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Murata agrees digital power module collaboration with Ericsson
Murata agrees digital power module collaboration with Ericsson
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Murata Power Solutions has entered into a technical collaboration agreement with Ericsson which has the goal of accelerating the adoption…
More wafer fab closures expected in 2014, says IC Insights
More wafer fab closures expected in 2014, says IC Insights
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Semiconductor manufacturers closed 72 wafer fabs between 2009 and 2013 and another nine fabs are scheduled to close in 2014,…
Genesis Technical Systems pushes superfast broadband over copper to Asia
Genesis Technical Systems pushes superfast broadband over copper to Asia
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Genesis Technical Systems has appointed Facilities Protection Inc., (FPI) as its first distributor in Asia. FPI, based in the Philippines,…
Philips hives off LED business
Philips hives off LED business
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As LEDs as the lighting technology of choice for cars come of age, the business with them gets more diversified.

AMS, Dialog confirm merger talks
AMS, Dialog confirm merger talks
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Mixed-signal, power and RF chip companies AMS AG, and Dialog Semiconductor plc have announced that they are in discussions over a possible merger.
Philips streamlines LED business for automotive customers
Philips streamlines LED business for automotive customers
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As LEDs as the lighting technology of choice for cars come of age, the business with them gets more diversified. This is currently the case in the Philips group: Parent…
Hameg logo disappears, brand lives on
Hameg logo disappears, brand lives on
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Rohde & Schwarz plans to integrate the products of its acquisition Hameg into its own product portfolio. To visualise this degree of integration, future Hameg products will no longer carry…
Dialight receives NVLAP accreditation for LED luminaire testing
Dialight receives NVLAP accreditation for LED luminaire testing
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The Dialight Optics Laboratory received NVLAP accreditation for testing the electrical, photo-metric, colorimetric, and thermal characteristics of solid state lighting luminaires under NVLAP Lab Code 201033-0 - the highest standard…
Hameg logo disappears
Hameg logo disappears
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Rohde & Schwarz plans to integrate the products of its subsidiary Hameg into its own product portfolio. To visualise this degree of integration, future Hameg products will no longer carry…
Infineon to create 200 new jobs in Austria
Infineon to create 200 new jobs in Austria
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Infineon Technologies AG is planning to expand the company's Villach site in Austria by investing €290 million to create approximately 200 new jobs primarily in R&D during the period from…
Automotive OEMs crowd around Google
Automotive OEMs crowd around Google
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The Open Automotive Alliance (OAA), a group of carmakers launched to make the Android operating system domestic in the automotive realm, has added a host of new members in its…
Lumenpulse agrees purchase of UK’s Projection Lighting
Lumenpulse agrees purchase of UK’s Projection Lighting
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Lumenpulse Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of high performance, specification-grade LED lighting solutions, is to acquire substantially all of the assets of Projection Lighting Limited, a UK-based manufacturer of LED solutions…
Automotive OEMs look to Android
Automotive OEMs look to Android
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The Open Automotive Alliance (OAA), a group of carmakers launched to make the Android operating system domestic in the automotive realm, has added a host of new members in its…
mCube raises $37 million for motion sensor push
mCube raises $37 million for motion sensor push
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Startup company mCube Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has raised $37 million in a Series C funding round.
CSR opens R&D centre in Bristol to drive wireless innovation
CSR opens R&D centre in Bristol to drive wireless innovation
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CSR plc has opened a new Research and Development (R&D) facility in Bristol to drive further innovation in wireless connectivity.
TRW launches its largest R&D centre – in China
TRW launches its largest R&D centre – in China
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Automotive supplier TRW Automotive Holdings has opened an R&D centre in China. The fact that the company places its largest technology centre in the Middle Kingdom provides a clear hint…
Micronas to rely on X-Fab’s 0.18µm HV process for next-gen SoCs
Micronas to rely on X-Fab’s 0.18µm HV process for next-gen SoCs
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The capability to combine digital logic with analog high-voltage circuit elements and non-volatile memory blocks on a single chip persuaded chipmaker Micronas to implement its next generation of automotive and…
TE Connectivity Moves Deeper Into Sensors
TE Connectivity Moves Deeper Into Sensors
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TE Connectivity has acquired Measurement Specialties, a maker of a wide variety of sensors and sensor-measurement systems. The move puts the connector, cable, and backplane giant deeper into measurement…
EU promotes metrology leading-edge research
EU promotes metrology leading-edge research
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The European Parliament has passed a research programme designed to support top-level research projects in the area of metrology. It will cost €600 million, of which 50% each will be…
EMC regulations face major shakeup
EMC regulations face major shakeup
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New EMC regulations are about to come into force with stronger enforcement measures for any electronic product going on sale in Europe.
Major EMC shakeup approaches
Major EMC shakeup approaches
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New EMC regulations are about to come into force with stronger enforcement measures for any electronic product going on sale in Europe.
European graphene initiative doubles its size with new funding
European graphene initiative doubles its size with new funding
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EU's biggest research initiative ever with a budget of EUR one billion, the Graphene Flagship is tasked with taking graphene from the realm of academic laboratories into European society within…
EMC regulations face major shake-up
EMC regulations face major shake-up
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EMC regulations are about to come into force with stronger enforcement measures for any electronic product going on sale in Europe.
X-Fab cranks up MEMS capacities
X-Fab cranks up MEMS capacities
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Accounting for rising demand for sensors across the industry, semiconductor foundry X-Fab is expanding its MEMS manufacturing capacity in its Erfurt and Itzehoe locations. At these locations, X-Fab has is…
Conrad stocks all Fluke Connect-compatible test instruments
Conrad stocks all Fluke Connect-compatible test instruments
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Conrad Business Supplies has announced that it is to stock the complete range of test tools from Fluke that are compatible with the company's new Fluke Connect free App-based cloud…
LFoundry wins Japanese view finder display work
LFoundry wins Japanese view finder display work
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LFoundry has moved its headquarters to Avezzano, Italy, where it has won business with Citizen Finetech Miyota to make electronic view finders (EVFs) based on Citizen's ferroelectric liquid crystal on…
Saint-Gobain enters OLED joint venture with NEG
Saint-Gobain enters OLED joint venture with NEG
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French multinational Saint-Gobain Group has entered into a joint venture with Nippon Electric Glass Co. (NEG) to develop, manufacture and sell glass substrate to IEL (Internal Extraction Layer) for use…
Saint-Gobain and NEG form OLED joint venture
Saint-Gobain and NEG form OLED joint venture
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French multinational Saint-Gobain Group has entered into a joint venture with Nippon Electric Glass Co. (NEG) to develop, manufacture and sell glass substrate to IEL (Internal Extraction Layer) for use…


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