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Thales and Device Authority to ensure device and data security for medical devices
Thales and Device Authority to ensure device and data security for medical devices
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Thales and Device Authority have announced a jointly developed system to ensure the authentication of IoT devices and the confidentiality…
UMC to pay big price for Fujitsu foundry
UMC to pay big price for Fujitsu foundry
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United Microelectronics Corp. has agreed to spend 57.6 billion yen (about $520 million) to buy the 84.1 percent of Mie…
Rambus gives CEO the sack
Rambus gives CEO the sack
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Ron Black has had his contract as CEO of Rambus Inc. terminated with immediate effect and he has resigned his…
Hanking offers MEMS foundry services
Hanking offers MEMS foundry services
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Hanking Electronics (Liaoning) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of mining and metal processing conglomerate Hanking Group (Shenyang, China), is now offering…

Adesto to acquire networking pioneer Echelon
Adesto to acquire networking pioneer Echelon
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Memory and IoT chip vendor Adesto Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has announced it has agreed to buy Echelon Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) for $45 million.
Flexible display startup enters mass production
Flexible display startup enters mass production
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Royole Corp. (Fremont, Calif.), a startup that has raised more than a billion dollars to fund its electronic manufacturing ambitions, has announced that its 1.1 million square foot production campus…
Siemens supplies green 66kV switchgear for UK wind farm
Siemens supplies green 66kV switchgear for UK wind farm
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Siemens will supply 102 high voltage gas insulated switchgear (GIS) for a UK wind farm in a multi-million euro deal. The switches operate with a vacuum circuit-breaker and clean air…
Rolls Royce sells off autonomous tech in Marine division
Rolls Royce sells off autonomous tech in Marine division
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Rolls Royce has sold its Commercial Marine division, including the technology buisness developing autonomous ships.
On Semiconductor opens joint China lab with GoodWe
On Semiconductor opens joint China lab with GoodWe
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Chinese power group GoodWe has opened a joint lab with supplier On Semiconductor to develop next generation inverter designs for global markets.
Alps Electric joins the Connected Motorcycle Consortium
Alps Electric joins the Connected Motorcycle Consortium
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Alps Electric announced it has joined the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC), a non-profit organization striving to enhance powered two wheeler’s rider safety through research and development activities on C-ITS (Cooperative-Intelligent…
Open source test board at heart of radar disaster management system
Open source test board at heart of radar disaster management system
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An open source credit-card reconfigurable instrumentation board from Red Pitaya in Slovenia is being used for a new radar warning and information system (RAWIS) for disaster management.
Alps Electric joins Connected Motorcycle Consortium to foster C-ITS
Alps Electric joins Connected Motorcycle Consortium to foster C-ITS
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Electronic component manufacturer Alps Electric has joined the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC), a non-profit organization striving to enhance powered two wheeler’s rider safety through research and development activities on C-ITS…
Low-power wide-area wireless networking has clearer future
Low-power wide-area wireless networking has clearer future
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Over the last two years, the LPWA market has evolved from a chaotic rivalry between 15 wireless formats into two major emerging market areas – LoRa and NB-IoT – explains…
TSMC’s June sales disappoint
TSMC’s June sales disappoint
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June 2018 revenues at foundry TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) were down 16.3 percent from June 2017 providing a sombre end to the second quarter and making up a first half that…
GloFo claims FDSOI chip revenue has reached $2bn
GloFo claims FDSOI chip revenue has reached $2bn
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Semiconductor foundry Globalfoundries Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has said that its customers' revenue using its 22nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) manufacturing process has surpassed $2 billion.
Active rectifier controller has reverse protection
Active rectifier controller has reverse protection
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As the current level continues to increase in automotive electronic systems, designers can no longer use conventional blocking Schottky diodes due to high power dissipation and thermal issues. The LT8672…
Active Rectifier Controller with Reverse Protection
Active Rectifier Controller with Reverse Protection
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As the current level continues to increase in automotive electronic systems, designers can no longer use conventional blocking Schottky diodes due to high power dissipation and thermal issues. The LT8672…
Analyst sees a clear future for LPWA
Analyst sees a clear future for LPWA
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Over the last two years, the LPWA market has evolved from a chaotic rivalry between 15 wireless formats into two major emerging market areas – LoRa and NB-IoT – explains…
Cloud blockchain startup focused on privacy, performance
Cloud blockchain startup focused on privacy, performance
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Cloud computing startup Oasis Labs (Berkeley, CA) has announced that it has raised $45 million in order to launch privacy-first cloud computing on blockchain.
Edge AI startup gets Chinese backing for Series A financing
Edge AI startup gets Chinese backing for Series A financing
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Kneron Inc., (San Diego, CA), a startup machine learning IP licensor founded in 2015, has announced that Hong Kong based Horizon Ventures has joined in with its series A round…
‘Bot’ startup raises $250M in global push
‘Bot’ startup raises $250M in global push
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Robotic process automation (RPA) startup Automation Anywhere (San Jose, CA) has announced that it has raised $250 million in Series A funding - one of the largest such financing rounds…
Glass giant, solar startup team on power-producing windows
Glass giant, solar startup team on power-producing windows
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AGC Asahi Glass, the world’s largest producer of flat glass, is to develop transparent solar cells as windows using thin film technology from solar energy startup Ubiquitous Energy (Redwood City,…
Micron hit with Chinese patent infringement ban
Micron hit with Chinese patent infringement ban
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A Chinese court has banned Micron Technology Inc. from selling 26 types of DRAM and NAND memory including certain solid-state drives and memory sticks as part of a ruling in…
Daimler tests automated driving in Bejing’s chaotic traffic
Daimler tests automated driving in Bejing’s chaotic traffic
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Daimler is the first international car manufacturer to receive approval to test fully automated test vehicles (Level 4) on public roads in Beijing. An important role in the development plays…
Asahi Glass teams with US startup for solar cell windows
Asahi Glass teams with US startup for solar cell windows
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AGC Asahi Glass, the world’s largest producer of flat glass, is to develop transparent solar cells as windows using thin film technology from Ubiquitous Energy in the US.
Altus becomes exclusive distributor for Optilia
Altus becomes exclusive distributor for Optilia
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Altus Group, a supplier of capital equipment in the UK and Ireland, has been awarded the exclusive distribution agreement for Swedish company Optilia, leaders in the design and development of visual inspection instruments. …
Osram Continental JV starts operations
Osram Continental JV starts operations
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Following the conclusion of all negotiations and approval of the merger control approvals, the joint venture between automotive supplier Continental and lighting expert Osram started as planned in the second…
GaN power specialist opens China design centre
GaN power specialist opens China design centre
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Californian startup Navitas Semiconductor has opened a design center for GaN-based systems in Hangzhou, China, to help it work with Chinese customers.


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