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Blockchain consortium takes aim at food safety
Blockchain consortium takes aim at food safety
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IBM (Armonk, NY) has announced a major blockchain collaboration with major companies in the global food supply chain with a…
Indian chip association opens office in Taiwan
Indian chip association opens office in Taiwan
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The India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), a trade body that represents the Indian electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM)…
Showa Denko doubles IR LED output, targets IoT markets
Showa Denko doubles IR LED output, targets IoT markets
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Showa Denko has expanded its product lineup of infrared LED chips (IR-LEDs) in a move to address markets beyond photo-couplers.
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…

All of GCT’s connector models now on SnapEDA
All of GCT’s connector models now on SnapEDA
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SnapEDA has teamed up with GCT (Global Connector Technology), a leading supplier of standard and custom interconnect products, to provide symbols and footprints for its connectors across an extensive 9 product ranges.
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…
£23m competition for UK hydrogen charging stations opens
£23m competition for UK hydrogen charging stations opens
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The UK government has launched a £23m (€25m) competition with details on how it will boost the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and charging stations.
Google acquires AI vision app startup
Google acquires AI vision app startup
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Google (Mountain View, CA) has acquired artificial intelligence (AI) image processing startup AIMatter (Minsk, Belarus).
SiFive appoints Naveed Sherwani as CEO
SiFive appoints Naveed Sherwani as CEO
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Processor IP startup SiFive Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.) has appointed industry veteran Naveed Sherwani as CEO and president.
Fuel cell boosts range of electric vehicles
Fuel cell boosts range of electric vehicles
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ULEMCo in Liverpool, UK, is developing a fuel cell module that can be added to Nissan's electric van to boost the range.
VC wants to reboot Indian wafer fab plans
VC wants to reboot Indian wafer fab plans
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Mumbai-based venture capital firm Next Orbit Ventures plans to help finance three wafer fabs in India with one each focused on digital, analog and solar cell production.
IndoorAtlas closes Series B investment round led by Yahoo! Japan
IndoorAtlas closes Series B investment round led by Yahoo! Japan
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Finnish startup IndoorAtlas, provider of geomagnetic indoor positioning as-a-service, has closed a Series B funding round with a total of about 3,6 M€ equity funding, with Yahoo! Japan as its…
No time to ask the Cloud: Qualcomm buys Dutch machine learning start-up
No time to ask the Cloud: Qualcomm buys Dutch machine learning start-up
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In 2016, Qualcomm stopped short of including an accelerator core called the neural processing unit its Snapdragon silicon. Instead, it announced that it would publish software to bend its existing…
SiFive and Rambus to boost ‘DesignShare’ silicon economy
SiFive and Rambus to boost ‘DesignShare’ silicon economy
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Founded in 2015 by RISC-V inventors Andrew Waterman, Yunsup Lee and Krste Asanovic, Silicon Valley startup SiFive aims to democratize the access to custom silicon. With a free and open…
Solar eclipse doesn’t phase power grid
Solar eclipse doesn’t phase power grid
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The eclipse across the US did not reduce power from solar panels as much as expected.
IoT security startup raises $22M, targets healthcare
IoT security startup raises $22M, targets healthcare
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IoT security startup ZingBox (Mountain View, CA) has announced that it has raised $22 million in a Series B funding round.
Silego hits 3 billion unit CMIC milestone
Silego hits 3 billion unit CMIC milestone
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Silego Technology Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has shipped more than 3 billion units of its configurable mixed-signal ICs (CMICs) since their introduction about three years ago.
Tower confirms Chinese fab project
Tower confirms Chinese fab project
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel), which trades as TowerJazz, has confirmed it is in partnership with Chinese investors, Tacoma and Chinese regional authorities to build a 200mm wafer fab…
Oryx Vision grabs $50 million for solid-state lidar
Oryx Vision grabs $50 million for solid-state lidar
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Startup Oryx Vision Ltd. (Petach Tikva, Israel) has raised $50 million in Series B funding to help commercialize nano-antennas used for infrared laser automotive lidar.
Cadenza Innovation teams for graphite anode development
Cadenza Innovation teams for graphite anode development
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US battery startup Cadenza Innovation has teamed up with Australian mineral company Syrah Resources in a long-term research and development agreement to develop graphite anode technology for use in lithium-ion-based energy…
Qualcomm buys AI firm, lays out future vision
Qualcomm buys AI firm, lays out future vision
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Qualcomm Technologies (San Jose, CA) has announced the acquisition of machine learning company Scyfer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and lays out a vision of a world where "AI makes devices, machines, automobiles,…
World’s largest roll out of fuel cells for data centres
World’s largest roll out of fuel cells for data centres
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Equinix is rolling out the world's largest fuel cell supply for its data centres in the US.
Another grid battery startup files for bankruptcy protection
Another grid battery startup files for bankruptcy protection
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Swiss lithium ion battery startup Alevo has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US.
‘Internet of Trusted Things’ security startup raises $22M
‘Internet of Trusted Things’ security startup raises $22M
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IoT security startup ZingBox (Mountain View, CA) has announced that it has raised $22 million in a Series B funding round.
Smart street lights to expand in London
Smart street lights to expand in London
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Silver Spring Networks (San Jose, CA) has announced that it will deploy its Starfish platform-as-a-service (PaaS) across the City of London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This…
World’s largest OLED screen ‘harmonizes’ with setting
World’s largest OLED screen ‘harmonizes’ with setting
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LG Electronics (Seoul, South Korea) has unveiled what it claims is the world's largest OLED screen and world's largest high-definition video wall.
AI institute offers IoT security assessment
AI institute offers IoT security assessment
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To harden business IoT installations against malicious attacks, TÜV TRUST IT and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI together have compiled a catalogue of test procedures that enables…
Light Polymers and Cree sign patent license agreement
Light Polymers and Cree sign patent license agreement
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Light Polymers has announced a patent license-agreement with Cree that grants a royalty-bearing, non-exclusive patent license to certain Cree patents for certain LED luminaires.


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