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Celestial AI buys Rockley Photonics patents for $20m

Celestial AI buys Rockley Photonics patents for $20m

Celestial AI has bought the silicon photonics intellectual property of Rockley Photonics, including worldwide issued and pending patents, for $20m.This gives Celestial AI one of the strongest IP portfolios in the field of silicon photonics for optical compute interconnect, bringing their total...

Published on: October 23, 2024

Qualcomm aims for Samsung phones with 3nm Snapdragon from TSMC

Qualcomm aims for Samsung phones with 3nm Snapdragon from TSMC

Qualcomm Inc. has announced its Snapdragon 8 Elite processor for use in smartphones. The chip uses 3nm manufacturing process from TSMC could drive Samsung’s Galaxy S25.The Snapdragon 8 Elite includes the first time use of the Oryon CPU which comes in performance...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Mercedes-Benz opens own recycling factory to close the battery loop

Mercedes-Benz opens own recycling factory to close the battery loop

Plant to generate enough recycled materials to produce more than 50,000 new battery modules per yearMercedes-Benz today opened Europe’s first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process making it the first car manufacturer worldwide[2] to close the battery recycling loop with...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Extra talent for microchip sector

Extra talent for microchip sector

The Twente region (The Netherlands) will train more than 1,600 extra talents for the microchip sector in the next five years | Twente UniversityThis ambition is at the heart of Twente’s plan for Project Beethoven. Launched earlier this year, Project Beethoven involves...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Intel seeks foundry alliance with Samsung, says report

Intel seeks foundry alliance with Samsung, says report

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has requested an in-person meeting with Samsung Electronics chair Lee Jae-yong to discuss “comprehensive cooperation measures in the foundry sector,” according to Korea’s Maeil Business newspaper.If established, an Intel-Samsung foundry alliance would enable the exchange of manufacturing process...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Dryad plans wildfire drone system

Dryad plans wildfire drone system

Dryad Networks in Germany has raised two grants for its wildfire detection technologies, including drones to put out the fires.A €3.8m grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) will accelerate the development of a drone-based wildfire suppression project, codenamed “Florian,” while...

Published on: October 22, 2024

The Netherlands seeks smart grid solutions for the energy transition

The Netherlands seeks smart grid solutions for the energy transition

Dutch and US experts are set to share smart grids expertise and discuss investment opportunities through an innovation mission.The Netherlands is pursuing solutions to make energy grids smarter, more sustainable and more resilient, as part of the country’s efforts to accelerate the...

Published on: October 22, 2024

3D printing technique developed by TU Delft, MIT

3D printing technique developed by TU Delft, MIT

Researchers at Delft University of Technology and MIT have developed a novel 3D printing technique called Speed-Modulated Ironing, enabling high-resolution surface textures and colour gradients using just a single materialMaterial extrusion 3D printing is being used for an increasingly wide range of...

Published on: October 22, 2024

AI computing broker middleware to address global GPU shortages

AI computing broker middleware to address global GPU shortages

Fujitsu has launched an AI computing broker middleware to improve GPU utilization and address global shortagesThe middleware dynamically allocates GPU resources on a per-GPU basis, optimizing resource allocation and memory management across various platforms and AI applications. The memory management enables the...

Published on: October 22, 2024

AI demand set to drive processor market boom

AI demand set to drive processor market boom

The microprocessor IC market is set to grow rapidly driven by demand for silicon to support generative AI, but market leader Intel is under pressure on multiple fronts, according to Yole Group.The processor market encompasses various technologies, including CPUs, GPUs, APUs, SoC...

Published on: October 22, 2024