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OpenAI preps tape-out of custom AI processor, says report

OpenAI preps tape-out of custom AI processor, says report

Startup OpenAI, best known as the developer of the generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, will finish the design of an in-house chip for AI processing within a few months, according to Reuters.The design will be sent to foundry TSMC for fabrication and this...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Research to standardise the evaluation of silicon nitride ceramic substrates

Research to standardise the evaluation of silicon nitride ceramic substrates

The AIST Group and NGK INSULATORS are jointly researching validation methods for evaluating thermal diffusivity of silicon nitride ceramic substrates used for power semiconductor components and other such applications.The research aims to develop the highest accuracy methods for evaluating cutting-edge products and...

Published on: February 10, 2025

NXP to buy US edge AI chip startup Kinara for $307m

NXP to buy US edge AI chip startup Kinara for $307m

NXP Semiconductors is to buy US edge AI chip startup Kinara for $307m in cash.Kinara was a spinout of Stanford University in 2014 called Deep Vision and developed low power neural network processors that can run many types of AI model at...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Foundry Tower’s results, outlook indicate growth ahead

Foundry Tower’s results, outlook indicate growth ahead

Mixed-signal, power and photonics foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) has announced sales up sequentially and annually in 4Q24 and forecast that growth would resume in 2025 and accelerate in the 2H25.Tower made a net profit of US$55 million on revenues...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Fuzzy logic Arduino boost for shaded PV panels

Fuzzy logic Arduino boost for shaded PV panels

Researchers in Pakistan have used fuzzy logic on an Arduino Uno board to tackle the problem of partial shading that hits photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.Partial shading of a PV panel at different times of the day not only reduces the power output...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Startup raises funds to accelerate development of AR glasses displays

Startup raises funds to accelerate development of AR glasses displays

Cellid has announced that it has raised a total of USD 13 million (JPY 2 billion) through a private placement with the Development Bank of Japan as the lead investor to advance its core business of developing displays for AR glasses and...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Americas’ boom continues as China falters in global chip market

Americas’ boom continues as China falters in global chip market

December global chip sales completed a year of strong market expansion but showed declining growth in China and other geographic regions and increased European chip market contraction.In the Americas region a phenomenal boom continued to accelerate, according to numbers from the Semiconductor...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Foxconn circles Nissan as Honda deal collapses

Foxconn circles Nissan as Honda deal collapses

Contract manufacturer Foxconn is said to be looking at investing in Japanese car maker Nissan as a proposed merger with Honda collapses.Nissan and Honda are set to make an announcement later this week about the end of the deal, which came about...

Published on: February 10, 2025

Power Integrations CEO to retire

Power Integrations CEO to retire

Balu Balakrishnan, CEO of Power Integrations, is to retire. He will continue in the role until a successor is found and both internal and external candidates will be considered.Balakrishnan, who is now 70, plans to serve as executive chairman of the company’s...

Published on: February 10, 2025

TNO and Fraunhofer deliver Germany’s quantum internet node

TNO and Fraunhofer deliver Germany’s quantum internet node

Fraunhofer ILT and TNO have been working together on an ICON project to develop optical components for the quantum internet and quantum informationAt the forefront of an international partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, TNO has successfully...

Published on: February 10, 2025