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Analyst: Mobile PC market to grow 27 percent in 2011
Analyst: Mobile PC market to grow 27 percent in 2011
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Mobile PC shipments will each 277.7 million units in 2011, up 27 percent on 2010, according to market research firm…
TI muscles into touch-panel frenzy
TI muscles into touch-panel frenzy
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Texas Instruments Inc., muscled into the touch panel frenzy last week when the company announced new models of its ultra-low-power…
Si2 to form 3-D IC standards group
Si2 to form 3-D IC standards group
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The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2), an organization focused on the development and adoption of standards to improve IC design, is…
SMK Europe NV strikes strategic technology partnership with Movea
SMK Europe NV strikes strategic technology partnership with Movea
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SMK Europe NV announced its strategic technology partnership with Movea, and plans to demonstrate the MotionIC Platform capabilities in both…

India preps $5 billion two-fab plan
India preps $5 billion two-fab plan
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The Indian government has announced renewed efforts to try and create a chip manufacturing industry on the sub-continent and is looking for investment of about $5 billion to build two…
Production issues hit iPad 2 shipments
Production issues hit iPad 2 shipments
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Manufacturing problems at Apple Inc., led to a shortfall in iPad 2 shipments in the first quarter, prompting IHS iSuppli to reduce its forecast for 2011.
Intelligent Energy raises funds for fuel cell power system
Intelligent Energy raises funds for fuel cell power system
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Intelligent Energy, a UK-based clean power systems company, announced it has raised £7 million ($11 million) in a financing round with existing and new institutional shareholders. This brings to nearly…
Flash data storage startup raises $6 million
Flash data storage startup raises $6 million
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Arkologic Holdings Ltd., a startup developing solid-state data storage products based on flash memory ICs, has said it has raised $6 million in a Series A financing round led by…
TriQuint brings GaAs to the masses
TriQuint brings GaAs to the masses
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In 1985, a group of engineers left Tektronix Inc., and founded TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., to pursue gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology for high performance wireless applications.
Future Electronics and ADD semiconductor extend distribution agreement to global franchise
Future Electronics and ADD semiconductor extend distribution agreement to global franchise
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Future Electronics and ADD semiconductor, the high-performance powerline communication (PLC) IC company for smart metering, lighting, and home/building automation applications, have extended their agreement for distribution of ADD's powerline communication…
Report: Toshiba forced to halve NAND output
Report: Toshiba forced to halve NAND output
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Toshiba Corp., has told customers it will have to halve its output of NAND flash memory ICs in May and June because of a shortage of blank wafers and other…
Fujitsu says all fabs running at 100%
Fujitsu says all fabs running at 100%
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All seven of the Fujitsu Group manufacturing facilities that were idled in the aftermath of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that stuck off the coast of the coast of Japan March 11…
Anite LTE conformance solution receives GCF approvals
Anite LTE conformance solution receives GCF approvals
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Anite has announced that its LTE protocol conformance testing solution — Anite Conformance Toolset — is the first to be approved by the Global Certification Forum (GCF) for the certification…
ETSI partners with T&D Europe to drive smart grid standards
ETSI partners with T&D Europe to drive smart grid standards
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and T&D Europe, the European association of the electricity transmission & distribution equipment and services industry, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate…
ERNI Electronics files suit against Harting over SMC line
ERNI Electronics files suit against Harting over SMC line
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Erni Electronics GmbH has filed a suit at the District Court of Cologne against Harting KGaA. The subject of this suit is the marketing of the “har-flex” products by Harting,…
IHS: Embedded wireless market to grow 35%
IHS: Embedded wireless market to grow 35%
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Shipments of electronic products with embedded wireless local area networking (WLAN) will surpass one billion units in 2011 and then rise to more than two billion in 2015, according to…
Study: 63% of IC fabs in earthquake zones
Study: 63% of IC fabs in earthquake zones
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Nearly two-thirds of the total worldwide semiconductor manufacturing capacity is located in seismically active areas, including more than 90 percent of foundry capacity, according to a report by market research…
Anders Display Division become andersDX to focus on display-based interfaces
Anders Display Division become andersDX to focus on display-based interfaces
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Anders Electronics plc has announced a restructure that sees the successful and established Anders Display Division become andersDX (Anders display experiences). The company sees andersDX as an evolution to the…
Axeon receives EU funding for research to reduce size, weight and cost of EV and HEV batteries
Axeon receives EU funding for research to reduce size, weight and cost of EV and HEV batteries
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Europe's largest independent lithium-ion automotive battery systems supplier, Axeon, has been awarded research funding from the EU to reduce the weight, volume and cost of batteries in electric and hybrid…
CamSemi opens operations hub in Hong Kong
CamSemi opens operations hub in Hong Kong
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Cambridge-based power management ICs developer, CamSemi is strengthening the company’s commitment to customers and manufacturing partners in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) by opening a dedicated operations hub in Hong Kong.
Solar thermal project heats up
Solar thermal project heats up
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BrightSource Energy Inc., a solar thermal energy company, this week closed financing for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
Partnership focuses on multimedia for IVI
Partnership focuses on multimedia for IVI
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Embedded multimedia technologies developer, Cinemo, is working with Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe to enable Cinemo to optimise its automotive grade multimedia solutions for Fujitsu's existing and planned Cortex System-on-Chip (SoC) families.
Thales wins support contract with Lockheed Martin
Thales wins support contract with Lockheed Martin
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Thales UK announced it has concluded a five-year contract with Lockheed Martin UK as part of the 25-year Integrated Merlin Operational Support (IMOS) program. Financial details remained undisclosed.
Silicon Image to buy SiBeam for $25 million
Silicon Image to buy SiBeam for $25 million
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Silicon Image Inc., a supplier of high-definition connectivity ICs, has announced it has agreed to acquire privately-held SiBeam Inc. for $25.5 million in cash and Silicon Image stock.
Rochester Electronics licensed to manufacture LSI’s gate array products
Rochester Electronics licensed to manufacture LSI’s gate array products
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Rochester Electronics, manufacturer and distributor of end-of-life and mature semiconductors, is providing continuing manufacturing services of LSI Corporation's entire HCMOS ASIC gate array product offering. With authorization from LSI, Rochester…
Saft’s emergency lighting batteries achieve registration under the ICEL 1010 scheme
Saft’s emergency lighting batteries achieve registration under the ICEL 1010 scheme
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Saft emergency lighting batteries are leading the way in the UK as the only batteries able to carry the ICEL 1010 label that provides independent proof of their capability to…
Ioxus receives $21m investment funding to energize its ultracapacitor expansion plans
Ioxus receives $21m investment funding to energize its ultracapacitor expansion plans
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Ioxus, Inc., has received $21 million from Energy Technology Ventures (a GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips joint venture), Northwater Capital through its Northwater Intellectual Property Fund, Aster Capital (representing Alstom, Schneider Electric and…
Digi-Key expands distribution of Cornell Dubilier’s snap-in product line
Digi-Key expands distribution of Cornell Dubilier’s snap-in product line
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key corporation added aluminium electrolytic snap-in capacitors from Cornell Dubilier. The entire addition consists of over 650 part numbers from the 380LX, 381LX, 382LX, 383LX, 381LR, SLP…


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