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AVX acquires antenna specialist Ethertronics
AVX acquires antenna specialist Ethertronics
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Passive components and interconnect solutions provider AVX Corporation (Fountain Inn, SC) has acquired Ethertronics (San Diego, CA), a manufacturer of…
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s raised offer, extends timeline for NXP
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s raised offer, extends timeline for NXP
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While it claims Broadcom undervalues its stock, Qualcomm has extended the offering period of its cash tender offer to purchase…
Porsche to invest more than six billion euro in electromobility by 2022
Porsche to invest more than six billion euro in electromobility by 2022
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Sports car manufacturer Porsche announced plans to invest more than six billion euro in electromobility by 2022, focusing on both…
Messe Frankfurt expands portfolio of Light + Building trade fairs with Thai acquisition
Messe Frankfurt expands portfolio of Light + Building trade fairs with Thai acquisition
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Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd announced it has acquired Thailand Lighting Fair and Thailand Building Fair to expand…

Addressing IoT chip security through secure manufacturing, test
Addressing IoT chip security through secure manufacturing, test
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The recent Meltdown and Spectre problems have highlighted the vulnerability of computer chips to hacking that can, at least, be addressed through software patches. However, another area that is increasingly…
NXP chip to power mobile payments in Garmin wearables
NXP chip to power mobile payments in Garmin wearables
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NXP Semiconductors (Eindhoven, Netherlands) has announced that GPS technology provider Garmin International, Inc. (Olathe, KS) has chosen NXP's PN80T embedded Secure Element (SE) and near-field communications (NFC) solution for Garmin's…
Melexis to grow manufacturing in Europe
Melexis to grow manufacturing in Europe
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Automotive and industrial chip manufacturer Melexis Technologies NV (Tessenderlo, Belgium) plans to spend €75 million (about $92 million) over the next five years to increase its manufacturing capabilities in Europe.
Addressing IoT chip security with secure manufacture and test
Addressing IoT chip security with secure manufacture and test
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The recent Meltdown and Spectre problems have highlighted the vulnerability of computer chips to hacking that can, at least, be addressed through software patches. However, another area that is increasingly…
UK taps Jaguar Land Rover to head up battery research group
UK taps Jaguar Land Rover to head up battery research group
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Tony Harper, director of Engineering Research at car maker Jaguar Land Rover, has been appointed as Director of the UK's Faraday Battery Challenge research and commercialisation programme.
R&S ships first analysis firmware for 5G New Radio
R&S ships first analysis firmware for 5G New Radio
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Rohde & Schwarz has announced the industry’s first firmware option for 5G New Radio (NR) downlink signal analysis.
Rohm opens German power test lab
Rohm opens German power test lab
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Rohm has opened a new power test lab at its headquarters in Germany.
ARM acquires ChaoLogix for security reasons
ARM acquires ChaoLogix for security reasons
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Processor IP licensor ARM Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has acquired ChaoLogix Inc. (Gainsville, Florida) for an undisclosed sum of money and folded the company into its security operations.
Siemens to acquire Sarokal Test Systems in 4G/5G push
Siemens to acquire Sarokal Test Systems in 4G/5G push
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Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Oulu, Finland-based Sarokal Test Systems Oy, a provider of innovative test systems for fronthaul networks that are comprised of links between the…
RS Components backs Edinburgh’s student Hyperloop team
RS Components backs Edinburgh’s student Hyperloop team
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Distributor RS Components has renewed its sponsorship for the University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop team – HYPED – to support the next phase in the university’s efforts to design and build…
RS Components backs Edinburgh’s HYPED student team
RS Components backs Edinburgh’s HYPED student team
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Distributor RS Components has renewed its sponsorship for the University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop team – HYPED – to support the next phase in the university’s efforts to design and build…
MACOM and ST to drive GaN on Silicon to mainstream RF markets
MACOM and ST to drive GaN on Silicon to mainstream RF markets
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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., and STMicroelectronics (ST) has announced an agreement to develop GaN (Gallium Nitride) on Silicon wafers to be manufactured by ST for MACOM’s use across an…
Accelerating development of 3rd-gen neural networks
Accelerating development of 3rd-gen neural networks
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Eta Compute Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) a company that uses self-timed, ultra-low voltage electronics, has raised $8 million in Series A financing to accelerate its development of neural network processing…
ITTIA, RTI industrial IoT partnership integrates data in motion and at rest
ITTIA, RTI industrial IoT partnership integrates data in motion and at rest
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Embedded systems database software provider ITTIA (Bellevue, WA) and IoT connectivity software developer Real-Time Innovations (Sunnyvale, CA) have announced a partnership offering a complete software solution for real-time data distribution,…
Eta raises funds for spiking neural networks
Eta raises funds for spiking neural networks
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Eta Compute Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.) a company that uses self-timed, ultra-low voltage electronics, has raised $8 million in Series A financing to accelerate its development of neural network processing…
Welsh EDA firm opens up in India
Welsh EDA firm opens up in India
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Thalia Design Automation Ltd. (Cwmbran, Wales), an analog EDA startup founded by Sowmyan Rajagopalan, has opened an engineering center in Hyderabad, India.
Samsung processors may displace Qualcomm’s in Audis
Samsung processors may displace Qualcomm’s in Audis
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According to a report from Korean IT newsmedia etnews, Samsung Electronics is planning to release application processors specifically aimed at car OEMs, potentially competing with established automotive chip providers such…
Broadcom raises Qualcomm offer to $82 per share
Broadcom raises Qualcomm offer to $82 per share
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Fabless chip company Broadcom has raised the value of its hostile offer to acquire rival Qualcomm to $82 per share, a 50 percent premium, on Qualcomm's share price the day…
Broadcom raises offer for Qualcomm, puts NXP deal under pressure
Broadcom raises offer for Qualcomm, puts NXP deal under pressure
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Fabless chip company Broadcom has raised the value of its hostile offer to acquire rival Qualcomm to $82 per share, a 50 percent premium, on Qualcomm's share price the day…
Samsung’s processors to displace Qualcomm’s in Audis, suggests report
Samsung’s processors to displace Qualcomm’s in Audis, suggests report
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According to a report from Korean IT newsmedia etnews, Samsung Electronics is planning to release application processors specifically aimed at car OEMs, potentially competing with established automotive chip providers such…
Broadcom raises offer for Qualcomm
Broadcom raises offer for Qualcomm
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Broadcom Limited has announced that it has made a best and final offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Qualcomm Incorporated for an aggregate of…
Premier Farnell and IDT announce global partnership
Premier Farnell and IDT announce global partnership
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Premier Farnell and Integrated Device Technology, Inc., (IDT) have announced a partnership agreement for the worldwide distribution of IDT’s market-leading RF, high-performance timing, memory interface, real-time interconnect, optical interconnect, wireless…
Pay by the minute cloud-based verification
Pay by the minute cloud-based verification
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Canadian startup Metrics Technologies came out of stealth on the 1st of February 2018, presenting itself as a provider of pay-by-minute Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud-based verification solutions. With…
Porsche doubles R&D budget for electric cars
Porsche doubles R&D budget for electric cars
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In less than two years, sports car manufacturer Porsche plans to launch its first purely electric model on the market. Now the company is stepping on the gas pedal in…


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