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Imagination takes stake in digital RF firm
Imagination takes stake in digital RF firm
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Graphics and communications IP licensor Imagination Technologies Group plc as teamed up with Orca Systems Inc., on the development of…
TDK-Lambda extends its digitally-controlled EFE series power supplies warranty to five years
TDK-Lambda extends its digitally-controlled EFE series power supplies warranty to five years
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TDK-Lambda UK, a group company of the TDK Corporation, has extended the warranty period for all its digitally-controlled 300-400W EFE-M…
Cadence and Dassault Systèmes join efforts on semiconductor design data
Cadence and Dassault Systèmes join efforts on semiconductor design data
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Dassault Systèmes has expanded its longstanding relationship with Cadence Design Systems to drive greater control and management of core product…
Intel acquires ESL firm CoFluent
Intel acquires ESL firm CoFluent
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Intel has done a deal to acquire CoFluent Design, the vendor of the CoFluent Studio EDA software that supports system-level…

Aeroflex equips 1 million euro laboratory at Lancaster University
Aeroflex equips 1 million euro laboratory at Lancaster University
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Aeroflex Limited and Lancaster University have inaugurated the Aeroflex Wireless Broadband Laboratory in the University's School of Computing and Communications at InfoLab21, Lancaster’s world-class centre of excellence for research in…
Aeroflex endows €1 million laboratory at Lancaster University
Aeroflex endows €1 million laboratory at Lancaster University
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Aeroflex Limited and Lancaster University have announced the inauguration of the Aeroflex Wireless Broadband Laboratory in the University's School of Computing and Communications at InfoLab21, Lancaster's world-class centre of excellence…
Activist hedge fund targets MIPS Tech
Activist hedge fund targets MIPS Tech
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Investment firm Starboard Value LP Monday (Sept. 12) said it delivered a letter to MIPS Technologies Inc.'s chief executive and board of directors saying it believes MIPS' stock is undervalued…
Lattice launches power management seminars, lowers price of evaluation boards
Lattice launches power management seminars, lowers price of evaluation boards
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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation plans to launch the worldwide Power 2 You Seminar Series in October 2011. The seminar will include comprehensive practical and technical presentations that combine basic design principles,…
Verotec opens French facility as international expansion gathers pace
Verotec opens French facility as international expansion gathers pace
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Verotec, the UK-based enclosures and systems manufacturing successor to Vero Electronics and APW, has continued its international expansion with the formation of a new French subsidiary, which will provide increased…
Startup gains funds for LED lighting IC
Startup gains funds for LED lighting IC
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Ikon Semiconductor Ltd., a Dublin-based fabless semiconductor company chasing LED lighting opportunities, has received an overall investment of 800,000 euros (about $1.1 million) from the Bank of Ireland Seed and…
Enhanced search functionality on Future Electronics’ website
Enhanced search functionality on Future Electronics’ website
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Distributor Future Electronics announced a newly designed website which the company claims offers a significant increase in speed with search results, returning twice as fast as before. The addition of…
Intel invests $24 million in software firms
Intel invests $24 million in software firms
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Intel Capital, the investment arm of the world's biggest semiconductor company, has announced that it invested over $24 million in seven firms that develop technology related to Intel's software strategy.
Qualcomm acquires IDT video IP, engineers
Qualcomm acquires IDT video IP, engineers
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Wireless chip and technology firm Qualcomm Inc., has agreed to take over the video IC design teams from Integrated Device Technology Inc., and related assets and to include chips from…
Plessey Semiconductors open offices in China to support local demand
Plessey Semiconductors open offices in China to support local demand
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Plessey Semiconductors has formally announced the opening of their new office in the city centre of Shenzhen, China. Located in Futian, the heart of the Shenzhen Central Business District, the…
TRaC and MET to offer harmonised international EX testing programme
TRaC and MET to offer harmonised international EX testing programme
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Two of the world's leading bodies in the field of certification of products for operation in potentially explosive atmospheres (“ATEX”, “IECEx” and “Hazloc” certification) have announced a unique cooperative agreement…
ULIS joins forces with CEA/Leti to develop infrared sensors for applications enhancing energy efficiency
ULIS joins forces with CEA/Leti to develop infrared sensors for applications enhancing energy efficiency
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ULIS, a manufacturer of high-quality infrared imaging sensors for thermography, security, automotive and military applications is to collaborate with CEA/Leti, a leading international technology research centre, in a project to…
Cambridge Industries Group chooses Lantiq GPON chips for optical network terminals
Cambridge Industries Group chooses Lantiq GPON chips for optical network terminals
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Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, has announced that Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) has selected Lantiq's FALC™ON optical network termination System-on-Chip (SoC) ICs for integration…
Plessey Semiconductors expands presence in China
Plessey Semiconductors expands presence in China
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Plessey Semiconductors is opening the UK-based company’s new office in the city centre of Shenzhen, China. Located in Futian, the heart of the Shenzhen Central Business District, the new office…
Seoul semiconductor starts mass production of LED automotive headlights
Seoul semiconductor starts mass production of LED automotive headlights
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As the first LED vendor in Korea, Seoul Semiconductor has started mass production for LED automotive headlights. The company also said its LEDs have been adopted by one of the…
Bosch invests in gesture chip firm
Bosch invests in gesture chip firm
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Robert Bosch Venture Capital has led an investment of 7.1 million euro (about $10 million) in Ident Technology AG (Gilching, Germany), a developer of electric field sensors that can be…
Mouser and MikroElektronika partner to on advanced development systems
Mouser and MikroElektronika partner to on advanced development systems
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Mouser Electronics has partnered with MikroElektronika to help grow MikroElektronika's North American market and bring their line of development systems and compilers to Mouser customers across the world. MikroElektronika produces…
Johnson Controls and Saft agree to end Li-ion automotive battery joint venture
Johnson Controls and Saft agree to end Li-ion automotive battery joint venture
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Johnson Controls, Inc., and Saft are to end their joint venture, Johnson Controls-Saft, which was formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture Li-ion vehicle batteries. Under the terms of the…
Ident Technology secures 7.1 million Euros funding to launch 3D gesture control chip
Ident Technology secures 7.1 million Euros funding to launch 3D gesture control chip
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Together with existing investors MIG Funds and Danube Equity, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) announced the completion of a 7.1 million Euro investment round in Ident Technology AG. The…
Schaffner Group to acquire MTC Transformers for USD 14 million
Schaffner Group to acquire MTC Transformers for USD 14 million
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The Schaffner Group has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the dry-type transformers operations of American transformer manufacturer MTC Transformers. Under the transaction, Schaffner is acquiring MTC Transformer's Wytheville…
Farnell launches sensing technology microsite
Farnell launches sensing technology microsite
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Farnell has launched a new microsite dedicated to sensors and sensing applications. In addition to giving fast and easy access to over 4,000 products, the sensing microsite also provides extensive…
CellGuide to use Baolab 3D NanoCompass in GPS chip for enhanced location services and augmented reality
CellGuide to use Baolab 3D NanoCompass in GPS chip for enhanced location services and augmented reality
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CellGuide has announced the selection of Baolab's award winning NanoEMS™ technology as a companion to its location and positioning solutions. CellGuide will add Baolab's recently launched 3D NanoCompass™ IC to…
IDT moving from Fab-lite to Fabless business model
IDT moving from Fab-lite to Fabless business model
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Integrated Device Technology announced that it intends to sell its Hillsboro, Oregon wafer fabrication facility and related assets to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited. Under a foundry service arrangement with…
Altis collaborates with Cadence Services to offer PDKs
Altis collaborates with Cadence Services to offer PDKs
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Altis Semiconductor, a leading innovative European specialty foundry, is collaborating with Cadence Services to migrate and enhance various versions of its 130nm process design kits (PDK) supporting the latest release…


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