Keele University steps up sustainable energy research

The campus at Keele University will become Europe’s first facility for an at-scale, living research laboratory to research, develop and demonstrate smart energy technologies and services. The integrated electricity, gas and heat Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) will be in partnership with Siemens and will include the digitalisation of 24 substations, the installation over 1,500 ...

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Littelfuse continues its acquisition trail with IXYS acquisition

Littelfuse has completed its acquisition of IXYS, bringing SiC expertise to the company. The deal, said to be valued at $750 million is the most recent, and largest made by the company, which acquired the TE Connectivity’s circuit protection business in 2015, for $350 million. “As the largest acquisition in our 90-year history, this is ...

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Smart cities’ sprawl boosts IoT technology revenues to $60 billion by 2026

Research by ABI Research predicts the spread of smart city technology will more than double from $25 billion in 2017 to $62 billion in 2026 and at an average growth rate of 11%. ABI Research identifies 12 key smart city technologies and verticals, led by smart meters and video surveillance and EV charging stations, micro-grids, ...

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Qualcomm asks to pay fine in instalments

Qualcomm has filed an application with Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) to pay its $782 million fine in instalments. The Taiwan FTC  imposed the fine on Qualcomm in October  for anti-trust violations aimed at preventing competition in the smartphone market. In what is seen as a quid pro quo for the fine, Qualcomm has broken off ...

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Laptop charger slims down and aims to be foldable

 Israeli startup, Kado and South Korea’s Dongyang have teamed up to develop the world’s thinnest laptop charger. Kado is contributing its thin charging technology and collaborating with Dongyang to complete the development of laptop chargers, which will also become the world’s first foldable charger for laptops, says Kado. The joint work will take place at ...

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Intel failing to deal with chip flaws

Intel is failing to cope with the Spectre and Meltdown faults in its processors, says IDC. Intel is “still trying to get a handle on what’s really happening. They haven’t resolved the matter,” says IDC analyst Mario Morales. Yesterday Intel advised customers to stop installing patches which it had produced to resolve the vulnerabilities. According ...

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The imec view on: self-learning chips, security and biosensors

The scond of a series of Imec’s views on key aspects of IC technology looks at self learning chips, security and biosensors. Here is the paper: “Our research into transistor failure mechanisms has led to self-learning chips, new data security technologies and new biosensors” says Guido Groeseneken (pictured) imec fellow & expert in the reliability of ...

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