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Imagination raises revenues as sale process continues
Imagination raises revenues as sale process continues
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Processor intellectual property company Imagination Technologies Group plc has managed to increase its annual revenue despite a troubled last couple…
Bosch invests in Artificial Intelligence
Bosch invests in Artificial Intelligence
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With hundreds of journalists attending, the Bosch Motorpresse Kolloquium, taking place at the company’s huge test center, is a major…
Samsung starts production at world’s biggest fab
Samsung starts production at world’s biggest fab
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Samsung Electronics has announced that its wafer fab at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, has started shipping products and that it will…
Presto offers to manage image sensor supply chain
Presto offers to manage image sensor supply chain
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Outsourcing services provider Presto Engineering Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has started offering a turnkey industrialization service for image sensors.

Volvo initiates separation from combustion engine
Volvo initiates separation from combustion engine
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From 2019 onwards, every new Volvo passenger car will be equipped with an electric traction motor, the Swedish carmaker announced. The move marks the start of Volvo’s farewell to diesel,…
German startup wins solar challenge
German startup wins solar challenge
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A German technology startup is one of the winners of the latest SunRISE TechBridge Challenge to reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) systems. …
Dialog Semiconductor invests in wireless charging partnership
Dialog Semiconductor invests in wireless charging partnership
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Dialog Semiconductor plc has announced a further strategic investment in Energous Corporation, the developer of WattUp®, a revolutionary wire-free charging technology that provides over-the-air power and charging of electronic devices…
Apple could take a stake into LG Display’s OLED plant, reports the Korea Herald
Apple could take a stake into LG Display’s OLED plant, reports the Korea Herald
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According to a news report from the Korea Herald, Apple and LG Display are discussing investment plans, whereby Apple could invest the equivalent of about $1.75 to $2.62 billion into…
Fraunhofer creates new group for innovation research: aims to understand societal impact    
Fraunhofer creates new group for innovation research: aims to understand societal impact    
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Understanding the complex effects of new technologies is critical for the success of entire economies. Forming the new Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft aims to strengthen its future…
“Operation Wafers”: over one million counterfeit semiconductors seized, reports ESIA
“Operation Wafers”: over one million counterfeit semiconductors seized, reports ESIA
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The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) revealed that under a European-wide Joint Customs Operation (JCO) code-named “Operation Wafers, more than one million counterfeit semiconductor devices were seized within a two-week…
LTE Plugfest focuses on private evolved packet cores
LTE Plugfest focuses on private evolved packet cores
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Taking a leap forward in private networks with a focus on private evolved packet cores (EPCs), Small Cell Forum (SCF) has successfully completed its fifth LTE Plugfest, hosted by ITRI,…
ON Semi in deal to develop universal wireless power solution
ON Semi in deal to develop universal wireless power solution
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ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) and wireless power company PowerSphyr (Blackhawk, CA) are joining forces to develop and market what the companies believe to be one of the industry’s most promising wireless power…
Telit and OT-Morpho look for opportunities in global scale IoT
Telit and OT-Morpho look for opportunities in global scale IoT
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Telit and OT-Morpho are getting together to solve the challenges facing the mass adoption of IoT via the current traditional deployment methodology.
First successful live over-the-air VoLTE call on U.S. LTE Cat M1 network
First successful live over-the-air VoLTE call on U.S. LTE Cat M1 network
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Verizon's LTE network has carried a live over-the-air LTE Cat M1 VoLTE call for the first time, laying the foundation for the next generation of IoT connectivity.
Dialog targets wireless charging with new investment
Dialog targets wireless charging with new investment
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Dialog Semiconductor has made an additional $15 million investment in Energous, developer of the WattUP FF-based wireless charging technology that provides over-the-air power and charging of electronic devices at a…
Heliatek tests out solar film on lab building
Heliatek tests out solar film on lab building
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Heliatek's solar films have been installed on ENGIE Laborelec's building in Linkebeek, Belgium, generating over 2MW of energy. …
UK plans IMEC equivalent for compound semiconductors
UK plans IMEC equivalent for compound semiconductors
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A £50m project in the UK is aiming to build the equivalent of the Belgian research company IMEC for compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide for LED,…
ON Semiconductor teams with PowerSphyr on universal wireless power
ON Semiconductor teams with PowerSphyr on universal wireless power
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ON Semiconductor and PowerSphyr are to jointly develop and market a wireless power design for consumer electronic devices and the fast-growing IoT space.
ON Semiconductor and PowerSphyr unite to develop universal wireless power solution
ON Semiconductor and PowerSphyr unite to develop universal wireless power solution
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ON Semiconductor and PowerSphyr are joining forces to develop and market what the companies believe to be one of the industry’s most promising wireless power solutions for consumer electronic devices and the…
Wireless charging: high on Dialog Semiconductor’s agenda
Wireless charging: high on Dialog Semiconductor’s agenda
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Dialog Semiconductor announced it has made an additional $15 million investment in partner Energous Corporation, developer of an RF-based wireless charging technology dubbed WattUp that provides over-the-air power and charging…
Volkswagen brings V2X to mass production in 2019
Volkswagen brings V2X to mass production in 2019
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As a measure to improve traffic safety, Volkswagen plans to equip first series vehicles with V2X (vehicle-to-everything) capabilities., starting in 2019. The feature enables cars to automatically exchange data relevant…
Silicon Mobility targets German electric car makers
Silicon Mobility targets German electric car makers
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French power management specialist Silicon Mobility has opened an office in Munich led by its new vice president of global sales.
EchoStar Mobile joins ESA in promoting 5G across Europe
EchoStar Mobile joins ESA in promoting 5G across Europe
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EchoStar Mobile has announced that it is joining the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space industry leaders in a joint effort to develop and promote 5G services, and to…
Leti, Fraunhofer join forces on “strategic” nanoelectronics
Leti, Fraunhofer join forces on “strategic” nanoelectronics
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The leaders of France's Leti and Germany's Fraunhofer Institute group have signed an agreement on collaboration in micro- and nanoelectronics. They did so while speaking of the need to strengthen…
Stadium expands UK power factory
Stadium expands UK power factory
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Stadium Stontronics has expanded its Reading-based facility with a dedicated manufacturing cell fully equipped for the production of custom power supplies, warehouse space for 700 pallets and a large ESD controlled…
Toshiba sues Western Digital for $1 billion
Toshiba sues Western Digital for $1 billion
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The animosity between erstwhile memory partners Toshiba and Western Digital has reached new heights with Toshiba Corp. and the memory subsidiary it is trying to sell off have filed a…
Mobile billing anti-fraud tech startup gets funding
Mobile billing anti-fraud tech startup gets funding
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In a round led by Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, Palisades Venture Capital, BlockFraud Inc., a US-based technology company, has closed $5 million in Series A funding. BlockFraud operates a…
IoT sensor platform startup raises $40 million
IoT sensor platform startup raises $40 million
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Samsara Inc. (San Francisco, CA), a startup developer of internet-connected sensor systems for applications such as fleet management, has raised $40 million in a Series C round of financing.


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