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Dave Doherty succeeds to Mark Larson as Digi-Key’s CEO
Dave Doherty succeeds to Mark Larson as Digi-Key’s CEO
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Digi-Key Electronics’ long-time President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Larson will hand over the reins to Dave Doherty, the company’s…
Merged Avago, Broadcom will be third largest semiconductor supplier
Merged Avago, Broadcom will be third largest semiconductor supplier
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Merger activity in the semiconductor industry continues with the announcement of an agreement for Avago Technologies to acquire Broadcom, according…
Daimler takes on Tesla in the stationary battery market
Daimler takes on Tesla in the stationary battery market
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Through its battery subsidiary Deutsche Accumotive GmbH, carmaker Daimler AG is entering the battery market for homes and businesses. The…
Avago / Broadcom merger to rank third largest semiconductor supplier, says IHS
Avago / Broadcom merger to rank third largest semiconductor supplier, says IHS
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Merger activity in the semiconductor industry moved to a new level with the announcement of the agreement for Avago Technologies…

Apple buys into augmented reality – for cars?
Apple buys into augmented reality – for cars?
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Munich-based augmented reality software vendor Metaio GmbH has been acquired by Apple. The move fuels anew speculations around Apple’s plans to enter the automotive market.
Seoul Semiconductor begins global automotive LED sales drive
Seoul Semiconductor begins global automotive LED sales drive
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Seoul Semiconductor, which has become the first Korean LED Manufacturer to pass GM reliability tests, is planning to increase the company's global automotive LED market share by strengthening its high…
Avago, Broadcom merger to produce third largest semiconductor supplier
Avago, Broadcom merger to produce third largest semiconductor supplier
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Merger activity in the semiconductor industry moved to a new level with the announcement of the agreement for Avago Technologies to acquire Broadcom, according to market research firm IHS.
Merck invests 7m euros to open OLED Application Center
Merck invests 7m euros to open OLED Application Center
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Healthcare and life science multinational Merck has invested more 7 million euros to open an OLED Application Center (OAC) in Poseung, Korea (Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province).
NXP agrees RF power business sell off
NXP agrees RF power business sell off
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has struck a deal that will facilitate the sale of the company's RF power business to Jianguang Asset Management Co. Ltd (JAC Capital) which will pay $1.8…
Gaelectric introduces Tesla battery storage solution to Irish market
Gaelectric introduces Tesla battery storage solution to Irish market
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Irish energy storage company Gaelectric is collaborating with Tesla to develop a 1-MW demonstration project in Ireland to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources.  The collaboration marks Tesla Energy's…
NXP to sell of RF power business
NXP to sell of RF power business
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has struck a deal that will facilitate the sale of the company's RF power business to Jianguang Asset Management Co. Ltd (JAC Capital) which will pay $1.8…
Avago-Broadcom aims to create chip giant focused networking, IoT
Avago-Broadcom aims to create chip giant focused networking, IoT
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In the biggest chip industry deal ever, Avago Technologies (San Jose, CA) has agreed to buy Broadcom Corp. (Irvine, CA) for $37 billion. The deal will create a networking chip…
Xray sensor startup raises funds
Xray sensor startup raises funds
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MultiX SA (Paris, France), a company developing sensors for spectroscopic Xray imaging for airport security and non-destructive testing applications, has raised €3 million (about $3.3 million) in equity funding.
Daimler and Qualcomm to collaborate on charging EVs wirelessly
Daimler and Qualcomm to collaborate on charging EVs wirelessly
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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and Daimler AG are to collaborate on innovating the connected car.
Ofcom updates plans to auction valuable spectrum
Ofcom updates plans to auction valuable spectrum
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Ofcom has published an update on plans to release valuable spectrum that could be used to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services.
ESCATEC adds wireless testing to Swiss manufacturing facility
ESCATEC adds wireless testing to Swiss manufacturing facility
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ESCATEC has added a wireless testing system to the company's manufacturing facility in Heerbrugg, Switzerland.    …
Carrefour switches on to LED-based indoor positioning technology
Carrefour switches on to LED-based indoor positioning technology
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Carrefour, the leading retailer in Europe and the third-largest in the world, has completed the installation of the world’s first major connected lighting system with LED-based indoor positioning.
Software collaboration enables software quality compliance
Software collaboration enables software quality compliance
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Lauterbach's TRACE32 debug solution has been integrated with test automation platform VectorCAST to enable development, test, and certification teams to set and continuously collect volumes of test data from RAM…
IDT partners EPC to integrate GaN and silicon technologies
IDT partners EPC to integrate GaN and silicon technologies
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Integrated Device Technology, Inc. is collaborting with Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) to develop technology based on gallium nitride (GaN). The collaboration will see the companies explore integrating EPC’s eGaN technology…
Trillion-sensor man forms ultrasound startup
Trillion-sensor man forms ultrasound startup
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Janusz Bryzek, the visionary and serial entrepreneur who founded the Trillion Sensor Summit initiative, has formed a startup company called eXo System Inc.
Rohm buys Renesas wafer fab
Rohm buys Renesas wafer fab
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Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) has moved to acquire a 200mm wafer fab from Renesas Electronics Corp. for 450 million yen (about $3.7 million).
Irish battery R&D facility targets advanced material development
Irish battery R&D facility targets advanced material development
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The world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, Trojan Battery Co., LLC, is expanding the company's research and development (R&D) capabilities by opening a new R&D center in Sligo, Ireland. …
Why the speculations on Nokia’s map service HERE run hot
Why the speculations on Nokia’s map service HERE run hot
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Nokia’s digital map service HERE is on the block – and a crowd of suitors are outbidding each other. But some remain at the sidelines, and the game could well…
Sony raises image sensor capex…again
Sony raises image sensor capex…again
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Sony has raised its financial year capex for CMOS image sensors to 210 billion yen (about $1.7 billion), almost five times what it was in FY2014.
New Irish battery R&D facility targets advanced material development
New Irish battery R&D facility targets advanced material development
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The world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, Trojan Battery Co., LLC, is expanding the company's research and development (R&D) capabilities by opening a new R&D center in Sligo, Ireland. …
Innovate UK funds low cost power convertor project
Innovate UK funds low cost power convertor project
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UK-based electronics manufacturing solutions provider, Exception EMS has secured about £500k funding from the UK Government’s Innovate UK initiative to develop a low cost, high capacity, smart residential distribution network…
Continental swallows Elektrobit’s automotive branch
Continental swallows Elektrobit’s automotive branch
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Automotive supplier Continental has announced to take of the automotive activities of embedded software vendor Elektrobit (EB). With the move, Continental strengthens its standing in the increasingly software-intensive automotive systems…
Alcatel-Lucent and KT sign agree collaboration on 5G mobile networks
Alcatel-Lucent and KT sign agree collaboration on 5G mobile networks
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Alcatel-Lucent has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean telecommunications provider, KT, under which the companies will collaborate to test technologies for the eventual introduction of 5G mobile networks…


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