Water shortages have become a major issue on a global scale. According to The Water Project, 783 million people lack access to clean, safe water. To put that number in perspective: one in nine people worldwide lack sufficient access to a ...
Electric cars are expected to enter a fast-growth period this year – media reports indicated that traditional automotive heavyweight Hota Industrial Mfg has seen a huge increase of orders from one of its major clients, Tesla Inc. ...
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Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – has launched the Model 1998 cooled, coaxial ...
Tags: 5G Wireless, optical chip
ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA (which manufactures electroplating and wet-chemical process systems for ≤200mm wafers) has announced a multi-tool sale of its flagship Solstice CopperMax electroplating system to China’s ...
Sanan Integrated Circuit Co Ltd (Sanan IC) of Xiamen City, Fujian province (China’s first 6-inch pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry) has announced its entry into the North American, European and Asia Pacific (APAC) markets ...
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Silanna Group of Brisbane, Australia (which was founded in 2006 to develop and productize advanced technologies) is partnering with the University of Adelaide to establish an advanced manufacturing research facility on its campus, ...
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Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns has announced that the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Wales’ first and the UK’s newest Catapult – will open its Innovation Centre, based in South East Wales, ...
PowerSphyr Inc of Danville, CA, USA – which delivers end-to-end wireless power charging solutions – and GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for ...
Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA (a subsidiary of Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd of Beijing, China since 2014) says that its solar cells have powered a CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space Lab LLC (TSL), NearSpace Launch Inc (NSL) and their ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which makes analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has signed a definitive agreement to buy private fabless semiconductor supplier Avnera Corp of Beaverton, OR, USA, a developer of analog system ...
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For second-quarter 2018, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $157.8m, down slightly on $158.6m last quarter but up 40.6% on $112.2m a year ago. ...
TomTom (TOM2) announced its continued support of the Nuon Solar Team, a group of students from the Delft University of Technology preparing for the 2018 Sasol Solar Challenge in South Africa. This year the race runs from 22 - 30 September ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany is supplying several more AIX 2800G4-TM cluster metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems (for delivery between third-quarter 2018 and first-quarter ...
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SLD Laser of Goleta, CA, USA (a spin-off from LED lighting firm Soraa Inc that is commercializing visible laser light sources for automotive, specialty lighting and display applications) says that its LaserLight SMD product line has ...
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Daimler has inaugurated Lab1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, a new location for the company's innovation hub. Guests at the event included Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia, as well as Silicon Valley icon and investor Guy Kawasaki. Lab1886 ...
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