Rohm buys part of Panasonic’s discrete semis business

Rohm is to acquire part of the diode and transistor business of Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions, with ROHM handling sales of these products to Panasonic’s current customers after October, if things go to schedule. The deal covers bipolar transistors, built-in resistor transistors, JFETS, Schottky diodes, transient voltage supressors, Zeners, switching diodes and fast recovery diodes. To ...

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Adesto, IBM and NXP bring security to IIoT

Adesto Technologies, IBM and NXP say they have a new level of security for smart building and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployments. Adesto’s SmartServer IoT edge server and the IBM Watson IoT Platform, together enabled by NXP’s ready-to-use A71CH secure element for IoT devices, provide an extra layer of security for businesses connecting their systems ...

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e-peas chips in cows’ ears

e-peas’ AEM10941 devices for photovoltaic energy harvesting are being incorporated into tracking equipment employed in Australian cattle ranches. e-peas engineers worked in conjunction with the team at Dutch systems integrator SODAQ on the development and implementation of energy efficient livestock monitoring hardware for Brisbane-based client mOOvement. Through use of mOOvement’s smart tracker, valuable data on cattle ...

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Imec almost delivers $1k genome

Imec’s Genome Analytics Platform (GAP) platform can perform a full genome analysis of 48 samples in only 48 hours and at an acceptable cost. The platform paves the way to genome sequencing as a daily practice in hospitals, for diagnosing and treating genetic diseases, including cancer and rare diseases, and for better treating newborns with ...

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