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Ford opts for Analog Devices’ UTP-based Automotive Audio Bus for infotainment
Ford opts for Analog Devices’ UTP-based Automotive Audio Bus for infotainment
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Analog Devices has announced today that the Ford Motor Company has selected the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) as its primary…
Report: Analog, TI both pass on Maxim purchase
Report: Analog, TI both pass on Maxim purchase
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Both Texas Instruments Inc. and Analog Devices Inc. have decided not to pursue an acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products Inc.
Nissan pumps GBP26.5m into advanced lithium-ion battery plant in UK
Nissan pumps GBP26.5m into advanced lithium-ion battery plant in UK
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Nissan has given a vote of confidence in European manufacturing by awarding production of future generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries…
IoT superhighway accelerator to advance wearable and IoT startups
IoT superhighway accelerator to advance wearable and IoT startups
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Wearable IoT World (WIoTW), based in San Francisco and seen as the first accelerator dedicated to the Internet of Things…

The Linley Group touts the CEVA-XM4 “Best Processor IP of 2015”
The Linley Group touts the CEVA-XM4 “Best Processor IP of 2015”
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CEVA, Inc., says that its fourth generation imaging and vision DSP, the CEVA-XM4 intelligent vision processor, has been named "Best Processor IP of 2015" by semiconductor industry technology analyst, The…
Microchip signs to buy Atmel
Microchip signs to buy Atmel
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Microcontroller, analog and flash memory IC vendor Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.) has agreed to buy Atmel Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) for about $3.56 billion and Dialog Semiconductor, previously set…
Microchip signs deal to buy Atmel
Microchip signs deal to buy Atmel
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Microchip Technology (Chandler, AZ) has agreed to buy Atmel Corp. (San Jose, CA) for about $3.56 billion while Dialog Semiconductor (Reading, UK), previously set to buy Atmel, has been paid…
Vesper reveals GloFo as microphone maker
Vesper reveals GloFo as microphone maker
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Fabless piezoelectric microphone pioneer Vesper Technologies Inc. (Boston, Mass.) has that foundry Globalfoundries Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) is its manufacturer of MEMS microphones for high volume markets.
Sigfox foundation will leverage IoT to tackle global challenges
Sigfox foundation will leverage IoT to tackle global challenges
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Sigfox co-founders Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet have announced creation of the SigfoxFoundation, established to bring the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) to nonprofit, humanitarian causes around…
Bourns takes Murata Manufacturing’s trimming potentiometers onboard
Bourns takes Murata Manufacturing’s trimming potentiometers onboard
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Bourns, Inc. announced it has acquired specified assets of the trimming potentiometer business of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, for an undisclosed amount. The transfer of the acquired assets will begin…
Etek Europe now also UK and Irish distributor of PDR – Rework Systems
Etek Europe now also UK and Irish distributor of PDR – Rework Systems
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Etek Europe has been appointed as the UK and Irish distributor for PDR – IR Rework Systems.
FDSOI 28-nm memory compiler offers 50 percent dynamic power savings
FDSOI 28-nm memory compiler offers 50 percent dynamic power savings
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Sheffield-based low power SRAM IP specialist, sureCore Ltd., has released the company's 28 nm Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FDSOI) memory compiler.
Telensa raises $18m for LPWA wireless smart city applications
Telensa raises $18m for LPWA wireless smart city applications
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Telensa, which provides end-to-end smart city systems incorporating low power wide area (LPWA) wireless technology, has announced funding of $18M to fuel its next stage of profitable growth. The funding…
IoT connectivity specialist SIGFOX launches foundation to tackle global challenges
IoT connectivity specialist SIGFOX launches foundation to tackle global challenges
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SIGFOX co-founders Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet have announced creation of the SIGFOX Foundation, established to bring the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) to nonprofit, humanitarian causes…
DragonWave microwave radios support 4G growth in China
DragonWave microwave radios support 4G growth in China
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DragonWave Inc., and Xi’an Potevio Communications, an ICT subsidiary company of China Potevio Corporation, have completed the first stage deployment of DragonWave’s Harmony Enhanced systems to a Tier One Mobile…
PNI offers dead reckoning processor
PNI offers dead reckoning processor
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PNI Sensor Corp. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) has introduced the SENtrace, a coprocessor designed to perform pedestrian tracking using data from inertial sensors.
Hungarian MoD selects Rohde & Schwarz forr airbase voice communications
Hungarian MoD selects Rohde & Schwarz forr airbase voice communications
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The Hungarian Ministry of Defense has selected Rohde & Schwarz to deliver additional R&S VCS-4G voice communications system (VCS) equipment for the Papa NATO airbase in Hungary.
V-Nova preps UHD/4K silicon IP for licensing
V-Nova preps UHD/4K silicon IP for licensing
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V-Nova Ltd., the startup creator of a proprietary video codec and compression technology called Perseus, has said it is preparing to provide its technology as UHD 4K video silicon IP…
Qualcomm and Guizhou Province create 280 million USD joint venture
Qualcomm and Guizhou Province create 280 million USD joint venture
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Qualcomm Incorporated and officials from the People's Government of Guizhou Province have signed a strategic cooperation agreement and unveiled a joint venture — the Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co., Ltd.
Rohde & Schwarz to expand advanced airbase voice communications system
Rohde & Schwarz to expand advanced airbase voice communications system
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Rohde & Schwarz has been chosen by the Hungarian Ministry of Defense to deliver additional VCS-4G voice communications system (VCS) equipment for the Papa NATO airbase in Hungary.
Novel LED technology collaboration tackles green gap challenge
Novel LED technology collaboration tackles green gap challenge
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Plessey, Anvil Semiconductors and the University of Cambridge have agreed to work together to fabricate high efficiency LEDs in cubic GaN grown on Anvil’s 3C-SiC / Si substrates.
LEDVANCE: Osram reveals lighting lamps business identity
LEDVANCE: Osram reveals lighting lamps business identity
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Global lighting manufacturer, Osram Licht AG is continuing with the company's plans to carve-out its general lighting lamps business which will now be named LEDVANCE.
Samsung gears up to supply OLED displays for Apple iPhones
Samsung gears up to supply OLED displays for Apple iPhones
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Korea-based ET News is reporting that Samsung Display has firmed up plans to invest $7.4 billion in OLED equipment for production of curved OLED displays for Apple.
Qualcomm and TDK form joint venture for the RF front end
Qualcomm and TDK form joint venture for the RF front end
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Qualcomm Incorporated and TDK Corporation are to form a joint venture to enable delivery of RF front-end (RFFE) modules and RF filters into fully integrated systems for mobile devices and…
Arrow platinum sponsor of NXP’s “Smarter World Tour”
Arrow platinum sponsor of NXP’s “Smarter World Tour”
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Arrow Electronics it taking part in the NXP Smarter World Tour for the Internet of Things as a top level, Platinum sponsor. Arrow’s involvement will build on its own recently…
Ultralife acquires Accutronics to expand reach in Europe
Ultralife acquires Accutronics to expand reach in Europe
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Ultralife Corporation has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Accutronics Ltd., for $11.0 million in cash, subject to customary working capital and net cash/debt adjustments.
Atmel drops Dialog, says Microchip’s takeover bid is better
Atmel drops Dialog, says Microchip’s takeover bid is better
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Dialog Semiconductor plc could be about to have its another major takeover deal thwarted as its target Atmel Corp. says that is now considers that a rival bid for Microchip…
BMW launches energy storage company
BMW launches energy storage company
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Electromobility is increasingly becoming a component in a multidisciplinary energy interaction – with the batteries being the pivotal point in the system. The latest move in this game: Carmaker BMW…


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