AMS launches Nano evaluation kits for Arduino and Raspberry Pi

AMS has released the Nanovision and Nanoberry evaluation kits, providing a platform for development based on its NaneyeC miniature image sensor. The NaneyeC camera is an image sensor supplied as a 1x1mm surface-mount module. It can produce 100kpixel resolution up to 58fps. AMS suggests the module could be used for video applications in which the ...

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Nexperia gets new owner

Today Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, announced that Wingtech Technology – a Chinese computer and telecom equipment manufacturer – has obtained a controlling stake in Nexperia from Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co. Ltd (JAC Capital). Headquartered in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Nexperia will stay an independent company, operating under Dutch law, and with the ...

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Atmosic raises $28.5m Series B

Atmosic Technologies, the low-power wireless IoT specialist, has raised a $28.5 million Series B. This investment, led by Sutter Hill Ventures – along with investments from Clear Ventures, Walden International, Dolby Family Ventures, and Arden Road Investments – brings the total amount of funding raised to $49.5 million since the company’s founding in 2016. This new ...

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EV start-up raises $3.5bn

Ten year-old EV start-up Rivian has become an investors’ darling having raised $3.5 billion – including four investment rounds this year. The latest round, yesterday, was for $1.3 billion. Amazon has invested $700 million in Rivian and Ford has invested $500 million. BlackRock is among the investors. Amazon has given Rivian an order for 100,000 ...

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US alliance for quantum computing

The US has launched the Quantum Information Edge alliance to advance quantum computing. Led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories, the alliance includes  the University of Maryland, Duke University, Harvard University, the University of Colorado Boulder, UC Berkeley, Caltech, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MIT, and the University of New Mexico. “We ...

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November SEMI billings up 9.1% y-o-y

November billings of $2.12 billion by North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment were 9.1% higher than the $1.94 billion billings posted in November 2018, says SEMI. The November 2019 billings are 1.9% up sequentially on October’s billings of $2.08 billion “Monthly billings of North American equipment manufacturers increased month-over-month for the second consecutive month,” said ...

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Researchers demo CMOS-compatible SOT MRAM cell

Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the demonstration of a high-speed spin-orbit-torque (SOT) MRAM cell compatible with 300 mm Si CMOS technology. The demand for low-power and high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) has been increasing as AI and IoT devices become more widely adopted. With the present ICs, purely CMOS-based memories such as embedded Flash (eFlash) ...

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