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Exciting News in Semiconductor Innovation! Morphing Machines, a pioneering fabless semiconductor startup, has secured a significant milestone with $2.76 million in seed funding! Led by Speciale Invest and joined by IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited, Golden Sparrow, Navam Capital, CIIE Initiatives, and DeVC, this funding round marks a crucial step forward for Morphing Machines. Supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the Design Linked Incentive Scheme (DLI) and Chips2Startup (C2S) schemes, Morphing Machines is set to revolutionize the industry with REDEFINE, a cutting-edge many-core processor Soft IP. This innovative technology promises enhanced performance and energy efficiency across diverse applications like data analysis, AI, telecommunications, and high-performance computing. With plans to expand its engineering team and accelerate product development, Morphing Machines is poised for rapid growth and impact in the semiconductor sector. Stay tuned as Morphing Machines continues to redefine possibilities in semiconductor technology! Read More: https://lnkd.in/gqvCtaB9 #SemiconductorInnovation #StartupFunding #TechNews #AI #HighPerformanceComputing #EnergyEfficiency

💡 Industry News Japan to break into advanced chip manufacturing, says TrendForce. Japan will break into advanced chip manufacturing by 2027, partly due to the efforts of government-backed foundry Rapidus Inc. to introduce 2nm manufacturing, according to TrendForce. At the same time, Taiwan will see reduced market share in foundry advanced chip manufacturing, defined as manufacturing at 16/14nm and below, the market researcher reckons. In mature chip manufacturing at 28nm and above China will expand foundry market share to rival that of Taiwan. More: https://lnkd.in/dURrC7_3 Lidar company Blickfeld raises €7.5 million to expand sales. Blickfeld GmbH (Munich, Germany), a 2017 startup company has raised €7.5 million to bolster market penetration of its smart lidar products. Blickfeld, is backed by Continental amongst others, and raised $5.7 million in seed funding followed by $31 million in its Series A funding in 2021 (see German lidar technology firm raises $31 million). The company followed this up with €15 million in venture-debt from the European Investment Bank. The lastest equity funding was led by private equity firms New Future Capital (NFC) and UVC Partners with all existing capital providers participating: Bayern Kapital, Continental, ams OSRAM Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Tengelmann Ventures. More: https://lnkd.in/d7v9qKQV 👉 Follow our newsletter for more industry news: https://lnkd.in/gNnf9cyx #materials #RnD #mat3ra #exabyteio #materialsscience #materialsdesign #materialsmodeling #science #technology

Swiss semiconductor startup Synthara has recently secured a total of $11.4 million in funding, comprising $5.5 million in financing and $5.9 million in grants. This financial boost will enable Synthara to introduce its innovative ComputeRAM technology, designed for general-purpose embedded chips with a wide range of AI applications. The funding round was led by Vsquared Ventures, a prominent European deep tech investor, with participation from OTB Ventures, Hermann Hauser’s Onsight Ventures, and Deeptech Labs. Existing investors also joined in as Synthara shifts its focus towards edge AI technologies. #electricalengineering #electronics #embedded #embeddedsystems #electrical #computerchips Follow us on LinkedIn to get daily news: HardwareBee - Electronic News and Vendor Directory

Congrats to Anzu Partners portfolio company EnCharge AI on raising an additional $22.6m! "The VentureTech Alliance, the strategic VC associated with semiconductor giant TSMC, participated in the round with RTX Ventures, ACVC Partners, Anzu Partners, S5V, Alley Corp, Scout and Silicon Catalyst Angels. Bringing EnCharge’s total raised to $45 million, the new capital will be put toward growing the company’s team of 50 employees across the U.S., Canada and Germany and bolstering the development of EnCharge’s AI chips and “full stack” AI solutions "EnCharge’s mission is to provide broader access to AI for the 99% of organizations that can’t afford to deploy today’s costly and energy-intensive AI chips,” Verma said. “Specifically, we’re enabling new AI use cases and form factors that run sustainably, from both an economical and environmental perspective, to unlock AI’s full potential.” Will Yeatts Stephen DiBartolomeo Jimmy Kan Cathryn Paine #advancedcompute #semiconductors #ai

Tenstorrent Drives Into Automotive, Mobile with New Investment Hyundai Motor Group and Samsung Catalyst Fund are leading a financing round that will raise more than $100 million for Tenstorrent, the Canadian AI chip startup said. The company added that it has verbal commitments that would increase the investment round to more than $130 million by the time it closes next month—bringing the total raised to date to more than $350 million. The money will be used to fund team growth, as well as develop AI chiplets and its machine-learning software roadmap. Founded in 2016, Tenstorrent sells AI processors and licenses AI and RISC-V IP to customers that want to own and customize their silicon. The company has become synonymous with AI chips, given CEO Jim Keller’s illustrious career designing central processing units (CPUs) and systems with the likes of AMD, Apple, Tesla and Intel. This is clearly a major factor behind the new, big-name, strategic investors coming in to lead the latest funding round. #AI

Germany's Black Semiconductor has secured $273m to further the development of their graphene-based chip connectivity technology 💰 Marking one of the largest funding rounds for an EU #semicon start-up to date, the investment will go towards further R&D, as well as a pilot production facility in Aachen, where they were founded 🏠 If all goes to plan, the start-up are expecting to product its first commercial, demand-ready products by 2031 🙌 Another fantastic success story from a business utilising #photonics and #nanoelectronics 🤝 More info via TechCrunch below 👇 #semicon #photonics #funding #startups

Silicon Box Pte Ltd Raises $200 Million and Hits Unicorn Status   Silicon Box Pte Ltd is a semiconductor design and manufacturing firm aimed to tackle the challenges posed by increasing demands for faster, smaller, and more efficient chips. Silicon Box Pte Ltd employs a novel approach to chip design, leveraging AI-driven algorithms and advanced nanotechnology. This innovation allowed devices to process data at remarkable speeds locally, revolutionizing fields like IoT, healthcare, and autonomous vehicles. Silicon Box Pte Ltd has raised $200 million in a Series B round, bringing the company’s valuation to over $1 billion. The new round was led by various investors including UK-based asset manager Praesidium Capital Management, US hedge fund Maverick Capital, and growth investor BRV Capital Management. Moreover, Silicon Box Pte Ltd’s founders participated in the round, as did India’s Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. and the venture arms of Taiwanese semiconductor group UMC, Japanese electronics group TDK, and US semiconductor company Lam Research.   Silicon Box Pte Ltd, Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, was founded in 2021 by Sehat Sutardja, Weili Dai, and BJ Han. Silicon Box Pte Ltd is an innovative startup in the semiconductor landscape, captivating the industry with its groundbreaking chip designs and technological prowess.

Zero to a billion dollars valuation is 3 years. The world of semiconductor chips is hot with multiple different initiatives across the world driven mainly by the rapid growth in AI. New chip designs and concepts are already being pursued by semiconductor firms as well as tech companies like microsoft, meta and the likes. The chiplet design focussed company in this article brings a new level of portability ala Lego for the chip industry. Essentially chiplets allow plug-and-play approach to mixing and matching different chips to achieve specific functionality. This is an exciting new design and seems to be well recieved in the market considering the company has a new, 2 billion dollar plant in Tampines already rolling out products to its customers. The promise of this company is due to very experienced founders with a long track record in the semiconductor industry. #singapore #tech #semiconductor #semiconductorindustry #chipdesign #funding #venturecapital #vc #chipset #chiplet

🚀 The countdown for Infineon Technologies #Startup Day in #Dresden on June 18 is on. To shorten the wait, we are already introducing you to a few of the startups that will be presenting their ideas on our stage. Today we asked DIVE imaging systems GmbH a few questions to get to know them better: 💡What is the problem you are solving? Coating steps are essential in semiconductor production, several dozen are necessary and nearly all of them working without adequate control. Time- and cost-consuming control wafers must be processed, analyzed and recycled separately.   🔍 What is your solution? DIVE overcomes these bottlenecks by the fast, optical/contactless and comprehensive Hyperspectral Vision Technology, working directly on production wafers. DIVE's technology is the next step to achieving the goal of zero-defect manufacturing.   🤖 How is your solution revolutionizing semiconductor manufacturing? DIVE’s technology provides a direct cost reduction through reducing the number of control wafers, a revenue increase through the increased productivity of production tools and enables a more environmentally friendly production by reducing the relevant process chemicals and waste. Click https://dive.eu/ to learn more about DIVE or meet them live at the Startup Day in Dresden on June 18th. If you want to participate in the event please send us a mail to [email protected] Julian Haslberger Dr. Nico Herzberg Marcus Dankelmann Claudia Lenk

Great to see Synthara AG named within the European semiconductor startup to watch in 2024. It's crucial for Europe to keep pace with the US and Asian countries in the development of chip architectures and the broader microchip sector. Startups like Synthara are a source of pride and assurance for Europeans, demonstrating our capability to excel in this competitive field. Looking forward to support this challenging but amazing path to make AI processing on the edge a reality even in the smallest size and power consumption one can imagine. https://lnkd.in/dnngCdxV