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Li ion battery recycling needs development incentives, market researcher says
Li ion battery recycling needs development incentives, market researcher says
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If the number of electric vehicles (EVs) and their associated battery packs increase in the long term, recycling and reuse…
Free MCU kits on offer
Free MCU kits on offer
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STMicroelectronics is to hand out up to 7000 microcontroller discovery kits at Embedded World next week, to encourage creativity and…
Automotive IC market to outgrow all other segments, IC Insights says
Automotive IC market to outgrow all other segments, IC Insights says
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During the current year, the market for automotive ICs will see a new all-time high. After the 45 percent growth…
Microsoft opens Kinect to hackers with Windows SDK planned for spring 2011
Microsoft opens Kinect to hackers with Windows SDK planned for spring 2011
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At Microsoft’s TechForum, Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer and Don Mattrick, president, Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), announced…

Microsoft opens Kinect to hackers with Windows SDK planned for spring 2011
Microsoft opens Kinect to hackers with Windows SDK planned for spring 2011
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Already, researchers, academics and enthusiasts are thinking through what’s next in natural and intuitive technology. The Kinect for Windows SDK is being developed and released by Microsoft Research (MSR) in…
Inertial sensor market to grow 20.3% annually to reach USD2.56B in 2015
Inertial sensor market to grow 20.3% annually to reach USD2.56B in 2015
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The MEMS accelerometer market will be strategic because many applications are expected to rely on 3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis gyroscope in a single package within 2015. There is…
Inertial sensor market to grow 20.3% annually to reach USD2.56B in 2015
Inertial sensor market to grow 20.3% annually to reach USD2.56B in 2015
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The inertial sensor market for consumer electronics is growing very quickly due to the fast adoption of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers in mobile phones, tablets, game stations and laptops….Indeed, according…
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
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The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), which is the world’s largest photovoltaic industry association, has published a report that shows in 2010 solar photovoltaic power (PV) was the leading renewable…
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
EPIA declares 2010 was a record year for solar photovoltaics, Europe fuels rapid capacity growth
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At the end of 2010, the cumulative installed capacity of PV in the EU amounted to more than 28,000 MW, with an energy output that equals the electricity consumption of…
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
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A UK-based contract design and manufacturing company specialising in modular platforms, Blue Chip Technology, has adopted the Texas Instruments OMAP family for its latest, bespoke product offering, which targets the…
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
UK company chooses OMAP for its latest SBC
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Like many module providers, the company’s history and success is built on the x86 platform for single board computers (SBCs). However, it was felt that the OMAP offered a superior…
WLAN chipset market to double in 2011 courtesy of Wi-Fi
WLAN chipset market to double in 2011 courtesy of Wi-Fi
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With Wi-Fi functionality becoming a standard feature in a host of electronic devices spanning televisions, cameras and car entertainment systems, shipments of wireless local area network (WLAN) chipsets will double…
LTE processors to get benchmark
LTE processors to get benchmark
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With the demand growing for software and silicon solutions for LTE, so also is the demand for benchmarking data to enable reliable comparisons between competing hardware platforms. BDTI and mimoOn…
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
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IMS Research says that although the market is currently rife with fears of a module oversupply, these large Taiwanese and Korean electronics suppliers, such as Samsung, LG, AUO and Taiwan…
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
Asian electronics giants are aiming for large slice of PV pie
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Market analyst, IMS Research is predicting that Asia's share of PV cell production will reach nearly 85% by the end of 2011 with Asian electronics giants such as Samsung and…
2011 GSMA Mobile Innovation Award
2011 GSMA Mobile Innovation Award
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EDMI and Sierra Wireless are pleased to announce that the two companies were awarded the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Innovation for Utilities at the 2011 Mobile World…
LTE processors to get benchmark
LTE processors to get benchmark
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mimoOn is partnering with independent technology analysis firm BDTI to develop benchmarks for the evaluation of processors used in LTE baseband applications. The benchmarks will be embodied in the form…
ST-Ericsson sets out ‘NovaThor’ roadmap
ST-Ericsson sets out ‘NovaThor’ roadmap
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Wireless chip vendor ST-Ericsson has launched a series of application processors called Nova, modems under the name Thor, and multi-chip platforms under the name NovaThor. However, despite including LTE modems…
Qualcomm licenses USB chip interface
Qualcomm licenses USB chip interface
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Qualcomm Inc. and one other ARM-based mobile SoC vendor have taken licenses to SMSC's patented Inter-Chip Connectivity (ICC) technology, a low power variant of the 480 Mbit/s USB 2.0 standard…
GSA opens European office
GSA opens European office
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The European Headquarters of the Global Semiconductor Alliance is to be located in Geneva, Switzerland. The opening of its European offices comes with the hiring of Sandro Grigolli as its…
IEEE spec aims to ease mobile congestion
IEEE spec aims to ease mobile congestion
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The IEEE is drafting a standard that aims to help strike a difficult balance between the needs of carriers to ease rapidly growing congestion on mobile networks with the needs…
Baseband SoC vendor licenses MIPS core
Baseband SoC vendor licenses MIPS core
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Taiwanese baseband SoC vendor Mobile Devices Inc.has licensed the MIPS32 M14Kc core for development of SoCs targeting wireless and mobile applications, MIPS Technologies Inc. said Monday (Feb. 14).
Baseband mania hits Mobile World
Baseband mania hits Mobile World
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Intel, Marvell, MediaTek, Qualcomm and others have rolled out baseband devices-or cell-phone chipsets-for handsets and other products.
Nvidia nabs pair of tablet design wins
Nvidia nabs pair of tablet design wins
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Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra 2 mobile processor landed the key socket in media tablets announced at 2011 Mobile World Congress by LG Electronics Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Agilent, Altair to do interoperability testing for LTE
Agilent, Altair to do interoperability testing for LTE
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Agilent Technologies Inc. and Altair Semiconductor are to conduct interoperability and validation testing using Altair's 4G LTE chipset in conjunction with the Agilent PXT wireless communications test set and N6070A-series…
Health management solutions firm joins Altera’s IP program
Health management solutions firm joins Altera’s IP program
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Ridgetop Group Inc., a designer of electronic diagnostic and prognostic solutions, has joined Altera Corp.'s AMPP intellectual property partnership program, the company said Friday (Feb. 11). Ridgetop (Tuscon, Ariz.) said…
Mobile memory market soars
Mobile memory market soars
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The use of NAND flash memory for tablet PCs in 2011 will explode almost fivefold, according to IHS iSuppli. Tablet consumption of NAND flash is expected in 2011 to jump…
Crystalline PV margins and prices to forecast to decline in 2011
Crystalline PV margins and prices to forecast to decline in 2011
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A new analysis report from market analyst, IMS Research, indicates that prices have begun falling sharply throughout the PV crystalline supply chain in the first quarter of 2011.


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