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Peer-reviews from Huawei banned by IEEE
Peer-reviews from Huawei banned by IEEE
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Huawei editors can be on the editorial boards, but they are not allowed to handle any papers…
Micro-manufacturing startup awarded NSF grant for ‘perpetual batteries’
Micro-manufacturing startup awarded NSF grant for ‘perpetual batteries’
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Microdevice technology startup Integra Devices (Irvine, CA) has announced that it has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small…
Self-driving ‘unicorn’ buys Doppler-based lidar startup
Self-driving ‘unicorn’ buys Doppler-based lidar startup
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Self-driving car startup Aurora Innovations Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) has come of the back of a funding round in February…
Audi joins semiconductor design body
Audi joins semiconductor design body
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As the first automotive OEM, carmaker Audi has joined the SEMI, an international industry association focusing on semiconductor design and…

Swiss battery maker expands into US and China
Swiss battery maker expands into US and China
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Swiss battery technology company Innolith is expanding into the US and China with the appointment of senior executives…
Audi joins semiconductor design body
Audi joins semiconductor design body
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As the first automotive OEM, carmaker Audi has joined the SEMI, an international industry association focusing on semiconductor design and manufacturing. The move highlights the rising significance of semiconductors for…
Power boost for Intel’s Ireland fab expansion
Power boost for Intel’s Ireland fab expansion
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Intel’s wafer fab in Leixlip, Ireland, is to get an upgrade to its power systems to cope with a planned expansion to the site.
Self-driving ‘unicorn’ Aurora buys lidar startup Blackmore
Self-driving ‘unicorn’ Aurora buys lidar startup Blackmore
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Self-driving car startup Aurora Innovations Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.) has come of the back of a funding round in February worth $530 million to acquire lidar developer Blackmore Systems and…
Electrovaya sees first electric bus battery win
Electrovaya sees first electric bus battery win
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Electrovaya, a Canadian developer of proprietarylithium ion battery technology, is to supply a 300kWh, 600V battery system to power an electric bus.
Accelerator program for blockchain launches globally
Accelerator program for blockchain launches globally
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An international team of experienced blockchain entrepreneurs has joined forces to launch Blockchain Propulsion – a global accelerator program headquartered in Crypto Valley with ‘Propulsion Hubs’ in Switzerland, Brazil, UAE,…
Global Blockchain accelerator program launches
Global Blockchain accelerator program launches
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An international team of experienced blockchain entrepreneurs has joined forces to launch Blockchain Propulsion – a global accelerator program headquartered in Crypto Valley with ‘Propulsion Hubs’ in Switzerland, Brazil, UAE,…
Self-driving ‘unicorn’ buys lidar startup
Self-driving ‘unicorn’ buys lidar startup
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Self-driving car startup Aurora Innovations Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.) has come of the back of a funding round in February worth $530 million to acquire lidar developer Blackmore Systems and…
Sony is recruiting engineers for three design centers in Europe
Sony is recruiting engineers for three design centers in Europe
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Sony Semiconductor Solutions, the market leader in CMOS image sensors, is opening design centers – and creating engineering jobs – in Norway, Germany and Switerland, according to a managing director…
Alphabet, Siemens team on energy cybersecurity
Alphabet, Siemens team on energy cybersecurity
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Siemens has teamed up with Chronicle, part of the same Alphabet group as Google, for cybersecurity of energy systems.
Chinese foundry SMIC plans to delist from NYSE
Chinese foundry SMIC plans to delist from NYSE
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China's leading foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China), has said it intends to delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange.
STMicroelectronics joins Car Connectivity Consortium
STMicroelectronics joins Car Connectivity Consortium
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By joining the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), STMicroelectronics aims to promote connectivity between cars and smartphones. As a semiconductor manufacturer, ST is active at the interface of these two lively…
OmniVision bought quietly by China’s Will Semiconductor
OmniVision bought quietly by China’s Will Semiconductor
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OmniVision Technologies, the world's third largest image sensor provider, has been bought for more than $2 billion by a little known Chinese company called Will Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
Siemens teams with Alphabet on cybersecurity
Siemens teams with Alphabet on cybersecurity
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Siemens has teamed up with Chronicle, part of the same Alphabet group as Google, for cybersecurity of energy systems.
STMicroelectronics joins Car Connectivity Consortium
STMicroelectronics joins Car Connectivity Consortium
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By joining the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), STMicroelectronics aims to promote connectivity between cars and smartphones. As a semiconductor manufacturer, ST is active at the interface of these two lively…
Microsoft joins the EnOcean Alliance
Microsoft joins the EnOcean Alliance
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Microsoft is joining the EnOcean Alliance as a board and promoter member to further enhance smart building monitoring and control solutions.
RS Components and Cypress Semiconductor launch Bluetooth IoT design competition
RS Components and Cypress Semiconductor launch Bluetooth IoT design competition
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In partnership with Cypress Semiconductor, RS Components has launched the ‘Make With Mesh’ design challenge based around IoT Bluetooth technologies.
Korea’s chip industry has exposed women to leukemia risk
Korea’s chip industry has exposed women to leukemia risk
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Women who worked in South Korean wafer fabs over the last decade have been more likely to develop leukemia and die from it than men, reports The Korea Times, referencing…
Judge wrong, says Qualcomm, after FTC anti-trust blasting
Judge wrong, says Qualcomm, after FTC anti-trust blasting
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US District Court Judge Lucy Koh issued a ruling in favor of the US Federal Trade Commission and found Qualcomm guilty of stifling competition for smartphone chips and charging excessive…
Silicon Labs, Philips Hue partner on smart lighting
Silicon Labs, Philips Hue partner on smart lighting
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Silicon Labs and Signify announced their collaboration on an extension of the Friends of Hue program enabling ecosystem partners to develop smart light switches for Philips Hue systems.
US gives Huawei 90-day reprieve
US gives Huawei 90-day reprieve
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The United States Bureau of Industry and Security has given Chinese communications company Huawei a 90-day reprieve on the previously declared ban on dealing with the company.
UK battery centre sees £28m boost
UK battery centre sees £28m boost
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The UK government has announced another £28m (€32m, $36m) for its showcase Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), bringing the total investment to over £100m.
Graphene battery sensor wins pan-European power competition
Graphene battery sensor wins pan-European power competition
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Danubia NanoTech of Slovakia has won a pan-European competition for a graphene-based temperature sensor to extend the life of batteries in electric vehicles and grid storage systems.
Premier Farnell to distribute Osram Opto’s LEDs and light sensors
Premier Farnell to distribute Osram Opto’s LEDs and light sensors
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Distributor Premier Farnell has further expanded its range of semiconductor products by adding the Osram Opto Semiconductor product portfolio to its global offering.


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