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ARM, Fujitsu Semi in strategic licence agreement
ARM, Fujitsu Semi in strategic licence agreement
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The agreement includes ARM’s Cortex-A15 microprocessor, graphics IP and CoreLink system IP. Both companies already have established a close collaboration…
Study predicts dramatic changes in automotive landscape
Study predicts dramatic changes in automotive landscape
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The study “Automotive Landscape 2025” from Roland Berger consultancy forecasts many changes in the automotive industry – including changes in…
Study predicts dramatic changes in automotive landscape
Study predicts dramatic changes in automotive landscape
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Over the next 15 years, almost nothing will remain as it is in the global automotive industry, predicts a study…
ARM, Fujitsu Semi in strategic licence agreement
ARM, Fujitsu Semi in strategic licence agreement
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Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe and processor IP vendor ARM have signed what they call a comprehensive license agreement regarding ARM's intellectual…

Western Digital to become dominant hard drive manufacturer with Hitachi acquisition
Western Digital to become dominant hard drive manufacturer with Hitachi acquisition
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Western Digital (WD) and Hitachi Ltd., have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WD will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., in a…
New IBCs claim more than 20 percent improvement in power densities
New IBCs claim more than 20 percent improvement in power densities
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CUI Inc., is expanding the company's Novum product line to now include a roadmap for high density intermediate bus converters based on the company's proprietary Solus Power Topology. Though final product…
Agilent signs license with Qualcomm for factory test technology
Agilent signs license with Qualcomm for factory test technology
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Agilent Technologies have signed a licensing agreement with Qualcomm covering factory test technology.
Labs in Europe, US and Asia open for NFC Forum certification testing
Labs in Europe, US and Asia open for NFC Forum certification testing
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Using the Rider NFC test system for digital protocol testing, the first test solution approved for NFC Forum certification and developed by AT4 wireless, the laboratories are able to ensure…
Gartner: Tablets eat into 2011 PC sales
Gartner: Tablets eat into 2011 PC sales
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Gartner has lowered its forecast for 2011 PC sales more than five percent citing a shift of consumer enthusiasm from mobile PCs to devices such as tablets.
Gartner: Tablets eat into 2011 PC sales
Gartner: Tablets eat into 2011 PC sales
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For years, analysts have forecast the coming of a post-PC era where many kinds of devices will be used to access the Internet. The revised Garner forecast is the latest…
Labs in Europe, US and Asia open for NFC Forum certification testing
Labs in Europe, US and Asia open for NFC Forum certification testing
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A testing service for certification of devices built to NFC Forum global standards is now available at AT4 wireless laboratories in Taipei in Taiwan, Herndon in the US, and Malaga…
Agilent signs license with Qualcomm for factory test technology
Agilent signs license with Qualcomm for factory test technology
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The deal sees Qualcomm grant Agilent a worldwide license to demonstrate and distribute products that leverage the Qualcomm technology for RF factory testing. The Agilent’s EXT wireless communications test set…
Panel reveals concerns over 450-mm wafers
Panel reveals concerns over 450-mm wafers
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Whether Europe should try to contribute to 450-mm wafer technology research and deployment was revealed as a source of tension amongst Europe's leading chip makers at the Industry Strategy Symposium…
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 of their video as a competitive advantage. U-Verse’s comparatively low…
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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The Cisco ISB7005 for AT&T U-Verse cleared the FCC today. This is the first set-top box that IMS Research has observed beyond those from the Turkish company AirTies that is…
Avnet Memec and HALO Electronics extend distribution agreement to include Switzerland
Avnet Memec and HALO Electronics extend distribution agreement to include Switzerland
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Avnet Memec announced the extension of its distribution agreement with HALO Electronics for whom it was previously serving customers in all of EMEA except Central Europe. The two companies will…
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 Commission now has given green light to a development project…
Consortium develops technology for switchable drive batteries
Consortium develops technology for switchable drive batteries
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A consortium led by Better Place, a company driving business models, infrastructure and technologies around switchable batteries for electric vehicles will develop standardized vehicle components and interfaces, enabling the vehicle…
Avnet Memec and HALO Electronics extend distribution agreement to include Switzerland
Avnet Memec and HALO Electronics extend distribution agreement to include Switzerland
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Under the terms of this agreement, Avnet Memec will distribute HALO Electronics’ premier datacom magnetics solutions. Jon Ellis, vice president Technical Marketing, Avnet Memec, said, “HALO’s components are…
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…
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 SB LiMotive. The companies aim at developing a Lithium-Ion battery…
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 important factor in the decision to acquire this business," said…
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…
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…
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…


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