Qualcomm NXP deal approved by EU and Korea

Qualcomm ‘s bid for NXP has been approved by Korea and the EU. The acquisition has now received 8 of the 9 approvals around the world, with China remaining. Qualcomm cooperated with the Commission and the KFTC and agreed to all conditions required by the agencies to obtain their authorization. Qualcomm committed to exclude certain ...

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Smart IoT valve allows remote gas cylinder management

42 Technology is helping to develop a concept smart gas cylinder valve for Linde Gases that will use IoT technology to allow gas cylinders to be managed remotely. Called EVOS DCi, it uses cloud data setvices to store data, allowing users to see where cylinders are located, what they contain, and how full they are. There ...

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Toshiba launches bi-directional ESD protection diode

Toshiba has introduced a new bi-directional electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection diode DF2B7ASL which is mainly targeting interface protection in applications with minimum footprint requirement such as portable equipment. As the DF2B7ASL features a snapback characteristic, it can provide low clamping voltages, which together with the low dynamic resistance of the diode ensures superior protective performance ...

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Comment: Technology is no longer a fast-track to riches

Since data transfer speed is no longer a guaranteed path to profit, share traders plan private ‘super networks’. A high speed fibre-optic and wireless link connecting Chicago with Tokyo on the far side of the Pacific Ocean is due to go live this year. Called Go West, this is no ordinary communications link. It will ...

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IC market to grow 21% this year, says Penn

At IFS2018 in London this week, Future Horizons’ CEO Malcolm Penn delivered a state of the industry report. “Eght years of benign global economic growth has seen the long-awaited global economic recovery finally gain traction, with the IMF increasing its GDP forecast twice during the year,” said Penn. “This was contrary to all previous post-Lehman ...

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Soitec revenues up 25%

Soitec, the SOI wafer specialist, had nine months revenues of €218.9 million 25% up on the first nine months of FY’17. “We continued to deliver strong revenue growth during the third quarter of the fiscal year,” says Soitec CEO Paul Boudre, “growth mainly came from the sharp increase in our new innovative Digital 300-mm products, ...

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