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Sphero educational robot takes centre stage at electronica
Sphero educational robot takes centre stage at electronica
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RS Components is playing a major part in the inaugural ‘electronica Experience’ at this year’s electronica trade fair in Munich.
Continental massively expands commitment to AI
Continental massively expands commitment to AI
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Technology company Continental (Hanover, Germany) intends to focus more on Artificial Intelligence in the future. To this end, the company…
Continental massively expands commitment to AI
Continental massively expands commitment to AI
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Technology company Continental (Hanover, Germany) intends to focus more on Artificial Intelligence in the future. To this end, the company…
Lidl builds Finland’s largest power microgrid
Lidl builds Finland’s largest power microgrid
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Discount supermarket Lidl is to build the largest microgrid system in Finland with secure building automation technology from French power…

Pace owner sold to CommScope in $7.4bn deal
Pace owner sold to CommScope in $7.4bn deal
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The owner of UK set top box pioneer Pace has been bought by US cabling giant Commscope.
RS Components to demo Sphero educational robot as part of the ‘electronica Experience’
RS Components to demo Sphero educational robot as part of the ‘electronica Experience’
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RS Components is playing a major part in the inaugural ‘electronica Experience’ at this year’s electronica trade fair in Munich. Taking place in the brand new Hall C6, the electronica…
EBVchips program to provide 2 to 4G prepaid connectivity
EBVchips program to provide 2 to 4G prepaid connectivity
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Avnet company EBV Elektronik has added telecommunication module that combines 4G low power technology and prepaid connectivity to its EBVchips Program. The Heracles 224G device targets different machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet…
Demand for 7nm ICs boosts TSMC in October, UMC flops
Demand for 7nm ICs boosts TSMC in October, UMC flops
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October 2018 sales revenue at foundry TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) was up 7.4 percent from October 2017 while sales at Taiwan's other foundry, United Microelectronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan), showed the contrary…
Telit and Comsel deploy NB-IoT solution for utility meters
Telit and Comsel deploy NB-IoT solution for utility meters
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Telit has announced that Comsel System has successfully deployed its ME910C1-E1 narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) module for smart metering applications on the CK Hutchison 3 network in Sweden.
Chinese smartphone contract manufacturer buys Nexperia for $3.6bn
Chinese smartphone contract manufacturer buys Nexperia for $3.6bn
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MOSFET and discrete chip maker Nexperia BV (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) is being sold for 25.2 billion yuan ($3.63 billion) to Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd in Shanghai, a smartphone contract manufacturer.
Athens wins €1m Capital of Innovation award
Athens wins €1m Capital of Innovation award
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Athens in Greece is the 2018 European Capital of Innovation, winning a €1m prize from the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
FDA approves HoloLens powered AR medical imaging system
FDA approves HoloLens powered AR medical imaging system
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an augmented reality (AR) medical solution for Microsoft HoloLens for use in pre-operative surgical planning.
FLEx Lighting raises money for low power display backlighting
FLEx Lighting raises money for low power display backlighting
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U.S.-based display front lighting provider FLEx Lighting announced it has raised a US$9 million Series B fund from SABIC Ventures, Bascom Ventures, and other investors. With the funding, the company…
Self-driving tech start-up selects Nvidia DRIVE technology
Self-driving tech start-up selects Nvidia DRIVE technology
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Self-driving vehicle technology company Optimus Ride (Boston, MA) made public that it is integrating the Nvidia Drive AGX Xavier computing platform into its autonomous vehicle fleet. Capable of delivering 30…
Nvidia Drive AGX platform powers autonomous vehicle fleet
Nvidia Drive AGX platform powers autonomous vehicle fleet
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Self-driving vehicle technology company Optimus made public that it is integrating the Nvidia Drive AGX Xavier computing platform into its autonomous vehicle fleet. Capable of delivering 30 trillion operations per…
Nvidia Drive AGX platform on-board autonomous vehicle fleet
Nvidia Drive AGX platform on-board autonomous vehicle fleet
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Self-driving vehicle technology company Optimus made public that it is integrating the Nvidia Drive AGX Xavier computing platform into its autonomous vehicle fleet. Capable of delivering 30 trillion operations per…
Nexperia sold for $3.6bn to Chinese smartphone contract manufacturer
Nexperia sold for $3.6bn to Chinese smartphone contract manufacturer
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MOSFET and discrete chip maker Nexperia BV (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) is being sold for 25.2 billion yuan ($3.63 billion) to Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd in Shanghai, a smartphone contract manufacturer.
Telit and Comsel bring NB-IoT to utility meters
Telit and Comsel bring NB-IoT to utility meters
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Telit has announced that Comsel System has successfully deployed its ME910C1-E1 narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) module for smart metering applications on the CK Hutchison 3 network in Sweden.
ON Semi teams with Mercedes for electric racing power
ON Semi teams with Mercedes for electric racing power
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ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has teamed up with constructor Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport and Mercedes EQ Formula E Team to develop power systems for vehicle electrification.
ON Semi teams with Mercedes for electric racing power
ON Semi teams with Mercedes for electric racing power
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ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has teamed up with constructor Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport and Mercedes EQ Formula E Team to develop power systems for vehicle electrification.
Another solid-state lidar startup raises funds
Another solid-state lidar startup raises funds
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Sense Photonics Inc. (Durham, NC), a startup founded in 2016 to produce lidar and 3D sensors, has raised $14.4 million in equity finance, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission…
Another startup raises funds for solid-state lidar
Another startup raises funds for solid-state lidar
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Sense Photonics Inc. (Durham, North Carolina), a startup founded in 2016 to produce lidar and 3D sensors, has raised $14.4 million in equity finance, according to a Securities and Exchange…
US ban set to thwart Chinese DRAM entry
US ban set to thwart Chinese DRAM entry
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The US Department of Commerce has announced a ban on US companies selling software and technology to Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. without special licenses, saying the company, "poses a…
US ban set to thwart Chinese DRAM entry
US ban set to thwart Chinese DRAM entry
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The US Department of Commerce has announced a ban on US companies selling software and technology to Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. without special licenses, saying the company, "poses a…
Microsoft, Alexa, Bosch join Intel by investing in Syntiant
Microsoft, Alexa, Bosch join Intel by investing in Syntiant
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Syntiant Corp. (Irvine, Calif.), a startup formed in 2017 to develop analog neural networking processors for edge computing, has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by M12, Microsoft…
Intel reports buoyant Q3, forecasts strong year
Intel reports buoyant Q3, forecasts strong year
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Despite reported problems with manufacturing enough processor ICs to meet demand for personal computers, Intel reported third quarter financial results with increased sales and profits.
Chinese firm to buy Nexperia for $3.6 billion
Chinese firm to buy Nexperia for $3.6 billion
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Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China) is acquiring Nexperia BV (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), a manufacturer of discretes, logic and MOSFET devices for 25.2 billion yuan ($3.63 billion) by buying out…
Power transformer failure a major challenge, says survey
Power transformer failure a major challenge, says survey
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Over half of power industry professionals surveyed in a recent report have identified the failure of a power transformer as a major challenge for their business.


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