➀ The Bavarian State Minister Hubert Aiwanger has opened the new technology center of the Fraunhofer IISB for research into contactless energy transfer for electric vehicles, and awarded the funding certificate.
➁ The E|Road-Center is another milestone in the high-tech spectrum of the Cleantech Innovation Park in Hallstadt near Bamberg.
➂ The center focuses on technologies for contactless energy transfer from the road directly into the electric vehicle, while stationary and during operation.
➀ imec, a leading nanoelectronics and digital technologies research center, is establishing an Advanced Chip Design Accelerator (ACDA) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
➁ The €40 million center is funded over the next five years.
➂ The focus is on advancing automotive chiplet technology, enhancing Germany and Europe's position in this field.
➀ Saarland University researchers are developing lightweight elastomer films for smart textiles, touch displays, and speakers with haptic feedback.
➁ These films can be precisely controlled to vibrate, flex, press, or pull using electrical voltage.
➂ The research focuses on creating more efficient, stable, sensitive, and responsive smart film actuators.
➀ Chinese chipmakers are gradually shifting production to domestically-made tools to support the local wafer fab equipment ecosystem and reduce reliance on foreign tools.
➁ SiCarrier Technologies, a Huawei-linked startup, has revealed a comprehensive catalog of wafer processing tools at Semicon China.
➂ SiCarrier is working on advanced process nodes and future advanced nodes, and has partnerships with Huawei for proprietary production flows.
➀ Aeluma通过结合高性能材料和可扩展的硅制造技术，重新定义了半导体技术；
➁ Aeluma的技术在AI基础设施、国防、量子计算和下一代传感等领域产生了重大影响；
➂ Aeluma正在解决AI和高性能计算在扩展方面遇到的挑战，通过集成化合物半导体和大型衬底来实现大规模生产。
➀ The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its ESA Strategy 2040, outlining its approach to the challenges and opportunities of space up to 2040.
➁ The strategy is framed around five goals: protecting the planet, exploring and discovering, strengthening European autonomy, boosting growth and competitiveness, and inspiring Europe.
➂ The strategy aims to accelerate innovation, strengthen industrial capacity, position Europe as a commercial hub in the global space economy, and establish Europe as a space research hub.
➀ RANsemi, a British wireless semiconductor innovator, announced a strategic partnership with ACES, a leading Saudi Arabian neutral host operator, specializing in 5G Open RAN baseband technologies.
➁ The partnership is supported by the Saudi Arabian National Technology Development Programme (NTDP) and aims to advance 5G Open RAN and small cell technologies.
➂ The project aims to develop a class-leading 5G Open RAN neutral host small cell system, combining RANsemi's 5G baseband expertise with ACES' RF design capabilities.
➀ Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have demonstrated the production of climate-friendly fuels like kerosene using Power-to-Liquid (P2L) methods from CO₂, water, and green electricity.
➁ In the Kopernikus P2X project, an innovative and highly efficient co-electrolysis process has been coupled with fuel synthesis for the first time at an industrial scale of 220 kilowatts.
➂ The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding this project.
➀ Fraunhofer researchers have developed sensor systems and measurement devices to detect leaks in hydrogen pipelines or tanks.
➁ These systems enable continuous monitoring of hydrogen transport or chemical industry facilities.
➂ Multiple sensor technologies are used to ensure safety in various future hydrogen industry scenarios.
➀ Silicon carbide (SiC) offers significant technical advantages for power electronics, but its cost remains a barrier to market penetration. The Fraunhofer Institutes are developing key technologies to reduce material losses and device thickness while increasing the thermomechanical stability of SiC chips.
➁ The ThinSiCPower project aims to produce cost-effective SiC substrates and thinner SiC chips using more resource-efficient processing technologies, such as laser separation of SiC crystals and bonding onto a carrier substrate.
➂ The project partners are Fraunhofer ISE, ENAS, IWM, and IISB, with the goal of reducing SiC device costs by 25% and SiC design costs by 25% through increased load cycle stability.
➀ OpenAI plans to tape-out its first chip on TSMC's 3nm process later this year;
➁ The chip is designed for both training and inference and is being developed by an in-house team;
➂ The objective is to reduce dependency on Nvidia's processors, which are expensive and in high demand.
➀ The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has provided Excelerate, a Welsh communications integration specialist, with a £6 million award to develop a multi-orbit, multi-beam satellite antenna.
➁ The project, known as MAMUT, is designed to allow users to choose an operator and orbit via an app, providing high-speed connectivity even in remote locations.
➂ The UKSA’s Connectivity in Low-Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme is funding this initiative, which aims to keep the UK at the forefront of the space connectivity industry.
➀ The rapid development of data centers and the demand for faster and more efficient communication networks are driving the adoption of silicon photonics.
➁ Silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) combine the advantages of optics with the scalability of integrated circuits, enabling high-speed data transmission.
➂ The market for PICs is expected to grow significantly, driven by high-speed modules and expanding data centers.
➃ Major semiconductor companies, such as Intel and Broadcom, are investing heavily in silicon photonics technology.
➄ Newcomers like Lightmatter, Celestial AI, and Ayar Labs are also making significant contributions to the field.
➅ Semiconductor foundries are playing a crucial role in the production of silicon photonics products.
➀ The US semiconductor industry's leadership is attributed to the establishment of Semate 34 years ago.
➁ The invention of the integrated circuit technology by Robert Noyce in 1959 marked the birth of the chip industry.
➂ Sematech, led by Charlie Sporck, was formed to rebuild the international competitiveness of the US semiconductor industry.
➃ The partnership between industry, government, and academia in Sematech led to the development of high-quality chips at lower costs.
➄ Sematech's success involved government subsidies, targeted short-term technology development, and effective management.
➅ The US semiconductor industry's full recovery of international competitiveness was achieved by 1995.
