UK gets new unicorn

The UK has a new unicorn with six year-old Babylon Health securing a $550 million Series C valuing the company at $2 billion. Babylon has an app called ‘GP in Hand’ which diagnoses diseases. The NHS has authorized it to be listed by patients as their primary care provider. “Our mission at Babylon is to ...

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Group formed to promote UWB

The ASSA ABLOY Group which includes HID Global, and NXP Semiconductors, Samsung Electronics, and Bosch have launched the FiRa Consortium. The new coalition is designed to grow the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ecosystem so new use cases for fine ranging capabilities can thrive, ultimately setting a new standard in seamless user experiences. Sony Imaging Products & Solutions ...

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Showa Denko develops 2nd Gen SiC epitaxial wafers

Showa Denko has developed a second generation high-grade SiC epitaxial wafer (HGE-2G) suitable for power semiconductors. SDK has been mass-producing the first generation of high-grade SiC epitaxial wafer with very low defect density under the trade name of ‘High-Grade Epi’ (HGE). HGE-2G achieves further improvements in quality with six inches (150mm) diameter. When compared with ...

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TUM moves towards optical quantum computers

The Technical University of Munich (TUM)  has succeeded in placing light sources in atomically thin material layers with an accuracy of just a few nanometers. The new method allows for a multitude of applications in quantum technologies, from quantum sensors and transistors in smartphones through to new encryption technologies for data transmission. Previous circuits on chips ...

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Marvell claims lowest power PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD controllers

Marvell is sampling what it claims to be the industry’s lowest power PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD controller portfolio. “Marvell’s latest family of storage controllers has been architected to optimally address edge computing and data center pain points of power-performance and capacity-performance,” says Marvell’s Nigel Alvares. The Marvell SSD controller portfolio of devices, including the 88SS1321, ...

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