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Arrow Electronics to distribute Zenaro lighting solutions
Arrow Electronics to distribute Zenaro lighting solutions
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Arrow Electronics and Zenaro Lighting GmbH have entered into a distribution agreement for the EMEA region. Founded in 2010 and…
RS Components revamps its website to increase focus on its e-centric vision
RS Components revamps its website to increase focus on its e-centric vision
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RS Components has revamped its website, going live this month in the UK, to enhances the online experience for its…
Qualcomm renames SoCs, quad-core on track
Qualcomm renames SoCs, quad-core on track
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Qualcomm rebranded its Snapdragon processors and indicated some of its 28nm chips are now sampling. The company now places its…
Agilent and UC Davis form millimeter research center
Agilent and UC Davis form millimeter research center
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Agilent Technologies and the University of California, Davis, will establish the Davis Millimeter Wave Research Center to focus on millimeter…

Micriµm signs global agreement with Premier Farnells
Micriµm signs global agreement with Premier Farnells
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Premier Farnell announced a global distribution agreement with Micriµm, a leading supplier of embedded RTOS solutions. In this agreement, Micriµm will extend its product and marketing support to Premier Farnell,…
TI achieves certification of ZigBee Alliance’s Smart Energy 1.1 profile implementation
TI achieves certification of ZigBee Alliance’s Smart Energy 1.1 profile implementation
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Texas Instruments Incorporated has achieved ZigBee Certified status for its ZigBee Smart Energy 1.1 standard implementation, recently introduced by the ZigBee Alliance. TI is making available the company’s new Z-Stack…
HiSilicon extends ARM licenses for 3G/4G
HiSilicon extends ARM licenses for 3G/4G
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HiSilicon Technologies has licensed a range of ARM technology for use across the breadth of its communications chip design activities including: 3G/4G basestations, networking infrastructure and mobile computing applications.
Samsung buys MRAM developer Grandis
Samsung buys MRAM developer Grandis
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., said it acquired spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) vendor Grandis Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
IDC cuts PC microprocessor forecast
IDC cuts PC microprocessor forecast
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International Data Corp., has cut its forecast for 2011 PC microprocessor shipment growth to 9.3 percent from 10.3 percent, saying economic headwinds in developed regions that are affecting consumer PC…
Test body formed for SEP 2 specification
Test body formed for SEP 2 specification
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Four groups agreed to form a new body to certify products based on the emerging Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2) geared for delivering smart grid information to home networks.
TRaC unveils Zigbee Smart Energy 1.1 test suite as standard is released
TRaC unveils Zigbee Smart Energy 1.1 test suite as standard is released
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European test house, TRaC, has already concluded a comprehensive product test programme for Danish manufacturer Develco Products within days of the release of the latest version of the ZigBee wireless…
Nexeon receives £40m boost for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries expansion plans
Nexeon receives £40m boost for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries expansion plans
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Nexeon, the Oxfordshire company pioneering the use of silicon anodes in place of carbon, has received new investment worth £40 million to boost the company’s rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology developments.
Adaptive algorithm helps UPS solution reduce the power bills of UK businesses by £10m over next five years
Adaptive algorithm helps UPS solution reduce the power bills of UK businesses by £10m over next five years
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Emerson Network Power is claiming that the company’s Chloride Trinergy Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is on track to deliver savings of up to 80,000 tonnes of CO2 to UK businesses…
Energy-saving company gets nominated for business award
Energy-saving company gets nominated for business award
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A company specialising in energy saving street lighting has been named as one of the most innovative businesses in the country. Harvard Engineering, based in Yorkshire, UK, has been shortlisted…
Nujira opens IC design centre in Edinburgh
Nujira opens IC design centre in Edinburgh
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Envelope Tracking technology provider, Nujira, has also been awarded £175,000 funding from Scottish Development International to support the initiative. The new design centre opened with a small team of engineers…
Small-sized display shipments down except for tablets
Small-sized display shipments down except for tablets
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Shipments of small- and medium-sized display panels fell for the second straight month in May, another data point from market research firm IHS iSuppli pointing to tablets taking over where…
Trident signs IP license deal
Trident signs IP license deal
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Digital TV chip vendor Trident Microsystems has announced it reached an agreement to license some of its video processing technology and reported a narrower second quarter loss on sales that…
Google brings live traffic info to Google Maps
Google brings live traffic info to Google Maps
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Internet giant Google has joined the crowd of service vendors for the apparently rather attractive market for live traffic information. Beginning mid-July, the company has started to offer this information…
TDK-Lambda acquires new site to support future expansion plans
TDK-Lambda acquires new site to support future expansion plans
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TDK-Lambda has acquired a 2 acre site adjacent to its European HQ in Ilfracombe, North Devon, UK which the power supply manufacturer plans to develop to meet the company's future…
Renesas Electronics transfers high-power amplifier business to Murata Manufacturing
Renesas Electronics transfers high-power amplifier business to Murata Manufacturing
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Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Renesas Electronics Corporation have signed a basic agreement to transfer Renesas Electronics’ high-power amplifier (HPA) business and its manufacturing site, the Nagano Device Division (Komoro,…
Saft to deploy Li-ion energy storage systems for MILLENER Smart Grid project
Saft to deploy Li-ion energy storage systems for MILLENER Smart Grid project
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Saft is to deploy the company's state-of-the-art lithium-ion (Li-ion) energy storage systems as part of the MILLENER smart grid project, which has a target of installing energy management facilities in…
Saft becomes a partner in the NICE GRID project
Saft becomes a partner in the NICE GRID project
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Saft is to act as a first-rank partner for the energy storage component of the NICE GRID project for design of the power grid of the future. The project, which…
Seoul Semi ISO17025-certified for LED test and measurement
Seoul Semi ISO17025-certified for LED test and measurement
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LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor has been accredited for Test and Measurement Certification to ISO/IEC 17025 within the scope of IES LM-80-08 “Measuring Lumen Maintenance of LED Light Sources”. The accreditation…
Infineon ships chips for Chromebook security
Infineon ships chips for Chromebook security
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Infineon Technologies AG has said it is shipping security chips for devices running Google's Chrome operating system.
Tektronix buys Optametra for coherent optical testing
Tektronix buys Optametra for coherent optical testing
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Tektronix, Inc., has acquired Optametra, LLC, a producer of test equipment for optical transmission products. The details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Ten mobile vendors license chip interconnect
Ten mobile vendors license chip interconnect
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Ten cellphone chip makers have licensed the Chip-to Chip Link (C2C) specification developed by Arteris Inc., and Texas Instruments. C2C is one of three low latency interconnects TI helped develop…
IPWireless launches LTE product portfolio to better meet the needs of government mobile broadband network deployments
IPWireless launches LTE product portfolio to better meet the needs of government mobile broadband network deployments
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IPWireless has announced its new end-to-end LTE product portfolio. The company's portfolio includes highly scalable Evolved Packet Core (EPC) solutions, the EPC200 and EPC3000, the next evolution of its base…
TI says damaged Japan fabs back in action
TI says damaged Japan fabs back in action
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Chip maker Texas Instruments Inc., said Monday (July 25) that two semiconductor fabs damaged in the March 11 earthquake in Japan resumed production ahead of schedule as the company reported…


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