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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…
Osram files patent infringement actions against Samsung, LG Innotek in Korea
Osram files patent infringement actions against Samsung, LG Innotek in Korea
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In the patent dispute between Siemens subsidiary Osram and its Korean competitors Samsung and LG Electronics, Osram has filed a…
Bosch builds pilot line for the production of lithium-ion batteries
Bosch builds pilot line for the production of lithium-ion batteries
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Robert Bosch GmbH agreed to build a pilot production in order to research into materials and industrial production processes for…
Visteon expands activities in China
Visteon expands activities in China
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In order to strengthen its presence in China as the world's largest automotive market, Visteon Corp., plans to invest in…

Cree seeks to increase its momentum through the takeover of Ruud Lighting
Cree seeks to increase its momentum through the takeover of Ruud Lighting
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LED technology company Cree, Inc. announced the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc. The privately held company is said to be an expert in LED outdoor lighting. According to the Cree…
Premier Farnell signs worldwide deal with SemiSouth
Premier Farnell signs worldwide deal with SemiSouth
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In line with the company's focus on Electronic Design Engineers, driving business to the web and growth in emerging markets, Premier Farnell has announced worldwide stocking distribution agreement with SemiSouth…
LpS 2011 symposium focuses exclusively on LED lighting technologies
LpS 2011 symposium focuses exclusively on LED lighting technologies
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The LED Lighting Technologies Symposium in Bregenz, Austria, will offer developers, buyers, users as well as researchers, suppliers of LED and system solutions, distributors, and others an information and communication…
New Ofcom report to fuel coverage competition between operators, says TE Connectivity
New Ofcom report to fuel coverage competition between operators, says TE Connectivity
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A new report from Ofcom states that mobile operators must provide greater awareness of coverage checkers, so that users are able to choose the best operator for their area. It…
Touchstone Semiconductor unveils free demo boards offer
Touchstone Semiconductor unveils free demo boards offer
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Touchstone Semiconductor is planning to provide free demo boards to potential customers. The offer includes all demo boards in Touchstone's growing portfolio of high-performance analog products, including the groundbreaking 0.8 V,…
Google’s Moto bid: It’s all about the patents
Google’s Moto bid: It’s all about the patents
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Google's $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility is all about the patents. The only people really happy about Google acquiring a smartphone and set-top business are Android's competitors.
TSMC’s A6 processor to respin, says report
TSMC’s A6 processor to respin, says report
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Foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) – said to have started trial manufacturing of the ARM-based A6 processor for Apple – will put the IC through another tape-out…
Report: solar demand gains, revenues flat
Report: solar demand gains, revenues flat
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The solar market is projected to grow in terms of megawatts installed in Asia and North America, but revenues will stay flat as price declines outpace volume growth.
New online source launched for Electric Vehicle charging products and connectors
New online source launched for Electric Vehicle charging products and connectors
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A new specialist website for charging connectors and cables for electric vehicles will go live on 15 August 2011. The ecarconnectors website aims to provide a convenient single source for…
Samsung Galaxy tablet banned in Europe on Apple’s law suit
Samsung Galaxy tablet banned in Europe on Apple’s law suit
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Apple has obtained a temporary injunction that prevents Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from distributing the Samsung Galaxy 10.1-inch screen size tablet computer in all countries of the European Union except…
Intel Capital launches $300M ultrabook fund
Intel Capital launches $300M ultrabook fund
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Intel Capital launched a $300 million Ultrabook Fund to bankroll startups working on technologies in line with its new concept for next-generation notebooks. The CPU giant is under pressure from…
Digi-Key corporation signs global distribution agreement with Everlight Electronics
Digi-Key corporation signs global distribution agreement with Everlight Electronics
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation has signed a global distribution agreement with Everlight Electronics, the manufacturer of through-hole and surface mounted LEDs, optical sensors and infrared components, and state-of-the-art lighting…
Report: 2011 femtocell market worth $300M
Report: 2011 femtocell market worth $300M
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Samsung and Cisco lead a femtocell basestation market that is forecast to be worth $300 million in 2011, according to market research company Infonetics Research Inc.
ASIX Electronics buys MosChip assets
ASIX Electronics buys MosChip assets
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ASIX Electronics Corp has acquired the business line of I/O connectivity, including all assets and intellectual property rights, from India-based MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. The acquisition enhances ASIX's portfolio of…
EUV delay will slow NAND supply growth
EUV delay will slow NAND supply growth
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Delays delivering next-generation lithography will slow the growth in supply of NAND flash, said the chief technologist of SanDisk in a keynote address at the Flash Memory Summit.
Sensirion moves into a new production building in Switzerland
Sensirion moves into a new production building in Switzerland
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Sensirion inaugurated its new production building in mid-July 2011. After eight months of construction, the newly purchased production plant in Stäfa, Switzerland, situated just a few hundred meters from the…
2001 Electronic Components signs distribution of Lumotech’s LED drivers
2001 Electronic Components signs distribution of Lumotech’s LED drivers
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Stevenage-based electronic component and modules distributor 2001 Electronic Components Ltd has signed a new franchise partnership with Lumotech Holland BV, the long established manufacturer of high performance LED drivers. The…
NANIUM and 3D Systems Packaging Research Center join forces to enable Chip-Last commercialization
NANIUM and 3D Systems Packaging Research Center join forces to enable Chip-Last commercialization
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Nanium signed an agreement to become a supply chain member of the 3D Systems Packaging Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT PRC) embedded MEMS, actives and passives…
Swiss contract manufacturer Escatec to drastically increase its R&D headcount and turnover
Swiss contract manufacturer Escatec to drastically increase its R&D headcount and turnover
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Swiss electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company Escatech has announced it will be increasing its Research and Development operations significantly over the next five years growing the headcount from 30 to…
Microsemi makes Intrinsic-ID’s Security IP on its Flash-based cSoCs, FPGAs and development boards
Microsemi makes Intrinsic-ID’s Security IP on its Flash-based cSoCs, FPGAs and development boards
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Microsemi Corporation has announced the immediate availability of Intrinsic-ID's Quiddikey security intellectual property (IP) on its flash-based devices and development board including the SmartFusion customizable system-on-chip (cSoC), as well as…
Bridgelux raises $60 million for LED push
Bridgelux raises $60 million for LED push
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Bridgelux Inc., a developer of semiconductor technology for solid-state lighting, has raised $60 million in a Series E round of venture capital funding.
Tower transfers SiGe process to Israel
Tower transfers SiGe process to Israel
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd., a specialty foundry that trades under the name TowerJazz, has transferred a 130-nm silicon-germanium process from its Newport Beach fab to one at Migdal Haemek, Israel.
Battery anode startup raises $65 million
Battery anode startup raises $65 million
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Nexeon Ltd., (Abingdon, England), a company formed in 2005 to commercialize battery research conducted at Imperial College in London, has received an investment of £40 million (about $65 million) to…
Rutronik and Renesas expand contract to cover all of European automotive sectors
Rutronik and Renesas expand contract to cover all of European automotive sectors
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Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH will now be distributing the entire Renesas product range throughout Europe. Both companies are working together with particular intensity in the automotive sector. This means that…


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