ST’s first 200mm in-house SIC wafers

STMicroelectronics has manufactured its first 200mm silicon-carbide bulk wafers at its Norrköping Sweden facility. “The transition to 200mm SiC wafers will bring substantial advantages to our automotive and industrial customers as they accelerate the transition towards electrification,” said ST president of automotive Marco Monti. The company is claiming high quality with minimal crystal-dislocation defects through expertise ...

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Microchip’s 1,700V SiC mosfets

Microchip has added 1,700V mosfets to its silicon carbide portfolio, as die, discretes and in modules. Features include gate oxide stability, according to the company, which “observed no shift in threshold voltage even after 100,000 pulses in repetitive un-clamped inductive switching [R-UIS] tests. R-UIS tests also indicated avalanche ruggedness and stability in other parameters. They also ...

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SpiNNaker2 tapes out

Technische Universität Dresden, Manchester University, Racyics GmbH, and GlobalFoundries have taped out the SpiNNaker2 AI processor. Based on the SpiNNaker infrastructure developed by Manchester University , the hybrid AI architecture created at TU Dresden, the adaptive body bias IP platform ABX by Racyics, and utilising GLoFo’s 22nm FD-SOI process,  SpiNNaker2 is a realtime neuromorphic AI processor with ...

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Automotive RTOS gets power-fail data security

Tuxera and eSol have teamed up to integrate the former’s Reliance file system to the latter’s eMCOS real-time operating system (RTOS) for safety-critical automotive use. “As data becomes increasingly significant in monitoring and managing vehicle safety, the requirements on data-handling are more stringent than ever before,” according to Tokyo-based eSol. “From security concerns and edge-storage limitations ...

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Japanese Space Agency plans for Avatars in space

Jaxa, the Japanese Space Agency, will be working on “Space Avatar” technology with avatarin and The University of Tokyo, it has announced. The new Space Avatar Project partnership is looking to develop and demonstrate the use of space avatars in three main business or service areas: remote space travel; remote work assistance; and remote space-themed ...

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Bulgin introduces online cable assembly configuration

Bulgin has introduced an intuitive online configurator. By using the Custom Cable Assembly Builder, it is possible to outline the fundamental design of a custom assembly and derive an initial visualization, prior to moving towards the sampling phase. To try out Bulgin’s new configurator tool go to: https://www.bulgin.com/en/custom-solutions/custom-cable-assembly/ Assembly concepts for power, data and fiber ...

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Intel sets out roadmap to ‘unquestioned’ industry process leadership by 2025

Intel has set out its roadmap for reaching process parity with industry leaders by 2024 and process leadership in 2025. It has also announced that Qualcomm has committed a ‘major mobile platform’ to Intel’s 2024 process. The process roadmap is on an annual cadence. After the current 10nm process,  Intel moves to ‘Intel 7’ which ...

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ST aims for 50% renewable power at Moroccan back-end plant

STMicroelectronics will procure 50% of the energy for its Bouskoura site in Morocco from renewable sources by 2022, compared to 1% in 2020. The electricity of 12 wind turbines in North Morocco will be fed into Morocco’s national power grid and then purchased by ST. These are on a 10ha wind farm near the coast at Oualidia, ...

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AI looks for trouble at the Nuerburgring motor racing circuit

Fujitsu is developing artificial intelligence based safety cameras at the German Nuerburgring motor racing circuit. The 21km Nordschleife version of the circuit is where the experiments are taking place. “In contrast to the Grand Prix circuit, the Nordschleife has not yet been equipped with cameras and is therefore out of sight from race control,” according to Fujitsu. ...

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