Amazon invests in programmable optics startup Lumotive
Company raised $59 million during Series B funding round
Company raised $59 million during Series B funding round
Company claims its accelerators could increase data center capacity 100x
Company says 30 percent of 2nm production capacity will be located in Arizona
Deal completes after Chinese regulator conditionally approved merger
V-GaN Tech Hub also receives funding for opening of new test lab
System expected to be complete in Spring 2026
Company announces shipment of its first High NA system during the quarter
Funds will help company deliver world’s first single-photon-based universal quantum computer
Cuts follow comments from Intel CEO saying chipmaker is no longer a top 10 semiconductor company
Number of startups using Arm chips has also increased 12-fold
Also: Diraq funding, IonQ Korean deployment, Singaporean quantum testbed, and IQM Resonance upgrades
Paris-based company claims its chip delivers a 10x lower energy consumption than leading GPUs
Chip will be available for sampling in 2026
Transaction expected to close in second half of 2025
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed
Taiwanese chipmaker hopes US expansion will soften impact of potential semiconductor tariffs
Startup looking to address scalability challenges associated with quantum computing
Bill currently being debated back in US House of Representatives
Company says it was approached by interested parties in previous funding round
Move comes two months after Cassidy was appointed to Microchip’s board of directors
Regulatory body reportedly seeking more information about the deal
Also this month, Chai AI announces $20m expansion of its in-house compute cluster
Paris-based Quantonation II describes itself as the “world’s only physics-focused fund”
Man taken to hospital in “serious condition” after accident