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Renesas shifts automotive centre of gravity to Europe
Renesas shifts automotive centre of gravity to Europe
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Concentrating its ADAS R&D activities in one organisation with worldwide responsibilities, chipmaker Renesas has established its Global ADAS Solution Group…
Acal BFi expands Sierra Wireless distribution to Germany, Italy and UK
Acal BFi expands Sierra Wireless distribution to Germany, Italy and UK
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Acal BFi has extended its pan-European relationship with Sierra Wireless to include the additional territories of Germany, Italy and the…
Lithium battery is key to comet landing attempt
Lithium battery is key to comet landing attempt
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Saft is celebrating the achievement of the mission-critical primary lithium battery supplied to the CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) for…
Acal BFi extends Sierra Wireless distribution to Germany, Italy and UK
Acal BFi extends Sierra Wireless distribution to Germany, Italy and UK
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Acal BFi has extended its pan-European relationship with Sierra Wireless to include the additional territories of Germany, Italy and the…

Ambiq Micro raises USD15m to accelerate ultra-low power IC developments
Ambiq Micro raises USD15m to accelerate ultra-low power IC developments
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Ambiq Micro, a specialist in ultra-low power integrated circuits for power-sensitive applications, has closed a $15 million Series C funding round to accelerate the development and marketing of the company's…
GaN Systems supports Little Box Challenge
GaN Systems supports Little Box Challenge
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A developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, GaN Systems Inc is one of a number of manufacturers offering its devices to contestants entering the Little Box Challenge launched by…
TUV SUD receives S-JQA Mark recognition
TUV SUD receives S-JQA Mark recognition
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The international quality and safety solutions provider TÜV SÜD has received recognition by the Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA) which means that company can now provide the relevant product testing…
MEMS group goes open-source on fusion algorithms
MEMS group goes open-source on fusion algorithms
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The MEMS Industry Group has announced the formation of an open-source algorithm cooperative that is intended to encourage collaboration in the creation of software across the MEMS and sensor supply…
Excelsys sign distribution deal with Swiss-based CL Electronics
Excelsys sign distribution deal with Swiss-based CL Electronics
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High efficiency power supply design company Excelsys Technologies has added Swiss-based CL-Electronics GmbH to the company's global distributor network.
Belkin partners TCP to add WeMo to LED lighting
Belkin partners TCP to add WeMo to LED lighting
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Belkin International is partnering Technical Consumer Products, Inc. (TCP) to a develop a relationship that will include WeMo home automation support to the TCP range of LED lighting solutions.
Quantum Materials to quadruple quantum dot production facility
Quantum Materials to quadruple quantum dot production facility
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Quantum Materials Corp has signed an agreement with STAR Park to quadruple the company’s quantum dot production space when the new state-of-the-art lab and offices are completed on or before…
Infineon secures smart wearable devices
Infineon secures smart wearable devices
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Infineon Technologies is supplying its Boosted NFC Secure Element to Watchdata Technologies for their latest “Sharkey” smart wearable devices.
TRW power steering system in VW, Skoda, Audi and Fiat
TRW power steering system in VW, Skoda, Audi and Fiat
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The third generation of TRW's electrically driven power steering system (EPS Column Drive) is hitting the street: The company supplies two vehicle platforms with more than one million units annually.
Mentor Graphics leverages Digi-Key’s connections with low-cost tool
Mentor Graphics leverages Digi-Key’s connections with low-cost tool
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Online distributor Digi-Key and PCB design tool maker Mentor Graphics have jointly developed professional-level EDA/CAD tools, starting at under USD 200 for design starts, exclusively available from Digi-Key.
EBV Elektronik to distribute Samsung’s LED components in EMEA
EBV Elektronik to distribute Samsung’s LED components in EMEA
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EBV Elektronik signed an agreement with Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH for the distribution of Samsung’s LED component products in EMEA region.
Tower makes military MEMS for Physical Logic
Tower makes military MEMS for Physical Logic
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) has started manufacturing the military grade MAXL-OL-2000 MEMS-based accelerometer family for fabless chip company Physical Logic AG (Zurich, Switzerland) using a thick-film silicon-on-insulator (SOI)…
“In the Air” design challenge takes-off
“In the Air” design challenge takes-off
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The element14 Community has selected 15 engineers from around the world to take part in its 'In the Air' design challenge, an initiative to develop pollution measurement applications inspired by…
ShockLine VNAs receive Frost & Sullivan award
ShockLine VNAs receive Frost & Sullivan award
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Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has awarded the 2014 Price-to-Performance Leadership award in the Vector Network Analyser market test and measurement solutions provider Anritsu - for the ShockLine VNA family.
Digital Lumens raises USD23m for intelligent LED lighting solution
Digital Lumens raises USD23m for intelligent LED lighting solution
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Intelligent LED lighting company, Digital Lumens, has raised $23 million in funding from new investors Nokia Growth Partners, Aster Capital, and Goldman Sachs, and current investors, Flybridge Capital Partners, Black…
Japan’s MegaChips to buy MEMS maker SiTime
Japan’s MegaChips to buy MEMS maker SiTime
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Publicly owned fabless chip company MegaChips Corp. (Osaka, Japan) has agreed to buy SiTime Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), a pioneer of MEMS resonator devices as replacements for quartz timing devices, for…
LG quantum dot TVs to dual-track OLED sets
LG quantum dot TVs to dual-track OLED sets
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One of the major proponents for OLED TVs LG Electronics Inc, has reveled the company is planning to supplement its range of next-generation TVs with sets using cheaper quantum dot…
Johnson Matthey snaps up Clariant energy storage business
Johnson Matthey snaps up Clariant energy storage business
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Clariant is divesting the company's Energy Storage business to Johnson Matthey Plc for $75 million.
Netscout Acquires Communications Businesses From Danaher
Netscout Acquires Communications Businesses From Danaher
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Acquisitions let companies accelerate growth by increasing global footprint, product lines, and revenues. Lately, more and more test-equipment companies choose to go the acquisition route rather than grow their businesses…
Heliatek installs largest BIOPV in Germany
Heliatek installs largest BIOPV in Germany
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Heliatek claims to have installed the largest Building Integrated OPV (BIOPV) of its kind.  The HeliaFilms were installed in Heliatek's Dresden headquarters in Germany. They were laminated into glass by…
Swiss startup targets 30 percent energy waste reduction
Swiss startup targets 30 percent energy waste reduction
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Swiss startup Alevo Group, has unveiled plans to deliver what the company claims will be massive efficiencies to power generation globally through innovations in battery technology and data analytics.
Carmakers lead German industry in R&D spending
Carmakers lead German industry in R&D spending
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The R&D budget is one of the most important indicators for the innovation strength of a company or even an entire industry branch. A study from consulting company strategy& (formerly…
Labom brings instruments web shop online
Labom brings instruments web shop online
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Engineers seeking for solutions in the field of pressure or temperature can speed selection, configuration and procurement: Equipment manufacturer Labom GmbH (Hude, Germany) has launched a web shop where customers…
Skyworks ramps diversity receive modules for LTE smartphones
Skyworks ramps diversity receive modules for LTE smartphones
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Skyworks Solutions has announced that a family of groundbreaking diversity receive modules (DRx) for LTE smartphones is currently ramping with several tier-one manufacturers.


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