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UHD TV adoption will hit viewers’ energy bills
UHD TV adoption will hit viewers’ energy bills
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The latest UHD or 4K televisions consume about 30 percent more power than their HDTV predecessors and add significantly to…
Sarawak-backed X-Fab invests in wafer fab
Sarawak-backed X-Fab invests in wafer fab
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More-than-Moore chipmaker X-Fab Silicon Foundries SE (Erfurt, Germany) has announced it will invest $114 million in its wafer fab in…
Report: China has $47bn chip fund focused on US M&A
Report: China has $47bn chip fund focused on US M&A
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Tsinghua Unigroup intends to spend 300 billion yuan (about $47 billion) over the next five years to build up China's…
Smart city wireless control system covers 33000 LED streetlights
Smart city wireless control system covers 33000 LED streetlights
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Telensa, which provides end-to-end smart city systems using its low power UNB wireless technology, has announced that a major new…

MCC acquires Data Translation to strengthen data acquisition folio
MCC acquires Data Translation to strengthen data acquisition folio
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Measurement Computing (MCC) has acquired Data Translation (DT), a leading designer, manufacturer, and provider of data acquisition solutions for the test and measurement marketplace.
Aircharge partners Strawberry energy to develop wireless charging in public areas
Aircharge partners Strawberry energy to develop wireless charging in public areas
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Wireless charging innovator Aircharge is collaborating Strawberry energy, technology pioneers bringing energy, connectivity and local information to urban areas, to increase the distribution of both wireless charging and sustainable energy…
TSMC invests in EDA David that slew Google
TSMC invests in EDA David that slew Google
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Leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has said it intends to invest about $65 million in EDA startup Tela Innovations Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
Anite joins 5G research project at University of Oulu
Anite joins 5G research project at University of Oulu
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Anite has joined the 5G to10G research project led by the Centre for Wireless Communications at the University of Oulu in Finland. Anite will contribute air-interface and channel emulation expertise…
Automotive future: Success with services, not cars
Automotive future: Success with services, not cars
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Decision makers in the automotive industry should be alert: The digitisation will radically change development processes and business models, a study from consulting company Kugler Maag states. The main challenge:…
ARM partners with HeartToHeart to secure wearable healthcare applications
ARM partners with HeartToHeart to secure wearable healthcare applications
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ARM and HeartToHeart Networks LLC have announced a secure digital health solution for use by healthcare providers caring for patients with neurodegenerative conditions.
ARM mbed IoT Device Platform selected by u-blox for IoT wireless connectivity
ARM mbed IoT Device Platform selected by u-blox for IoT wireless connectivity
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Swiss company, u-blox says it has selected the ARM® mbed™ IoT Device Platform for customers creating host-less Internet of Things (IoT) wireless applications. By adopting the open ARM mbed environment…
Osram reveals 3bn euros investment plan to drive expansion
Osram reveals 3bn euros investment plan to drive expansion
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Osram is to invest about 3 billion euros in new technologies and applications by 2020. Approximately 2 billion euros will be pumped into research and development to strengthen Osram’s technological…
Telit lands major orders at global tier ones
Telit lands major orders at global tier ones
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Wireless communication modules manufacturer Telit has signed supply contracts with two global tier ones, adding a sales volume of $33 million to existing contracts worth $220 million. Under the contracts,…
Plessey signs LED architectural lighting deal with 8Point3
Plessey signs LED architectural lighting deal with 8Point3
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Plessey has signed a long-term commercial agreement with 8point3 to supply the lighting modules, including the company's MaGIC GaN-on-Silicon LEDs.
Elma to acquire Trenew Electronic AG
Elma to acquire Trenew Electronic AG
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The Elma Group announced it has acquired the Swiss company Trenew Electronic AG in Rüti ZH, operating in the system integration business, retroactively as per January 1, 2015. The contract…
TSMC reports October sales rebound
TSMC reports October sales rebound
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Foundry TSMC's revenues for October 2015 were up 1.2 percent compared with October 2014 providing some hope that in 4Q15 the semiconductor industry as a whole can perform better than…
Volkswagen lures digitisation strategy manager away from Apple
Volkswagen lures digitisation strategy manager away from Apple
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In the past, Apple used to hire European automotive experts by the dozen for its “Titan” project of a supposedly self-driving electric car. Now Volkswagen has turned the tables around:…
imec broadens R&D collaboration deal with Kaneka
imec broadens R&D collaboration deal with Kaneka
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Nanoelectronics research center imec has signed a new three year framework agreement with Kaneka Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of chemical specialties and solar cells. The new deal strengthens and extends…
Engineer was the whistle-blower in VW exhaust gas scandal
Engineer was the whistle-blower in VW exhaust gas scandal
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The disclosure of the Volkswagen exhaust gas scandal was initiated by an engineer in the carmaker’s R&D department. According to a report from German tabloid Bild am Sonntag, the engineer…
Chinese oscillator maker to raise $12.5bn for memory push
Chinese oscillator maker to raise $12.5bn for memory push
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China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd., a state-controlled conglomerate, is planning to invest 80 billion yuan (about $12.5 billion) in a memory chip factory and related acquisitions and is planning to do…
Internet blackouts by 2020, warns nanoelectronics book
Internet blackouts by 2020, warns nanoelectronics book
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CHIPS 2020 Vol 2: New Vistas in Nanoelectronics looks at the state-of-the-art in nanoelectronics but its most significant finding is at the global scale; that unless changes are made the…
Anritsu provides LTE-A 3CA support to North American carriers
Anritsu provides LTE-A 3CA support to North American carriers
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Anritsu Company is providing support for LTE-A 3-Carrier Aggregation (3CA) Carrier Acceptance Test (CAT) requirements at two additional major North American carriers, building on the first announcement of 3CA support…
IDT and Digi-Key set up contest around Wirelessly Powered Devices
IDT and Digi-Key set up contest around Wirelessly Powered Devices
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Seeking submissions that use IDT's Wireless Power Reference Kits, Integrated Device Technology, and distributor Digi-Key Electronics have created a contest that seeks the most innovative use of IDT's wireless power…
Telit turnkey IoT platform drives Swisscom IoT services
Telit turnkey IoT platform drives Swisscom IoT services
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The Telit IoT Platform for mobile network operators – carrier-ready Application Enablement Platform - has been licensed to Swisscom as the core embedded technology for the new IoT services Swisscom…
Display startup preps $1 billion funding round
Display startup preps $1 billion funding round
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Magic Leap Inc. (Dania Beach, Florida) – a startup working on retinal display that superimposes computer generated imagery over real-world objects – is close to finalizing a billion-dollar financing round,…
Apple’s investments turn unproductive, observes Good Electronics
Apple’s investments turn unproductive, observes Good Electronics
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In a recent paper titled “Rich corporations, poor societies: The financialisation of Apple”, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and the Good Electronics Network have published their observations…
Solid State Supplies inks UK LED distribution deal with Luminus
Solid State Supplies inks UK LED distribution deal with Luminus
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Redditch-based Solid State Supplies has signed a franchise distribution agreement for the UK with Luminus Devices Inc, a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs.
OLEDWorks completes acquisition of key OLED assets from Philips
OLEDWorks completes acquisition of key OLED assets from Philips
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OLEDWorks LLC has completed the acquisition of key OLED assets and relevant intellectual property from Philips. Manufacturing will continue in the existing facility in Aachen, Germany with the establishment of…


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