Finnish battery start-up raises €500,000

One year-old lithium-ion diagnostic startup Akkurate of Turku Finland, which specialises in the testing, optimising, and analysing of lithium batteries, has raised €500,000. Investors include Finnish Lifeline Ventures, Suffice International from Hong Kong and the Lappeenranta University of Technology investment company Green Campus Innovations.  The start-up was born out of Microsoft’s takeover of Nokia. “The ...

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Step-up µModule regulator in a 6.25mm x 6.25mm x 2.42mm BGA package.

The Power by Linear LTM4661 is a low power step-up µModule regulator in a 6.25mm x 6.25mm x 2.42mm BGA package. Only a few capacitors and one resistor are required to complete the design, and the solution occupies less than 1cm² single-sided or 0.5cm² on double-sided PCBs. The LTM4661 incorporates a switching DC/DC controller, MOSFETs, inductors and ...

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Farnell signs Nordic

Farnell has signed Nordic Semiconductor to a global distribution agreement. “Farnell’s profile matches Nordic Semiconductor’s requirement to make its Bluetooth 5 and other low power wireless connectivity solutions available to the widest audience” says Nordic’s Geir Langeland, “through the partnership, Nordic’s range of nRF51 and nRF52 Series multiprotocol SoCs, RF protocol stacks and development tools ...

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US tech group opposes tariffs

The CEO of the veteran Washington technology lobbying group the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) Dean Garfield (pictured), has written to US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to say tariffs don’t work but pressure on China to stop abuse of IP could work. ITIC was founded 98 years ago and members include Apple, Cisco, Dell, eBay, ...

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SenseTime raises $600m

SenseTime of Taiyuan Shi, China, the Qualcomm-backed face recognition specialist, has raised a $600 million Series C financing round to which Alibaba and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek contributed. The company has been growing at 400% a year for the last three years and turned profitable last year.  SenseTime specialises in face recognition technology ...

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HiSilicon’s Kirin 980 in volume production on 7nm in Q2

  HiSilicon is reported to be having its latest Kirin processor – the 980 -in volume production on  TSMC’s 7nm process later this quarter. TSMC’s 7nm process is scheduled to begin volume production in June with Qualcomm, Xilinx and Apple joining HiSilicon as customers. The Kirin 980 is expected to be first used in the ...

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