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Market for Wearable Electronics Set to Take Off
Dale Ford, VP at IHS, is bullish about the opportunities for electronics in a number of end markets.
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Report: M2M Alliance to Aid Asia-Pacific Adoption
An alliance of cellular service operators across the Asia-Pacific region will help double annual machine-to-machine connections by 2017, according to an IHS report.
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Research Spawns Wearable Battery
Researchers at Rice University have created a new flexible, thin-film energy storage material.
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Globalfoundries Offers 55nm Automotive IC Process
Globalfoundries is offering a 55nm CMOS process with automotive qualification and design support and is working on 40nm equivalent with Infineon's help.
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Infineon Cuts Capex-to-Sales Ratio
Infineon takes advantage of recent profits to raise dividends and plans to cut capital expenditure as a proportion of sales through increased out-sourcing.
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Manufacturing Expects 9.1% Growth
Most supply management executives in U.S. manufacturing expect growth of up to 9.1% in 2014.
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AMD's 'Skybridge' Roadmap Includes ARM, X86 Cores
AMD has taken another step towards processor architecture ambivalence with the announcement of a roadmap that allows ARM and x86 cores to be interchangeable within a common pin-out SoC.
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Imagination Adds Ray-Tracing to PowerVR Graphics
Graphics processor licensor Imagination Technologies has added ray-tracing hardware to its PowerVR Series 6XT architecture.
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Lenovo Expands Beyond PCs
Lenovo plans to diversify beyond the PC market, globally and quickly.
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Worldwide Chip Sales Post Strong First Quarter Growth
Worldwide semiconductor sales grew to $78.47 billion, the highest ever first-quarter revenue total in the industry's history.
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Dialog Outsources Bluetooth Smart to Startup
RivieraWaves, a south of France startup with founded by engineers with RF and communications experience has provided Bluetooth Smart IP to Dialog Semiconductor plc.
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UCLA Improves IGZO-Type Display Manufacturing
A paint-and-bake wet processing step could reduce the cost of production for IGZO-type high-resolution flat panel displays.
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Altera Taps TMSC's Fine-Pitch Copper Packaging Technology
Fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology said to provide provide Arria 10 devices with better quality and reliability than standard copper bumping solutions.
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Intel Selects Israel for $6 Billion Manufacturing Upgrade
Intel is planning to spend up to $6 billion to upgrade its Kiryat Gat chipmaking facilities – with help from the Israeli government.
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Semprius' Stacked Solar Cell Shows 43.9% Efficiency
Researchers at Semprius reckon they can push efficiency above 50 percent for a four-junction, four-terminal stacked solar cell.
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Auto Electronics Developers Face New Challenges
Q&A with Jim Buczkowski, Ford's Global Director of Electrical and Electronics Systems Research and Advanced Engineering.
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Bel to Buy Power Solutions for $117 million
Bel Fuse Inc. will acquire the Power-One Power Solutions business of ABB Ltd. in a $117 million cash deal, the companies announced.
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EMS Provider Sees Manufacturing Moving Back to the U.S.
EMS provider Probe Manufacturing, Inc. said that its order backlog has increased due in part to more electronics manufacturing moving back to the U.S.
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MediaTek Nearly Doubles Sales, Looks to Wearables
Taiwan’s MediaTek has reported strong growth in sales and profits in the first quarter based on its position in smartphones with forecasts for strong growth in 2Q14.
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Printed Circuit Board Book-to-Bill Improves
Printed circuit board shipments in March grew 18.9% compared to February, according to the Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC).
