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Stadium continues expansion with PowerPax UK buy
Stadium continues expansion with PowerPax UK buy
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Power and wireless system maker Stadium Group has acquired the business and assets of PowerPax UK.
LETI offers Mentor SoC emulation as a design service to chipmakers
LETI offers Mentor SoC emulation as a design service to chipmakers
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Leti, technology research institute of CEA Tech (Grenoble, France), and Mentor (now a Siemens company) have announced that Leti will…
ST partner program intend to boost sales, speed design
ST partner program intend to boost sales, speed design
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European chip vendor STMicroelectronics NV had introduced a partner program that it claims will strengthen the ST ecosystem and reduce…
77Wh USB-C power bar starts crowdfunding
77Wh USB-C power bar starts crowdfunding
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A US power system maker has started a crowdfunding campaign to produce a portable power bar with a capacity of…

ST partner program aims to speed power design
ST partner program aims to speed power design
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European chip maker STMicroelectronics had introduced a partner program that it says will strengthen its ecosystem and reduce time to market for designs based on power devices and microcontrollers.
ST partner program intend to boost sales, speed design
ST partner program intend to boost sales, speed design
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European chip vendor STMicroelectronics NV had introduced a partner program that it claims will strengthen the ST ecosystem and reduce time to market for designs based on ST components.
Smart pacemakers recalled on cybersecurity concerns
Smart pacemakers recalled on cybersecurity concerns
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Healthcare company Abbott Laboratories (Chicago, IL) has issued a firmware patch for some of its implanted cardiac devices that were found to be vulnerable to potential hacking.
EpiGaN attracts state backing for GaN-on-Si wafers
EpiGaN attracts state backing for GaN-on-Si wafers
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EpiGaN (Hasselt, Belgium), a supplier of gallium-nitride on silicon and on silicon-carbide wafers, has attracted FPIM as a fifth investor into the company.
Battery storage startup takes on Tesla
Battery storage startup takes on Tesla
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A US startup is taking on Tesla to build a gigafactory for lithium ion batteries.
Apple in play as Toshiba misses sale deadline
Apple in play as Toshiba misses sale deadline
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Toshiba Corp. is continuing to negotiate beyond a self-imposed of deadline of the end of August with three consortia over the sale of Toshiba Memory Corp., a subsidiary created to…
Blockchain trials aim to revolutionise the power grid
Blockchain trials aim to revolutionise the power grid
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Blockchain, the secure ledger technology behind cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, is being used in several European trials to enable peer-to-peer transactions in the power grid.
EpiGaN adds 5th Investor to fund its expansion
EpiGaN adds 5th Investor to fund its expansion
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A leading European supplier of commercial GaN technology for power switching, RF and sensor applications, EpiGaN has announced that the Belgium Federal Holding and Investment Company (FPIM/SFPI) has joined its…
Samsung to spend $7bn on Chinese NAND expansion
Samsung to spend $7bn on Chinese NAND expansion
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has said it expects to spend $7 billion over the next three years to increase NAND memory chip production at its wafer fab in Xi'an, in…
GoT actor Dinklage delivers Cisco smart network message
GoT actor Dinklage delivers Cisco smart network message
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Networking giant Cisco (San Jose, CA) has launched a video - starring the actor Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones (GoT) fame - to help further explain its new networking…
Arduino design contest: Give your project a voice with Sigfox
Arduino design contest: Give your project a voice with Sigfox
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Global distributor RS Components is supporting the latest Arduino design contest with high-quality RS Pro test-bench products, specifically an RS Pro oscilloscope and an RS Pro soldering station among the…
S3 adds custom chip business model
S3 adds custom chip business model
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S3 Group (Dublin, Ireland), a global technology group operating in the semiconductor and connected health industries, has announced a change in strategy for its semiconductor division, S3 Semiconductors (S3semi).
Siemens expands automotive engineering software business with new takeover
Siemens expands automotive engineering software business with new takeover
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Following the acquisition of Mentor Graphics, Siemens intends to further broaden its range of engineering software for the automotive industry. The company now announced its intention to acquire TASS International…
Littelfuse to acquire IXYS for USD 750 million
Littelfuse to acquire IXYS for USD 750 million
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Littelfuse and IXYS Corporation announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Littelfuse will acquire all of the outstanding shares of IXYS in a cash and stock transaction.
Littelfuse to acquire IXYS to create $1.5bn power semiconductor company
Littelfuse to acquire IXYS to create $1.5bn power semiconductor company
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The power semiconductor market is seeing a shakeup with Chicago-based Littelfuse buying IXYS in a $750m deal.
Daimler, Here and more partners launch internet data platform
Daimler, Here and more partners launch internet data platform
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A multi-sector data platform from several companies from Germany, which is to rise against the dominance of US heavyweights such as Google and Facebook, will start in early 2018. Among…
Daimler, Here and more partners launch internet data platform
Daimler, Here and more partners launch internet data platform
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A multi-sector data platform from several companies from Germany, which is to rise against the dominance of US heavyweights such as Google and Facebook, will start in early 2018. Among…
X-Fab enjoys strong second quarter
X-Fab enjoys strong second quarter
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Analog, mixed-signal and MEMS foundry group X-Fab Silicon Foundries SE (Erfurt, Germany) made a net profit of $24.1 million on sales of $139.3 million in the second quarter of 2017.
Energy harvest firm MicroGen sold, will work with Arrow
Energy harvest firm MicroGen sold, will work with Arrow
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MicroGen Systems Inc., a pioneer of piezoelectric-based vibration energy harvest components has been sold to Wireless Sensor Solutions LLC (Henrietta, NY), a company controlled by David Monks, a managing partner…
Romeo Power takes on Tesla with US battery gigafactory
Romeo Power takes on Tesla with US battery gigafactory
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A US startup is taking on Tesla to build a gigafactory for lithium ion batteries.
Online calculator estimates your BOM savings with mixed-signal ICs
Online calculator estimates your BOM savings with mixed-signal ICs
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S3 Group has announced a change in strategy for its custom semiconductor business, S3 Semiconductors (S3semi), now focusing on industrial and communications OEMs. The group is to convert its electronic…
China’s Chunxing acquires US optical MEMS maker
China’s Chunxing acquires US optical MEMS maker
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Calient Technologies Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.), a leading maker of optical MEMS for communications switches, has been acquired by Suzhou Chunxing Precision Mechanical Co., Ltd. (Suzhou, China).
Delphi takes stake in lidar startup Innoviz
Delphi takes stake in lidar startup Innoviz
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Automotive supplier Delphi Automotive plc (Gillingham, England) has said it has taken a minority stake in Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Kfar Saba, Israel), a 2016 startup developing infrared solid-state lidar sensors…
Wireless diabetes device security standard being developed
Wireless diabetes device security standard being developed
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UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and the IEEE have signed a Joint Standard Development agreement to develop a consensus-based standard for wireless diabetes device security.


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