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Last week saw Donald Trump quit the political stage, at least for now, after four tumultuous years and the inauguration of Joe Biden as President.

Electric vehicle sales at the tipping point Global sales of electric vehicles rose by 43 per cent in 2020 and, as the price of batteries continue to fall, even faster growth is now being forecast. Battery prices have been falling consistently and as a consequence the price of electric vehicles is now set to fall below that of petrol and diesel models, in what is being described by some analysts as a ‘tipping point’ for the electric vehicle industry. Even withou...

According to reporting by Reuters, sources in the US have revealed that the Trump administration has notified Huawei suppliers, including Intel, that it’s revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company.

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Andes Technology and Rafael Microelectronics announce strategic partnership Andes Technology and Rafael Microelectronics have announced a strategic partnership to bring a wireless IoT connectivity solution based on RISC-V cores to the industry. Andes Technology is a developer of 32/64-bit RISC-V CPU core solutions, while Rafael Microelectronics, is a provider for RF IP and wireless communication subsystem cores. Wireless subsystem IPs from Rafael Microelectronics are des...

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Qualcomm set to buy Nuvia for $1.4bn Qualcomm Technologies has reached an agreement to buy high-performance silicon start-up Nuvia for about $1.4 billion. According to Qualcomm the acquisition will provide “step-function improvements in CPU performance and power efficiency to meet the demands of next-generation 5G computing.” Qualcomm said that Nuvia’s CPUs will be integrated across the companys portfolio to power flagship smartphones, next-generation lapt...

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Digitalisation set to accelerate in 2021 Hannes Niederhauser, CEO of S&T, has identified five defining trends in the industry for the coming year: Predictive Maintenance, High Performance Computing/AI, 5G and 10G-PON, Functional Safety and the SDC standard in the medical sector. “Corona has changed the world and given a boost to digitalization in many areas. This is particularly evident in the industrial environment. Processes around production have also changed. We...

A new report from IC Insights shows that 2020 was a record year for M&A among chip companies, with total deals valued at $118bn breaking the previous record set back in 2015 when total deals were valued at $108bn.