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Cisco, Kingston tipped as strategic investors in Nantero
Cisco, Kingston tipped as strategic investors in Nantero
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Nantero Inc. (Woburn, Mass.) has announced that Cisco Investments and Kingston Technology Corp. are among eight strategic investors in the…
ARM and Nvidia partner on deep learning
ARM and Nvidia partner on deep learning
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GPU and machine learning chip developer Nvidia Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has said that the Nvidia deep learning accelerator architecture…
Intel sells Wind River
Intel sells Wind River
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Wind River is to be bought from Intel by global alternative asset firm TPG. The new company will continue to…
ARM, Nvidia partner on deep learning
ARM, Nvidia partner on deep learning
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GPU and machine learning chip developer Nvidia Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has said that the Nvidia deep learning accelerator architecture…

Intel to sell off Wind River
Intel to sell off Wind River
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Wind River is to be bought from Intel by global alternative asset firm TPG. The new company will continue to be led by the current executive management team.
Viasat sets up European software centre
Viasat sets up European software centre
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Viasat has opened its new expanded office in Dublin, Ireland, which is expected to house up to 250 Viasat team members focused on developing next-generation software and technology for Viasat's…
Nanusens crowdfunds money for CMOS MEMS
Nanusens crowdfunds money for CMOS MEMS
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Fabless CMOS sensor maker Nanusens SL (Barcelona, Spain) has taken to crowd funding for a seed round.
KLA-Tencor offers $3.4 billion for Orbotech
KLA-Tencor offers $3.4 billion for Orbotech
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Semiconductor process control company KLA-Tencor Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.) has offered to acquire Orbotech Ltd. (Yavne, Israel), a vendor of PCB production and optical inspection equipment for $3.4 billion.
Intel to sell Wind River
Intel to sell Wind River
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Wind River is to be bought from Intel by global alternative asset firm TPG. The new company will continue to be led by the current executive management team.
SiFive raises $50 million for RISC-V roll out
SiFive raises $50 million for RISC-V roll out
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Provider of commercial RISC-V processor intellectual property SiFive Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.) has raised $50.6 million in a Series C round of investment bringing the total invested in the company…
Millbrook buys US test house to boost battery test capabilities
Millbrook buys US test house to boost battery test capabilities
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UK-based test house Millbrook has bought US automotive test services company Revolutionary Engineering to expand its capacity and capabilities in testing batteries, inverters and electric motors.
Austrian vanadium flow battery technology in new ownership
Austrian vanadium flow battery technology in new ownership
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Stina Resources of Toronto, Canada, expects to finish buying the assets of Austrian flow battery pioneer Gildemeister in the next few days and re-start selling batteries as Enerox.
Imagination replaces CEO with Chinese chip veteran
Imagination replaces CEO with Chinese chip veteran
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Imagination Technologies Ltd. (Kings Langley, England) has announced that experienced Chinese semiconductor executive Leo Li is to become CEO, taking over from Andrew Heath who brokered the sale of the…
Fuel cell-powered boat successfully tested
Fuel cell-powered boat successfully tested
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A consortium in Japan has successfully tested a full scale boat powered by two hydrogen fuel cells.
Japanese project tests out hydrogen fuel cells in boat
Japanese project tests out hydrogen fuel cells in boat
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A consortium in Japan has successfully tested a full scale boat powered by two hydrogen fuel cells.
Monsanto partners with hyperlocal weather data startup
Monsanto partners with hyperlocal weather data startup
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Agriculture biotechnology giant Monsanto (St. Louis, MO) has partnered with weather station sensor network developer Understory (Somerville, MA) to study global weather impact on agriculture business in Argentina.
Crypto miner IC startup now top TSMC customer
Crypto miner IC startup now top TSMC customer
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Bitmain Technologies Ltd. (Beijing, China), founded in 2013, was responsible for between 3 and 5 percent of TSMC's revenue in 1Q18 and became one of the foundry's top ten customers,…
Chinese group invests £100m in UK electric taxi production
Chinese group invests £100m in UK electric taxi production
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Chinese Red Sun Group is investing £100m investment into a new UK plant to build hybrid electric taxis powered by lithium batteries. …
German battery maker in global grid management deal
German battery maker in global grid management deal
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German battery maker Sonnen has teamed up with tron to combine its sonnenBatterie with Itron's IntelliSOURCE demand response management system (DRMS) to link home storage systems to a utility's grid network.
Silex spending $300 million on MEMS fab in Beijing
Silex spending $300 million on MEMS fab in Beijing
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Silex Microsystems has said that it plans to spend 2 billion yuan (about $315 million) on the construction of a high-volume MEMS wafer fab in Beijing.
Flow battery pioneer aims for volume production of cars and fuel
Flow battery pioneer aims for volume production of cars and fuel
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Flow battery technology developer NanoFlowcell has launched a five year plan to produce its battery electrolyte and electric cars in volume.
Scottish test firm buys Belfast network emulation supplier
Scottish test firm buys Belfast network emulation supplier
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Scottish R&D test set developer Calnex Solutions has bought JAR Technologies in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to expand its expertise in wide area networking.
Cryptocurrency mining IC startup now a TSMC top-ten customer
Cryptocurrency mining IC startup now a TSMC top-ten customer
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Bitmain Technologies Ltd. (Beijing, China), founded in 2013, was responsible for between 3 and 5 percent of TSMC's revenue in 1Q18 and became one of the foundry's top ten customers,…
French smart battery maker in huge expansion
French smart battery maker in huge expansion
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French smart battery maker Forsee Power is setting up a factory that will boost production of batteries for transportation by a factor of 10.
IoT Security Foundation lowers membership costs
IoT Security Foundation lowers membership costs
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The UK-based IoT Security Foundation has created an individual membership category to complement the existing company membership scheme.
Knowles Capacitors rebrands as Knowles Precision Devices
Knowles Capacitors rebrands as Knowles Precision Devices
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The Capacitor division of Knowles is rebranding as Knowles Precision Devices alongside its RF and EMI filters and oscillators. The move aims to create a clear distinction from the MEMS…
Scheme lowers cost of IoT Security Foundation membership
Scheme lowers cost of IoT Security Foundation membership
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The UK-based IoT Security Foundation has created an individual membership category to complement the existing company membership scheme.
TSMC IC production capacity taken up by Cryptocurrency mining demand
TSMC IC production capacity taken up by Cryptocurrency mining demand
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TSMC's leading-edge manufacturing capacity is being made tight by strong demand for GPUs and special-purpose ASICs for use in cryptocurrency mining, according to a Digitimes report.


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