Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports rule-based identity resolution to match and merge similar profiles, helping companies maintain accurate customer information and deliver more personalized customer interactions via agents and automated experiences.

One man’s subsidy is another man’s blow to supply chain resilience it seems, as Globalfoundries CEO Tom Caulfield criticises the $20 billion being proposed in German subsidies for fabs. Caulfield told the FT that, if subsidies disproportionately benefit one company, then “there is a real risk of dependence on a single supplier, market foreclosure and …

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Having spent a few days (now weeks) with DesignSpark Mechanical 6, mostly I can say that is it as good as version 5, and there are some enhancements that I …

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Everyone knows who sends the most chips to Russia – Vlad’s ‘forever friend’ Xi – but, without a heads-up, not many would guess the No.2 exporter of ICs to Russia. That’s because it’s the cocktail and scuba mecca of The Maldives, reports the  Nikkei, quoting Russian customs data from the Indian research firm Export Genius. …

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Impulse Space – a Californian startup in space transportation services – has raised $45 million in a Series A funding round. The round – led by RTX Ventures – was oversubscribed, says the company, and the investment will be used for the development of Helios, Impulse’s largest vehicle. The Helios kick stage enables direct to …

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This Thursday, 27 July, is the last chance to enter for the Elektra Awards, the industry’s most prestigious awards and which are now in their twenty-first year. The extended entry deadline for the Elektra Awards is midnight Thursday 27 July and is the last chance to enter. Why enter for the industry’s most prestigious and …

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Q2 silicon wafer shipments were up 2.0% q-o-q to 3,331 million square inches but down 10.1% y-o-y from the 3,704 million square inches recorded in Q2 2022,  says  SEMI . “The semiconductor industry continues to work through excess inventory in various market segments, necessitating that fabs operate below full capacity,” says SEMI’s Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen,  “as …

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TSMC is to spend $2.87 billion to build a packaging plant in Taiwan. “To meet market needs, TSMC is planning to establish an advanced packaging fab in the Tongluo Science Park,” says the company, “TSMC expects to invest nearly NT$90 billion for the project, and create 1,500 job opportunities. The Science Park Administration has officially …

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Ericsson is to use Intel’s 18A process to make 5G SoCs. “Ericsson has a long history of close collaboration with Intel, and we are pleased to expand this further as we utilize Intel to manufacture our future custom 5G SoCs on their 18A process node,” said Fredrik Jejdling, executive vice president and head of Networks …

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Cree is aiming at directional lighting applications such as spotlights, premium torches and sports lighting with the XP-G4 re-work of its XP-G series of leds, increasing energy in the beam while reducing side-spill, increasing maximum drive current, and reducing thermal resistance. It is also harking back to now-unobtainable ‘pre-PCN’ XP-G2 leds – devices made before …

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