Late last month LED maker Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA said that, after restructuring its distribution channels, it had added new distributors for the first time in nearly two decades, driven by the needs of a rapidly growing ...
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Europe's top digital commissioner has called for an "Airbus for chips" to boost the bloc's microelectronics sector. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Tuesday that if the European Union wants to be a global player in chip ...
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JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, announced the publication of a new series of standards for component level testing of high-brightness/power LEDs. ...
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Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has sold two Compact 21 MBE systems to Vienna University of Technology for its material research ...
IDG News Service - Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing A!838 million (US$1 billion) in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more ...
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Following the recent restructuring of its distribution channel, Philips Lumileds has announced that it has added new distributors for the first time in nearly two decades. These new strategic partnerships will help serve the needs of a ...
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Taiwan-based WT Microelectronic, which distributes IC and electronic components mainly in Asia, has announced that the company has obtained rights from Philips Lumileds Lighting Company to distribute LED lighting products in the Greater ...
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A meeting organized by the Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center, has taken place to initiate the research project Low Energy Electronics Systems (LEES), which aims to develop cutting-edge technology to increase ...
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday approved United Microelectronics Corp.’s application to acquire a 51.85% stake in mainland Chinese chipmaker HeJian Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for US$175 million. With the ...
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Elan Microelectronics Corp. plans to roll out system-on-chip (SoC) version of touch-sensor ICs for Windows 8 laptops in line with demands for less expansive chips from brand-name suppliers of the computers, which are struggling to boost ...
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Cyber espionage is?nothing new.So a report from the Defense Security Service(DSS)about efforts in foreign countries to steal U.S.technology,intellectual property,trade secrets and proprietary information might sound like just more of the ...
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A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has entered into a research collaboration agreement with Delta Networks to develop a metamaterial (MTM) antenna. Designed for wireless applications, MTM antenna will provide improvements in ...
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Delta Microelectronics has become a Globalfoundries channel and Asic partner covering Europe,Middle East and Africa(EMEA). The semiconductor design and production services firm Delta will offer Globalfoundries semiconductor fabrication ...
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Operating profit of the company improved to $1.6m during the quarter, compared to $10m loss it reported during third quarter of 2011 UK based chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics has reported a 32% surge in its revenue during third quarter ...
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Tokyo Electron (TEL) has signed $252.5m agreement to acquire FSI International Tokyo Electron (TEL), a supplier of semiconductor and flat panel display production equipment, has signed $252.5m agreement to acquire US chipmaker FSI ...
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