NTT Communications is to buy a majority stake in the French virtual mobile network company Transatel. Transatel, established in 2000, has deployed a data MVNO network compliant with Embedded SIM (eSIM) technology to address three key market segments: Consumer Electronics, Automotive and Industrial IoT (IIoT). Its SIM 901 platform claims to deliver secure, global cellular connectivity ...

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The UK National Cyber Security Council set up by the Department for Culture Media and Sport has developed new initiatives which include: Appointing independent Ambassadors to help promote the attractiveness and viability of a career in cyber security to a broader and more diverse range of individuals. Launching the refreshed CyberFirst brand in 2019 which ...

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Growth in the global economy is expected to slow in 2019 from 2018 dragging down semiconductor market growth in its wake, according to  Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. Ten economic forecasts released in the last two months show the percentage point change in World GDP from 2018 to 2019 ranging from minus 0.1 points to minus ...

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The EC has found that a joint microelectronics project between Germany, France, Britain and Italy qualifies for state aid. The countries will put up $1.75 billion between them which will, it is hoped, be met with $6 billion from industry. “Innovation in microelectronics can help the whole of Europe leap ahead in innovation,” says Commissioner ...

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Graphcore, the Bristol neural chip start-up founded by Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles (pictured), has raised another $200 million, taking the total it has raised to $300 million. Graphcore has reached a $1.7Bn valuation with new funding from leading venture capital, financial and strategic investors including Atomico, BMW i Ventures, Merian Chrysalis Investment, Microsoft, Sequoia ...

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MagnaChip, the Korean  mixed-signal specialist, is offering foundry customers its third generation 0.18 micron Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process technology. The technology is suitable for PMIC, DC-DC converters, battery charger ICs, protection ICs, motor driver ICs, LED driver ICs and audio amplifiers. The third generation 0.18 micron BCD process technology offers improved specific on-resistance (Rsp) of power ...

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MACOM has announced the first entries in its new portfolio of wideband, ultra low phase noise amplifiers. Available in 2.8 x 1.73 x 0.1 mm bare-die and 5x5mm, 32-lead AQFN packaged formats, the new MAAL-011151 is ideally suited for use as a low phase noise amplifier stage for signal generation applications spanning system designs targeting ...

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The server market grew 5% in 2018 to 12,4 million units, reports TrendForce. Dell EMC, HPE (including H3C), and Inspur will be the top three server suppliers with the shipment market shares of 16.7%, 15.1%, and 7.8% respectively. Enterprise servers account for the majority of the global shipments while the percentage of servers used for ...

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ST launching an “Open Innovation Challenge” for startups (“Challenge”) during the upcoming CES 2019. The effort, based on ST’s product portfolio including the STM32 microcontroller platform, is aimed to promote ST technology and solutions to founders and developers of French Tech startups in France and overseas. In addition, the Challenge offers development and promotional expertise ...

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Small Robot Company, the Shropshire  agritech start-up, has reached  its Crowdcube equity crowdfunding funding target of £500,000 within minutes of its launch. The campaign is continuing to gather momentum, and the company is now working to reach its stretch targets. The company’s successful start to its campaign was was overwhelmingly due to backing from the ...

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