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TI breaks ground on first Sherman fab

TI today broke ground on a 300-mm fab in Sherman, Texas. It is the largest private-sector economic investment in Texas history and reiterated the company’s commitment to expanding its internal manufacturing capacity for the long term. “Today is an important milestone as we lay the groundwork for the future growth of semiconductors in electronics to ...

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Chinese chip companies supplied 6.6% of China market in 2021

China-based IC production will represent 21.2% of the China market in 2026, says IC Insights in its May Q2 Update to The McLean Report. Foreign companies (e.g., Samsung, SK Hynix, TSMC, etc.) are expected continue to comprise more than 50% of IC production in China through 2026 A very clear distinction should be made between ...

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TT launches digital pressure gauges

TT Electronics  has launched a new series of high-accuracy digital pressure gauges. Drawing on TT’s deep expertise in pressure sensors, the DPG series is the company’s first line of pressure gauges using digital technology. TT’s DPG series is optimised for heavy industrial applications including industrial machinery, heat treatment, and water management, offering accuracy within +/- ...

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BT trials excited atoms antenna technology

BT today announced a pioneering trial of a new hyper-sensitive quantum antenna technology using excited atomic states that could boost the capability of next generation 5G and IoT networks. Atomic Radio Frequency (RF) receiver technology represents a revolutionary new way of detecting radio waves that could find much weaker signals than conventional receivers. The receiver ...

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Imagination and Visidon hook up for image enhancement

Imagination and Visidon have partnered to enable the upscaling of  low-resolution images and videos to 4K and 8K using algorithms. Inagibation’s  IMG Series4 NNA enables these processes to be done in real-time with greater efficiency within tight power and thermal SoC budgets. Imagination contributes its  IMG Series4 neural network accelerator (NNA) for compute performance using its Tensor ...

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Q1 NEV sales up 80% y-o-y

Two million NEVs (New Energy Vehicles) including battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles were sold  in 1Q22, says TrendForce, which was 80% more than innQ1 2021. Battery electric vehicles (BEV) had the strongest growth with sales reaching 1.508 million. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) sold 493,000 For all auto sales in ...

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Siemens Digital in GloFo photonics PDKs

Globalfoundries’ Fotonix PDKs now include Siemens’ Calibre nmDRC software for design rule checking (DRC) and Calibre nmLVS software for layout vs. schematic (LVS) verification. Both Calibre tools are certified by GF, so mutual customers designing for the new GF Fotonix platform can continue to use the trusted Calibre nmPlatform for silicon photonic devices as they ...

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Crypto Quantique hooks up with Andes

Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cyber security for the IoT, announces a global partnership with Andes the supplier of RISC-V processor cores. Crypto Quantique also joined AndeSentry security framework, which provides a variety of security solutions for Andes RISC-V processors, countering threats ranging from cyber-attacks to physical attacks. Andes cooperates with Crypto Quantique’s quantum-driven semiconductor ...

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Classiq raises £36m

Classiq, the analgamated Cambridge Quantum and Honeywell Quantum Solutions, has raised $36 billion in a second closing of its Series B fund, bringing total investment in the company to $51 billion. HSBC, NTT Finance, and Intesa Sanpaolo participated in the second closing of its Series B round. They  join existing  investors Wing VC, Entrée Capital, ...

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