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As the first phase of the Graphene Flagship’s 2D Experimental Pilot Line (2D-EPL) project draws to a close, some of the partners provided an update on its progress to establish a European ecosystem and move graphene wafers out of the laboratory environment and into full wafer production. One of the partners, Graphenea, manufactures and commercialises different graphene materials. Its scientific ...

Sondrel has announced an investment of £5.6 million by ROX Equity Partners, a UK-based private equity investment holding company, through subscription for new shares. Due to the strategic importance of Sondrel in the UK’s semiconductor industry, the Secretary of State’s approval was required. David Mitchard, Sondrel’s interim CEO, said, “We are delighted with this major funding as it will enable ...

Synopsys says its AI-driven digital design and analogue design flows have  achieved certification on Samsung Foundry’s SF2 process with multiple test chip tapeouts. The reference flows, powered by the Synopsys.ai full-stack EDA suite, enhance PPA, boost productivity, and accelerate analog design migration for Samsung Foundry’s latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technologies. The Samsung SF2 process was optimised using Synopsys’ AI-driven design ...

Black Semiconductor, the four year-old German startup pursuing graphene ICs, has secured €228.7 million from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia over the next 7 years under the EU support structure IPCEI ME/CT. Alongside the public funding, Black Semiconductor has raised  €25.7 million in equity funding. The round was led by ...

The Li-ion battery packs market for BEV and PHEV is forecast to grow from around $97 billion in 2023 to  $188 billion by 2029, with an 11.6% CAGR between 2023 and 2029, says Yole Developpement. The Asian market is dominated by China: China holds a 60% market share in Li-ion battery production, followed by South Korea at 25% and Japan ...

Raspberry Pi has set a price for its IPO which will value the company at about £542 million. In pre-offer ‘conditional dealing’ for institutions the price per share rose by a third over the offer price to 380p. Open trading starts on Friday. The offer, worth £166 million represents about 30.7% of the company’s  shares and will raise about  £31.4 ...

Sondrel is offering customers a solution to their shortage of engineers in the form of its Outsourced Design Teams (ODT) service. Engagements can be as simple as one engineer for a few weeks to a complete team of, say, a dozen for many months. “It’s really difficult finding skilled engineers at the moment especially for Design and Verification,” says Sondrel’s ...

The expansion of  fab capacity in 2024 is expected to be relatively low at 4% as manufacturers let capacity utilization rates recover from the low levels experienced in 2023, according to the Global Wafer Capacity 2024 report from Knometa Research Construction started in 2022 on many fabs originally scheduled to begin operations in 2024, but the market downturn that began that ...

Imec and ASML have opened a High NA EUV Lithography Lab in Veldhoven, the Netherlands to bevjointly run by ASML and imec. After a build and integration period of years, the Lab is ready to provide leading-edge logic and memory chip makers, as well as advanced materials and equipment suppliers access to the first prototype High NA EUV scanner (TWINSCAN ...