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Graphcore secures $200 million from BMW, Bosch
Graphcore secures $200 million from BMW, Bosch
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Through their respective venture capital arms, Bosch and BMW have invested in Graphcore. Based in Bristol, UK, the company has…
BMW, Bosch invest in AI processor startup Graphcore
BMW, Bosch invest in AI processor startup Graphcore
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Through their respective venture capital arms, Bosch and BMW have invested in Graphcore. Based in Bristol, UK, the company has…
E-Book focuses on opportunities and obstacles for IIoT
E-Book focuses on opportunities and obstacles for IIoT
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Mouser has launched an e-book focussed on industrial automation as part of the its All Things IoT program.
GE to create standalone company for IIoT
GE to create standalone company for IIoT
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Industrial conglomerate General Electric (Boston, MA) has announced that it will create a new independent digital business focused on developing…

Ten deals that shaped the analog, MEMS and sensors world in 2018
Ten deals that shaped the analog, MEMS and sensors world in 2018
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Consolidation in the electronics and semiconductor sectors continued in 2018 and here is a top ten list of deals, in roughly chronological order, that impacted the analog, MEMS and sensors…
Lithium battery partnership advances drop-in lead acid replacement
Lithium battery partnership advances drop-in lead acid replacement
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Lithium iron phosphate specialist RELiON Battery (Fort Mill, SC) has teamed up with pack maker Lithium Power and battery management system maker BMTPOW to create end-to-end drop-in replacements for deep cycle lead acid batteries…
NXP promotes Lars Reger to CTO and SVP Technology
NXP promotes Lars Reger to CTO and SVP Technology
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Lars Reger, well known to members of the automotive electronics community in his role as CTO of NXP's Automotive division, has been promoted: Effective immediately, Reger will assume the CTO…
Würth Elektronik eiSos to build 13,700 m² of office and lab space in Munich
Würth Elektronik eiSos to build 13,700 m² of office and lab space in Munich
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Manufacturer of electronic and electromechanical components Würth Elektronik eiSos is investing a nine-figure sum in its “HIC – High-Tech Innovation Center” due to begin operations by 2020, in Munich-Freiham.
RELiON Battery teams for lead acid replacement
RELiON Battery teams for lead acid replacement
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Lithium iron phosphate specialist RELiON Battery has teamed up with pack maker Lithium Power and battery management system maker BMTPOW to create end-to-end drop-in replacements for deep cycle lead acid batteries as well as…
Avnet acquires AI, IoT software company
Avnet acquires AI, IoT software company
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Electronic components and embedded solutions distributor Avnet (Phoenix, AZ) has announced that it is acquiring software and artificial intelligence (AI) company Softweb Solutions (Elgin, IL).
GE to launch standalone industrial IoT company
GE to launch standalone industrial IoT company
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Industrial conglomerate General Electric (Boston, MA) has announced that it will create a new independent digital business focused on developing software for the industrial internet of things (IIoT).
Sacked Rambus CEO to take reins at Imagination
Sacked Rambus CEO to take reins at Imagination
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Processor intellectual property licensor Imagination Technologies Ltd. (Kings Langley, England) has said that Ron Black, a former CEO at Rambus Inc., is going to replace Leo Li.
dSpace launches development site in Croatia
dSpace launches development site in Croatia
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Development tool vendor dSpace GmbH (Paderborn, Germany) has opened a development site in Croatia. With 33 employees, dSpace Engineering d.o.o. in Zagreb will support the company’s product development.
Former Rambus CEO appointed to lead Imagination
Former Rambus CEO appointed to lead Imagination
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UK IP company Imagination Technologies has appointed its third CEO in a year in Dr Ron Black, the former CEO of Rambus Technologies.
Rambus’ Black takes over at turbulent Imagination
Rambus’ Black takes over at turbulent Imagination
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UK IP company Imagination Technologies has appointed its third CEO in a year in Dr Ron Black, the former CEO of Rambus Technologies.
Meyer Burger in first large-scale deal for SmartWire PV equipment
Meyer Burger in first large-scale deal for SmartWire PV equipment
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Meyer Burger Technology has signed a CHF74m (€65m, $74m) strategic contract for its Heterojunction (HJT) and SmartWire Connection Technology (SWCT) manufacturing equipment for photovoltaic cells.
Industrial AI startup: Now is ‘internet moment’ for manufacturing
Industrial AI startup: Now is ‘internet moment’ for manufacturing
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Industrial IoT startup MachineMetrics (Northampton, MA), which claims to be the industry's first AI-driven predictive analytics platform for discrete manufacturers and machine builders, has announced that it has raised $11.3…
‘AI for logistics’ startup looks to transform delivery operations
‘AI for logistics’ startup looks to transform delivery operations
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Autonomous dispatch and routing software startup Wise Systems (Cambridge, MA) has announced that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund.
£100m for renewable energy in Africa
£100m for renewable energy in Africa
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The UK government has announced £100m (€110m) of extra funding for 40 new renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
Murata signs Fidus as pan-European distributor
Murata signs Fidus as pan-European distributor
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UK power distribution startup Fidus Power has signed a pan-European franchise deal with Murata Power to supply Murata's range of medium and high power DC-DC and AC-DC modules.
Ainstein supports 60 GHz customizable building automation applications
Ainstein supports 60 GHz customizable building automation applications
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Ainstein has announced an antenna and board design for 60-GHz mmWave radar over-the-door sensors (ODS) using the IWR6843 family of devices from Texas Instruments.
From the Silicon Valley to Aberdeen: remote sensing
From the Silicon Valley to Aberdeen: remote sensing
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Silicon Valley startup Flicq, a provider of industrial IoT solutions, has just opened an office in Aberdeen International Business Park. The new office is part of an international expansion which…
Signify provides dynamic LED lighting for gigantic Dubai frame
Signify provides dynamic LED lighting for gigantic Dubai frame
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Signify has worked with Dubai Municipality to light one of the world's most unusual landmarks. It has provided dynamic colour changing architectural lighting for the Dubai Frame - an impressive…
Consultancy service tackles legacy power systems in the Industrial IoT
Consultancy service tackles legacy power systems in the Industrial IoT
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Highlighting the difficulty of connecting up legacy power systems to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Schneider Electric has launched a consultancy service to evaluate and modernise factory power.
Intel doubles down on analog IP from digital tools
Intel doubles down on analog IP from digital tools
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Movellus Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), a startup that uses digital design and verification tools to implement analog circuits, has announced a second round of funding from Intel Capital.
Minima to offer NXP’s CoolFlux DSP in near-threshold form
Minima to offer NXP’s CoolFlux DSP in near-threshold form
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Sub- and near-threshold voltage operation pioneer Minima Processor Oy (Oulu, Finland) has partnered with NXP Semiconductors NV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) to combine NXP's CoolDSP intellectual property with Minima's sub-threshold operation…
Intel doubles down on analog IP from digital tools
Intel doubles down on analog IP from digital tools
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Movellus Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), a startup that uses digital design and verification tools to implement analog circuits, has announced a second round of funding from Intel Capital.
TSMC to build 200mm fab for IoT, analog, sensors
TSMC to build 200mm fab for IoT, analog, sensors
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The world's leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) is planning to build a wafer fab to run speciality and 'More-than-Moore' processes on 200mm-diameter wafers.


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