AST SpaceMobile, a company aiming to build a space-based cellular broadband network accessible by everyday smartphones, has recently announced a strategic investment from AT&T, Google, and Vodafone. The goal of this investment is to eliminate cellular connectivity gaps around the world.In addition...
Published on: February 07, 2024
Hitachi Semiconductor and Mitsubishi Electric were the founding partners in Renesas in 2002, with NEC Electronics, the semiconductor arm of NEC, joining Renesas in 2010. However, both Hitachi and NEC have recently announced their plans to sell off their shares in Renesas.In...
Published on: February 07, 2024
TSMC, the leading semiconductor manufacturer, is set to build a second fab at Kumamoto in Japan. In order to secure a stable supply of automotive integrated circuits (ICs), Toyota has invested in TSMC's subsidiary, Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM). The Nikkei reports...
Published on: February 07, 2024
Texas Instruments has recently unveiled a new hex level translator for logic that also functions as a line-driver. Known as the SN74LV6T17-EP, this device is part of the LVxT logic family and features six independent buffers with Schmitt-trigger inputs.The SN74LV6T17-EP is designed...
Published on: February 06, 2024
QuEra Computing has been selected to supply the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) with an error-corrected neutral atom quantum computer. This is part of the NQCC's £30m program aimed at gathering six different prototype quantum computers. The computer is expected to...
Published on: February 06, 2024
Quindar, the maker of a platform to monitor and automate satellite operations, has closed an oversubscribed $6 million seed extension round.The funding was led by Fuse with continuing investment from Y-Combinator and Funders Club."This infusion of funding will propel our mission to...
Published on: February 06, 2024
SK Telecom and Intel have announced the successful development of a new technology aimed at reducing communication delays necessary for the evolution of 6G Core Architecture. As network complexity continues to increase, the process of sending and receiving messages is frequently recreated,...
Published on: February 06, 2024
In 2023, the global semiconductor market experienced significant shifts in rankings, according to a report by Counterpoint Research. Intel claimed the top spot, while Samsung slipped to second place due to a slump in memory sales. Nvidia, on the other hand, saw...
Published on: February 06, 2024
Quantum Motion, a company founded by Professor John Morton of University College London and Professor Simon Benjamin of the University of Oxford, is set to build a quantum processor test bed for the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) at the Rutherford...
Published on: February 05, 2024
Taiwanese SoC design house Faraday Technology is collaborating with Arm and Intel on a 64-core system-on-chip, intended to be made with Arm Neoverse data-centre-grade cores using Intel's 18A (nominally 1.8nm) foundry process – the latter due to become available at the end...
Published on: February 05, 2024