A*STAR launches disease testing lab

A*STAR’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and One BioMed, an A*STAR spin-off have launched a S$9 million joint lab  aimed at launching, within the next five years, a point-of-care diagnostic kit that can test for up to 20 types of infectious diseases simultaneously in just 20 minutes. Today, the spread of disease is accelerated by a ...

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Leti and Silvaco to develop GAA CAD

Leti and  Silvaco Are to create unified SPICE compact models for the design of  ICs using nanowire and nanosheet technologies. The new predictive and physical compact model under development, Leti-NSP, builds on Leti’s 15 years of model development, including the Leti-UTSOI model for FD-SOI technology. The Leti-NSP compact model uses a novel methodology for the ...

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China offers reconsideration of Qualcomm-NXP; Qualcomm says: “No thanks.”

The Qualcomm-NXP takeover deal could have been back on the cards following the G20 meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi. The $44 billion deal fell through after the China government refused to ratify it even though the other national  regulatory regimes had OK’d it. In Buenos Aires Xi is reported to have said that, if ...

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EU’s PayPal makes first payment

 The ECB’s answer to PayPal called TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)  was launched last Friday with the first TIPS money transfer between an account holder at a French bank and one at a Spanish bank. TIPS enables payments and money transfers in under ten seconds costing a fifth of a euro by individuals and  companies ...

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EU digital tax move expected to fail

    On Tuesday a meeting of EU finance ministers to agree a tax regime for digital companies is likely to be scuppered by objections from several countries. The French-led attempt to tax digital companies 3% on turnover is being resisted by Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Germany is also resisting the move by refusing ...

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It’s a great Brexit deal, says Minister

The Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal will provide the UK’s £130 billion digital sector with the certainty it needs to continue to thrive says Jeremy Wright Secretary of State fore Digital Culture Media and Sport. “We have secured the best deal possible to protect our businesses and make sure our personal data is processed safely and ...

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