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Kyocera backs TactoTek with $5m
Kyocera is backing Finnish In-Mold Structural Electronics (IMSE) developer TactoTek with $5m as part of the current $60m funding round.Kyocera is embedded its Haptivity I piezoceramic actuators within IMSE parts to combine force sensing and tactile feedback. Force sensing activates capacitive touch...
Exostiv Labs adds support for AMD Versal Adaptive SoCs
Exostiv Labs has added device support for AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoCs to its cutting-edge Exostiv massive FPGA capture and Exostiv Blade deep multi-FPGA capture platforms, including support for the world’s largest FPGA, the AMD Versal Premium VP1902.These platforms for FPGA debug, test...
Intel prepares to jettison venture capital arm
Troubled semiconductor company Intel Corp. has announced that Intel Capital, its venture capital arm, will become a stand-alone company in the second half of 2025.Intel will remain an investor in what will become an independent investment company that is expected to attract...
Infineon merges sensor and RF businesses
Infineon Technologies has formed a new business unit out of its Sensor and Radio Frequency (RF) operations.The SURF (Sensor Units & Radio Frequency) business is part of the Power & Sensor Systems (PSS) division and includes the former Automotive and Multi-market Sense...
German cognitive, humanoid robotics startup secures funding
NEURA Robotics has announced it has raised €120 million in a Series B funding round, highlighting its key role in cognitive and humanoid robotics and demonstrating how it is uniquely positioned to lead the European robotics industry and become a major force...
u-blox launches its first WiFi 7 module for automotive
u-blox has launched its first automotive-grade WiFi 7 module for in-vehicle infotainment and telematics.The RUBY-W2 is base don the Snapdragon Auto Connectivity Platform and the QCA6797AQ from Qualcomm and supports 2×2 MIMO Multi-Link Operation (MLO). This provides simultaneous performance on 5 GHz and...
Quantum Brilliance raises $20m for diamond foundry
Quantum Brilliance has raised $20m to set up a diamond foundry for room temperature quantum computer and sensing systems.The Series A funding comes from Main Sequence, In-Q-Tel (IQT) in the US. and Intervalley Ventures in Japan. Additional investors include leading Australian sovereign...
Precision timing TCXO enables more efficient AI datacenters
Enabling system architects to maximise performance of AI datacenters, the differential-ended SiT5977 Super-TCXO® from SiTime Corporation is a single-chip timing device that delivers resilient performance for AI compute-nodes with high bandwidth and network synchronization.The latest member of the SiTime Elite RF™ family, the...
ST, Pison team for Timex neurocognitive smartwatch
STMicroelectronics has developed a biosensor chip using IP from Pison in the US that is being used in a smartwatch from Timex.Pison is now licensing brand OEMs and ODMs to integrate ST’s ENG-enabled biosensor chips and Pison’s natural language gesture control stack...
Iceotope appoints CEO
Cooling technology specialist Iceotope in Sheffield, UK, has appointed a new CEO based in the US alongside a new chair.Jonathan Ballon, based in San Francisco, was most recently President and CEO of SkyHive, a Generative AI company that was sold in 2024....
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