Delphi Automotive is to use NXP tuner chips in car radios. In particular: the SAF775x family of single-chip RF CMOS tuners, NXP´s AM/FM background tuner, and its SAF36xx software defined radio for digital reception. ...
Neul has announced its first transceiver chip for 'white space' communications in 470-790MHz UHF TV bands. Called Iceni, the chip is intended for secure non-line-of-sight machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Both 6 and 8MHz ...
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Hittite Microwave has introduced a two channel 8bit 450Msample/s ADC with interleaving for 900Msample/s conversion, from either input. Called HMCAD1512, it is aimed at point-to-point microwave links and digital oscilloscopes. At ...
Renesas Electronics continues to feel the pressure from the market and is predicting a larger than expected loss for the year ending March 31, in a revised financial forecast. The Japanese chip maker now forecasts a full year loss of Yen ...
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Broadcom has unveiled its smallest ever 4G LTE-Advanced smartphone wireless modem. The race is on to amongst chip suppliers to take the initiative for the generation of super mobiles which will come after this year's LTE smartphones. The ...
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The SIA and SRC are trying to persuade the US Congress not to cut funds for basic semiconductor R&D. SIA president Rich Templeton argues that funding for bodies like the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of ...
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Virginia-based Starr Hill Brewery is expanding into New Jersey and Delaware, US, starting this month. The craft brewery will market many of its top brands, including Northern Lights IPA, Starr Pils, The Love (wheat beer), Jomo Lager, Dark ...
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Bell's Brewery is planning to invest $10m to $12m in three projects to expand the production in the US. The company plans to add a waste-water system, a fermentation cellar and a canning line at the Comstock Township plant, while planning ...
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US-based Falls City Brewing is planning to open a new seven-barrel manufacturing brewery by late March 2013. Located at 545 Barret Avenue in the Highlands, Louisville, Kentucky, the new brewery will be used for onsite tasting and for keg ...
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SanTan Brewing is planning to open a new distribution facility in the US to expand its regional and national distribution. The company plans to invest $6m in the new 35,000sq ft facility that will serve as a warehouse and production ...
New Zealand-based micro-brewery Three Boys Brewery has begun its operations at the new premises in Christchurch suburb of Woolston. The company has moved to new premises following the expiration of previous lease and damage to the old ...
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Ravens Head Brewing has made a deal to buy the Cramer's Armory building in Cohoes, New York, US, for $220,000. The company plans to set up a brewery and a brew pub in the 22,000sqft building with an expected investment of $3m. The deal ...
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US-based craft brewer Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling is to launch canned India Pale Ale (IPA) in April 2013 as part of its $20m expansion plans. The IPA, which features citrus and floral aromas, will be sold in packs of four ...
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Nujira says the first 4G LTE smartphones to use its power efficient RF technology will be on the market next year. “In the past it was an aspiration to get envelope-tracking (ET) technology designed into volume handsets, now we know ...
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Cambridge Consultants has developed a sticky radio tag that will detect bad handling of parcels by delivery firms. Called DropTag, the gadget combines a battery, a low-energy Bluetooth transmitter, an accelerometer and a memory chip. ...
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