Startup Funding: March 2024

By Jesse Allen - 10 Apr, 2024 - Comments: 0

The challenge of moving data from place to place is increasingly a key concern for chip and system designers, and investors are taking note. Numerous startups developing interconnect technologies received significant backing in March, with approaches spanning chiplet-enabling PHYs, photonic fabrics for disaggregated compute and memory, and telecom transceiver modules. Several new startups la... » read more

An Open Hardware Approach in Quantum Technology

By Technical Paper Link - 19 Mar, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled "Open Hardware Solutions in Quantum Technology" was published by researchers at Unitary Fund, Qruise GmbH, Technical University of Valencia, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and others. Abstract "Quantum technologies such as communications, computing, and sensing offer vast opportunities for ... » read more

Startup Funding: February 2024

By Jesse Allen - 06 Mar, 2024 - Comments: 0

A startup developing AI chips dedicated to low-power AI inferencing captured one of the largest rounds of February. The startup, Recogni, already offers a low-power vision inferencing chip. Several other sizeable rounds were focused on the automotive space, with robotaxis, autonomous delivery, and the sensors that enable them. Another active area, power electronics drew funding for several c... » read more

Startup Funding: January 2024

By Jesse Allen - 07 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

Big rounds marked January, with three companies raising over $100 million. Quantum computing topped the list, with the company that resulted from the merger of Cambridge Quantum Computing and Honeywell's quantum division raking in the third-largest round for a quantum computing company ever. Another chart-topper was an advanced packaging company that began mass production in its first factor... » read more

Startup Funding: December 2023

By Jesse Allen - 10 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

Photonics and optics were strong in December, with investors funding two different companies using photonic technologies to develop AI chips and interconnects. Another key area — metaoptics — combines what traditionally would be separate lenses and optical components into a single, flat nanopatterned device. Metaoptics are being deployed in applications ranging from AI processing and sensor... » read more

Startup Funding: November 2023

By Jesse Allen - 06 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

November was a banner month for quantum computing startups, with two raising rounds of $100 million for their superconducting and silicon spin qubit technology. Another significant round went to a company developing photonic-based systems. Several other companies drew funding, including one applying quantum sensors to semiconductor inspection. Sizeable funding also went to an autonomous tran... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: October 17

By Liz Allan - 17 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=155 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

An Overview Of Current Projects In The Open Quantum Hardware Ecosystem With Recommendations

By Technical Paper Link - 12 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Open Hardware in Quantum Technology” was published by researchers at Unitary Fund, Qruise, Technical University of Valencia, M-Labs Limited, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, IQM Quantum Computers, PASQAL, Quantonation, Michigan State University, Università di Camerino, Microsoft Quantum, an... » read more

Startup Funding: July 2023

By Jesse Allen - 02 Aug, 2023 - Comments: 0

Investors pumped more than $2.8 billion into 123 companies July. It was a particularly strong month for photonics companies, with a photonic integrated circuit foundry raising more than $100 million. Startups this month also are using photonic technology in innovative ways. This includes an all-optical RISC processor, biomarker identification, faster fully homomorphic encryption, and more AI... » read more

Startup Funding: June 2023

By Jesse Allen - 10 Jul, 2023 - Comments: 0

June saw several large funding rounds, with seven of at least $100 million. Over half a billion dollars alone went to a Chinese company manufacturing silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. The wide band gap material has seen steady interest from investors, particularly for its potential use in electric vehicles. Another of the month's mega-rounds went to a company designing RISC-V SoCs ... » read more

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Startup Funding: Q2 2024

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