Intel looking to be a consolidator

Intel is looking to be an industry consolidator. “There will be consolidation in the industry,” Pat Gelsinger tells the Wall Street Journal, “that trend will continue, and I expect that we’re going to be a consolidator.” Intel did not deny stories that it made an approach to Mubadala the owners of Globalfoundries to buy the ...

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Automated disassembly for car batteries

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a robotic disassembly system for spent electric vehicle battery packs to safely and efficiently recycle and reuse critical materials while reducing toxic waste. With the anticipated growth in EVs over the next two decades comes the issue of how to recycle the large ...

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Researchers ‘at the threshold’ of fusion ignition

An experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility(NIF) made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ). This advancement puts researchers at the threshold of fusion ignition, an important goal of the NIF, and opens access to a new experimental regime. The experiment was enabled by ...

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Redwire highlights HOSS (Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory)

Redwire, the Jacksonville, Florida-based space infrastructure company, has unveiled its Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory (HOSS), which it describes as “a first-of-its-kind digital engineering environment”. Announcing “initial operational capability” for the state-of-the-art facility, the company says it is designed to address next-generation space architectures and solutions, via artificial intelligence, machine learning and cyber technologies. It ...

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Nvidia-Arm merger would substantially lessen competition says U.K. government report

An Arm-Nvidia merger would involve a Substantial Lessening Of Competition (SLC) concludes the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in its Phase One review of the proposed merger for the Department  Of  Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). The CMA’s conclusion states: “The CMA has concluded that the Merger gives rise to a realistic prospect of an ...

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Cardboard boxes are greener than plastic alternatives?

Carton packaging for small electrical goods has a lower carbon footprint than plastic alternatives, according to Pro Carton, the European association for carton and cartonboard manufacturers, which is highlighting a report written by the bio-economy unit of the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Cartonboard is an industry name for non-corrugated cardboard or packaging card. The ...

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Four phase dc-dc controller chip meets Intel VR13 spec

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has introduced a dual output dc-dc controller powering processors, ASICs or FPGAs that meets Intel’s VR13 specification. Intended to work from 12V intermediate power rails, AOZ97774 controls three phases of power switching for one output and a single phase for the other output (VR13 3+1 configuration), with all parameters programmable through a ...

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ST adds $300m to SiC wafer supply agreement with Cree

STMicroelectronics has agreed to buy a further $300m worth of bare and epitaxial 150mm silicon carbide wafers from Cree, bringing the total of the multi-year supply agreement to $800m. “We are very pleased that STMicroelectronics will continue to leverage Wolfspeed [brand] silicon carbide materials as part of their supply strategy for the next several years,” ...

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