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Peregrine and LG Team Up on Antenna Tuning Design for LG Optimus G Pro
Peregrine’s UltraCMOS and DuNE technologies will help LG to optimize handset efficiency, data rate, call integrity and battery life.
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Demand for Key Raw Material Set to Double as LED Market Booms
The market for precursor used in the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition manufacturing process for making LEDs will rise to 69 tons in 2016, up a notable 114 percent from 2012.
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Industrial Semiconductors Report Positive Q1 Despite Challenges
The semiconductor market for industrial electronics relished a better-than-expected first quarter as macroeconomic headwinds turned out to be less severe than initially feared...
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IPC Downgrades PCB Forecast for 2013, Book-to-Bill Remains Positive
The IPC forecasts North American printed circuit board sales will grow 0.9 percent in 2013, down from 3 percent, because of slower than expected demand in the first half of the year.
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Nearly Half of Wi-Fi Chipsets in Consumer Electronic Devices to Support Next-Gen 802.11ac Standard by 2017
Growing demand for mobile device bandwidth will spur the rapid adoption of next-gen Wi-Fi technology, with shipments of chipsets for the 802.11ac standard set to account for 47% of chipsets by 2017.
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Power Supply Market to Post Modest Growth in 2013 After Disappointing 2012
After declining in 2012, the global market for merchant power supplies is forecast to grow by 2.4 percent in 2013, driven by rising demand for tablets, smartphones, LED lighting and servers.
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Microsemi Provices Rugged Self-Encrypted Solid State Drive for High Capacity Apps
Microsemi announced the world's first secure, half-terabyte SSD for mobile video surveillance operations other high-capacity storage applications requiring superior real-time data protection.
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Spansion and China’s XMC Foundry Announce Licensing Agreement
Spansion and XMC, China's fastest growing 300mm semiconductor foundry, have signed an agreement for XMC to license Spansion's floating gate NOR Flash technology.
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Synopsys Offers IP Subsystem for Sensor Integration in SoCs
EDA company Synopsys announced the availability of its DesignWare Sensor IP Subsystem, a complete and integrated hardware and software solution for sensor control applications.
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US Manufacturing Surges in July with Electronics Playing a Key Role
The ISM index of purchasing managers increased 4.5 percentage points from June’s level to 55.4 percent thanks to a boost in demand for computer and electronics products.
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If Manufacturing Comes Back to the US, Will Supply Chain Follow?
If companies come back to the U.S., what happens to the Chinese supply base that has evolved over the last decade? Will first- and second-tier suppliers also be expected to relocate?
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National Instruments Reports Flat Revenue Growth for Q2, Expects Soft Second Half
NI announced Q2 revenue of $296 million, a 1 percent increase from Q2 2012 and expects revenue for Q3 to be down 3 percent year-over-year.
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Low-Cost Energy Tips Scales in Favor of US Manufacturing
The American manufacturing renaissance has several things going for it, including the shale gas boom that is driving down energy costs.
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Motive Battery Market Projected to Reach $47B by 2017
The global market for motive batteries used to power electric vehicles (EV) and other conveyances is set to rise to $47 billion in 2017, up more than 50 percent from $31 billion in 2013, according to IHS.
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Power Supply Market Returns to Growth in 2013 After Disappointing 2012
The rebound is being driven by rising demand in the tablet PC, smartphone, LED lighting and server markets according to IHS.
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Auto Makers' Embrace of Wireless Means Growth for Bluetooth and other technologies
Wireless technologies like Bluetooth and embedded cellular are growing steadily in the car business, with market revenue set to rise by 41 percent from 2012 through 2018, according to IHS.
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Compound Photonics Acquires GaAs Fab from RF Micro Devices to Expand Laser Production
Compound Photonics has agreed to acquire Europe's largest gallium arsenide manufacturing from RF Micro Devices to manufacture infrared lasers for 1080p projectors, 4K projectors and auto head-up displays.
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Atrenta Expands R&D Operations in Sri Lanka
CA-based Atrenta is expanding its EDA research center in Sri Lanka and has invited the head of the University of Moratuwa’s Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering to join Atrenta’s Technical Advisory Board.
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MagnaChip and National Nano Fab Center Expand RF Module Offerings
MagnaChip and NNFC, both based in Korea, have entered into a SOI RF CMOS technology transfer agreement targeting expansion into the emerging RF FEM foundry market.
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Mouser and intel Announce Global Distribution Agreement
Mouser Electronics has signed a global agreement with Intel to distribute the chip makers entire portfolio of Mobile, Desktop and Server products.
