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Consortium develops technology for switchable drive batteries
Consortium develops technology for switchable drive batteries
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Rapidly exchanging the batteries for electric vehicles could be an alternative solution to the time-consuming process of recharging. The European…
AT&T dares cable companies to cut cable with Wi-Fi STB
AT&T dares cable companies to cut cable with Wi-Fi STB
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Stephen Froehlich, a senior analyst with IMS Research’s Consumer Electronics group states, “AT&T appears to be using the extreme compression…
SB LiMotive subsidiary Cobasys gets battery development contract in USA
SB LiMotive subsidiary Cobasys gets battery development contract in USA
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U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) has awarded a development contract worth 8.4 million US Dollars to Cobasys, a subsidiary of…
GE nabs Lineage Power to offer power conversion devices
GE nabs Lineage Power to offer power conversion devices
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"GE values the Lineage Power employees who will be joining us as part of this acquisition. Their expertise was an…

Ford introduces Sync technology at CeBIT
Ford introduces Sync technology at CeBIT
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The CeBIT is not exactly the home turf for automotive vendors. Perhaps it was exactly for this reason why Ford’s Sync roll-out attracted much interest among computer nerds and IT…
Ford introduces Sync technology at CeBIT
Ford introduces Sync technology at CeBIT
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Not at the upcoming Geneva automotive show but at the computer fair CeBIT Ford introduced its Sync voice control system to European customers. The system contains many features hitherto reserved…
GE nabs Lineage Power to offer power conversion devices
GE nabs Lineage Power to offer power conversion devices
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GE has completed the acquisition of privately-held Lineage Power Holdings, Inc., from The Gores Group, LLC., positioning GE Energy technology to be deployed in the $20 billion per year power…
Silicon Labs and IMST join forces on smart energy solutions
Silicon Labs and IMST join forces on smart energy solutions
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IMST’s iM871A wireless M-Bus module offers a cost-effective RF solution for smart metering applications connecting water, heat, electricity and gas meters with data concentrators in the 868 MHz frequency…
Telit Wireless Solutions completes acquisition of Motorola Solutions’ M2M Business Unit
Telit Wireless Solutions completes acquisition of Motorola Solutions’ M2M Business Unit
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Telit Wireless Solutions and Motorola Solutions have successfully completed the transaction in which Telit acquired Motorola Solutions' M2M modules business unit and Motorola Solutions' associated employees have joined Telit.
IBM, JSR roll out self-assembly litho
IBM, JSR roll out self-assembly litho
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JSR Corp., along with its U.S. operations, JSR Micro Inc., have rolled out a new directed self-assembly (DSA) technology for the sub-20-nm half-pitch node.
Silicon Labs and IMST join forces on smart energy solutions
Silicon Labs and IMST join forces on smart energy solutions
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Silicon Laboratories and IMST GmbH jointly released a turnkey wireless M-Bus solution designed for the smart energy market. The comprehensive hardware/software solution combines IMST's industry-leading expertise in the wireless M-Bus…
Intel: EUV late for 10-nm milestone
Intel: EUV late for 10-nm milestone
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Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is in danger of missing a key milestone at Intel Corp. At present, Intel plans to extend today's 193-nm immersion lithography to the 14-nm logic node,…
RF module supplier Jorjin Technologies opens UK office for EMEA expansion
RF module supplier Jorjin Technologies opens UK office for EMEA expansion
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Jorjin Technologies, supplier of wireless system in package modules, just opened a sales and support office in the UK, aimed at developing the company's wireless LAN and Zigbee module business…
RF module supplier Jorjin Technologies opens UK office for EMEA expansion
RF module supplier Jorjin Technologies opens UK office for EMEA expansion
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Jorjin is a key module partner for several major wireless IC suppliers, supporting chipsets from TI, Realtek, Ralink, Renesas & Ember.  It has shipped over 100 million SIP modules for…
Intel: EUV late for 10-nm milestone
Intel: EUV late for 10-nm milestone
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Even though Intel’s 10-nm node is more than four years away, the company is currently hammering out the design rules for the process-and EUV is late for the party. ”EUV…
Phononic Devices gets $10 million Series B financing for thermoelectric modules
Phononic Devices gets $10 million Series B financing for thermoelectric modules
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"This latest financing enables Phononic Devices to assemble a world-class team and bring our high efficiency thermoelectric modules to the multi-billion dollar electronics cooling, refrigeration, and power generation markets,"…
Phononic Devices gets $10 million Series B financing for thermoelectric modules
Phononic Devices gets $10 million Series B financing for thermoelectric modules
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Having achieved technology proof-of-concept milestones on a $2 million Series A financing, Phononic Devices will use Series B funds to commercialize high efficiency thermoelectric modules, and pay for further testing…
NXP renews MCU partner role with ARM
NXP renews MCU partner role with ARM
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NXP is already been a lead partner in deploying ARM’s Cortex-M cores as microcontrollers. Under the expanded agreement NXP will work with ARM on the future microcontroller cores roadmap in…
ON Semiconductor acquires CMOS image sensor business unit from Cypress
ON Semiconductor acquires CMOS image sensor business unit from Cypress
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The ISBU purchased from Cypress includes a broad portfolio of high-performance custom and standard CMOS image sensors used in multi-megapixel machine vision, linear and two dimensional (2D) bar code imaging,…
ON Semiconductor acquires CMOS image sensor business unit from Cypress
ON Semiconductor acquires CMOS image sensor business unit from Cypress
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ON Semiconductor has completed the acquisition of the CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit (ISBU) from Cypress Semiconductor in an all cash transaction for approximately $31.4 million, subject to adjustment under…
Semikron and drivetek form joint venture SKAItek GmbH over motor control software
Semikron and drivetek form joint venture SKAItek GmbH over motor control software
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Semikron further strengthens its presence in and dedication to the electric and hybrid vehicle market by forming a 50/50 joint venture with drivetek, a development specialist for innovative electrical drives…
NXP renews MCU partner role with ARM
NXP renews MCU partner role with ARM
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NXP Semiconductors NV and ARM Holdings plc have expanded their strategic relationship around the development of ARM cores and ARM-based microcontrollers.
Industry mulls 6.7-nm wavelength EUV
Industry mulls 6.7-nm wavelength EUV
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ASML Holding NV is just barely shipping its first pre-production extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool, based on a 13.5-nm wavelength technology.
Nikon tips 193-nm immersion tool, illuminator
Nikon tips 193-nm immersion tool, illuminator
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At the annual LithoVision event, Japan's Nikon Corporation tipped its lithography roadmap. Nikon disclosed a new 193-nm immersion tool, dubbed the S621D. The company also tipped a separate illuminator product…
IR to buy CHiL for $75 million
IR to buy CHiL for $75 million
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International Rectifier has agreed to acquire CHiL Semiconductor (CHiL) for $75 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments.
Plug-and-play multi-core voltage regulator could lead to ‘smarter’ smartphones
Plug-and-play multi-core voltage regulator could lead to ‘smarter’ smartphones
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To promote energy-efficient multitasking, Harvard graduate student Wonyoung Kim has developed and demonstrated a new device with the potential to reduce the power usage of modern processing chips. The advance…
International Rectifier acquires CHiL Semiconductor to digital power market
International Rectifier acquires CHiL Semiconductor to digital power market
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International Rectifier Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held CHiL Semiconductor Corporation (CHiL) for $75 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments.
International Rectifier acquires CHiL Semiconductor to digital power market
International Rectifier acquires CHiL Semiconductor to digital power market
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The acquisition will expand IR’s technology by adding a leading digital power management platform that improves energy efficiency in a wide variety of applications, including computing systems, graphics, servers and…


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