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Europe’s technology trends for 2025
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has detailed the emerging technology trends it sees as important for the region in the coming years.The EIC is the EU’s flagship programme to support deep-tech from early-stage research to market scale-up, with a budget of over...
Nvidia calls Biden’s last AI export rule ‘sweeping overreach’
As expected, the White House of outgoing President Biden has announced an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on the sale of AI chips around the world. Immediately, AI processor and GPU company Nvidia Corp. has attacked it as harmful to US technology leadership.Criticism...
£14bn UK plan for AI datacentres
The UK government has launched a plan for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres that its says has the backing of £14bn (€16.7bn, $17bn) of investment.This includes substantial AI datacentres across the country, which will require significant semiconductor and power infrastructure. This is...
Philips sells off MEMS foundry as Xiver
Philips has sold off its MEMS wafer fab and foundry in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, to a consortium of Dutch investors for an undisclosed sum. The foundry supplies ASML Lithography amongst others and has been renamed Xiver.The MEMS foundry has been purchased by...
Silicon acoustic spin qubits for quantum computing
A European consortium is developing an end-to-end system for quantum computing and sensing using acoustic spin qubits built in commercial silicon.The EQUSPACE project has received €3.2m to create a long-term future for silicon-based donor spin qubits in Europe. The platform aims to...
Sivers Signs CHIPS Act 5G/6G and EW contracts with NEMC
Sivers Semiconductors announced that it has successfully signed contracts for both the Electronic Warfare and 5G/6G chip development awards with the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub through the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act.Funding is provided under the Microelectronics Commons program, executed through...
First interoperability of laser links in space
York Space Systems in the US has completed the first laser communication links between different suppliers in low Earth orbit (LEO).The tests connected a Tranche 0 Transport satellite built by York with a Tranche 0 Tracking satellite built by SpaceX, representing a...
Europe approves Synopsys Ansys deal
The European Commission has approved the $35bn acquisition of Ansys by Synopsys, conditional on full compliance of the current selloffs.The Commission investigated the impact of the transaction in the global markets for the supply of optics software, photonics software; and electronic design automation (‘EDA’) software tools used for the design of...
CEO interview: Ventiva’s thin and cool tech
After over a decade of development, miniature, silent cooling technology was reducing the thickness of laptop designs at the CES 2025 show in Las Vegas this week.Carl Schlachte, chairman, president and CEO of the developer, Ventiva, is a veteran of the semiconductor industry,...
Samsung to start production of laptop rollable display
Samsung Display is to begin mass production of world’s first OLED rollable laptop screen in April 2025.The display was shown on the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus G6 which will launch globally in June. Concept designs were shown two years ago at the CES...
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