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Three tools combine for power and battery analysis

Three tools combine for power and battery analysis

Keysight Technologies has combined three tools into a software platform designed to accelerate battery testing and design processes.The PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite consolidates PathWave’s IV Curve Measurement software, Advanced Power Control and Analysis, and Advanced Battery Test and Emulation, into a...

Published on: October 18, 2024

Lightmatter gets ‘quad-unicorn’ backing for optical interposer pitch

Lightmatter gets ‘quad-unicorn’ backing for optical interposer pitch

Optical processor developer Lightmatter Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has raised US$400 million in a round of funding that values the company at US$4.4 billion. The Series D round brings the total raised by the company to US$850 million.The round was led by...

Published on: October 18, 2024

Nordic agrees to buy UWB specialist Novelda

Nordic agrees to buy UWB specialist Novelda

Wireless chip vendor Nordic Semiconductor ASA (Trondheim, Norway) has agreed to buy fellow Norwegian and UWB specialist chip company Novelda AS (Oslo, Norway) for an undisclosed sum.The parties have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) and the acquisition is subject to satisfactory...

Published on: October 18, 2024

AI is not a bubble and TSMC is not a monopolist, says Wei

AI is not a bubble and TSMC is not a monopolist, says Wei

TSMC chair CC Wei has said that AI demand is real and it is just the beginning of a growth engine that will last for years.Wei said that concerns that AI spending is not producing a return on investment for customers are...

Published on: October 18, 2024

Morse Micro launches HaLoW WiFi community and Github repo

Morse Micro launches HaLoW WiFi community and Github repo

Morse Micro has launched a community forum for the HaLoW long range WiFi standard along with multiple open-source GitHub repositories.This brings together assets, tools and resources for the global developer community. Both the repositories and forum are available for free, catering to...

Published on: October 18, 2024

$325m Flex deal for data centre power

$325m Flex deal for data centre power

Contract manufacturer Flex is to buy Crown Technical Systems in California for its integrated power distribution and protection systems.The cash deal, worth $325m, brings Flex modular power systems, medium voltage switchgear, control, and relay products for data centre power, utilities and renewable...

Published on: October 18, 2024

TSMC ramps profits in Q3 as 3nm sales surge

TSMC ramps profits in Q3 as 3nm sales surge

In the 3Q24 the world’s leading foundry, TSMC, saw its sales increase 39 percent year-on-year and its profit jump 54.2 percent on the same basis.For the quarter TSMC announced a net income of NT$325.26 billion (about US$23.7 billion) on consolidate revenue of...

Published on: October 18, 2024

FPGA recognition AI system for PPE

FPGA recognition AI system for PPE

Innodisk has developed an AI-based video recognition system to ensure personal protective equipment (PPE) is correctly worn.The InnoPPE recognition system runs on an AMD FPGA or Intel x86 processor to process four or more video streams at once. These streams use AI...

Published on: October 18, 2024

Metrics for safety-critical Rust code

Metrics for safety-critical Rust code

York-based Rapita Systems has integrated its code coverage and timing tools with a development environment for the Rust language from Adacore.The Rapita RapiCover Zero and RapiTime Zero tools are being shown with AdaCore’s GNAT Pro for Rust next week at the High...

Published on: October 18, 2024

World’s First 60W Single-Coil Sensorless BLDC Driver

World’s First 60W Single-Coil Sensorless BLDC Driver

Melexis in Belgium has developed the world’s first 24V/60W sensorless single-coil BLDC driver specifically designed for motor, fan and pump applications.The MLX90416 sensorless single-coil BLDC driver is aimed at both consumer electronics and industrial designs. Many electric fans, air purifiers, vacuum cleaners,...

Published on: October 18, 2024