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SoftBank in talks to buy server chip firm Ampere

SoftBank Group, the parent company of IP licensor Arm, is in discussions about acquiring Ampere Computing LLC, a vendor of server chips based on the Arm architecture, according to Bloomberg.Ampere was considering an IPO back in April 2022 but eventually shelved the...

TNO invests in Irish quantum startup Equal1

Dutch applied research organization TNO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek) has invested in quantum computing startup Equal1 Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland).The size of the investment was not disclosed but Equal1 already has a partnership with TNO and has agreed to relocate part...

Paragraf funded to develop graphene-ferroelectric memory

Paragraf Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has been awarded a grant as part of a £1 million UK project to develop a non-volatile memory device using ferroelectric materials incorporating graphene.Paragraf, a graphene pioneer has developed magnetic sensors based on graphene and has been awarded...

BorgWarner wins four Chinese EV motor deals

BorgWarner has secured four projects with three major Chinese domestic brands for electric vehicles for its Ultra-Short High-Voltage Hairpin eMotor (S-HVH) technology.The projects include the supply of 400V high-voltage hairpin (HVH) motors to a Chinese new energy vehicle supplier for a 200kW...

Advanced packaging equipment plant opens in Germany

ERS electronic has opened a cutting edge production and R&D plant in Germany for its advanced packaging equipment.ERS Barbing, sited near Regensburg, is coupled with a Competence Centre for Advanced Packaging and Advanced Backend technologies.The centre will provide direct access to technical...

All-in-one cloud-based edge network testing and monitoring at scale

VIAVI Solutions has introduced XEdge, the first all-in-one product for continuous edge network testing and monitoring at scale.XEdge is built on a robust, cloud-based platform with advanced automation and user-friendly analytics. It integrates a multi-carrier RF probe and controller, enabling network managers...

Bigger isn’t better as Honeywell splits into three

Honeywell is to split into three parts under pressure from activist shareholders. This comes as the company posted results for 2024 up 5% to $38.5bn.As previously suggested, the company will separate out the automation and avionics business as long as the materials...

VyOS acquires Accel-PPP to drive open-source networks

VyOS Networks has announced the acquisition of Accel-PPP, Inc., a vendor of a high-performance VPN, PPPoE and IPoE server application for Linux, to advance open-source networking.The acquisition enables VyOS Networks to expand its open-source offerings while helping VyOS provide a powerful, unified,...

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Teleporting qubits scale quantum computer designs

Researchers at Oxford have shown a scalable and deterministic distributed quantum computing network for the first time that can be used for large quantum computer systems.Distributed quantum computing (DQC) combines the computing power of multiple networked quantum processing modules, enabling the execution...