Imec pellicles have single-pass EUV transmission up to 97%
Imec has had promising results in EUV reticle protection.
This article was posted on Oct 12, 2020Aledia raises €80m Series-D
Aledia, a French startup that is pioneering a technology for microLED displays, has closed an €80 million first tranche of its €120 million D-round financing.
This article was posted on Oct 12, 2020Zynq Ultrascale+ dev board supports HDMI 2.0 up to 18Gbit/s
iWave’s has created a development platform around Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ ICs that supports HDMI 2.0 at up to 18Gbit/s and video resolutions up to 4K at 60Hz.
This article was posted on Oct 12, 2020Xmos offers AI dev kit
Xmos has announced a software development kit (SDK) for the artificial intelligence on its ‘xcore.ai’ processors, incorporating TensorFlowLite for Microcontroller development tools
This article was posted on Oct 12, 2020Broadcom buries hatchet with EU in return for ending exclusivity deals
“Broadcom will suspend all existing agreements containing exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity arrangements and/or leveraging provisions concerning Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) for TV set-top boxes and Internet modems, and has committed not to enter into new agreements comprising such terms,” says the EU competition regulator.
This article was posted on Oct 12, 2020ST’s Bluetooth LE 5.2 chip supports concurrent connections to 128 nodes.
STMicroelectronics has introduced a third generation of Bluetooth chip, describing it as “the world’s first Bluetooth LE 5.2-certified SoC to support concurrent connections up to 128 nodes”.
This article was posted on Oct 12, 2020New UK Space-Comm Expo event gets off the ground
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is supporting a new commercially-focused exhibition and conference in 2021, dubbed the Space-Comm Expo. Its aim is to help drive growth across UK space sector.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Imec reduces genome analysis to hours
Imec has announced elPrep5, the newest version of its software platform for DNA analysis, which is eight to 16 times faster than the standard reference genome analysis toolkit (GATK).
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020August semi sales up 4.9% y-o-y
August semiconductor sales of $36.2 billion were 3.6% up on July and 4.9% up on the $34.5 billion of August 2019, says the SIA.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Renesas adds nine RA6M4 MCUs
Renesas has expanded its RA6 Series MCUs with nine new RA6M4 Group MCUs, increasing the RA Family to 42 MCUs.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Nokia joins Tampere University for 5G SoC development
The purpose of the partnership is to accelerate the development of proprietary SoC chipsets, including their design and manufacture, to improve time-to-market and to build a long-term SoC development competence and a foundation for technology leadership.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Micron looking at ChangXin DRAM patent infringement
ChangXin Memory, China’s only DRAM company, could be the next Chinese chip company to be denied chip manufacturing equipment from firms controlled by the US.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Selective metal plating of 3D printed plastic
3D printed plastic parts can be accurately nickel plated if the plastic is pre-doped with catalyst before printing, according to scientists from Waseda University, Japan.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Nvidia launches DPUs for infrastructure-on-a-chip
At the virtual Nvidia GTC event, founder and CEO, Jensen Huang announced Bluefield data processing units, or DPUs. They are supported by the company’s DOCA architecture and are intended to dramatically increase the networking, storage and security performance of data centres.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Non-volatile DACs self-configure at power-up
Microchip has announced low-power DACs that self-configure at power-up, using internal non-volatile memory instead of host processor intervention.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020NXP launches AI Ethics initiative
Today, NXP launched its AI Ethics initiative, underscoring the company’s commitment to the ethical development of AI components and systems where people work and live, known as the “edge” of computer networks.
This article was posted on Oct 10, 2020Zigbee Alliance launches a Europe Interest Group
The Zigbee Alliance – which oversees Zigbee, the IoT-friendly wireless standard – has launched a Europe Interest Group, made up of volunteer members with a shared focus on Zigbee in the European market.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Stanley Electric tests UV-C leds against Covid-19
In tests conducted with Yamaguchi-University, Stanley Electric has achieved 99.9% ‘inactivation’ of Covid-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 using its aluminium nitride-based 265 nm UV-C leds.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020US DoD gives Intel packaging contract
The US Department of Defense has awarded Intel the second phase of its State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Integration Prototype (SHIP) programme.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Cerfe Labs spins out from Arm
Arm has announced the spin-out of Cerfe Labs to develop and license new types of non-volatile memories based on correlated electron materials (CeRAM) and ferroelectric transistors (FeFETs).
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Symetrix to co-develop CeRAM with Cerfe Labs
Symetrix announced today it will continue its development of CeRAM nonvolatile memories and other technologies in collaboration with Cerfe Labs, the recently formed ARM spin-out.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020