Electronics News by Industry Sector

UV Resistant Cables Target Harsh Environments

Flat festoon cables are UV resistant and provide reliability in severe temperatures designed to work with industrial applications such as cranes, monorails and more.

MegaChips, IMEC Develop Short-Range Radio for IoT

Megachips is working with IMEC to develop a multi-standard short-range radio transceiver that move the industry closer to autonomous wireless sensor nodes for the Internet of Things.

Alienware Gets into Game Console Business

Using Intel and Nvidia semiconductors, the Alienware Alpha connects PCs to TVs through a smaller-than-average game box.

NXP Buys Wearable, Bluetooth Business

Dutch chip company NXP has added Bluetooth wireless capability to its range of Internet of Things wireless offerings as well as wearables customers through the purchase of Quintic Corp.

Big Holiday Season Seen for Consumer Electronics

Nearly 70 percent of all consumers say they will buy a consumer electronics product – smartphone, tablet, laptop, TV or game console – during the holiday selling season

Qualcomm Set To Enter Server Market

Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, has said he will leverage his company's position in smartphones to get into the server market.

Notebook Shipments Rise, Tablets Fall in Q3

Strong sales in North America and Western Europe contributed to a rise of 10 percent year-over-year while tablet PCs suffered as a result of notebook expansion dropping 8 percent.

Toshiba, Cisco Team for IoT

Firms to utilize products to bring IoT devices to manufacturing systems, traffic/transportation systems and smart cities.

U.S., China to Eliminate Tariffs on Hi-tech Gear

Trade officials reach agreement to drop tariffs on technology products by expanding the Information Technology Agreement that covers semiconductors, medical devices, GPS devices and other newer products.

Fast-charging Batteries

Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a new electric vehicle battery that can be charged to 70% of its total capacity in just two minutes.

Nvidia Revenues Up in Q3

The gaming processor company achieved revenues of $1.23 billion up 16 percent from the same quarter last year and up 11 percent sequentially.

Sensor Revenue in Smartphones and Tablets to Nearly Triple by 2018

Revenue will grow to $6.5 billion in the next five years as emerging sensors, such as fingerprint, optical pulse, humidity, gas, UV and thermal imaging grows substantially.

MEMS Group Unveils Open-source Sensor Cooperative

Industry group launches software aimed at speeding up development of new products and applications including MEMS and sensors in their designs.

U.S. Manufacturing Moves Full Speed Ahead

U.S. manufacturing fired on all cylinders in October, experiencing growth in nearly all sectors.

M&As Reshaping Automotive Ranking

Recent M&As in the semiconductor business are gradually changing the landscape in automotive semiconductor ranking.

ST Signs Collaboration Deal With V2X Startup

A V2X startup that wants to compete with the likes of NXP Semiconductors to get mass market design wins has signed a deal with STMicroelectronics for its next generation chipset.

Russia Attracts Tech Despite Sanctions

European Union and U.S. economic sanctions against Russian companies and individuals over the Ukrainian crisis have not dampened investment in high-tech innovation, according to the Russian government.

Hungary Plans Per-Byte Internet Tax

The right-of-center Hungarian government wants to break with conventional wisdom and tax the Internet. The public is planning to demonstrate against the proposal.

Infineon, Deutsche Telekom Team On Industrial Security

German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who was herself at the center of a phone-tapping controversy last year – has attended a demonstration of a secure data transmission intended for industrial companies.