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AI power curve prompts hyperscalers to go nuclear

AI power curve prompts hyperscalers to go nuclear

Two leading hyperscalers – Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) – have announced plans to purchase electrical energy from nuclear sources to power their data centers.Google has said it has signed a contract to purchase energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs)...

Published on: October 20, 2024

India’s chip market set to surpass those of Europe, Japan

India’s chip market set to surpass those of Europe, Japan

The Indian chip market is likely to be larger than that of Japan and of Europe in 2024 to judge by a recent market research report and sales trends.The Indian chip market was worth US$45 billion in 2023, according to research from...

Published on: October 19, 2024

Litho equipment vendor ASML trims sales forecast on fab push-outs

Litho equipment vendor ASML trims sales forecast on fab push-outs

Lithography equipment supplier ASML has trimmed its forecast for sales in 2025 because of cautiousness among some chip makers and “specific competitive issues in the foundry business.”ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) is the dominant supplier of lithography equipment for making chips...

Published on: October 19, 2024

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