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Telensa and Senaptic merge to push wireless IoT in lighting and smart cities
Telensa and Senaptic merge to push wireless IoT in lighting and smart cities
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Telensa, a leader in smart street lighting, and Senaptic, which provides end-to-end systems for smart cities, have joined forces. The…
Acuity Brands partners Sensity Systems to focus on IIoT
Acuity Brands partners Sensity Systems to focus on IIoT
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LED lighting solutions provider, Acuity Brands, Inc., has formed a strategic partnership with Sensity Systems, a pioneer in light sensory…
Public Wi-Fi hotspots will reach 7.8 million in 2015
Public Wi-Fi hotspots will reach 7.8 million in 2015
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According to ABI Research, worldwide public Wi-Fi hotspot deployments have reached a total of 5.69 million in 2014, and will…
Microsemi to acquire Vitesse for carrier, enterprise and industrial-IoT markets
Microsemi to acquire Vitesse for carrier, enterprise and industrial-IoT markets
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Microsemi Corporation and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation have announced that Microsemi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitesse for…

IDT passes 10 million RFIC shipments in under 4 years
IDT passes 10 million RFIC shipments in under 4 years
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Integrated Device Technology says it has surpassed the 10 million shipments milestone of RF devices, less than 4 years after entering the market.
Transphorm and ON Semiconductor offer co-branded GaN power devices
Transphorm and ON Semiconductor offer co-branded GaN power devices
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At APEC 2015 Transphorm Inc. in partnership with ON Semiconductor has introduced two co-branded 600 V gallium nitride (GaN) cascode transistors and a 240 W reference design that utilizes them.
SEMICON Europa’s Innovation Village expands to 60
SEMICON Europa’s Innovation Village expands to 60
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Taking place in October 6-8 in Dresden, Germany, SEMICON Europa 2015 will prominently feature a second edition of the Innovation Village, a very successful program running for the first time…
Can Dyson clean up in the battery sector?
Can Dyson clean up in the battery sector?
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Dyson, the British vacuum cleaning company, has invested $15 million into a solid-state battery development which is aiming to double the battery life of smartphones and power the electronic cars…
Advantest reports sales success for V93000 test platform
Advantest reports sales success for V93000 test platform
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Chip test system manufacturer Advantest has been particularly successful recently. The company reports not one but two significant sales: It shipped the 4000th V93000 semiconductor test system to a major…
Cambridge CMOS Sensors wins MEMS crown
Cambridge CMOS Sensors wins MEMS crown
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Jess Brown, sales and marketing director at Cambridge CMOS Sensors Ltd., was presented with a crown at the MEMS Executive Congress Europe to mark the winner of a competition for…
Layoffs hit 1,600 in Cypress deal
Layoffs hit 1,600 in Cypress deal
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Cypress Semiconductor and Spansion completed their merger Thursday and notified staff of plans to cut as many as 1,600 jobs, according to an internal memo obtained by the San Jose…
XMC ships stacked BSI image sensors
XMC ships stacked BSI image sensors
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Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (XMC), a 300mm wafer foundry known for the production of flash memory, has announced its has shipped over 100 million backside illumination (BSI) CMOS image…
Radiocrafts gains smart metering contracts in India
Radiocrafts gains smart metering contracts in India
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Radiocrafts AS has announced that it has been awarded two major contracts in the smart metering market in India from two leading electricity meter manufacturers that have chosen a wireless…
Fastest mobile Internet found in Denmark, Singapore and Switzerland
Fastest mobile Internet found in Denmark, Singapore and Switzerland
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The fastest mobile Internet connections in the world are found in Denmark (22.3 Mbit/s), followed by Singapore (16.9 Mbit/s), Switzerland (16.6 Mbit/s), Norway (14.8 Mbit/s) and Korea (13.0 Mbit/s).
Cypress and Spansion complete USD5 Billion all-stock merger
Cypress and Spansion complete USD5 Billion all-stock merger
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Cypress Semiconductor and Spansion have now closed the merger of the two companies in an all-stock, tax-free transaction valued at approximately USD5 billion.
Silicon Labs and ARM to collaborate on driving mbed IoT device paltforms
Silicon Labs and ARM to collaborate on driving mbed IoT device paltforms
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Silicon Labs is collaborating with ARM to define and deliver the first power management application programming interfaces (API) for ARM® mbed™ platforms.
MEMS will be made on 300mm wafers, says Bosch exec
MEMS will be made on 300mm wafers, says Bosch exec
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Manufacturing of MEMS sensors will be done on 300mm-diameter wafers and could even go to larger wafer sizes, according to Franz Laermer, vice president of corporate sector research in microsystems…
Silicon Labs and ARM to collaborate on driving mbed IoT device platforms
Silicon Labs and ARM to collaborate on driving mbed IoT device platforms
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Silicon Labs is collaborating with ARM to define and deliver the first power management application programming interfaces (API) for ARM® mbed™ platforms.
Shanghai building More-than-Moore fab and business incubator
Shanghai building More-than-Moore fab and business incubator
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The Shanghai Industrial Microtechnology Research Institute, known as SITRI, is building a 200mm pilot line wafer fab for MEMS and other processes that will serve as the focus for a…
Continental, D’Ieteren launch JV for virtual car keys
Continental, D’Ieteren launch JV for virtual car keys
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The growing popularity of car sharing services has created the need for innovative forms of car access right management. To meet this demand an create secure virtual car keys, automotive…
Digi-Key inks global distribution deal with Dialog
Digi-Key inks global distribution deal with Dialog
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Dialog Semiconductor plc has signed a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Corporation which now has Dialog’s SmartBond Basic and Pro development kits in stock for immediate delivery.
UV LED solutions provider raises USD9m to fund growth
UV LED solutions provider raises USD9m to fund growth
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RayVio, a company seeking to transform UV LED based solutions to create a cleaner and safer world, has raised $9.3 million in Series B funding, with new investors including Applied…
Digital power control firm closes doors
Digital power control firm closes doors
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Amantys Ltd., a power electronics startup founded in 2010 by former ARM executives, ceased trading on March 2, according to its website. No reason was given for the closure.
One-stop-Shop from IC design to silicon tape out
One-stop-Shop from IC design to silicon tape out
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CEA-Leti has launched the Silicon Impulse IC design competence centre, offering IC design, advanced intellectual property, emulator and test services along with industrial multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles.
Infineon dual-source Panasonic normally-off 600-V GaN power devices
Infineon dual-source Panasonic normally-off 600-V GaN power devices
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Infineon Technologies AG have agreed Panasonic Corporation to jointly develop Gallium nitride (GaN) devices based on Panasonic’s normally-off (enhancement mode) GaN on silicon transistor structure integrated into Infineon’s surface-mounted device…
Mouser signs global distribution deal with CUI
Mouser signs global distribution deal with CUI
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Mouser Electronics, Inc., has entered into a global distribution agreement and partnership with CUI Inc., a subsidiary of CUI Global, which offers a product offering consisting of power, motion control…
Semtech buys wireless charging startup
Semtech buys wireless charging startup
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Mixed-signal chip company Semtech Corp. has acquired Triune Systems LLC, a privately held supplier of wireless charging and power management platforms, for $45 million. The initial sum paid is $35…
Intersil fined for TAOS patent infringement
Intersil fined for TAOS patent infringement
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Intersil Corp. has been found guilty of infringing patents held by Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. (TAOS) and fined $58.8 million in a court case that dates back to 2008.


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