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$1bn deal makes Schneider Electric worlds’s leading smart building power switch vendor
$1bn deal makes Schneider Electric worlds’s leading smart building power switch vendor
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Schneider Electric is to buy US low voltage switch maker Asco Power Technologies in a $1.25bn deal that makes it…
Electric vehicle uses solar cells to charge its batteries
Electric vehicle uses solar cells to charge its batteries
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German startup Sono Motors has launched an electric vehicle that obtains its power not only through the grid, but also…
Electric vehicle taps the sun to charge its batteries
Electric vehicle taps the sun to charge its batteries
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Startup company Sono Motors (Munich, Germany) has launched its debut feature: An electric vehicle that obtains its power not only…
Electric vehicle taps the sun to charge its batteries
Electric vehicle taps the sun to charge its batteries
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Startup company Sono Motors (Munich, Germany) has launched its debut feature: An electric vehicle that obtains its power not only…

Illegal software found in Porsche engines, certification withdrawn
Illegal software found in Porsche engines, certification withdrawn
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After Volkswagen and Audi, illegal defeat devices have been identified in vehicles from Porsche. These devices – actually it is a piece of software – mimic better exhaust gas values…
Osram invests in Canadian Lidar startup
Osram invests in Canadian Lidar startup
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To benefit from the overall development towards autonomous driving, lighting systems manufacturer Osram has a acquired strategic stake of 25.1 per cent in LeddarTech Inc. The Canadian company is developing…
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
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Leading industrial chip vendor Texas Instruments made a net profit of $1.06 billion on sales revenue of $3.69 billion in the second quarter of 2017.
GZIP compression accelerator runs on FPGAs as a service
GZIP compression accelerator runs on FPGAs as a service
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Accelize and OVH, in partnership with CAST, announced the availability of GZIP compression on FPGA-as-a-service.com, running with an acceleration factor of over 100x.
Sankalp to create 300 chip design jobs
Sankalp to create 300 chip design jobs
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Design services company Sankalp Semiconductor Inc. (Bangalore, India) has announced that it plans to hire 300 engineers over the next 12 months.
3D metal printing startup raises funds to accelerate growth
3D metal printing startup raises funds to accelerate growth
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3D metal-printing technology company Desktop Metal (Burlington, MA) has announced it has completed a $115 million Series D round of funding, which it says it will use to further accelerate…
Kyulux and WiseChip to jointly commercialize TADF and Hyperfluorescence OLED products
Kyulux and WiseChip to jointly commercialize TADF and Hyperfluorescence OLED products
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OLED technology provider Kyulux has partnered with OLED displays manufacturer WiseChip to hit the market with commercial OLED products based on 4th generation Hyperfluorescence OLED light emission technology.
Foxconn to build $10 billion LCD plant in Wisconsin
Foxconn to build $10 billion LCD plant in Wisconsin
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President Trump has announced that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. will build an LCD factory at a cost of $10 billion and that could employ 13,000 people in the…
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
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Leading industrial chip vendor Texas Instruments made a net profit of $1.06 billion on sales revenue of $3.69 billion in the second quarter of 2017.
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
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The UK will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040, driving investment in automotive battery technology. This follows the announcement of a £246m investment in battery development and manufacturing by…
Bosch Sensortec’s MEMS sensors for IoT, now from Arrow
Bosch Sensortec’s MEMS sensors for IoT, now from Arrow
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Distributor Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Bosch Sensortec to supply Bosch Sensortec products, in particular Bosch’s MEMS sensors for IoT applications.
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
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The UK will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040, driving investment in automotive battery technology. This follows the announcement of a £246m investment in battery development and manufacturing by…
Nichicon licenses Qualcomm’s wireless electric vehicle charging tech
Nichicon licenses Qualcomm’s wireless electric vehicle charging tech
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Qualcomm has licensed its Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) technology to Japanese automotive supplier Nichicon. …
Thales enhances multi-cloud data security portfolio
Thales enhances multi-cloud data security portfolio
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Making it easier for organizations to manage and secure their data in multi-cloud environments, advanced data security from Thales integrate with the leading cloud service provider platforms from Amazon Web…
Infineon, AIRmaker partnership aims to accelerate IoT start-ups
Infineon, AIRmaker partnership aims to accelerate IoT start-ups
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Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific has announced a partnership with AIRmaker, a Singapore-based Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator, where Infineon will help start-ups under the AIRmaker's program to explore competitive advantage…
Osram invests in Lidar expert LeddarTech
Osram invests in Lidar expert LeddarTech
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To benefit from the overall development towards autonomous driving, lighting systems manufacturer Osram has a acquired strategic stake of 25.1 per cent in LeddarTech Inc. The Canadian company is developing…
Nasdaq fintech purchase adds AI for market surveillance
Nasdaq fintech purchase adds AI for market surveillance
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Financial services company Nasdaq (New York City, NY) has announced that it is acquiring market surveillance provider Sybenetix (London, UK), a "regtech" startup that uses technology to automate data analysis…
Bosch Sensortec, Arrow partner to serve IoT markets
Bosch Sensortec, Arrow partner to serve IoT markets
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Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Bosch Sensortec to supply the latter’s products. Bosch, despite being one of the world’s largest provider of MEMs sensors, is traditionally…
Toshiba’s Visconti 4 image-recognition MPU adopted by Denso
Toshiba’s Visconti 4 image-recognition MPU adopted by Denso
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Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation announced that automotive technology and systems provider Denso Corporation is deploying its latest image-recognition processor, Visconti 4. Dedicated to automotive applications, in next generation…
ST sees “anticipatory ordering” of MCUs
ST sees “anticipatory ordering” of MCUs
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Carlo Bozotti, CEO of STMicroelectronics said in a conference call with analysts that the extreme book-to-bill ratio for orders over deliveries that his company is experiencing right now is unsustainable.
Nichicon licenses Qualcomm’s wireless electric vehicle charging tech
Nichicon licenses Qualcomm’s wireless electric vehicle charging tech
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Qualcomm has licensed its Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) technology to Japanese automotive supplier Nichicon. …
ST lifts capex as Q2 results shine
ST lifts capex as Q2 results shine
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European chipmaker STMicroelectronics NV has decided to raise capital expenditure for 2017 to between $1.25 billion and $1.3 billion amid a strong second quarter that saw revenue growth in all…
Framos and Pyxalis partner to deliver custom image sensors
Framos and Pyxalis partner to deliver custom image sensors
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Image sensor distributor Framos has extended its collaboration with advanced custom image sensor supplier Pyxalis, entering into a formal agreement to offer Framos' partners with fully customized, high performance sensors,…
The electric Mini remains British
The electric Mini remains British
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Brexit or not – BMW will manufacture the all-electric version of its Mini in Oxford, UK. In the light of the Brexit decision in Great Britain, Mini parent company was…


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