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Farnell expands its Samtec product range
Farnell expands its Samtec product range
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Farnell has reached an agreement with interconnect product manufacturer Samtec to increase the number of the company's products it offers…
Zumtobel expands production on rising LED demand
Zumtobel expands production on rising LED demand
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Austrian lamp manufacturer Zumtobel group announced to invest € 20 million in expanding its production facilities. The move is driven…
Iveco trucks take Wabco’s ABS on board
Iveco trucks take Wabco’s ABS on board
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Commercial vehicle industry supplier Wabco Holdings has entered into a long term agreement with Fiat subsididary Iveco to supply anti-lock…
Synopsys acquires Extreme DA
Synopsys acquires Extreme DA
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Parametric analysis becomes more important as implementation geometries get smaller and variations-aware analysis is necessary to ensure yields remain in…

Analyst sees 1% chip market growth for 2011
Analyst sees 1% chip market growth for 2011
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Malcolm Penn, founder and principal analyst with market analysis company Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England), now sees 2011 as essentially a flat year compared with 2010 for the global chip market.
Merck opens OLED lab in Korea
Merck opens OLED lab in Korea
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Chemical company Merck Advanced Technologies formally opened an OLED application development research center in the Advanced Technology Research Center (ATC) in Poseung, Pyeongtaek in South Korea. The lab will drive…
Pioneer licenses OLED lighting technology from Universal Display
Pioneer licenses OLED lighting technology from Universal Display
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Universal Display Corporation has announced that the company has entered into an OLED technology license agreement with Pioneer Corporation of Japan. Under the arrangement, Pioneer will be licensed to use…
Osram takes over technology company Encelium
Osram takes over technology company Encelium
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Siemens lighting subsidiary Osram AG has acquired US-based software and technology company Encelium. With the move, the company intends to strengthen its position in the growing markets of LED-based technologies…
Bombardier Transportation partners Infineon to develop drive electronics for advanced rail vehicles
Bombardier Transportation partners Infineon to develop drive electronics for advanced rail vehicles
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Infineon Technologies AG has entered into a strategic partnership with Bombardier Transportation in the field of drive electronics for advanced rail vehicles. The agreement envisages the supply of semiconductor components…
Apple co-founder Jobs passes at 56
Apple co-founder Jobs passes at 56
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Apple co-founder and long time chief executive Steve Jobs passed away. He was 56. Apple's board announced his passing in a brief note.
Freescale opens R&D Centre of Excellence for automotive electronics in East Kilbride
Freescale opens R&D Centre of Excellence for automotive electronics in East Kilbride
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The formal opening of its newly established Research and Development Centre of Excellence (CoE) in East Kilbride, Scotland sees more than 170 highly skilled employees primarily involved in MCU development…
EDA logged strongest Q2 growth in 10 years
EDA logged strongest Q2 growth in 10 years
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The EDA sector achieved its highest level of year-to-year growth in any second quarter in the past 10 years, continuing to benefit from a typical sales lag on the heels…
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance launches the Netricity certification program
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance launches the Netricity certification program
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The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has just launched a new certification and marketing program, Netricity Powerline Communications (PLC). The program will promote the adoption and provide compliance and interoperability testing of…
Frank Tillner new COO at Osram Opto Semiconductors
Frank Tillner new COO at Osram Opto Semiconductors
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More than six months after the departure of Elke Eckstein as Chief Operating Officer, Osram Opto Semiconductors has hired Frank Tillner for this job. Tillner has vast experience in semiconductor…
Intel to buy mobile navigation software firm
Intel to buy mobile navigation software firm
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Intel Corp. will pay between $300 million and $350 million to acquire Israel's Telmap Ltd., a provider of mobile navigation software, according to a report by the Reuters news service.
Samsung partners with Quantenna on MIMO
Samsung partners with Quantenna on MIMO
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Fabless communications chip company Quantenna Communications Inc. has announced a partnership with consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to develop 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi technology products for multiple markets.
Rambus crypto division licenses tech to secret firm
Rambus crypto division licenses tech to secret firm
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Cryptography Research, Inc., a division of Rambus Inc., has made a cryptic announcement about signing a license agreement with a major smart phone and tablet manufacturer.
Vishay buys specialty resistor firm
Vishay buys specialty resistor firm
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Discrete IC and passive component supplier Vishay Intertechnology Inc., said Friday (September 30) it acquired the resistor businesses of Huntington Electric Inc., for about $19.6 million.
Mouser signs distribution for Panasonic Semiconductor
Mouser signs distribution for Panasonic Semiconductor
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Mouser Electronics will now be stocking the progressive line of semiconductors from the semiconductor group of Panasonic Industrial Company. The agreement between the two corporations will provide design engineers and…
eoSemi appoints Intralink as business development partner for East Asia
eoSemi appoints Intralink as business development partner for East Asia
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The all-silicon oscillator company, eoSemi, has appointed Intralink as the company’s strategic sales partner for the East Asian markets of Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea.
Six handset makers back Isis NFC payment
Six handset makers back Isis NFC payment
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Isis, a joint venture between U.S. mobile phone service providers AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, has announced that HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung Mobile and Sony Ericsson…
Synopsys launches a web portal dedicated to transaction-level model technology
Synopsys launches a web portal dedicated to transaction-level model technology
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Synopsys has launched TLMCentral, what the company claims to be the first industry-wide web portal for developers and users of transaction-level model (TLM) technology. The website aggregates information about free…
Astorg Partners to acquire the Microconnections division of FCI Group
Astorg Partners to acquire the Microconnections division of FCI Group
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Astorg Partners has signed an agreement with the French group FCI, one of the largest manufacturers of connectors and interconnect systems in the world, for the purchase of its Microconnections…
Cost, thermal management are major issues in LED lamp value chain
Cost, thermal management are major issues in LED lamp value chain
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At the ongoing LpS LED lighting conference in Bregenz, it became clear that the LED lighting technology is not different from other segments of the electronics industry in that the…
Samsung buys into Novaled
Samsung buys into Novaled
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Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC) has announced it has invested an undisclosed amount into organic electronics technology company Novaled AG of Dresden. Novaled owns significant expertise in the development of…
Thales selects DDC’s power distribution module for UK MoD’s Foxhound LPPV
Thales selects DDC’s power distribution module for UK MoD’s Foxhound LPPV
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Thales UK has selected Data Device Corporation (DDC) to supply 16-Channel Programmable Solid-State Power Controllers (SSPC) for the UK Ministry of Defence's new Foxhound Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV). The…
ULIS seals IR sensors deal with Schneider Electric in US
ULIS seals IR sensors deal with Schneider Electric in US
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Grenoble-based ULIS, a manufacturer of high-quality infrared imaging sensors for thermography, security, automotive and military applications, has signed a contract with Schneider Electric, the developer and manufacturer of Pelco video…
ACAL BFi has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with OriginGPS
ACAL BFi has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with OriginGPS
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ACAL BFi has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with OriginGPS, one of the world's leading manufacturers of miniature GPS modules. The agreement adds the industry’s smallest integrated GPS antenna module…


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