By Michael Zolotov, AI expert, Co-Founder and CTO of Razor Labs  A year and a half after ChatGPT burst into our lives, artificial intelligence is now high in the awareness of everyone. Hundreds of millions of people have used an AI application at least once, and the topic is at the core of the activities of companies, giant corporations, and nations. Where is it expected to advance in the coming years? What new heights, as far as we can predict, is it set to conquer? And whether (and where) does it pose a threat to us, as those who are supposed to make a living on this planet? Tool Limita ..read more

Photo above (from left to right): Eli Rozinsky, EVR Motors President and COO, Sajal Kishore, Managing Director of EVR India and Naor Gilor, Ambassador of Israel to India The Israel-based EVR Motors is starting the operations of a greenfield plant in Manesar, India under its subsidiary EVR India. This facility will spearhead the production of trapezoidal geometry coils, a patented key component of EVR’s electric motor topology, to serve EVR’s manufacturing partners in India. The highly automated plant is designed to provide coils for approximately 20,000 motors per month, with plans for rapid e ..read more

Coilcraft announced one of the tiniest inductors available: The new tiny The 0201HT is the industry’s lowest profile 0201-sized (metric 0603) chip inductor with a maximum height of just 0.28 mm. It has significantly higher Q and lower DCR than similarly sized thin-film types and is optimized for high-frequency impedance matching in applications such as cell phones, wearable devices, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and LTE/5G IoT networks. The 0201 sized inductor provides a low-profile with 0.28 mm maximum height, excellent Q compared to non-wirewound alternatives at this height and Very high SRF – as hig ..read more

[Pictured above: Nemo Nanomaterials – technology illustration. Credit – Dima Yaroshezki, D.V.A. PRODUCTIONS] Nemo Nanomaterials, an Israeli technology company providing nanomaterial-based industrial additives, has unveiled a production line with the capacity to produce 50 tons per year of its NemoBLEND nanomaterial-based additives. Additionally, in response to demand from Europe, the company plans to establish a new production line in the first quarter of 2025 that will have the capacity to yield hundreds of tons annually. Nemo’s NemoBLEND additives, which are based on single-walled carbon nan ..read more

Carrar, a provider of battery modules and thermal management systems for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced the closing of its $5.3 million Series A funding round to deliver commercial automotive-grade battery modules for electric vehicles with novel internal thermal management based on two-phase immersion technology. The round included new investors Salida B.V., OurCrowd, NextGear, and current investors Gentherm, Next Leap Ventures, Dive Digital, and others. Carrar is transforming e-mobility with battery modules and thermal management systems that dissipate twice the amount of heat ..read more

Silicon Labs announced the SiWx915 SoC, the second in its family of Wi-Fi 6 devices, aimed for energy efficient or line powered IoT wireless devices using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Matter, and IP networking for cloud connectivity. It includes a Wi-Fi 6 plus Bluetooth LE wireless CPU subsystem, and an integrated micro-controller (MCU) application subsystem, Security, memory, peripherals subsystem all in a single 6×6 mm QFN package. The wireless subsystem consists of a multi-threaded processor (ThreadArch®) running up to 160 MHz, baseband digital signal processing, analog front end, 2.4 ..read more

Hailo, the pioneering chipmaker of edge artificial intelligence (AI) processors, announced today that it has appointed NEXTY Electronics, one of the core members of the Toyota Tsusho Group’s electronics business, as Hailo’s second sales partner in Japan, where it will focus on further advancing Hailo’s AI solutions within the automotive market. The appointment comes on the heels of Hailo’s recent announcement that leading autonomous driving solutions provider iMotion selected the Hailo-8 AI accelerator and Renesas R-Car V4H SoC (System-on-Chip) to power the iMotion iDC High domain controller f ..read more

OurCrowd AI Fund announced it will offer select artificial intelligence startups, in collaboration with NVIDIA, a fast track into the NVIDIA Inception program. The OurCrowd AI Fund provides investors with access to the next revolutionary wave of global venture capital opportunities in mission-centric AI companies and the generative AI space, helping solve real-world problems across multiple verticals. The fund will invest in 20-25 venture investments diversified by stage and geography, sourced by a team o ..read more

Adding depth to its global sales reach, Hailo, the pioneering chipmaker of edge artificial intelligence (AI) processors, announced today the addition of two partners to its distribution network: J-Squared Technologies in North America, and Macnica DHW in South America. “The global demand for our edge AI technology is growing rapidly across a range of industries and applications, and the addition of these two prominent distribution partners will strengthen our ability to serve the needs of both current and new customers as we continue to make high-performance AI widely available and affordable ..read more

Avnet ASIC Israel Ltd, (AAI) a leading provider of ASIC and SoC full turnkey solutions and a business division of Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), has been appointed as a Value Chain Aggregator (VCA) by TSMC, the world’s leading silicon foundry. The appointment positions Avnet ASIC Israel Ltd as a channel for TSMC ASIC customers, offering a full turnkey solution from design inception to layout and mass production, implemented in TSMC’s most advanced silicon processes. The collaboration signifies a landmark agreement within Avnet, enhancing the offerings by combining the stron ..read more