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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…
Amantys set for long-term future under MR
Amantys set for long-term future under MR
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Uwe Kaltenborn, a senior executive at electrical power regulation company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (Regensburg, Germany), has said that a UK…
Element Materials Technology acquires TRaC to support European expansion
Element Materials Technology acquires TRaC to support European expansion
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Element Materials Technology has beefed up the company's European test and product qualification presence by acquiring TRaC Global (TRaC) with…
RF business to be spun off from Cree
RF business to be spun off from Cree
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Cree has announced that its power and RF subsidiary will be spun off in an initial public offering (IPO) as…

Cree focuses on lighting – plans power business spin-off
Cree focuses on lighting – plans power business spin-off
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Cree’s wholly owned Power and RF subsidiary has submitted a draft registration statement on a confidential basis to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential initial public offering…
Connected Lighting provides focus for Philips alliance with MIT
Connected Lighting provides focus for Philips alliance with MIT
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology has signed a five-year research alliance with Philips aimed at developing innovative HealthTech solutions as well as digital connected lighting systems to address the need to…
X-FAB partners Exagan to produce GaN-on-Silicon devices on 200-mm wafers
X-FAB partners Exagan to produce GaN-on-Silicon devices on 200-mm wafers
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X-FAB Silicon Foundries has entered into a joint development agreement with Exagan, a start-up innovator of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology, to industrialize Exagan’s GaN-on-silicon technology, begin producing high-speed power…
MEMS Industry Group absorbs ‘trillion sensors’ initiative
MEMS Industry Group absorbs ‘trillion sensors’ initiative
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The Trillion Sensors Summit organization, which has organized a number of meetings on the premise that sensors will become ubiquitous and have potential to benefit the world in many ways,…
SIBEAM gets design win in first production 60 GHz mmWave smartphone
SIBEAM gets design win in first production 60 GHz mmWave smartphone
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SiBEAM has announced a key UltraGig™ design win with Letv’s Le Max smartphone. Featuring the SiBEAM UltraGig SiI6400 transmitter, Le Max clails to be the first smartphone offering 60 GHz…
Apple HomeKit products arriving next month
Apple HomeKit products arriving next month
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Apple's HomeKit - a framework in iOS for communicating with and controlling connected accessories in a user’s home - will apparently be released next month, sooner than some had been…
MBtech boosts electromobility with new competence centre
MBtech boosts electromobility with new competence centre
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Engineering and consulting services company MBtech is bundling its electromobility expertise in a new competence centre. The centre’s engineering topics range from high-voltage systems and power electronics to the development…
Mercedes-Benz integrates navigation with Apple Watch
Mercedes-Benz integrates navigation with Apple Watch
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Daimler has introduced an intelligent integration between Apple Watch and Mercedes-Benz vehicles with its new MB Companion App.
Astra MT materials from Isola evaluated with Freescale radar ICs
Astra MT materials from Isola evaluated with Freescale radar ICs
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Isola Group has announced that its Astra MT laminate materials have been successfully evaluated with Freescale® Semiconductor radar ICs. Freescale teamed with RFbeam Microwave to perform the evaluation. Isola will…
pureLiFi joins UK’s innovative cyber security elite
pureLiFi joins UK’s innovative cyber security elite
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Edinburgh-based pureLiFi, the light communications technology company, has been rated as one of the UK’s most innovative cyber security companies by a collective of leading industry bodies.
Wire free: Charge your smartphone while streaming 4K HD videos
Wire free: Charge your smartphone while streaming 4K HD videos
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Integrated Device Technology, Inc., is collaborating with Blu Wireless Technology to demonstrate integrated wireless charging with ultra-fast 60 GHz WiGig data transmission.
Teradyne aims to acquire Danish collaborative robots pioneer
Teradyne aims to acquire Danish collaborative robots pioneer
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Teradyne, Inc. and the shareholders of Universal Robots (UR) have signed a definitive agreement under which Teradyne will acquire privately held Universal Robots, the Danish pioneer of collaborative robots.
Tower seeks fab deal in China
Tower seeks fab deal in China
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Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel), which trades as TowerJazz, is actively seeking a wafer fab opportunity in China.
Samsung joins Arduino certified program
Samsung joins Arduino certified program
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Samsung has joined the Arduino Certified Program with the launch of its latest ARTIK platform. The collaboration was announced during the Internet of Things World in San Francisco.
Amantys to continue under German owner
Amantys to continue under German owner
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Amantys, the company formed to apply digital control to medium-to-high voltage electrical systems and which closed earlier this year, has managed to grab a victory from the jaws of defeat.
DEKRA partners iST in Taiwan and Mainland China
DEKRA partners iST in Taiwan and Mainland China
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Berlin-based DEKRA is expanding the experts service organization's operations in Taiwan and mainland China by forming a joint venture specializing in the environmental reliability and failure analysis of electronic systems…
EPIA task force to establish best practice guidelines
EPIA task force to establish best practice guidelines
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The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has created a dedicated Task Force (TF) of leading companies to develop solar PV Operations and Maintenance (O&M) best practices and guidelines.
Plus Opto to distribute LG Chem OLED lighting
Plus Opto to distribute LG Chem OLED lighting
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Plus Opto Ltd has signed the first agreement to distribute the OLED Lighting product range from market leader LG Chem, in the UK.
Sensor fusion applied to contextual awareness
Sensor fusion applied to contextual awareness
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The MEMS Industry Group (MIG) will host a Pre-conference Symposium on sensor fusion for smart IoT, consumer products and health & wellness at Sensors Expo to be held on June…
Microchip to acquire Micrel
Microchip to acquire Micrel
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Microcontroller and analog semiconductor company Microchip Technology Incorporated (Chandler, Ariz) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the analog semiconductor company Micrel (San Jose, Calif.) for USD14.00…
Swindon mixed-signal specialist joins Sensata, appoints CEO
Swindon mixed-signal specialist joins Sensata, appoints CEO
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Mixed-signal IC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems Ltd. (Royal Wootton Bassett, England) has appointed a Jerry Loraine as managing director.
Swindon Silicon mixed-signal specialist joins Sensata, appoints CEO
Swindon Silicon mixed-signal specialist joins Sensata, appoints CEO
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Mixed-signal IC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems Ltd. (Royal Wootton Bassett, England) has appointed a Jerry Loraine as managing director.
Nano-coating makes Huawei P8 smartphone spill resistant
Nano-coating makes Huawei P8 smartphone spill resistant
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Huawei recently launched their latest flagship devices the P8 and P8 Max with the aim of redefining the smartphone market with their mix of style and functionality. Both offer a…
Audi invests in M2M technology company
Audi invests in M2M technology company
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Through its subsidiary Audi Electronics Venture (AEV), the German carmaker has acquired a “strategic minority holding” of Irish Machine-to-Machine company Cubic Telecom. Both companies plan to jointly develop connectivity solutions…


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