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Backscatter WiFi board for ultra low power IoT
HaiLa Technologies in Canada has launched a development platform for ultra low power WiFi using passive backscatter technology.The EVAL2000 development board uses the HaiLa BSC2000 Passive Backscatter on WiFi chip combined with the low power STM32U0 microcontroller from ST Microelectronics.The BSC2000, developed...
18 fabs to start construction in 2025
The semiconductor industry is expected to start the construction of 18 fabs in 2025 according to the latest data from Semi.The new projects in Semi’s latest quarterly World Fab Forecast include fifteen 300mm and three 200mm facilities, the majority of which are expected...
Renesas to develop 100W driverless car controller for Honda
Reneas Electronics is developing a 100W chiplet-based central controller for the next generation of Honda’s driverless car.The chip will combine a 3nm Renesas R-car X5 processor and multiple chiplets, including a custom AI device developed by Honda to provide a performance of...
Intel shows ‘whole vehicle’ platform
Intel has expanded its range of automotive chips to provide what it says is a whole platform for electric software defined vehicles.The company has also signed a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a virtual design environment running on Intel Xeon...
NXP launches first MCX microcontrollers with dual power domains
NXP Semiconductor has cut the power consumption of its latest MCX microcontroller by a factor of three by using dual power domains for the first time.The dual core MCX L series MCUs use an independent low power sensor management domain for smart...
Three team for SDV software stack
Vector Informatik in Germany is bringing TTTech Auto into its development with QNX of a stack for software defined vehicles (SDV).However this multi-year agreement comes as TTTech Auto in Austria is to be acquired by NXP Semiconductor and brought inhouse, although both...
Hexagon acquires Septentrio to transform the positioning industry
Hexagon has agreed to acquire Septentrio NV, a market leader and OEM provider of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies, to drive innovation and expand the Resilient Assured Positioning market.The combination of the pioneering GNSS platform developed by Septentrio with Hexagon’s extensive...
Ambiq adds AI models to sub-threshold chips for hearing, seeing
Ambiq Inc. (Austin, Texas) is offering AI-based audio and graphics processing models combined with its sub-threshold voltage logic chips.A neural network based speech de-noiser (NNSD) uses a real-time learning model to analyse audio and isolate speech and remove background audio.A neural-network based...
SemiKong semiconductor-specific LLM speeds chip design
SemiKong is an open-source large language model that has been designed to support the design and manufacturing chips by capturing industry-specific expertise.The LLM can be downloaded for free and serves as a foundation for companies to build proprietary models tailored to their...
Low-power MCUs enable generative AI in edge and endpoint devices
Alif Semiconductor® has announced the second generation of its Ensemble® family of products that embrace the latest energy-efficient neural processing technology to support transformer networks enabling generative AI in products at the edge and endpoint — bringing fluid and satisfying user experiences...
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