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PsiQuantum has teamed up with Mercedes-Benz to find out how quantum computers can be used to speed up the development of more effective batteries for electric vehicles PsiQuantum is the world’s best funded quantum startup and is building a fault-tolerant photonic quantum computer. It is working with a range of…

Samsung has regained the top spot as the world’s largest semiconductor maker as widely anticipated in the latest figures from Gartner. Worldwide semiconductor revenue were $595bn in 2021, an increase of 26.3% from 2020. Samsung Electronics regained the top spot from Intel for the first time since 2018, by less…

A €1.1bn project in the Netherlands aims to build a world-class supply chain for photonics chips with over 200 startups, research and volume manufacturing. PhotonDelta is a cross-border ecosystem of photonic chip technology organisations that has raised the public and private investment to transform the Netherlands into the leader of…

Hon Hai Technology, the owner of contract manufacturer Foxconn, has acquired arQana’s Wireless Telecommunications business, including an RF design centre in Leuven, Belgium. Hai Hon will merge arQana with AchernarTek to create a global RF semiconductor component supplier. This will support Foxconn and third-party customers in the wireless telecommunications markets, including applications…