiwanese foundry TSMC has suspended shipments to a customer Xiamen Sophgo, after a chip made for that company was found in a Huawei Ascend 910B multi-die AI processor, according to Reuters.Huawei, a leading supplier of 5G communications equipment and smartphones, is on...
Published on: October 28, 2024
Belgian research lab imec has detailed the spin qubit technology it is building on 300mm CMOS wafers, marking a significant scaling of quantum processing technology.The two qubit device has a stability of 99% and shows a route to scaling large quantum processing...
Published on: October 28, 2024
STMicroelectronics has developed a biosensor for the next generation of healthcare wearables like smart watches, sports bands, connected rings, or smart glasses. The ST1VAFE3BX chip combines a high-accuracy biopotential input with ST’s inertial sensing and AI core for activity detection in the chip.The ST1VAFE3BX provides...
Published on: October 28, 2024
Ethics in Electronics (EiE) has found significant transparency gaps in the ethical policies of electronics companies, with little advancement in the last two years.EiE researches the ethical, sustainability and governance (ESG) policies of electronics companies at the electronica exhibition every two years...
Published on: October 28, 2024
Google spin-out Waymo has raised another $5.6bn for its driverless car technology, bringing the total to over $11bn.The funding will be used expand its Waymo One ride-hailing service in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, and in Austin and Atlanta through Uber...
Published on: October 28, 2024
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, has told the company’s manufacturing employees, that senior vice president Navid Shahriari, will replace executive vice president Ann Kelleher as head of the chip company’s technology development, according to local newspaper The Oregonian.Shahriari runs Intel’s design engineering...
Published on: October 28, 2024