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Fraunhofer, VDE establish battery competence centre
Fraunhofer, VDE establish battery competence centre
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst Mach Institute, EMI and the…
Europe ponders 3% tax grab on digital companies
Europe ponders 3% tax grab on digital companies
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The European Commission has proposed new rules on taxation in an attempt to increase the tax taken from digital businesses…
Top 8 solar and storage trends for 2018
Top 8 solar and storage trends for 2018
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Analysts at IHS Markit have identiifed eight key trends in solar power for 2018, from floating solar farms to digital…
BASF and OLEDWorks team up on flexible OLEDs
BASF and OLEDWorks team up on flexible OLEDs
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OLED lighting panels manufacturer OLEDWorks announced it has partnered with BASF’s Coatings division to develop what the companies claim will…

Europe proposes 3% tax on digital companies
Europe proposes 3% tax on digital companies
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The European Commission has proposed new rules on taxation in an attempt to increase the tax taken from digital businesses that it claims pay significantly less tax than traditional businesses.
Google buying light field camera maker, say reports
Google buying light field camera maker, say reports
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Google (Mountain View, CA) is reportedly buying light field platform maker Lytro (Mountain View, CA).
Rolls Royce looks to new supercapacitor material
Rolls Royce looks to new supercapacitor material
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Rolls-Royce has signed a collaboration agreement with UK-based technology start-up Superdielectrics to explore new polymer materials for high capacity supercapacitors…
Infineon’s eSIMs provide Daimler with eCall capability
Infineon’s eSIMs provide Daimler with eCall capability
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It is estimated that the automatic emergency call, eCall, now mandatory for all new car and light commercial vehicle models in the European Union from 31 March 2018, will shorten…
Infineon’s eSIMs win Daimler over eCall
Infineon’s eSIMs win Daimler over eCall
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It is estimated that the automatic emergency call, eCall, now mandatory for all new car and light commercial vehicle models in the European Union from 31 March 2018, will shorten…
Power Stamp Alliance forms for 48V power in data centres and industrial applications
Power Stamp Alliance forms for 48V power in data centres and industrial applications
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Four suppliers of power chips and modules have launched the Power Stamp Alliance for 48V-to-low-voltage on-board DC-DC power converters. …
BMW, Toyota invest in Lidar startup
BMW, Toyota invest in Lidar startup
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Startup company Blackmore Sensors and Analytics (Bozeman, Montana) has announced the successful conclusion of a Series B financing round to scale its automotive Lidar solution. Investors are BMW i Ventures…
TI coding contest challenges students to improve daily lives
TI coding contest challenges students to improve daily lives
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Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has announced a coding challenge for students to design solutions that improve everyday life.
Molex to invest in Elenion Technologies, gains access to silicon photonics
Molex to invest in Elenion Technologies, gains access to silicon photonics
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Molex Ventures has announced a strategic investment and collaboration between the Molex Optical Solutions Group (OSG) and Elenion Technologies, LLC (Elenion), a semiconductor company driving innovation around silicon photonics technology. The aim of this strategic move…
£5,000 worth of kit to win with Farnell element14’s “University IoT Challenge”
£5,000 worth of kit to win with Farnell element14’s “University IoT Challenge”
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In partnership with test & measurement equipment supplier Rohde & Schwarz Electronics, distributor Farnell element14 has launched the “University IoT Challenge” with the aim to entice university students to come…
IBM, Apple announce ‘new era’ for the smart enterprise
IBM, Apple announce ‘new era’ for the smart enterprise
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Apple (Cupertino, CA) and IBM (Armonk, NY) have announced an agreement to bring machine learning to business-focused iOS apps.
IAR Systems acquires security partner Secure Thingz
IAR Systems acquires security partner Secure Thingz
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A month after it jointly announced Embedded Trust with security partner Secure Thingz, IAR Systems announced it has today entered into a share sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100…
Schurter signs TME as global distributor
Schurter signs TME as global distributor
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Transfer Multisort Elektronik (TME), founded in 1990 in Łódź, Poland, with a workforce over 700 employees, has been a distributor of Schurter products since 2011. The rapid and continuous growth…
Darin Billerbeck steps down at Lattice
Darin Billerbeck steps down at Lattice
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Darin Billerbeck, CEO of Lattice Semiconductor Corp., has announced his decision to retire and that he is stepping down as CEO and from the company's board of directors with effect…
Fingerprint Cards adds face recognition to biometrics portfolio
Fingerprint Cards adds face recognition to biometrics portfolio
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Fingerprint Cards AB (Gothenburg, Sweden), the world's leading supplier of biometric identity systems, has added face recognition to its biometric solutions portfolio.
Fingerprint Cards adds face recognition to portfolio
Fingerprint Cards adds face recognition to portfolio
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Fingerprint Cards AB (Gothenburg, Sweden), the world's leading supplier of biometric identity systems, has added face recognition to its biometric solutions portfolio.
Lattice CEO steps down
Lattice CEO steps down
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Darin Billerbeck, CEO of Lattice Semiconductor Corp., has announced his decision to retire and that he is stepping down as CEO and from the company's board of directors with effect…
Report: Globalfoundries asks China to probe TSMC
Report: Globalfoundries asks China to probe TSMC
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Already under investigation in Europe over alleged antitrust behaviour foundry TSMC could now come under scrutiny in China, according to a Nikkei Asian Review report.
Solver-as-a-service vendor raises $3 million
Solver-as-a-service vendor raises $3 million
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OnScale Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) has raised seed funding of $3 million to launch its solver-as-a-service company for complex engineering calculations that require high-performance computing.
TSMC sales plunged in February
TSMC sales plunged in February
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Leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has announced sales revenues for February 2018 of NT$64.64 (about $2.21 billion), down 9.5 percent from February 2017.
Power Stamp Alliance launched to promote 48V direct-conversion
Power Stamp Alliance launched to promote 48V direct-conversion
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Artesyn Embedded Technologies, Bel Power Solutions, Flex, and STMicroelectronics announced they have formed a new alliance, the Power Stamp Alliance to create collaborative solutions for 48V-to-low-voltage on-board DC-DC power converters. …
Power Stamp Alliance forms for 48V power in data centres and industrial applications
Power Stamp Alliance forms for 48V power in data centres and industrial applications
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Four suppliers of power chips and modules have launched the Power Stamp Alliance for 48V-to-low-voltage on-board DC-DC power converters. …
IBM Watson data kits aim to speed enterprise AI adoption
IBM Watson data kits aim to speed enterprise AI adoption
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Just announced, IBM Watson Data Kits are designed to accelerate the development of AI applications to help support faster, more informed decision making for business leaders.
Stanford startup raises funds for distributed machine learning
Stanford startup raises funds for distributed machine learning
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SambaNova Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) has raised $56 million in Series A funding to develop a computing platform for distributed machine learning. The technology is based on work conducted…


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