Thirteen European semiconductor manufacturers have launched a project to cut energy and water consumption in the industry by 10%.
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Cyntech Components has designed a compact, low cost enclosure for the Raspberry Pi computer and is now seeking distributors to market it to consumers.
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Researchers at Kansas State University are one step closer to producing graphene quantum dots of controlled size and shape at large densities, a discovery which they claim could revolutionise electronics and optoelectronics.
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Researchers have unveiled an 'inexact' computer chip that is said to be 15x more efficient than current technology in terms of speed, size and accuracy.
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Embedded training specialist Feabhas has been appointed an ARM Approved training centre. The move will allow the company to deliver ARM's software course portfolio and to offer embedded software training for the ARM Cortex architecture.
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Analog Devices has introduced a new four channel high speed a/d converter for medical imaging and communications applications.
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USB specialist Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) has signed a deal with Arrow Electronics to distribute its complete portfolio to customers in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.
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Nvidia has unveiled a new family of Tesla gpus built to handle the most complex high performance computing problems.
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has pledged its support to the UK Electronic Skills Foundation (UKESF), which seeks to reverse the UK's significant decline in electronic engineering graduates by raising the industry's profile among young people.
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Plextek and RedCloud have completed the acquisition of Iceni Mobile, an Essex based company best known for its innovative I2S mobile payments system. The companies plan to use the technology to create a new way in which mobile money and associated services are taken to market.
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Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity.
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Cadence Design Systems has unveiled a new in circuit acceleration approach for its System Development Suite. Based on its Incisive and Palladium XP platforms and featuring extensions to the Verification IP (VIP) Catalog, the upgrades are said to give engineers the ability to speed the verification of large scale SoCs, subsystems and systems.
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HP has announced the opening of a technology renewal centre in Scotland to help combat the problem of electronic waste.
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AMD has launched the Trinity family of accelerated processing units (APUs), targeted at improved multimedia experiences in oem notebooks, ultrathins, all in ones and desktops.
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Researchers have developed new thin films based on hybrid copolymers which could increase the capacity of hard discs and the speed of microprocessors, as well as aid the development of next generation flexible electronics.
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Intel has unveiled a host of new Xeon processors, including the first ever server chips based on its 22nm Ivy Bridge architecture.
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Smartphones and tablets will act as catalysts for continued growth of the mobile memory semiconductor market, according to an IHS iSuppli report.
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Microprocessor core developer MIPS Technologies has launched the Aptiv Generation range, featuring three core families which offer performance levels to address the company's target markets.
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A new wave of portable camera products is driving a revived sales growth in CMOS image sensors, according a report by IC Insights.
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Infineon's ceo Peter Bauer, pictured left, has announced that he will resign at the end of September due to health reasons. Bauer began his career in 1985 at Siemens Semiconductors, which span out into Infineon Technologies. He was part of the Infineon's management board when it went public in 2000 and became ceo in 2008.
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Texas Instruments has retained its spot as the world's number one MEMS manufacturer after fending off competition from the likes of HP and STMicroelectronics.
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UK firm Peratech has created an 'electronic nose' that detects the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and could integrate into paper or clothing to alert a user to the presence of harmful gases.
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A new family of 32bit microcontrollers designed to meet the requirements of powertrain and safety applications in the automotive industry has been announced by Infineon.
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Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm have joined forces with five other technology firms to form the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP).
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XP Power has announced the CCB250 series of single output 250W ac/dc power supplies, which it claims has an operating efficiency of up to 95%.
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