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Infineon purchases Qimonda’s manufacturing facilities for Euro 100.6 million
Infineon purchases Qimonda’s manufacturing facilities for Euro 100.6 million
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Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH has purchased real estate and manufacturing facilities from the insolvency administrator managing the assets of Qimonda…
Rutronik integrates fully-owned subsidiary Discomp as Storage, Displays & Boards
Rutronik integrates fully-owned subsidiary Discomp as Storage, Displays & Boards
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Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH has now integrated Discomp, a fully-owned subsidiary, into the parent company. The Discomp operations will extend…
Android wins 35% of Q1 smartphone market
Android wins 35% of Q1 smartphone market
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Android led the market smartphones in the first quarter of 2011 with 35 percent market share and 35.7 million units…
Nvidia agrees to pay $367 million for Icera
Nvidia agrees to pay $367 million for Icera
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Graphics and CPU company Nvidia Corp., is stepping into 3- and 4G communications by way of the purchase of Icera…

Tabula, MorethanIP and NetLogic Microsystems collaborate on programmable 100Gb Ethernet
Tabula, MorethanIP and NetLogic Microsystems collaborate on programmable 100Gb Ethernet
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Tabula, MorethanIP and NetLogic Microsystems announced what the companies claim to be the industry's first complete programmable 100Gb Ethernet solution that can be deployed cost effectively in production with price…
Thales uses AdaCore tools for next gen Argos satellite
Thales uses AdaCore tools for next gen Argos satellite
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Thales Airborne Systems announced it has licensed AdaCore's GNAT Pro High Integrity Edition to develop onboard instrument software for the next generation of the Argos satellite project.
Goepel electronic joins the open source initiative goJTAG
Goepel electronic joins the open source initiative goJTAG
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Goepel electronic announced it has joined the open source initiative goJTAG founded by various universities and the Company Testonica Lab. This initiative pursues the goal to provide the industry with…
BMW expands its activities in China
BMW expands its activities in China
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Following on to its recent success at the Shanghai automotive exhibition, the BMW Group now plans to further expand its activities in China. The company announced to invest one billion…
ARM to win 13% PC processor share in 2015, says IDC
ARM to win 13% PC processor share in 2015, says IDC
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The processor architecture of ARM Holdings plc, which is not present in the market for desktop, mobile or x86 servers at present, is going to grab more than 13 percent…
Infineon to invest Euro 198 million in Austria for production, research and development
Infineon to invest Euro 198 million in Austria for production, research and development
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As part of the investment volume planned for the 2011 fiscal year, Infineon Technologies is investing about Euro 198 million in production capacity expansion and in research and development in…
Plextronics and Sanyo Chemical Industries agree on OLED lighting distribution
Plextronics and Sanyo Chemical Industries agree on OLED lighting distribution
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Plextronics and Sanyo Chemical Industries have signed an OLED lighting distribution agreement under the terms of which Sanyo will distribute select Plexcore OC inks developed specifically for use in OLED…
Cryptography Research and Athena join forces on DPA countermeasure solutions
Cryptography Research and Athena join forces on DPA countermeasure solutions
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Cryptography Research and The Athena Group have reached an agreement which will enable Athena to develop Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasures for use by licensees of CRI's DPA patents.
Digi-Key and Orion Fans sign for global distribution
Digi-Key and Orion Fans sign for global distribution
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Digi-Key Corporation has signed a global distribution agreement with Orion Fans to include the company's portfolio across its global websites. Orion Fans’ entire thermal management portfolio, including AC fans, DC…
Neonode plans collaboration with Texas Instruments to develop next-generation touch screen devices
Neonode plans collaboration with Texas Instruments to develop next-generation touch screen devices
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Neonode, Inc., a leading optical touch screen technology company, is to collaborate with Texas Instruments Incorporated to develop and improve the functionality, performance and cost advantage of zForce, Neonode’s patented…
Lane Electronics signs Positronic to cover connector products in the UK
Lane Electronics signs Positronic to cover connector products in the UK
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Lane Electronics has added Positronic to its range of franchised suppliers. Positronic is recognised as a leading manufacturer of power, D-subminiature, rectangular and circular connectors as well as fibre optic…
ACAL Energy raises fresh investment to fund Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell development
ACAL Energy raises fresh investment to fund Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell development
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ACAL Energy, the developer of fuel cell systems based on platinum-free FlowCath technology, is receiving a £1 million investment by international clean technology asset management group I2BF. The investment represents…
Seagate to control 40% of hard drive market
Seagate to control 40% of hard drive market
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Seagate Technology LLC will control an estimated 40 percent of hard disk drive (HDD) market following its previously announced aquisition of the Samsung Electronics HDD business, according to market research…
Solar micro-inverter maker raises $41 million
Solar micro-inverter maker raises $41 million
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Solar photovoltaic micro-inverter manufacturer Enecsys Ltd., (Cambridge, UK) has secured £25 million ($41 million) in Series B equity financing to invest in its growth plan. This brings the amount invested…
Tektronix Service Solutions to manage calibration and repair at NXP Metrology Laboratories
Tektronix Service Solutions to manage calibration and repair at NXP Metrology Laboratories
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Tektronix Service Solutions announced that NXP has selected its services to provide calibration and repair for all test and measurement instruments at its production and development sites in the Netherlands.
Car charging connectors meet global standards
Car charging connectors meet global standards
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Essex based specialist distributor of electromechanical components, Foremost Electronics, is now stocking the E-Mobility range of electric vehicle charging connectors manufactured by FCT Electronic GmbH.
Apple becomes second largest buyer of consumer/cell phone MEMS sensors in 2010
Apple becomes second largest buyer of consumer/cell phone MEMS sensors in 2010
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Apple Inc., in 2010 rose one rank to become the world's second largest buyer of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors for consumer electronics products and cell phones, as it snapped up…
Japan IT market to be headed for a double dip in 2011, says IDC
Japan IT market to be headed for a double dip in 2011, says IDC
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Japan's IT market had overcome the negative impact of the global financial crisis and was expected to experience another year of positive growth, but it now looks to be headed…
TAOS strengthens indirect channels worldwide
TAOS strengthens indirect channels worldwide
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Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions (TAOS) has expanded its global channel footprint through the addition of five experienced manufacturing sales representatives, distributors and stocking representatives. These additional channel partners increase the…
French firm takes stake in SunPower
French firm takes stake in SunPower
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French oil and gas vendor Total Group will launch a ''friendly tender offer'' to buy 60 percent of SunPower Corp., for $1.38 billion.
TSMC spins out solar, LED units
TSMC spins out solar, LED units
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) plans to transfer its solar and solid-state lighting businesses into two new subsidiaries.
RECOM Power agrees global distribution deal with Mouser
RECOM Power agrees global distribution deal with Mouser
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RECOM Power, a designer and manufacturer of DC/DC and AC/DC converters, switching regulators, and LED drivers has agreed a worldwide distribution alliance with Mouser Electronics, Inc.
M/A-COM buys Optomai amid suit
M/A-COM buys Optomai amid suit
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., has acquired Optomai Inc., a fabless semiconductor company that develops integrated circuits and modules for next-generation 40- and 100-Gbps fiber optic networks.
High temperature power driver chipset for SiC switches selected by FUPET consortium in Japan
High temperature power driver chipset for SiC switches selected by FUPET consortium in Japan
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CISSOID has released an evaluation kit for THEMIS and ATLAS, a power transistor driver chipset specifically designed for motor drives and power converters for applications such as aerospace, renewable energies…


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