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Solar Module Revenues up in Q4
Top module suppliers helped fourth quarter revenues to reach $5.9 billion as total shipment volumes offset declines in average selling prices during the quarter.
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Lattice, Helion to Demo new FPGA-based Camera Design
During the SPIE Photonics West show, the companies will show how programmable devices can enable a new high definition quality camera.
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Lenovo Looks to Duplicate PC Success in Server, Smartphone Markets
With the acquisitions of IBM's server business and Motorola's smartphone line, the Chinese electronics giant is looking to expand its business to highly competitive markets.
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Nanotube Memory Startup Snags $30M in Funding
Massachusetts-based firm will use the funds to support its customers, hire new staff and to enable new products for next-generation memory using carbon nanotubes.
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Report: Qualcomm Close to Settling China Dispute
Qualcomm has been under investigation by Chinese anti-trust authorities for over a year but it may be close to settling the dispute at a cost of a $1 billion fine and a reduction in royalty rates, according to Reuters.
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Rohm Rolls Color Sensor for Smartphones
Japanese company’s color sensor allows for accurate detection of infrared interference with dark windows that are becoming a popular feature in smartphones, tablets and other display devices because of style.
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Arrow's Sales Grew 6% in 2014
Solid growth driven by enterprise computing solutions business in the Americas and higher component sales in Asia and the Americas.
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MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic for $287 Million
Deal will allow MaxLinear to expand its presence in its existing markets for radio frequency receiver products and mixed-signal devices.
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Russian Startup Tour Gets Under Way
About 400 startups are participating in the third annual tour of Russian cities organized by the Skolkovo Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to accelerate the transformation of Russia to an innovation-based economy.
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Spansion Teams with Chinese Foundry on 3D NAND
Agreement with up-and-coming XMC calls for the flash memory vendor to jointly develop 3D NAND targeted at the Internet of Things as well as automotive systems that need greater storage demands.
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Researchers Create Graphene-based Transparent Displays
Latest breakthrough with graphene could result in thinner phones, tablets and TVs.
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Silicon Labs Buys Bluegiga to Broaden IoT Wireless
Microcontroller-to-sensor company Silicon Labs has bought a Finnish short-range connectivity specialist company, Bluegiga for approximately $61 million.
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Toyota Begins Silicon Carbide Chip Trial
Toyota is testing SiC power semiconductors in hybrid and EVs with a planned trial run in Japan hoping for better performance that could then be used in future vehicle models.
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ARM Launches Mobile IP Core Suite for 2016
ARM has more than ten licensees for a set of IP cores that form the guts of a next-generation smartphone application SoCs. The IP cores are suitable for 16nm FinFET manufacturing process technology and are expected to appear in mobile devices in 2016.
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Arrow Buys IT Asset Disposal Service
Distributor gets another leg to stand on in the used technology market as well as a five year agreement with Computacenter, a European IT disposal service.
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Chip Firms Battle Over Bluetooth for IoT
Silicon Laboratories' purchase of Bluegiga is but the opening salvo in a 2015 short-range wireless connectivity battle between semiconductor elites drunk on the ethereal promises of the Internet of Things.
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Chip Sales Grew 10% in 2014
SIA says chip sales reached $335.8 billion in 2014, a record, exceeding projected sales for the year with strong growth from memory and discrete parts.
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Cornell Dubilier Acquires Illinois Capacitor
The capacitor manufacturer said the acquisition will expand its board-level power discrete business and open up opportunities for new customers in Asia.
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Manufacturing Limps Into 2015
Low prices--a boon for consumers--are a mixed bag for industry.
