NYK unveils Japan’s ‘first fully battery-driven work vessel’
Designed without an onboard diesel generator, the vessel named “e-Crea” will support the docking and undocking of tugboats at the Koyasu Shipyard.
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InCore unveils SoC generator: from idea to FPGA validation in minutes
At the heart of this innovation is Indian fabless semiconductor startup InCore’s SoC Generator, a powerful automation platform built to radically simplify and accelerate SoC development.
AMD unveils Instinct MI350 Series GPUs, showcases Open AI ecosystem
AMD and its partners showcased how they are building the open AI ecosystem with the new AMD Instinct MI350 Series accelerators, the continued growth of the AMD ROCm ecosystem, and the company’s powerful, new, open rack-scale designs and roadmap.
Taiwan adds China’s Huawei and SMIC to export control list
The two Chinese companies, who are already on a US trade blacklist, have been put on Taiwan’s “Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List” together with many of their international subsidiaries.
Deep-tech startup Vecmocon raises $18M in Series A funding
Indian deep-tech startup Vecmocon Technologies plans to utilize the funds to expand its market presence and focus on advancing capabilities in embedded design, power electronics, IoT and data science.
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French space tech startup Look Up secures €50M in funding
The participation of European national funds and an institutional EU fund in Look Up’s capital reflects a shared ambition to give the company a European dimension amid an unprecedented geopolitical context.
Autonomize AI raises $28M to power next-gen agentic AI for healthcare
The funding will be used by the company to rewire healthcare operations with its Agentic AI Orchestration platform, enabling healthcare knowledge workers to focus on delivering better patient care by reducing the administrative burden that drives cost, clinician burnout and fragmented experiences.
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Indian defence startup Sanlayan secures 21.5M in Series A funding
Based in Bengaluru, Sanlayan focuses on designing and developing advanced electronic systems such as radar, electronic warfare solutions and mission-critical avionics.
Rigetti completes $350 million at-the-market equity offering
With this additional funding, Rigetti will have USD 575 million of cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments with no debt, and is well positioned to support commercial scale-up of its superconducting gate-based quantum computers.
TotalEnergies acquires a pipeline of solar and battery projects
French multinational company TotalEnergies has announced the acquisition of a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 MW and 2 battery storage projects with a capacity of 85 MW from UK renewable energy firm Low Carbon.
Komatsu achieves autonomous trolley milestone with electric drive truck
By connecting haul trucks to an overhead power line during uphill travel, the system delivers electric power where it’s needed most, improving energy efficiency and enabling trucks to travel on grade faster when compared to standard diesel models.
Fujitsu sells power modules business to India’s L&T for $13.8 M
The business will be bought by L&T’s semiconductor arm. Separately, Kaynes Semicon (KS) will acquire the production facilities related to the power modules business from Fujitsu.
Sony to release stacked SPAD depth sensor for automotive LiDAR applications
The new sensor product employs a dToF pixel unit composed of 3×3 (horizontal × vertical) SPAD pixels as a minimum element to enhance measurement accuracy using a line scan methodology.
India approves Micron’s $1.5 billion Gujarat SEZ proposal
US semiconductor company Micron Technology will set up its SEZ facility in Sanand, Gujarat, while Indian diversified contract manufacturer Aequs will set up its SEZ in Dharwad, Karnataka.
GENESIS project launches to steer Europe towards sustainable chipmaking
With a budget of close to €55 million, GENESIS will drive innovative solutions in emission control, eco-friendly materials such as alternatives to PFAS-based ones, waste minimization, and raw material reuse.
Nidec inaugurates new manufacturing campus in Karnataka
The Orchard Hub campus will serve as a manufacturing hub for generators for data centers, wind turbine generators and BESS for renewable energy, electric vehicle motors, controllers, and EV chargers for clean mobility, and motors, drives, system solutions.
Dutch quantum firm Qblox opens North America hub in Boston
The new Boston headquarters will focus on propelling the adoption of scalable, high-fidelity quantum control stacks for practical, real-world use in computing and communications.
SparkCharge raises $30.5 million to expand mobile EV charging
SparkCharge will use the funding to accelerate EV adoption by expanding its mobile, off-grid and scalable EV charging services throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
STMicroelectronics to ‘cut 5,000 jobs in next 3 years’
About 2,000 employees will leave the company due to attrition, bringing the total number of voluntary departures to 5,000, the chipmaker’s CEO Jean-Marc Chery said.
NIRL, MAHAPREIT form JV for green energy projects in Maharashtra
The JVC will have an equity structure of 74% held by NIRL and 26% by MAHAPREIT. Under this agreement, MAHAPREIT will facilitate in identification & allotment of land for the projects in addition to support development of Power Evacuation System to the Grid.
BlueFors LD250 cryostat at Cornell boosts quantum research
A cryostat is an instrument that can maintain samples at incredibly low temperatures. When operating, the temperature inside the cryostat hovers just above 0 degrees Kelvin, which is equivalent to absolute zero, or minus 273 degrees centigrade.
WIN announces linearity optimized 0.12µm GaN power process
Engineered for demanding high-power applications across K-Band to V-Band frequencies, NP12-1B delivers industry leading high power front end solutions with exceptional linearity, ruggedness, and reliability for next-generation RF and microwave systems.
MangoBoost sets new benchmark for multi-node LLM training on AMD GPUs
Using 32 AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs across four nodes, MangoBoost fine-tuned the Llama2-70B-LoRA model in just 10.91 minutes, setting the fastest multi-node MLPerf benchmark on AMD GPUs to date.
AMD acquires Brium to enhance Open AI software ecosystem
AMD said the acquisition was a reflection of its strategic commitment to AI. This is AMD’s fourth strategic acquisition in the past two years — the semiconductor giant previously acquired Silo AI, Nod.AI and Mipsology.
China’s GigaDevice opens global headquarters in Singapore
This strategic move marks a major milestone in GigaDevice’s international growth journey, underscoring its commitment to closer customer engagement, building a resilient and agile supply chain, and strengthening its ecosystem and brand presence across key global markets.
Philips to repurchase up to 6 million shares to cover long-term incentive plans
The repurchases will be executed through one or more individual forward transactions, to be entered into in the course of the second and third quarter of 2025, in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.
Samsung acquires German HVAC firm FläktGroup for €1.5 billion
FläktGroup supplies high-reliability and high-efficiency HVAC systems to a wide range of buildings and facilities, including data centers that require stable cooling.
Report: Former Kia India workers, scrap dealers face probe over engines theft
Kia lodged a police complaint in March in Andhra Pradesh, saying that an internal review showed over 1000 engines sourced from Hyundai were missing, according to Reuters.
Ecobat completes sale of European battery distribution business to Endless
The battery distribution division has been a meaningful part of Ecobat’s European portfolio, supplying a comprehensive range of batteries for various applications, including automotive, commercial vehicles, marine, leisure and industrial uses.
TDK offers 3-terminal filters for automotive applications at higher voltages
By optimizing the material selection and product design, the new products feature significantly higher withstand voltage, ranging now from 6.3 V to 35 V, and considerably higher capacitance, ranging now from 0.47 μF to 4.7 μF.
Waaree secures order for $40M solar project in Rajasthan
India’s Waaree Renewable Technologies Ltd (WRTL) has secured an EPC order for a 300 MW AC /435 MW DC ground-mounted solar photovoltaic project in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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