A new generation of smartphones and other gadgets could be powered by chips designed to act like your brain.
BrainChip recently announced its Akida neural networking processor. The processor uses chips inspired by the spiking nature of the human brain. It's part of a growing effort to commercialize chips based on human neural structures.
European tech has come a long way in the past few years — once upon a time founders and investors would stand out if they became a unicorn.
But now it’s all about a bigger beast — the mighty decacorn.
High bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming more mainstream. With the latest iteration’s specifications approved, vendors in the ecosystem are gearing to make sure it can be implemented so customers can begin to design, test and deploy systems.
The massive growth and diversity in artificial intelligence (AI) means HBM is less than niche. It’s even become less expensive, but it’s still a premium memory and requires expertise to implement. As a memory interface for 3D-stacked DRAM, HBM achieves higher bandwidth while using less power in a form factor that’s significantly smaller than DDR4 or GDDR5 by stacking as many as eight DRAM dies with an optional base die which can include buffer circuitry and test logic.
French payroll startup PayFit is now valued at $2.1 billion after raising a $289 million Series E round. It’s not France’s only recent unicorn, though: Ankorstore, Qonto, Exotec and Spendesk also joined the club this month.
If you add Back Market’s $510 million Series E round valuing the company at $5.7 billion, things are shaping up well for French tech in 2022.
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Valeo is an automotive Tier 1 parts supplier to global automotive OEMs. Headquartered in France and listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (FR.PA), it generates ~$20B in annual sales, and employs 110,000 employees in 33 countries and 187 geographical locations. Key areas of focus include ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and intuitive driving for which sensors, electronic controls and data intelligence play key roles. LiDAR is an important element of this portfolio.
In 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron set what seemed like an ambitious objective: having 25 French start-ups valued at over $1 billion by 2025.
These companies are colloquially referred to as “unicorns” or licornes in French.
The target was very on-brand. Macron had sold himself at a youthful, ambitious and liberalising president keen to lead France towards modernity.
Back Market, an online marketplace selling refurbished electronics, has now raised over $1 billion in investment backing in recent years.
The company, which started in Europe but broke into the U.S. market in 2018, recently raised $510 million in investments, according to a press release.
Back Market, an online marketplace that sells refurbished iPhones and other electronic devices, has raised funding that boosts its valuation to $5.7 billion, leapfrogging what it was worth less than a year ago, according to the company and its investors.
Founded in 2014, Back Market fixes and resells electronic goods, including Apple and Samsung smartphones and tablets, MacBook, Dell and Microsoft laptops, Krups coffee makers and Dyson hair dryers.
The breadth of Valeo’s news announcements during CES 2022 effectively showcased just how much the show has turned into an automotive tech event. From autonomous driving technologies to powertrain electrification to adapting to a world with too much COVID in it, Valeo had something to offer vehicle makers through its sensors and software.
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