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Sateliot raises €30m loan for satellite IoT
Spanish startup Sateliot has raised €30m from the European Investment Bank to help the rollout of 100 small satellites for the Internet of things (IoT).This is EIB’s first venture debt operation with a Spanish space company and in satellite communications and is...
Cosel taps Rohm SiC for 3.5kW power supplies
Cosel in Japan is using the latest EcoSiC silicon carbide MOSFETs and Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) for a series of 3.5kW AC-DC power supplies.The three phase 3.5kW AC-DC power supply units from Cosel uses the Rohm ecoSiC MOSFETs and SiC SBDs in...
Enterprise-grade quantum OS and hybrid services suite
IonQ has launched of its quantum operating system, now called IonQ Quantum OS, and a collection of new capabilities named IonQ Hybrid Services suite. These technologies will greatly advance performance and utility of quantum computing for enterprise customers.IonQ Quantum OS is a...
First view of VR fab to tackle the UK skills gap
Semiwise in Glasgow is building a Virtual Reality Semiconductor Fabrication Training Facility (VRSFT) to tackle the industry skills gap.The £500,000 project, announced this time last year, is being developed with the TechWorks National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) and UK 300mm fab operator Pragmatic...
Accenture acquires AOX in software-defined vehicles push
Accenture has agreed to acquire AOX, a German company specializing in embedded software for carmakers and their suppliers. The acquisition will help automotive clients solve challenges they are facing in their transition to software-defined vehicles.AOX designs and develops the complex system architectures...
Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth modules deliver breakthrough power efficiency
An extension of the successful Series 2 platform, the SiWx917Y ultra-low power Wi-Fi® 6 and Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) 5.4 modules from Silicon Labs are designed to help device makers streamline the complex development and certification process for Wi-Fi 6 devices.The new...
VSMC breaks ground on 300mm Singapore fab
VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC) has started building its 300mm wafer manufacturing facility in Tampines, Singapore.VSMC is a joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) NXP Semiconductors toThe fab, with a $7.8bn investment. will adopt a fully automated production model, integrating an Automated...
Micron to close fab as inventory hits
The newly returned CEO of Microchip Technology has cited a significant inventory overhang for his decision to close a fab in the US.The decision by Steve San? To close Fab 2 in Temple, Arizona, also hits proposed funding of $192m under the...
Moving prosthetics without implants using quantum sensors
A multidisciplinary consortium, QHMI in Stuttgart, Germany, is using quantum sensors to detect incredibly small and fast nerve signals required to control prosthetics non invasively.To control prosthetics, nerve signals must be detected to move the artificial limb. Currently, implanting electrodes is the...
‘Compact’ hard X-ray machine works!
What started as the desire to look better into paintings with so-called hard X-rays, with wavelengths smaller than a nanometer, now leads to an incredible achievement by a team of researchers led by Jom Luiten and Peter Mutsaers. With their compact ‘synchrotron’,...
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