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Illegal software found in Porsche engines, certification withdrawn
Illegal software found in Porsche engines, certification withdrawn
Business news |
After Volkswagen and Audi, illegal defeat devices have been identified in vehicles from Porsche. These devices – actually it is…
Osram invests in Canadian Lidar startup
Osram invests in Canadian Lidar startup
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To benefit from the overall development towards autonomous driving, lighting systems manufacturer Osram has a acquired strategic stake of 25.1…
Intelligent batteries with cell-internal sensor technology
Intelligent batteries with cell-internal sensor technology
Technology News |
In a joint project, scientists from several Fraunhofer institutes are developing a research and demonstration platform for local, intelligent energy…
Radiation sensing systems have hackable security flaws, warns researcher
Radiation sensing systems have hackable security flaws, warns researcher
Technology News |
According to an article in Wired, a security researcher at the recent Black Hat security conference has described a series…

Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
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Leading industrial chip vendor Texas Instruments made a net profit of $1.06 billion on sales revenue of $3.69 billion in the second quarter of 2017.
PI-SCALE delivers 10m long OLEDs
PI-SCALE delivers 10m long OLEDs
Technology News |
In March last year, the PI-SCALE project was launched as European-wide pilot line to support companies with the testing and scaling up of their flexible OLED lighting concepts.
Tiny PMICs targets hearables with low standby power
Tiny PMICs targets hearables with low standby power
New Products |
Optimized for small Li-ion batteries, the MAX77650 / MAX77651 power management ICs (PMICs) from Maxim Integrated Products feature single inductor multiple output (SIMO) buck-boost regulators that provide three independently programmable…
GZIP compression accelerator runs on FPGAs as a service
GZIP compression accelerator runs on FPGAs as a service
Business news |
Accelize and OVH, in partnership with CAST, announced the availability of GZIP compression on FPGA-as-a-service.com, running with an acceleration factor of over 100x.
Sankalp to create 300 chip design jobs
Sankalp to create 300 chip design jobs
Business news |
Design services company Sankalp Semiconductor Inc. (Bangalore, India) has announced that it plans to hire 300 engineers over the next 12 months.
3D metal printing startup raises funds to accelerate growth
3D metal printing startup raises funds to accelerate growth
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3D metal-printing technology company Desktop Metal (Burlington, MA) has announced it has completed a $115 million Series D round of funding, which it says it will use to further accelerate…
Kyulux and WiseChip to jointly commercialize TADF and Hyperfluorescence OLED products
Kyulux and WiseChip to jointly commercialize TADF and Hyperfluorescence OLED products
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OLED technology provider Kyulux has partnered with OLED displays manufacturer WiseChip to hit the market with commercial OLED products based on 4th generation Hyperfluorescence OLED light emission technology.
COM Express Type 7 server-on-modules to accelerate micro server design
COM Express Type 7 server-on-modules to accelerate micro server design
New Products |
congatec's new COM Express Type 7 quick starter set is aimed OEMs designing modular micro servers. The quick starter set simplifies the evaluation of the first server-on-modules designed in accordance…
Foxconn to build $10 billion LCD plant in Wisconsin
Foxconn to build $10 billion LCD plant in Wisconsin
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President Trump has announced that Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. will build an LCD factory at a cost of $10 billion and that could employ 13,000 people in the…
With narrowband the path to IoT is wider 
With narrowband the path to IoT is wider 
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If Machina Research, and countless other analyst firms are right, and the number of IoT connected devices grows to something like 27bn by 2025 – then the networks available to carry…
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
Texas Instruments’ Q2 rises on industrial, automotive strength
Business news |
Leading industrial chip vendor Texas Instruments made a net profit of $1.06 billion on sales revenue of $3.69 billion in the second quarter of 2017.
Flexible AMOLED display overcapacity is looming, predicts IHS Markit
Flexible AMOLED display overcapacity is looming, predicts IHS Markit
Technology News |
In the current, unprecedented phase of active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel factory build-out, flexible AMOLED capacity will expand from 1.5 million square meters to 20.1 million square…
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
Business news |
The UK will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040, driving investment in automotive battery technology. This follows the announcement of a £246m investment in battery development and manufacturing by…
LED lighting – meshed Bluetooth transforms lighting controls networks
LED lighting – meshed Bluetooth transforms lighting controls networks
Technology News |
LED lighting has revolutionised the lighting industry and creates completely new market conditions. Bluetooth Low Energy is a protocol optimised for controlling smart lighting. Due to its unique combination of…
Bosch Sensortec’s MEMS sensors for IoT, now from Arrow
Bosch Sensortec’s MEMS sensors for IoT, now from Arrow
Business news |
Distributor Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Bosch Sensortec to supply Bosch Sensortec products, in particular Bosch’s MEMS sensors for IoT applications.
Tiny PMICs provide “hearables” with lowest standby power, high efficiency
Tiny PMICs provide “hearables” with lowest standby power, high efficiency
New Products |
Designers of products such as Bluetooth headphones, activity monitors, smart garments, smartwatches, and other size-constrained devices can. Says Maxim Integrated, increase battery life and efficiency using the MAX77650 / MAX77651…
Transparent capacitive touch sensor flexes, stretches and detects 3D shapes
Transparent capacitive touch sensor flexes, stretches and detects 3D shapes
Technology News |
Leveraging the versatile properties of graphene, a team of Korean researchers has designed a large transparent, flexible and stretchable capacitive touch sensor that will not only operate in multi-touch, spread,…
DC-DC converters with high isolation provide gate drive in industrial installations
DC-DC converters with high isolation provide gate drive in industrial installations
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The MGJ6 series are high isolation DC-DC converters developed by Murata Power Solutions; they are wide, low-profile converters with a 14 mm creepage and clearance distance for use in reinforced-rated…
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
Banning petrol and diesel cars drives UK battery development
Business news |
The UK will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040, driving investment in automotive battery technology. This follows the announcement of a £246m investment in battery development and manufacturing by…
Multiple antenna UE support for 5G massive-MIMO research
Multiple antenna UE support for 5G massive-MIMO research
Technology News |
National Instruments (NI) has added multiple antenna User Equipment (UE) support for its LabVIEW Communications MIMO Application Framework. This, NI asserts, makes the MIMO Application Framework the only commercially available…
Startup applies ultra-wide band radar to 3D sensing
Startup applies ultra-wide band radar to 3D sensing
Technology News |
Radar is a well-established technology, used in many application fields, from airspace surveillance to automotive. Not much headroom left for innovation? Startup company Vayyar Imaging (Yehud, Israel) proves the opposite…
Bracelet generates power from natural movement
Bracelet generates power from natural movement
Technology News |
Engineers at the Chongqing University of Technology have developed a bracelet that can generate power from movement when it is worn.
HMI board maker offers ‘smart widgets’ editor and ‘smart objects’
HMI board maker offers ‘smart widgets’ editor and ‘smart objects’
New Products |
4D Systems’ latest version of its graphical intelligent display integrated development environment (IDE), Workshop4 PRO, enhances the standard features of the base version of the Workshop4 IDE with options that…
Nichicon licenses Qualcomm’s wireless electric vehicle charging tech
Nichicon licenses Qualcomm’s wireless electric vehicle charging tech
Business news |
Qualcomm has licensed its Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) technology to Japanese automotive supplier Nichicon. …


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