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Brazilian smart city chip maker chooses MIPS CPU
Brazilian smart city chip maker chooses MIPS CPU
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Unitec Semiconductores (Ribeirão das Neves, Brazil) is using a MIPS M-class processor core as a controller in a new power management…
Survey reveals safety-critical designers ignoring security
Survey reveals safety-critical designers ignoring security
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About a quarter of the designers of internet-connected products that could be dangerous do not have security as a design…
X-Fab plans Paris IPO
X-Fab plans Paris IPO
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X-Fab Silicon Foundries SE (Erfurt, Germany) is planning to raise about €250 million (about $265 million) to fund acquisitions by…
Altair and Geotab to develop LTE-enabled automotive telematics Devices
Altair and Geotab to develop LTE-enabled automotive telematics Devices
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Altair Semiconductor is teaming up with Geotab to power the next generation of GPS vehicle tracking devices operating on AT&T's…

China Telecom and Intel announce carrier-grade rack scale NFV
China Telecom and Intel announce carrier-grade rack scale NFV
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Inspur claim to offer the first carrier-grade rack scale Virtualized Network Function (NFV) system with China Telecom and Intel.
Silicon Valley foundry adds MEMS, sensor capability
Silicon Valley foundry adds MEMS, sensor capability
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Noel Technologies Inc. (Campbell, Calif.), a semiconductor foundry specialized on providing specialty process development support, has expanded its wafer fab and boosted production by 25 percent.
Brazilian smart city power chip maker choses MIPS
Brazilian smart city power chip maker choses MIPS
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Unitec Semiconductores in Brazil is using a MIPS M-class CPU as a controller in a new power management chip for smart city applications.
NASA testing ‘wireless in space’ communications
NASA testing ‘wireless in space’ communications
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Digi International (Minnetonka, MN) has announced that its Digi XBee 802.15.4 modules will be used by NASA (Washington, DC) as part of a test program for wireless communications within satellites…
Renesas reorg aims for ‘One Global’ structure
Renesas reorg aims for ‘One Global’ structure
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On February 24th 2017, Renesas (Tokyo, Japan) completed its acquisition of Intersil (Milpitas, CA); it has followed that by commencing a “step-by-step reform of [its] business organization with three business…
Renesas absorbs Intersil into new multimarket division
Renesas absorbs Intersil into new multimarket division
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Chip supplier Renesas Electronics Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has announced a plan to reorganize the business into three business units having acquired power and precision analog chip company Intersil Corp. for…
Renesas re-organizes to accommodate Intersil
Renesas re-organizes to accommodate Intersil
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Chip supplier Renesas Electronics Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has announced a plan to reorganize the business into three business units having acquired power and precision analog chip company Intersil Corp. for…
Ford tests 3D printing for large parts
Ford tests 3D printing for large parts
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In its R&D center in Dearborn (USA), Ford Motor Company has started testing 3D printing processes. The company is the first carmaker to use 3D technology for large parts, albeit…
Digi International takes IoT into space
Digi International takes IoT into space
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Digi International® has announced that its Digi XBee® 802.15.4 modules will be used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of a test program for wireless communications…
Littelfuse boosts backing for Monolith Semi
Littelfuse boosts backing for Monolith Semi
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Power device maker Littelfuse has become the majority shareholder in silicon carbide specialist Monolith Semiconductor with an additional $15m investment.
Smith Interconnect unifies its brands
Smith Interconnect unifies its brands
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In a move to simplify customer access to technologies and solutions Smiths Interconnect, a division of Smiths Group plc, announced it is unifying its technology brands of EMC Technology, Hypertac,…
Renesas’ reorganization aims for “One Global Renesas”
Renesas’ reorganization aims for “One Global Renesas”
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On February 24th 2017, Renesas completed its acquisition of Intersil; it has followed that by commencing a “ step-by-step reform of [its] business organization with three business units to accelerate…
Continental expects changes in business models
Continental expects changes in business models
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Automotive supplier Continental expects that digitization in the automotive markets will bring about a shift in its own business model: In the future, digital services will contribute significantly to the…
Chinese funding supports C3Nano manufacturing move
Chinese funding supports C3Nano manufacturing move
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C3Nano Inc., a Silicon Valley startup developing nanomaterial conductive inks and films to replace indium tin oxide for use in displays and flexible circuits, has said it will use equity…
Former GloFo boss takes over as CEO of SEMI
Former GloFo boss takes over as CEO of SEMI
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Ajit Manocha, former CEO of Globalfoundries, is taking over as president and CEO of semiconductor industry body SEMI.
SkyWater foundry formed from Cypress fab sale
SkyWater foundry formed from Cypress fab sale
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) has sold its 200mm Fab 4 in Bloomington, Minnesota, to SkyWater Technology Foundry for $30 million.
Xiaomi unveils self-designed smartphone processor
Xiaomi unveils self-designed smartphone processor
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In an attempt to keep up with rivals such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei, Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi has developed its own application processor, the Surge S1.
Harvard Technology partners with Matrix on adaptive LED lighting
Harvard Technology partners with Matrix on adaptive LED lighting
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Harvard Technology, world leader in the design, development and manufacture of energy saving lighting solutions, has announced a partnership with Matrix, a company of EON, to pilot adaptive technology that…
Anritsu collaborates with KDDI on IoT lab tests
Anritsu collaborates with KDDI on IoT lab tests
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Anritsu Corporation is partnering with KDDI on connection performance and power consumption tests for Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) used in IoT market.
Leading mobile operators support unified, global 5G standards
Leading mobile operators support unified, global 5G standards
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At the 5G Test Summit in Barcelona, AT&T, China Mobile, NTT DOCOMO, Vodafone, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Keysight, MediaTek, Nokia, Qualcomm, Rohde & Schwarz, ZTE, and Datang jointly delivered a statement…
Semitrex rebrands to Helix Semiconductors
Semitrex rebrands to Helix Semiconductors
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US power semiconductor startup Semitrex is changing its name to Helix Semiconductors.
ST is USound’s piezoMEMS partner
ST is USound’s piezoMEMS partner
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Fabless startup USound GmbH (Graz, Austria), a 2014 company that wants to produce audio systems based on MEMS actuators, is collaborating with STMicroelectronics NV.
Bosch, IBM collaborate on Industrial IoT
Bosch, IBM collaborate on Industrial IoT
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IBM and Bosch have announced a collaboration for industrial Internet of Things (IoT), making available Bosch IoT Suite services on open standards-based IBM Bluemix and IBM Watson IoT Platform for…
ARM buys startups for NB-IoT expertise
ARM buys startups for NB-IoT expertise
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Processor IP licensor ARM Ltd. has acquired Mistbase AB (Lund, Sweden) and NextG-Com Ltd. (Staines, England) for an undisclosed amount of money.


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