Taiwanese LED and lighting maker Ledtech is to open a production line in Redruth Cornwall to support medium quantity manufacture in the UK and Europe. High-volume production remains in Taiwan and its recently-opened giant facility in China. “The addition of a direct facility adds a range of value-added manufacturing services, design-in support, volume availability and ...

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The EU has fined seven companies a collective €254 million for running a capacitor cartel. The seven are: Nippon Chemi-Con Corp, Hitachi Chemical, Nichicon, Rubycon, Elna, Tokin and Matsuo Electric. An eighth member of the cartel, Sanyo Electric, was not fined because it acted as whistleblower reporting the cartel’s wrongdoings to the EU. The EU ...

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Microsemi’s  Switchtec PCIe Gen 4 development platform is now available allowing customers to  begin PCIe Gen 4 system hardware designs based on the company’s PCIe Gen 4 switch. PCIe Gen 4 aims to find adoption in  datacentre and ADAS equipment using GPUs, CPUs, NVMe, SSDs, NICs storage controllers, automotive cameras and Infotainment. Applications such as artificial ...

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SEMI reports February billings of $2.41 billion – up 1.7% up on January and up 22.2% on Fenbrusry 2017. “February billings remain at a level indicating another positive year for semiconductor equipment spending,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “We expect 2018 to mark the fourth consecutive year of spending growth, which last ...

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