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Medical device safety, cybersecurity focus of FDA action plan
Medical device safety, cybersecurity focus of FDA action plan
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (Silver Spring, MD) has released an action plan outlining how it plans to enhance…
IoT-Ready Alliance introduces IoT interface spec
IoT-Ready Alliance introduces IoT interface spec
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The IoT-Ready Alliance has introduced its first specification – the IoT-Ready Interface Specification V1.0 – which defines a socket that…
TI stretches lead in analog IC vendor ranking
TI stretches lead in analog IC vendor ranking
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Texas Instruments remained the leading supplier of analog ICs in 2017 and increased its lead over second ranked Analog Devices…
Intel drone software promises to unlock potential of aerial data
Intel drone software promises to unlock potential of aerial data
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Intel (Santa Clara, CA) has announced details of its Intel Insight Platform - a digital asset management system enabling aerial…

Samsung edges out Intel in booming semiconductor market
Samsung edges out Intel in booming semiconductor market
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Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6 percent increase from the 2016 global revenue figure of $345.9 billion, according…
Samsung edges out Intel in booming semiconductor market
Samsung edges out Intel in booming semiconductor market
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Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6 percent increase from the 2016 global revenue figure of $345.9 billion, according…
Alibaba launches blockchain food tracking system
Alibaba launches blockchain food tracking system
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Chinese multinational e-commerce giant Alibaba (Hangzhou, China), along with partners in Australia and New Zealand, has launched a pilot program to fight food fraud using blockchain technology.
TSMC cuts forecasts on smartphone weakness
TSMC cuts forecasts on smartphone weakness
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CC Wei, co-CEO of TSMC, said that he was cutting previous growth forecasts for the semiconductor industry and for TSMC in a recent conference call for financial analysts because of…
Samsung beats Intel in booming 2017, but only just
Samsung beats Intel in booming 2017, but only just
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Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6 percent increase from the 2016 global revenue figure of $345.9 billion, according…
Three Chinese firms to launch memory IC production in 2018
Three Chinese firms to launch memory IC production in 2018
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Three Chinese memory companies are set to begin trial production of memory components in 2H18 with volume production set to follow in 2019, according to Taipei-based market analysis firm TrendForce.
Under-display fingerprint sensors coming to a smartphone near you
Under-display fingerprint sensors coming to a smartphone near you
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The use of under-display fingerprint sensors in smartphones will increase to at least 9 million units shipped in 2018 and more than 100 million units shipped in 2019, according to…
Global chip market up 20% year-on-year in first quarter
Global chip market up 20% year-on-year in first quarter
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China's chip market strengthened in the first quarter while other regions showed softening year-on-year growth, but the global market was still up 20 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of…
Fingerprint sensors go under display
Fingerprint sensors go under display
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The use of under-display fingerprint sensors in smartphones will increase to at least 9 million units shipped in 2018 and more than 100 million units shipped in 2019, according to…
U.S. DoE targets $15M to early-stage solid-state lighting
U.S. DoE targets $15M to early-stage solid-state lighting
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $15 million to conduct early-stage, innovative research to drive further breakthroughs in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology.
U.S. Department of Energy dedicates $15 Million to early-stage SSL research
U.S. Department of Energy dedicates $15 Million to early-stage SSL research
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $15 million to conduct early-stage, innovative research to drive further breakthroughs in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology.
Osram and HexaTech partners on AlN-based UV-C LEDs
Osram and HexaTech partners on AlN-based UV-C LEDs
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HexaTech has launched a 2-inch diameter aluminium nitride (AlN) substrate product line, now available with standard lead times for the development of UV-C LEDs.
Cybersecurity of legacy tech in health care focus of government RFI
Cybersecurity of legacy tech in health care focus of government RFI
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The U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee (Washington, DC) has posted a request for information (RFI) regarding the use of legacy technologies in health care and how to address potential cybersecurity…
Blockchain network tracks jewelry ‘from mine to retailer’
Blockchain network tracks jewelry ‘from mine to retailer’
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IBM (Armonk, NY) and a consortium of gold and diamond industry leaders have announced a cross-industry initiative to use blockchain to trace the provenance of finished pieces of jewelry across…
Second tier foundries lose market share
Second tier foundries lose market share
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TSMC continued to lead the global foundry market in 2017 with annual sales of more than $32 billion and 51.6 percent market share, according to data compiled by IC Insights.
Amazon introduces in-car delivery
Amazon introduces in-car delivery
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Online retail giant Amazon (Seattle, WA) has announced a new service in 37 U.S. cities that lets users have packages securely delivered to the trunks of their parked vehicles.
Cloud-connected UPS for the IoT
Cloud-connected UPS for the IoT
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French power giant Schneider Electric has launched its cloud-connected uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) in the UK & Ireland to open up 'UPS as a service' for the Internet of Things (IoT)…
Arduino contest challenges users for innovative Industry 4.0 products
Arduino contest challenges users for innovative Industry 4.0 products
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Arduino has launched a global contest that challenges users of its open-source electronics platform to create innovative products that help advance the development of Industry 4.0 automation and robotics applications.
TSMC cuts forecasts on smartphone weakness
TSMC cuts forecasts on smartphone weakness
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CC Wei, co-CEO of TSMC, said that he was cutting previous growth forecasts for the semiconductor industry and for TSMC in a recent conference call for financial analysts because of…
Samsung beats Intel in booming 2017, but only just
Samsung beats Intel in booming 2017, but only just
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Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6 percent increase from the 2016 global revenue figure of $345.9 billion, according…
Three Chinese firms to launch memory IC production in 2018
Three Chinese firms to launch memory IC production in 2018
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Three Chinese memory companies are set to begin trial production of memory components in 2H18 with volume production set to follow in 2019, according to Taipei-based market analysis firm TrendForce.
New broadband standard ‘brings IoT home’
New broadband standard ‘brings IoT home’
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The Broadband Forum (Fremont, CA), an industry organization focused on engineering "smarter and faster broadband networks," has announced a new standard for implementing, deploying, and managing all types of devices…
Slow iPhone X adoption to impact AMOLED panel demand
Slow iPhone X adoption to impact AMOLED panel demand
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After showing triple-digit growth in 2017, flexible AMOLED panel is only expected to grow 34 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to IHS Markit's latest report Smartphone…
Apple’s slow iPhone X adoption to impact AMOLED panel demand
Apple’s slow iPhone X adoption to impact AMOLED panel demand
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After showing triple-digit growth in 2017, flexible AMOLED panel is only expected to grow 34 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to IHS Markit's latest report Smartphone…


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