Plessey Semiconductors has launched its first GaN-on-silicon LED product, made in its Plymouth fab. "We can offer samples of our entry-level product and we are already discussing orders," company chief operating officer Barry Dennington ...
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Much has been said about the impressive sartorial prowess of the Duchess of Cambridge, and now the royal fashionista has gone a step ahead to ensure that her name can be used only on apparels or other products approved by her official ...
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The UK’s University of Cambridge has opened a new £1m facility for growing gallium nitride that aims to enable researchers to expand and accelerate their work, which promises to further reduce the cost and improve the efficiency ...
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Gallium nitride has been described as “the most important semiconductor since silicon” and is used in energy-saving LED lighting. A new £1million (or US$1,530,700) growth facility will allow University of Cambridge ...
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ARM and TSMC say they have produced the first Cortex-A57 processor on finfet process technology. The Cortex-A57 processor is ARM's highest performance processor and is leading the Cambridge-based firm's attack on the high end server ...
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The parents of a Naperville boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are hoping sales of a product they invented and recently launched will help provide research funds and renewed hope for him and others with the rare disorder. Marty and Geri ...
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A million-dollar puzzle relating to prime numbers could be tackled using only a mid-sized quantum computer. There is a race to find ever bigger primes, but no way to predict when the next one will pop up. One option is to measure their ...
AstraZeneca is set to establish a global research and development (R&D) center at Gaithersburg, Maryland to improve pipeline productivity. These changes are made in order to simplify the company's global site footprint and to invest in ...
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ARM Holdings, the hugely successful Cambridge-based microprocessor designer, has announced that CEO Warren East is to retire in July this year, and will be replaced by ARM president Simon Segars. East joined ARM in 1994 to establish the ...
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Nine teams of science, maths and engineering students from the University of Cambridge took part last week in a Student Robot Challenge hosted by MathWorks. This is another example of an industry-backed initiative to encourage more ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is closing its Sirtris Pharmaceuticals office in Cambridge and fully integrating its research and development (R&D) operations with Philadelphia office. The firm is mulling to relocate some of the 60 staffers ...
Before you "like" a friend's or company's post on Facebook, think twice. A new study shows that your Facebook "likes" may be far more revealing than you ever thought. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. announced on ...
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The Princeton Review -- one of the nation's best-known education services companies -- today issued its fourth annual report naming the schools with the best programs to study video game design. The report, "Top Schools to Study Video ...
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ThoseE Facebook 'likes' can reveal a lot more than you think. Research shows patterns from these Facebook preferences can provide surprisingly accurate estimates of the user's race, age, IQ, sexuality and other personal information. The ...
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Fortronic is hosting its Led & Lighting Design event on 26 March, at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxford. The day starts with Registration (8-45 to 10-00) and then the Morning Plenary Session, which will comprise short technical ...
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