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EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
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The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), which is the world’s largest photovoltaic industry association, has published a report that shows…
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
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At the end of 2010, the cumulative installed capacity of PV in the EU amounted to more than 28,000 MW,…
WLAN chipset market to double in 2011 courtesy of Wi-Fi
WLAN chipset market to double in 2011 courtesy of Wi-Fi
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With Wi-Fi functionality becoming a standard feature in a host of electronic devices spanning televisions, cameras and car entertainment systems,…
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
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Like many module providers, the company’s history and success is built on the x86 platform for single board computers (SBCs).

UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
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A UK-based contract design and manufacturing company specialising in modular platforms, Blue Chip Technology, has adopted the Texas Instruments OMAP family for its latest, bespoke product offering, which targets the…
2011 GSMA Mobile Innovation Award
2011 GSMA Mobile Innovation Award
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EDMI and Sierra Wireless are pleased to announce that the two companies were awarded the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Innovation for Utilities at the 2011 Mobile World…
LTE processors to get benchmark
LTE processors to get benchmark
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mimoOn is partnering with independent technology analysis firm BDTI to develop benchmarks for the evaluation of processors used in LTE baseband applications. The benchmarks will be embodied in the form…
ST-Ericsson sets out ‘NovaThor’ roadmap
ST-Ericsson sets out ‘NovaThor’ roadmap
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Wireless chip vendor ST-Ericsson has launched a series of application processors called Nova, modems under the name Thor, and multi-chip platforms under the name NovaThor. However, despite including LTE modems…
LTE processors to get benchmark
LTE processors to get benchmark
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With the demand growing for software and silicon solutions for LTE, so also is the demand for benchmarking data to enable reliable comparisons between competing hardware platforms. BDTI and mimoOn…
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
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IMS Research says that although the market is currently rife with fears of a module oversupply, these large Taiwanese and Korean electronics suppliers, such as Samsung, LG, AUO and Taiwan…
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
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Market analyst, IMS Research is predicting that Asia's share of PV cell production will reach nearly 85% by the end of 2011 with Asian electronics giants such as Samsung and…
Qualcomm licenses USB chip interface
Qualcomm licenses USB chip interface
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Qualcomm Inc. and one other ARM-based mobile SoC vendor have taken licenses to SMSC's patented Inter-Chip Connectivity (ICC) technology, a low power variant of the 480 Mbit/s USB 2.0 standard…
GSA opens European office
GSA opens European office
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The European Headquarters of the Global Semiconductor Alliance is to be located in Geneva, Switzerland. The opening of its European offices comes with the hiring of Sandro Grigolli as its…
IEEE spec aims to ease mobile congestion
IEEE spec aims to ease mobile congestion
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The IEEE is drafting a standard that aims to help strike a difficult balance between the needs of carriers to ease rapidly growing congestion on mobile networks with the needs…
Baseband SoC vendor licenses MIPS core
Baseband SoC vendor licenses MIPS core
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Taiwanese baseband SoC vendor Mobile Devices Inc.has licensed the MIPS32 M14Kc core for development of SoCs targeting wireless and mobile applications, MIPS Technologies Inc. said Monday (Feb. 14).
Baseband mania hits Mobile World
Baseband mania hits Mobile World
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Intel, Marvell, MediaTek, Qualcomm and others have rolled out baseband devices-or cell-phone chipsets-for handsets and other products.
Nvidia nabs pair of tablet design wins
Nvidia nabs pair of tablet design wins
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Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra 2 mobile processor landed the key socket in media tablets announced at 2011 Mobile World Congress by LG Electronics Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Crystalline PV margins and prices to forecast to decline in 2011
Crystalline PV margins and prices to forecast to decline in 2011
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A new analysis report from market analyst, IMS Research, indicates that prices have begun falling sharply throughout the PV crystalline supply chain in the first quarter of 2011.
CEVA and NEC Casio collaborate on next-gen mobile comms
CEVA and NEC Casio collaborate on next-gen mobile comms
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CEVA has entered in to an agreement to undertake joint research into the development of cellular modem technologies targeting next generation wireless baseband standards with NEC Casio Mobile Communications. Under…
Avnet Memec extends relationship with Semtech
Avnet Memec extends relationship with Semtech
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Avnet Memec is strengthening its relationship with analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor specialist, Semtech Corp. Under the extended distribution agreement Avnet Memec will now provide technical and sales support for Semtech…
Arrow Electronics signs Seco across EMEA
Arrow Electronics signs Seco across EMEA
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Seco, which has been active in the market for 31 years and is headquartered in Arezzo, manufactures single-board computers and computer on-modules (COM). Its products and solutions are primarily aimed…
Agilent, Altair to do interoperability testing for LTE
Agilent, Altair to do interoperability testing for LTE
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Agilent Technologies Inc. and Altair Semiconductor are to conduct interoperability and validation testing using Altair's 4G LTE chipset in conjunction with the Agilent PXT wireless communications test set and N6070A-series…
Health management solutions firm joins Altera’s IP program
Health management solutions firm joins Altera’s IP program
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Ridgetop Group Inc., a designer of electronic diagnostic and prognostic solutions, has joined Altera Corp.'s AMPP intellectual property partnership program, the company said Friday (Feb. 11). Ridgetop (Tuscon, Ariz.) said…
Mobile memory market soars
Mobile memory market soars
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The use of NAND flash memory for tablet PCs in 2011 will explode almost fivefold, according to IHS iSuppli. Tablet consumption of NAND flash is expected in 2011 to jump…
Samsung rebrands its application processors
Samsung rebrands its application processors
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As the power of branding takes hold at every level in the electronics industry, illustrated most convincingly perhaps by Apple, it seems the importance of a strong image isn't lost…


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