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BMW joins AVnu Alliance for Ethernet technology
BMW joins AVnu Alliance for Ethernet technology
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The AVnu Alliance, an industry group dedicated to promoting the IEE802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) networking standard, has announced that carmaker…
Samsung opts for Dialog Semiconductor PMIC to power new Galaxy smartphone platform
Samsung opts for Dialog Semiconductor PMIC to power new Galaxy smartphone platform
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Samsung has adopted Dialog Semiconductor's combined power management and audio technology in the company's latest Galaxy smartphone model. Dialog’s D2199…
Wireless street light central management system helps Telensa achieve 20 percent sales boost
Wireless street light central management system helps Telensa achieve 20 percent sales boost
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UK-based Telensa has received a 20% boost in sales as the result of the company securing contracts from UK street…
Saft opens new subsidiary in Moscow to support growing demand in Russia and CIS countries
Saft opens new subsidiary in Moscow to support growing demand in Russia and CIS countries
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Saft, the designer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industry, has opened a new Moscow subsidiary, OOO Saft, to…

IBM Grabs ARM for ASICs
IBM Grabs ARM for ASICs
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IBM has licensed a set of five ARM cores for use in communications ASICs it makes for its semiconductor customers. The move is a milestone in the shift toward the…
Elatec RFID Systems opens its first US branch for regional expansion
Elatec RFID Systems opens its first US branch for regional expansion
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Elatec RFID Systems has announced it opened a branch office in Palm City, Florida. RFID Systems is one of the strongest business areas of Elatec GmbH in terms of turnover…
Cheil Industries accelerates electronic materials growth strategy following Novaled deal
Cheil Industries accelerates electronic materials growth strategy following Novaled deal
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South Korea's Cheil Industries has completed one of the largest mergers and acquisitions deals in the electronic materials sector after acquiring the Dresden-based OLED technology company, Novaled for KRW345.5 billion.
TI Sitara ARM Cortex A8 part of a multi-million euro contract for automotive computers
TI Sitara ARM Cortex A8 part of a multi-million euro contract for automotive computers
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A specialist in development and manufacturing of embedded computers, Hectronic announced it has been awarded a three year development and manufacturing contract worth 1.7 million Euros per year.
UK Technology Strategy Board awards Accutronics grant to develop battery for medical devices
UK Technology Strategy Board awards Accutronics grant to develop battery for medical devices
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Battery manufacturer Accutronics has received a Smart Award from the UK's Technology Strategy Board which sees the company receive a £100,000 grant to support 'proof of concept’ work on a…
ARM snags new customers in record quarter
ARM snags new customers in record quarter
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ARM Holdings PLC reported a record quarter based on closing 48 new licensing deals, 11 with new customers. The deals drove revenue up 26 percent year-on-year to $286.7 million and…
Microsemi agrees to pay $230 million for timing firm
Microsemi agrees to pay $230 million for timing firm
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Analog, mixed-signal and FPGA chip vendor Microsemi Corp. has agreed to buy Symmetricom Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), a vendor of frequency and timing components, for $7.18 per share in cash,…
Alcatel-Lucent expands Ultra-Broadband Access to add speed and extra coverage to IP networks
Alcatel-Lucent expands Ultra-Broadband Access to add speed and extra coverage to IP networks
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Alcatel-Lucent is adding a range of innovative solutions to its Ultra-Broadband Access portfolios. These will enable fixed, wireless and cable operators to evolve their networks quickly with greater coverage and…
UK IC assembly and test facility faces closure
UK IC assembly and test facility faces closure
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Chip test and assembly firm Unisem Berhad headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has announced plans to close its UK facility at Crumlin,South Wales, by the end of 2013 with a…
Processor IP provider Cortus opens office in Silicon Valley
Processor IP provider Cortus opens office in Silicon Valley
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A provider of silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP, Cortus has just opened an office in Silicon Valley, recruiting Jack Dean to head up applications engineering in the Americas.
Philips sees profits light up but it warns on sales growth
Philips sees profits light up but it warns on sales growth
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Third-quarter net profit has more than doubled for Philips but the Dutch lighting and health-care company still expects sales growth will be subdued by the continuing weak global economy in…
Mitsubishi Electric plans new LCD engineering facility in Kumamoto
Mitsubishi Electric plans new LCD engineering facility in Kumamoto
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced it will construct a new engineering facility in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture of southern Japan to accelerate the development of liquid crystal display technologies and devices…
ARCOL Resistors places global distributor inventory online
ARCOL Resistors places global distributor inventory online
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UK based ARCOL Resistors has developed an online facility to locate and purchase their wide range of resistor products from their global distribution network.
AVM selects Lantiq for VDSL, Wi-Fi 802.11ac gateway
AVM selects Lantiq for VDSL, Wi-Fi 802.11ac gateway
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Lantiq has announced that the Berlin-based communications specialist AVM has selected a Lantiq high integration systems-on-chip (SoC) to power its latest generation flagship VDSL2/2+ gateway FRITZ!Box 7490.
TDK-Lambda UK appoints Caltest Instruments to support laboratory power supplies in the UK
TDK-Lambda UK appoints Caltest Instruments to support laboratory power supplies in the UK
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TDK-Lambda UK has signed a new distributor agreement with Caltest Instruments Ltd which will see Caltest support TDK-Lambda within the UK for the company's range of Programmable Power Supplies.
Philips upgrades Buenos Aires street lighting system with LED lighting technology
Philips upgrades Buenos Aires street lighting system with LED lighting technology
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The city of Buenos Aires in Argentina has selected Philips to renew the city's street lighting system with LED technology. Philips will replace the majority of the 125,000 existing street…
TÜV Süd expands test portfolio for electric vehicles
TÜV Süd expands test portfolio for electric vehicles
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Munich-based testing and certification company TÜV Süd has acquired a crash test centre for automotive tests. With the move, the company which hast vast activities in the automotive sector, expands…
Google grabs gesture startup
Google grabs gesture startup
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Google has acquired Bot Square, developer of the Flutter gesture recognition application that works using a computer's webcam. The price paid for the 2010 startup was not disclosed but it…
InvenSense to buy ADI’s MEMS microphone business
InvenSense to buy ADI’s MEMS microphone business
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InvenSense Inc., a fabless MEMS company that went public in 2011, has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to acquire the MEMS microphone business of Analog Devices Inc.
Grab the medical MEMS opportunity
Grab the medical MEMS opportunity
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Imagine diagnostic medical and well-being sensors and actuators that are so low cost that almost everyone can afford them and they can be present and active continuously.
Vector joins Car-to-X camp
Vector joins Car-to-X camp
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Automotive software design tool vendor Vector Informatik has signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on Deployment Strategy for cooperative ITS in Europe” which has been initiated by several automotive OEMs earlier…
Freeway Lighting Solution adds Vossloh Schwabe franchise to lighting portfolio
Freeway Lighting Solution adds Vossloh Schwabe franchise to lighting portfolio
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Freeway Lighting Solutions, a recently-formed division of Rebound Electronics, has strengthened the company's product offering by signing a new franchise agreement with Vossloh Schwabe, a leading manufacturer of constant current…
Osram clarifies future of the Traunreut luminaires site in Germany
Osram clarifies future of the Traunreut luminaires site in Germany
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Osram is making progress in realigning the company's Luminaires & Solutions business segment and has signed an agreement with employee representatives that relates to the future prospects of Siteco Beleuchtungstechnik…
Excessive security will kill the Internet of Things
Excessive security will kill the Internet of Things
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Excessive security will kill the emerging Internet of Things warns the author of a new report.


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