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Major chip maker orders optics for EUV lithography
Major chip maker orders optics for EUV lithography
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Specialist optics and metrology firm Zygo Corp., (Middlefield, Connecticut) has been awarded a $2 million order to produce advanced extreme…
Anritsu VectorStar used by Modelithics to validate performance of broadband diode models
Anritsu VectorStar used by Modelithics to validate performance of broadband diode models
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Anritsu Company has announced that its VectorStar Broadband ME7838A vector network analyzer (VNA) system was used by Modelithics to validate…
Counterfeit parts represent $169B annual risk
Counterfeit parts represent $169B annual risk
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The five most prevalent types of semiconductors reported as counterfeits represent $169 billion in potential risk per year for the…
Chip security startup raises VC for mobile push
Chip security startup raises VC for mobile push
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Intrinsic-ID NV, a vendor of hardware-derived security technology, has received 5 million euro (about $6.7 million) in a round of…

NXP Semiconductors acquires the Catena Group for high performance mixed signal applications
NXP Semiconductors acquires the Catena Group for high performance mixed signal applications
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NXP Semiconductors N.V., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Dutch electronic design and IP company Catena Group which will help NXP to continue to innovate in the automotive…
Intrinsic-ID closes EUR 5 million round of financing with robert bosch venture
Intrinsic-ID closes EUR 5 million round of financing with robert bosch venture
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Intrinsic-ID announced that it has received EUR 5 million (USD 6.7 million) in new funding. The round was led by Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) and joined by existing…
NXP Semiconductors acquires the Catena Group to focus on high performance mixed signal applications
NXP Semiconductors acquires the Catena Group to focus on high performance mixed signal applications
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Dutch electronic design and IP company Catena Group which will help NXP to continue to innovate in the automotive…
LpS 2012 highlights technology trends for LED design and application
LpS 2012 highlights technology trends for LED design and application
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The organizer of the LED Professional Symposium, Luger Research e. U., has published the program for the 2nd LpS event which will take place from September 25 through September 27…
Spansion and SK Hynix announce NAND partnership
Spansion and SK Hynix announce NAND partnership
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Spansion and SK Hynix have announced that they will work together to deliver Spansion SLC NAND products at the 4x, 3x, and 2x nodes to the embedded market.
Anritsu enters Into factory test agreement
Anritsu enters Into factory test agreement
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Anritsu has entered into a factory test technology licensing agreement with Qualcomm Incorporated for Qualcomm’s factory test solutions.
LED backlight, Light+Building drive LED manufacturer’s utilization
LED backlight, Light+Building drive LED manufacturer’s utilization
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Taiwan-based makers of LED chips including Epistar, Lextar Electronics, Genesis Photonics and Bright LED Electronics, had increased their capacity utilization in March, reports Asian news service Digitimes. Reasons for the…
Power Integrations aims to acquire Swiss-based CT-Concept Technologie
Power Integrations aims to acquire Swiss-based CT-Concept Technologie
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Power Integrations has signed an agreement to acquire privately held CT-Concept Technologie AG for approximately 105 million Swiss francs in cash, or about $115 million, net of cash assumed.
Big three create joint venture for embedded security
Big three create joint venture for embedded security
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Europe's three leading security companies - ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient - are creating a joint venture to develop the next generation of embedded security for connected devices.
Kyocera has acquired LCD manufacturer Optrex to form Kyocera Display Corporation
Kyocera has acquired LCD manufacturer Optrex to form Kyocera Display Corporation
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Kyocera offers a wide range of active matrix TFT LCD panels in sizes from 3.5 to 12.1 inches diagonal and resolutions from QVGA to SVGA.
Market researcher: Li-ion battery price stays too high for mass adoption of electric vehicles
Market researcher: Li-ion battery price stays too high for mass adoption of electric vehicles
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Early demand for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles has fallen short of optimistic projections, as vehicles like the Chevy Volt have missed sales targets. The key to growing…
Audience reverse engineers human hearing for mobile
Audience reverse engineers human hearing for mobile
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Audio processor maker Audience is reverse engineering the human hearing system to make shouting down the phone in a noisy nightclub a thing of the past.
Analog Devices acquires Multigig to strengthen high-speed signal processing solutions
Analog Devices acquires Multigig to strengthen high-speed signal processing solutions
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Analog Devices, Inc. has acquired Multigig, Inc., a privately-held San Jose, California, company specializing in highly innovative high-performance clocking technology. The acquisition will enhance ADI's clocking capabilities in stand-alone and…
Nordic partners with Movea for motion enabled TV remote controls
Nordic partners with Movea for motion enabled TV remote controls
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Movea entered a technology partnership with Nordic Semiconductor ASA for the development of new and innovative, motion-enabled 2.4GHz RF remote control reference design.
Bosch takes Open Kernel Labs into the center stack
Bosch takes Open Kernel Labs into the center stack
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Bosch Car Multimedia has signed an agreement with Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) to license its virtualization software for prototyping and development of in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Intersil teams with Sony and Altronix to accelerate hybrid video technology
Intersil teams with Sony and Altronix to accelerate hybrid video technology
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Intersil Corporation has joined forces with Sony Corporation and Altronix, Inc to accelerate adoption of hybrid IP-based security systems for the video surveillance market.
Former Infineon CEO Wolfgang Ziebart elected to oversee Novaled
Former Infineon CEO Wolfgang Ziebart elected to oversee Novaled
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Shareholders of OLED technology company Novaled AG have elected the former Infineon top executive Wolfgang Ziebart as chairman of the company's supervisory board. Ziebart succeeds Thilo von Selchow, who also…
Ex-Intel VP Jim O’Hara to chair DecaWave with additional 6M Euros in funding
Ex-Intel VP Jim O’Hara to chair DecaWave with additional 6M Euros in funding
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Irish fabless semiconductor company DecaWave has announced that ex-Intel VP Jim O'Hara will chair the company.
Antistatic materials and products in electronics to reach USD3.4 billion in 2019
Antistatic materials and products in electronics to reach USD3.4 billion in 2019
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In its report "Markets for ESD and Antistatic Protection Materials and Products in Electronics 2012", NanoMarkets estimates that the total market for ESD protection products in electronics applications will grow…
Demand for higher bandwidths prompts increase in 33 GHz scope inventory
Demand for higher bandwidths prompts increase in 33 GHz scope inventory
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Electro Rent Europe has responded to its customers’ needs for high performance test equipment by increasing its inventory of 33 GHz oscilloscopes, allowing near immediate delivery for rental or lease.
AWR signs reseller agreement with Modelithics
AWR signs reseller agreement with Modelithics
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AWR Corporation and Modelthics Inc., have signed a global reseller agreement for AWR to sell and support Modelithics’ model libraries.
Digi International and Wind River cooperate on cloud-connected wireless M2M solutions
Digi International and Wind River cooperate on cloud-connected wireless M2M solutions
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Digi International and Wind River will jointly deliver a new family of cloud-connected wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, the M2M Solution Builder kits, including a combination of hardware, software, cloud connectivity…
Acal BFi and Lattice Semiconductor sign distribution agreement
Acal BFi and Lattice Semiconductor sign distribution agreement
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Acal BFi and Lattice Semiconductor have signed a distribution agreement under the terms of which Acal BFi is authorized to sell Lattice's complete portfolio of low power, low cost FPGA,…
Rohm Semiconductor and Premier Farnell move from European franchise to Global
Rohm Semiconductor and Premier Farnell move from European franchise to Global
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Premier Farnell has extended its franchise with Rohm Semiconductor to cover Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Rohm Semiconductor offers integrated circuits for video, audio, industrial, lighting, consumer, and meeting applications.


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