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Siemens in $10bn simulation buy
Siemens is to buy Altair Engineering in the US for $10bn for its simulation and AI development tools.Altair acquired Joe Costello EDA startup Metric Design Automation back in July this year to add a free cloud-based electronics simulation tool to its portfolio....
Sakuu teams to dry print aluminium battery cells
Sakuu has teamed up with Eleqtrion in Canada to use its battery manufacturing platform to dry print aluminium ion cells.Sakuu’s Kavian platform will be used with Eleqtrion’s aluminium electrode for small to large-scale energy storage systems and e-mobility applications.The technology is being...
ETSI guidelines for consumer IoT cybersecurity
European standards organisation ETSI has released guidelines to improve the cybersecurity of connected consumer devices in the Internet of Things (IoT).The ETSI EN 303 645 V3.1.3 (2024-09) document outlines high-level security provisions for consumer IoT devices, a key issue for both manufacturers...
Silk turns clothes into thermoelectric charging stations
A research group, led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has presented an ordinary silk thread, coated with a conductive plastic material, that shows promising properties for turning textiles into electricity generators.Thermoelectric textiles convert temperature differences, for example between our bodies...
High energy inrush current limiting PTC thermistors
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., has introduced a new series of inrush current limiting PTC thermistors that boost performance in active charge and discharge circuits, while reducing component counts.Designed to increase performance in active charge and discharge circuits for automotive and industrial applications, Vishay...
US funds $1bn centre to take on ASML in EUV lithography
The US government is funding a billion dollar research centre for next generation EUV process technology, taking on Dutch technology leader ASML.The $825m EUV Accelerator will be hosted at the Albany NanoTech Complex as the first CHIPS for America R&D flagship facility...
Swiss Robotics Association set to launch
Two Swiss universities are launching the Swiss Robotics Association (SRA) at the Robotics Day in Basel tomorrow.The SRA aims to promote Switzerland as a global leader in robotics innovation and build interactions within the Swiss robotics ecosystem, serve as a networking hub.This...
US targets five projects for $100m to boost AI semiconductor materials
The US government has opened its $100m competition for up to five projects for sustainable semiconductor materials using AI.The CHIPS AI/AE for Rapid, Industry-informed Sustainable Semiconductor Materials and Processes (CARISSMA) funding opportunity will develop sustainable semiconductor materials and processes that meet industry...
1-cell battery protection ICs for smartphones and wearables
ABLIC, a group company of MinebeaMitsumi Inc., has launched the S-821A/1B Series of 1-cell battery protection ICs, which realize high side protection using N-channel MOSFETs).1-cell lithium-ion batteries are used in a wide variety of applications, including smartphones, wearable devices, and other IT...
Equal1 opens Dutch lab, takes on TNO researchers – update
Quantum computer startup Equal1 in Ireland and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) are to build quantum system on chip devices using spin qubits.The strategic collaboration will boost the fabrication of quantum system-on-chip (QSoC) processors using the expertise and facilities...
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