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UK Joins SigFox's Global IoT Network Play
Communications infrastructure company Arqiva has announced it will roll out a national IoT/M2M cellular network for the UK based on technology from a fast-moving French startup.
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Infineon Rejects Europe's Chip Manufacturing Plan
Chip company CEO says focus must be on adding value for the customer and then finding the most economic way to deliver it, apparently putting him at odds with a European Commission initiative to increase European chip manufacturing.
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Spansion Rolls Automotive MCUs
its Traveo MCUs would deliver high performance, enhanced human-machine interfaces, high-security and advanced networking protocols tailored for a broad range of automotive applications.
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Wearables Market Will Prosper on Data, Service
The wearables market is at the beginning of a journey from today's first steps in products to a future based on service offerings, according to a conference session at the GSA European Executive Forum
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Exclusive Video Teardown: Nokia Lumia 1520
The Lumia 1520 is the latest Windows smartphone entry from Nokia, the company that had been the industry leader in feature phones.
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India's Challenges In Starting Wafer Fabs
For at least ten years now, India has been chasing the dream of setting up semiconductor wafer fabs. Challenges remain.
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Positions Shift in Power Supply Vendor Ranking
Two Scandinavian companies were the strongest climbers in a top ten ranking of power supply vendors by 2013 sales.
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SIA Applauds New DoD Anti-counterfeiting Rule
Newly finalized Department of Defense rule aims to reduce the risk of counterfeit semiconductors being used in weapons systems and other military equipment.
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Toshiba, SanDisk Aim 3D-NAND Fab at 2016 Production
Toshiba is going to demolish Fab 2 at Yokkaichi to make way for a reported $7 billion investment – shared with SanDisk – in a wafer fab to produce 3D-NAND flash memory in 2016.
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Flextronics to Manufacture New DNA Delivery System
EMS provider Flextronics will help design and manufacture a next-generation delivery system for cancer vaccines and treatment of various diseases.
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Samsung Licenses 28nm FDSOI Chip Process from ST
Samsung, a foundry supplier of bulk CMOS circuits to ST, has agreed to license a 28nm silicon-on-insulator process and act as a primary and second-source of the process.
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Varitron Acquires EMS Provider Altronics
Acquisition expected to help the company meet U.S. content requirements for customers both locally and abroad.
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Qualcomm Set to Buy WiGig Chip Maker
Qualcomm has kept close to the privately-held multigigabit WiFi chip maker Wilocity and has reportedly pounced at a valuation of $300 million.
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Teardown: Google Glass
Google Glass—which sells for about $1,500—costs only about $152.47 to produce, according to IHS.
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Clockless Programmable Logic Startup Preps Product
Asynchronous logic may have fallen out of favor in recent years but here comes Wave Semiconductor with Azure, its implementation of null-convention logic.
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Flexible Supercapacitor Matches Battery Volumetric Energy Density
Researchers have built microscale supercapacitors that have the energy density of a 500-µA-hr thin-film Li battery.
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Future Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement With ECS
Distributor Future Electronics has signed a new worldwide distribution agreement with ECS, Inc., a manufacturer of frequency control management devices.
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Production Commences at New Samsung Fab in China
Samsung Electronics, Co. has begun production at its new advanced NAND flash memory fab in Xi’an China.
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Technology Incubator 2.0 Seeks to Rebuild U.S. Chip Ecosystem
A twist on the incubator model seeks to match Silicon Valley tech startups with strategic partners in the semiconductor industry.
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3D-NAND still on track for 2015, says SanDisk
Investment in a pilot line for 3D NAND is on track and SanDisk expects to be in production in 2015. But first SanDisk will deploy its "1Z" planar process.
