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Intel Snags DOE Supercomputer Contract
Largest of two supercomputers designed in partnership with supercomputer builder Cray set to be the most powerful in the world when delivered in 2018.
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Intel, Altera Reportedly Break Off Talks
Intel Corp. and programmable logic vendor Altera Corp. have ended acquisition negotiations without reaching a deal, according to a report by financial news network CNBC. The report, which cites an unnamed source, says talks broke down after the two firms failed to reach an agreement on price.
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Pebble’s Record Kickstarter Shows Weaknesses in Apple Watch
After a record-shattering crowdfunding campaign, Pebble’s success through Kickstarter shows the Apple Watch may be lacking in some features consumers are looking for.
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Microsemi Samples Radiation Tolerant FPGAs
Microsemi has started sampling parts from the RTG4 family of FPGAs which are designed to be radiation tolerant will providing high-speed I/O and rich processing resources.
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Flextronics to Build Solar Modules in Mexico
EMS vendor will build photovoltaic modules for SunEdison that will be sold in the U.S. for residential, utility and other solar projects.
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Manufacturing Fails to Shake Off Winter
U.S. manufacturing’s rate of expansion falls to lowest level since May 2013.
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Technologies Transforming the World: Energy Storage
Energy storage will be vital to maintaining reliable electricity grids and enable renewables to make a more significant contribution to the energy mix.
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Chip Fabrication and Packaging Materials Market Grew 3% in 2014
Sales of semiconductor and packaging materials increased in revenue for the first time since 2011, reaching $44.3 billion.
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TSMC Certifies Mentor, Synopsys for 10nm FinFET Design
EDA vendors tout tool certifications for foundry giant’s 16nm and 10nm FINFet manufacturing processes.
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Altera, TSMC Team on New Packaging for FPGAs
Wafer-level chip scale package for Altera’s MAX 10 FPGAs allows for a smaller size for small industrial equipment and portable electronics.
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February Chip Sales Show Annual Increase, but Sequential Dip
Despite macroeconomic headwinds, February marked the 22nd straight month of year-over-year growth, SIA says.
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Lumileds Well Positioned in Lighting Market
Lumileds, formerly known as Philips Lighting, finished the 2014 year strong gaining market share over its competitors and rising to the fourth overall LED company worldwide.
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Enterprise Router Sales Fall in 2014
After a strong 2013, enterprise routers declined in sales in 2014 due to a challenging capital expenditure environment for service providers in North America and Europe.
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Silicon Labs Introduces Wireless Smart Meter Platform
Wireless M-Bus platform works with European electricity, gas, water and heat resources markets.
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Ethernet Switch Sales Grew 5% in 2014
Ethernet switch revenues grew to a record $21.7 billion in 2014 thanks to new demand for network infrastructure.
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Cadence Tools Certified for TSMC’s 10nm FinFET Process
Certification said to provide customers with the fastest path to design closure on the 10nm FinFET process.
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Security Group Pledges Support for Multiple Processor Architectures
With support from Broadcom and Qualcomm Atheros—amongst others—Prpl Foundation sets up working group to make a unifying contribution to hardware-assisted security.
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Actions Semi Targets Smart Consumer Devices with SoC
Chinese fabless company unveils open source system-on-chip and reference design platform for smart connected products.
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PCB Book-To-Bill Rises
Printed circuit board shipments increased in February, but new orders for the month declined, according to a trade group.
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Could This Be Graphene's Lightbulb Moment?
A UK startup claims the graphene-LED lightbulb could be the first mass market application for the 2D-form of carbon. However, the claimed benefits of superior efficiency and longevity are unlikely to matter as much as the quality of the light output.
