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World’s largest lithium ion battery system powers up
World’s largest lithium ion battery system powers up
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French renewable energy company Neoen and US electric car maker Tesla have finished the construction of the world's largest lithium…
Osram’s Malaysian LED factory starts up
Osram’s Malaysian LED factory starts up
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Osram has brought its 150mm wafer fab for the production of LEDs in Kulim, Malaysia, into production at an initial…
TowerJazz qualifies Polyteda’s cloud-ready physical verification workflow
TowerJazz qualifies Polyteda’s cloud-ready physical verification workflow
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A developer of cloud-ready physical verification workflows, Polyteda Cloud announced the completion of a joint qualification program for its PowerDRC/LVS core tool…
InvenSense has 50 jobs for engineers
InvenSense has 50 jobs for engineers
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Fabless MEMS vendor InvenSense, which was acquired by TDK Corp. in May 2017, is on a recruitment drive.

Lumileds commits further to Asia with innovation centre opening in Shanghai
Lumileds commits further to Asia with innovation centre opening in Shanghai
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LED provider Lumileds held a grand opening event to celebrate the official opening of its new office and innovation centre in Shanghai.
Renesas partners with Segger on MCU’s graphical user interface
Renesas partners with Segger on MCU’s graphical user interface
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Embedded development tools provider Segger and Renesas Electronics have struck a partnership whereby Renesas' customers developing a human-machine interface (HMI) for any system built around its RX65N/RX651 microcontrollers get free access…
China raising $30 billion for Big Fund’s second phase
China raising $30 billion for Big Fund’s second phase
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The Chinese government is raising between RMB150 billion and RMB200 billion (between $23 billion and $30 billion) to pay for the second phase of its National IC Investment Fund, according…
Anglia expands small pack quantities, including split reels
Anglia expands small pack quantities, including split reels
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Anglia Components it has expanded the offering of competitively priced, small pack quantities including split reels, across thousands more stock items on its newly improved Anglia Live website for same…
Mitsubishi aims to dominate the power device business
Mitsubishi aims to dominate the power device business
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While many might see the power market as mature, Mitsubishi is aiming for 10% growth over the next five years to dominate the industry.
Mitsubishi aims to dominate the power device business
Mitsubishi aims to dominate the power device business
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While many might see the power market as mature, Mitsubishi is aiming for 10% growth over the next five years to dominate the industry.
Low-power startup recruits former Intel chief scientist as CTO
Low-power startup recruits former Intel chief scientist as CTO
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Eta Compute Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.) a company that uses self-timed, ultra-low voltage electronics, has appointed Narayan Srinivasa as chief technology officer, to take the company into machine learning…
Siemens set to buy EDA firm Solido
Siemens set to buy EDA firm Solido
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Siemens is set to add Solido Design Automation Inc., a vendor of variation-aware design characterization software to an EDA portfolio that it opened with the acquisition of Mentor Graphics Corp.
Welsh foundry could support startup incubator
Welsh foundry could support startup incubator
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The compound semiconductor manufacturing site at Newport, now owned by Welsh local authorities, could be used for some chip processing and to house a startup incubator but will predominantly be…
Ansys to acquire 3DSIM for additive manufacturing simulation
Ansys to acquire 3DSIM for additive manufacturing simulation
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Engineering simulation software provider Ansys announced the acquisition of 3DSIM, a developer of additive manufacturing simulation technology. Doing so Ansys claims it is able to offer the industry's only complete additive…
Israel evolves into an automotive electronics hotbed
Israel evolves into an automotive electronics hotbed
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Israel - a player in automotive electronics? At the latest since companies such as Mobileye or Autotalks are active, the answer must be clearly yes, clear. Over the past quaters,…
Siemens grows IC-EDA presence, buys Solido Design Automation
Siemens grows IC-EDA presence, buys Solido Design Automation
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Adding to its IC and SoC design automation portfolio built around the former Mentor, Siemens is to acquire Solido Design Automation Inc. (Saskatoon, Canada), provider of machine learning-based, variation-aware design…
Marvell to buy Cavium for $6 billion
Marvell to buy Cavium for $6 billion
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Storage and networking chip vendor Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Santa Clara, Calif.) is set to acquire networking and data center processor vendor Cavium Inc. (San Jose, Calif. ) for about…
Practical signal integrity, power integrity and EMC training
Practical signal integrity, power integrity and EMC training
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New training courses have been added to the EMC Standards website to help design engineers ensure safe product design. The courses consist of various presentations, course notes and webinars delivered by worldwide electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) specialist…
Volvo to build tens of thousands of self-driving taxis for Uber
Volvo to build tens of thousands of self-driving taxis for Uber
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Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars will sell “tens of thousands” of autonomous vehicles to ride-sharing company Uber. The framework agreement between Volvo and Uber is one of the largest, if…
mCube buys Xsens for system-level expertise
mCube buys Xsens for system-level expertise
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Fabless inertial sensor company mCube Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has acquired Xsens Technologies BV (Enschade, The Netherlands) from On Semiconductor for $26 million in cash.
Startup sues Apple over dual-sensor camera
Startup sues Apple over dual-sensor camera
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Corephotonics Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel), a startup pioneering of the use of dual image sensor cameras within smartphones, has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging patent infringement.
Everspin pulls back on 1Gbit MRAM
Everspin pulls back on 1Gbit MRAM
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Kevin Conley, who took over as CEO and president of Everspin Technologies Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.) on September 1, has said that the company's 1Gbit MRAM is not yet ready for…
Dialog acquires LED backlight business from AMS
Dialog acquires LED backlight business from AMS
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Dialog Semiconductor announced its acquisition of ams AG’s LED backlight technology and product portfolio, including specific ams intellectual property rights, for an undisclosed sum.
Marvell to acquire Cavium, targets end-to-end systems
Marvell to acquire Cavium, targets end-to-end systems
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Marvell Technology Group and Cavium have announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Marvell will acquire Cavium to become a leader…
Andes partners with EDA tool vendors for more RISC-V SoC support
Andes partners with EDA tool vendors for more RISC-V SoC support
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Andes Technology announces its partnership with several tools vendors including Imperas, Lauterbach, Mentor, a Siemens Business, and UltraSoC to bring their system-on-chip (SoC) development environments to Andes V5 processors and…
Rohde & Schwarz gets TSA certification for its mmWave security scanner
Rohde & Schwarz gets TSA certification for its mmWave security scanner
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Rohde & Schwarz has announced today that its QPS200 millimeter wave technology has achieved TSA Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) detection certification – meeting stringent aviation security detection requirements.
Dresden attracts multi-billion € investments for chips, cars, IoT
Dresden attracts multi-billion € investments for chips, cars, IoT
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The region around Dresden in Germany ("Silicon Saxony"), hitherto mainly known as a location for semiconductor production, is increasingly establishing itself as a center for research and development around the…
Solid-state EV battery patent claims one-minute charging
Solid-state EV battery patent claims one-minute charging
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Electric sportscar startup Fisker (Anaheim, CA) has filed a patent for a 3D solid state battery structure that can charge in one minute (above). The design could hold 2.5 times…


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