Broadcom reported to be in talks with VMware

Broadcom is reported by Reuters to be talking to VMware about taking it over. Broadcom has been diversifying away from ICs in the last four years with an $18.9 billion takeover of CA Technologies and a $10.7 billion acquisition Symantec’s security division. VMware, which develops enterprise cloud and networking software, has a market cap of ...

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Battery Challenge offers £25m

Today the Faraday Battery Chalkenge is launched offering up to £25 million for battery R&D particulsrly in automotive. Part of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), the Faraday Battery Challenge the Faraday Battery Challenge will particularly  support technologies with the potential to enter the automotive market within the next decade Organisations seeking funding are required to ...

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Imec solid-state Li battery spin-off raises €10m

SOLiTHOR , the Imec battery spin-off and part of EnergyVille the.  Brussels energy R&D hub, has raised €10 million to  develop, manufacture and commercialise osolid-state lithium (Li) battery cell technology to reliably and economically offer high-energy storage solutions. Lthe funding came in a seed investment round led by imec.xpand supported by an investment syndicate including LRM, Nuhma and ...

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Inmarsat trials Orchestra maritime mesh for ship-to-ship connectivity

A trial has been using ships and land-based signal towers as nodes in a satellite-based maritime mesh network. The goal is to deliver additional capacity and relieve congestion for ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship connectivity. The initiative comes from Inmarsat for its Orchestra network, which brings together its geosynchronous (GEO) satellites with low earth orbit satellites (LEO) ...

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IEDM call for papers

The 68th IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has announced its  2022 Call for Papers IEDM takes place as an in-person event at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel from December 3-7, 2022, with on-demand access to content available afterward. The paper-submission deadline is July 14, and the deadline for submission of late news ...

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5G small cell trial for City of London

The City of London is to get a small cell mobile communication pilot project, offering multi-operator 4G and 5G connectivity at street level. “If the pilot is successful, the ambition is for a City-wide deployment that will deliver faster mobile connectivity speeds across the Square Mile”, according to network service provider Freshwave, which will be working with ...

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National instruments launches ADAS data gathering fleet

National Instruments has announced a fleet of vehicles for Europe, the US and China that will record data for autonomous driving research. The intention is to provide data for training, testing and validating perception algorithms and hardware. “ADAS data recording is one of the most complex challenges, as data from multiple sensor modalities – camera, ...

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Image sensor wafer capacity to grow 13% this year

Wafer capacity for image sensors was one million 200mm-equivalent wafers per month at the end of 2021 and is expected to grow 13% this year, according to Knometa Research’s Global Wafer Capacity 2022 By the end of 2026, installed capacity for image sensors is projected to be 1.8 million 200mm-equiv. wafers per month. That’s an average ...

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Infineon LED controller integrates MCU

Infineon has added to its LITIX LED controller portfolio with the dual-channel, stand-alone DC-DC controller TLD6098-2ES. The controller is the first product that can drive a full LED headlamp by itself without an additional microcontroller. It can also operate the four standard LED front light functions: High Beam (HB), Low Beam (LB), Daytime Running Lights ...

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Euroconsult sizes $4.4bn Space Logistics market

Euroconsult, a Paris-based consultancy specialising in the space sector, has released its 2022 space logistics satellite market report, outlining the on-orbit services required to sustain a space ecosystem. It says such services, ranging from launches to satellites’ end of life, are expected to generate $4.4 billion in revenue by 2031, with the involvement of more ...

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