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Volvo, Siemens launch e-car partnership
Volvo, Siemens launch e-car partnership
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Carmaker Volvo and technology provider Siemens AG have announced the intention to jointly advance the technical development of electric cars…
Osram launches OLED pilot production line
Osram launches OLED pilot production line
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With the launch of the pilot production line for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in Regensburg, Osram has set an…
Cisco, VMware team on network virtualization
Cisco, VMware team on network virtualization
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Cisco Systems Inc., and VMware Inc., have expanded their strategic relationship to create new technology for network virtualization that will…
Electric vehicles to boost analog IC demand
Electric vehicles to boost analog IC demand
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The market for semiconductors to be used in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) is expected to quadruple…

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…
TTTech and Tieto strike strategic partnership for TTEthernet industrial networking
TTTech and Tieto strike strategic partnership for TTEthernet industrial networking
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TTTech and Tieto announced a strategic partnership in the area of industrial networking based on TTEthernet. TTTech's open TTEthernet network technology enables time-triggered communication over standard Ethernet networks in all…
Mouser launches SuperSpeed USB 3.0 product knowledge training site
Mouser launches SuperSpeed USB 3.0 product knowledge training site
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Mouser Electronics launched a new Product Knowledge Center (PKC) technology training site devoted to the communication bus technology USB 3.0 SuperSpeed, its practical applications, and featured products. Consumer interest is…
Avnet Abacus to run free European seminars on efficient power design
Avnet Abacus to run free European seminars on efficient power design
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Distributor Avnet Abacus is teaming up with some of the world's leading manufacturers of power components to deliver a series of free technical seminars in five locations across Europe focused…
Emulex to demo 10GbE upgrades at VMworld
Emulex to demo 10GbE upgrades at VMworld
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Networking IC vendor Emulex Corp., said Monday it would demonstrate new technology enhancements to its OneConnect 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) universal converged network adapter family at the VMworld exhibition in…
MIT chip spinout gets $6.5M in funding
MIT chip spinout gets $6.5M in funding
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MTPV LLC, a startup developing chips used to convert heat to electricity, has received $6.5 million in funding from 13 investors, according to a regulatory filing made Monday (August 29).
Novaled founders nominated for German Future Award 2011
Novaled founders nominated for German Future Award 2011
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Three founders of OLED materials technology company Novaled Gmbh have been nominated for the prestigious Future Award of the German President. The move honors the value of the research conducted…
X-FAB and Micronas partners on 0.18µm high-voltage CMOS process
X-FAB and Micronas partners on 0.18µm high-voltage CMOS process
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X-FAB Silicon Foundries Group and Micronas announced a cooperative and strategic partnership whereby X-FAB will provide the next technology generation, the 0.18 µm high-voltage CMOS process with embedded flash, and…
Calypto acquires Mentor’s Catapult C
Calypto acquires Mentor’s Catapult C
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In a surprise deal that brings together two of the leading electronic system level (ESL) design software products, Calypto Design Systems Inc., said Friday (August 26) it acquired Catapult C…
Rohde & Schwarz supplies emergency radios for aircraft carriers
Rohde & Schwarz supplies emergency radios for aircraft carriers
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Systems based on the Rohde & Schwarz M3SR Series 4400 VHF/UHF radio family are being used for the production phase of the VHF and UHF emergency radio system for both…
Global Lighting Technologies launches IPO, expands production
Global Lighting Technologies launches IPO, expands production
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Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) Inc., a specialist in LED-based edge-lit illumination, held an initial public offering of shares of its common stock on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on July 28,…
Saft signs long-term agreement with Orbital Sciences to supply Li-ion batteries for GEO satellites
Saft signs long-term agreement with Orbital Sciences to supply Li-ion batteries for GEO satellites
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Saft has received a multi-year, multi-million dollar long-term agreement from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries for Orbital’s STAR-2 geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite platform.
Arrow Electronics signs Dialog Semiconductor for EMEA
Arrow Electronics signs Dialog Semiconductor for EMEA
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Arrow Electronics has signed an agreement with Dialog Semiconductor to distribute its full range of products throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dialog Semiconductor creates energy-efficient, highly integrated, mixed-signal…
Wireless infrastructure seen as growing market for GaAs ICs
Wireless infrastructure seen as growing market for GaAs ICs
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The global market for gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors used in wireless network infrastructure is projected to grow to reach about $320 million in 2015 from roughly $205 million in 2011,…
Saft to build Li-ion satellite batteries for Boeing’s MEXSAT-1 and 2
Saft to build Li-ion satellite batteries for Boeing’s MEXSAT-1 and 2
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Saft has won a multi-million dollar contract from Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems to supply lithium-ion (Li-ion) satellite batteries for MEXSAT-1 and MEXSAT-2. The satellites are part of the new…
DATEL business unit appoints Astute Electronics as a distribution partner for UK and Ireland
DATEL business unit appoints Astute Electronics as a distribution partner for UK and Ireland
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Murata Power Solutions' DATEL business unit has signed a distribution franchise agreement with Astute Electronics Limited for the supply of products to military and defence customers across the UK and…
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
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Steve Jobs, the visionary and iconic leader who twice steered Apple Inc., to prominence, resigned Wednesday (August 24) as CEO of the company he co-founded in 1976, citing lingering health…
Newnes launches source book of analog circuit design solutions
Newnes launches source book of analog circuit design solutions
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Newnes, an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology Books, has published what the publisher describes as a ‘bible’ of analog electronic engineering and design by two industry leaders. Analog Circuit…
IPF advocates clear benefits of Objet 3D printing materials
IPF advocates clear benefits of Objet 3D printing materials
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Objet GmbH, a subsidiary of Objet Ltd., a leader in 3D printing for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, has announced that IPF, a prototyping service bureau in the UK, has…
Bosch, Freescale collaborate on airbag platform
Bosch, Freescale collaborate on airbag platform
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Automotive supplier Bosch group and chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor announced that they have combined their positions in automotive electronics and systems expertise to create an automotive airbag reference platform for the…
Liebert APM UPS achieves Carbon Trust’s Enhanced Capital Allowance Accreditation
Liebert APM UPS achieves Carbon Trust’s Enhanced Capital Allowance Accreditation
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Emerson Network Power's Liebert APM On-line Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) has achieved the Carbon Trust's Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) accreditation and been added to the Energy Technology Product List (ETPL).
Ford plans to sell rooftop solar panels with electric vehicles
Ford plans to sell rooftop solar panels with electric vehicles
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Ford and SunPower Corp have teamed up to offer customers a rooftop solar system that will provide enough clean, renewable energy to offset the electricity used to charge the vehicle.
LeCroy signs distribution agreement with Mouser
LeCroy signs distribution agreement with Mouser
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Manufacturer and supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data solutions LeCroy announced an international distribution agreement with distributor Mouser Electronics. Mouser's global distribution network will place LeCroy oscilloscopes, arbitrary function generators…
UNIPOWER completes acquisition of Universal Voltronics Corporation
UNIPOWER completes acquisition of Universal Voltronics Corporation
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UNIPOWER LLC has acquired Universal Voltronics Corporation (UVC), a company with over 40 years of experience in high-voltage power applications. UVC manufactures high-voltage power products ranging in power from 200-W…


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