Renesas and Fixstars hook up for ADAS optimisation

R-Car Neural Architecture Search (NAS) tool for generating network models optimized for R-Car

This article was posted on Jan 3, 2023

Arm declines to sell Neoverse V to Alibaba

Arm has declined to sell its latest Neoverse V series processors to Alibaba citing US and UK export controls, reports the FT.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

British space battery to be powered by Americium

The UK Space Agency and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) – the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear fission – are to collaborate on building a UK space battery.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Imec and Rapidus sign up for 2nm

Imec and Rapidus, the Japanese government-backed semiconductor startup targeting 2nm processing, agreed a technology collaboration at a signing ceremony earlier this month in Tokyo.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Investors cool on Indian fab jv

Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal (pictured), chairman of Vedanta, who announced a jv with Foxconn to build an $18.6 billion fab in Gujarat, has not found any backers, reports Bloomberg.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Q3 fabless fall

Q3 revenues for the top ten fabless companies fell 5.3% q-o-q to $37.38 billion, says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Dracula sucks light

Dracula Technologies, which harvests energy from indoor light, has an organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology that generates energy from the light in living spaces, eliminating the need for batteries.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Start up shares its vision for AI

An M.2 AI edge accelerator module and a PCIe AI edge accelerator card have been announced by Axelera AI, a start up based in the Netherlands.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Lindsley Ruth leaves RS Group with immediate effect

Following a leave of absence, Lindsley Ruth is to step down as CEO of RS Group with immediate effect. CFO David Egan will continue as acting CEO and Ruth will remain available to the company board over the next 12 months – in effect his notice period.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Renesas and Fixstars hook up for ADAS optimisation

R-Car Neural Architecture Search (NAS) tool for generating network models optimized for R-Car

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

SaxaVord Spaceport installing a rocket launch rail

SaxaVord Spaceport, in the Shetland Islands, has announced partnerships with Lerwick Engineering and Fabrication (LEF) and T12 Consultancy to deliver its rocket launch rail.

This article was posted on Dec 30, 2022

Review Display Systems adds Dwin’s Android OS intelligent display module

Displays modules which can be custom-configured using standard Android apps or user-developed APK file, manufactured by Dwin are now available from Review Display Systems (RDS). The integrated DMG10600T101-33WTC intelligent display modules is based on a Rockchip RK3288 Arm-based SoC, with a 32-bit Cortex A-17 core running an Android operating system.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Ensilica a winner at TechWorks Awards 2022

EnSilica took home three TechWorks Awards at the industry body’s recent annual gala dinner and awards ceremony. And Sean Redmond, CEO of Vertizan, was also honoured.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Tear-down shows Fold 4 more profitable than iPhone 14

A teardown of Fold 4 -Samsung’s latest foldable phone – by Fomalhaut Techno Solutions of Tokyo, shows that its estimated cost of components is about 40% of the phone’s sale price, making it more profitable than the iphone 14.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Cambridge GaN devices and IFPEN to develop automotive inverter

Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD), has signed an agreement with IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), a French public research and training organisation in the fields of energy, transport and the environment, to develop an innovative automotive inverter using advanced GaN devices.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

New China chip plan follows US approach

China’s next tactic for advancing its chip industry is to subsidise semiconductor manufacturing equipment purchases by contributing 20% of the cost while providing tax concessions to device manufacturers which expand their production capacity and R&D activities, reports Reuters.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Ventana bases data centre class CPU cores on RISC-V microarchitecture

At this week’s RISC-V Summit in San Jose, California, Balajii Baktha, founder and CEO of Ventana Micro Systems, used his keynote to introduce the Veyron V1 family of RISC-V processors, available as chiplets and IP.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Sponsored Content: How EnerCera is Making Maintenance-Free a Possibility – Spurring Innovation Through Collaboration

The demand for autonomous devices in IoT and related applications has been increasing. However, for engineers and designers developing maintenance-free power sources, there remain challenges of the long list of requirements in storage, discharge, and installation. More specifically, these challenges include achieving low internal resistance, small self-discharge, constant voltage charge, remaining durable in a fully charged state, long cycle life, large discharge current, stable voltage, no heat generation, a wide operating temperature range as well as a compact size.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Arduino Opta aims at Industrial IoT

Continuing its Industrial IoT (IIoT) theme – following the release of the Arduino PLC IDE – Arduino has announced the Arduino Opta, which it describes as an “easy-to-use micro PLC with Industrial IoT capabilities”.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

NXP adds to Matter portfolio

NXP has added to its portfolio of end-to-end Matter solutions with the sampling of the RW612 and the K32W148 devices.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022

Sokol Flex OS supports RISC-V

Siemens Digital Industries Software says its Sokol Flex OS software now supports RISC-V embedded development with the availability of one of the industry’s first commercially supported, extensible, and customisable Linux platforms for the RISC-V architecture.

This article was posted on Dec 29, 2022