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Hua Hong, Lexvu Claim Smallest MEMS Barometer
Chinese foundry is working with Lexvu Opto Microelectronics on an integrated MEMS barometer that will work in smartphones, UAVs, air cleaners and intelligent wearable devices.
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Sony Buys Into MicroVision's Picoprojector Vision
Millions of dollars in orders from Japanese electronics powerhouse could make 2015 a transformational year for MicroVision and its projection display technology.
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First HSA Spec Aims to 'Unleash' Multiprocessing
Heterogeneous Systems Architecture specification expected to enable more efficient and more distributed processing in platforms ranging from mobile devices up to high-performance computing and servers.
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Qualcomm DevBoard Goes Raspberry-Pi Route
DragonBoard 410c development board provides 64-bit quad-core processing and wireless connectivity for the embedded prototyping and maker communities.
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TI Licenses Technology from WiLAN to Settle Litigation
Second deal in two months between Texas Instruments and technology licensor WiLAN resolves litigation pending in U.S. federal court.
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Handsets, Tablets Drive Ambient Light Sensor Market
AMS led Maxim as the top supplier of ambient light sensors into the mobile device market in 2014, with Samsung and Apple as the biggest customers. But Taiwanese suppliers and Chinese OEMs are on the rise.
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Micron Expands Fab for 3D-NAND Memory
Micron has begun construction of a $4 billion expansion of Fab 10 in Singapore as a home for volume production of 3D-NAND flash non-volatile memory in 2017.
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Strong Fab Equipment Spending Projected
Second consecutive year of growth expected this year, but slowdown looms in 2016, says trade group.
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Bosch Rolls Integrated MEMS for Android Smartphones
MEMS vendor introduces two new sensors that integrate the company's DSP Fuser core with support for the full Android Lollipop sensor stack.
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A Bright Idea: Using Light to Transmit Data
The idea of Light Fidelity, or Li-Fi, has people thinking about a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum that's available for data transmission—light.
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TI Chipset Targets Small Portable Spectrometers
Texas Instruments has unveiled a programmable MEMS chipset that can be used in a variety of handheld near-infrared applications including spectrometers and chemical analyzers.
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Cadence Looks to Improve Position in Digital Design Tools
EDA vendor rolls out new physical implementation platform in an effort to challenge Synopsys' dominance.
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BOE's Module Push Accelerates Mobile Display Competition
With shipments for handset display modules expected to rise only 4 percent this year, Chinese vendors are making a push to increase their market share at the expense of rivals.
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Semtech Nabs Wireless Charging Vendor Triune
Deal, worth $45 million, expected to help analog/mixed-signal chip vendor take advantage of the budding wireless charging market.
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Integrated LED Lighting Poised to Challenge Traditional Light Bulbs
With 42 percent of light bulb shipments expecting to be LED replacement lamps by 2022, integrated LED bulbs—which combine the LED and driver electronic into the luminaire itself—are gaining traction in the replacement market.
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SanDisk Rolls Flash Storage System for Enterprise
InfiniFlash said to offer 50 times the performance and five times the density of current HDD offerings at a cost of less than $1 per gigabyte.
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Chip Industry Posts Record Sales for January
Sales up nearly 9 percent year-over-year as 2015 gets off to a strong start.
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Microchip Debuts First LoRa Alliance Wireless Module
At Mobile World Congress, Microchip Technology rolled out the first in a series of modules that support the LoRa standard designed to enable a wireless networking interface for IoT and M2M applications.
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Fujitsu-Panasonic Chip Spinoff Socionext Opens Doors
Joint venture that took over system LSI divisions of Fujitsu and Panasonic now open for business.
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MediaTek Forms Venture Capital Unit
Taiwan's rising star fabless chip company sets aside $300 million for strategic investments in startups around the world; launches two more processors to power mobile devices.
