Applied is to buy Kokusai Electric from private equity fund KKR for $2.2 billion in cash. Kokusai provides batch processing systems and services for memory, foundry and logic customers. These systems complement Applied’s portfolio in single-wafer processing systems. Kokusai has strong customer relationships, world-class supply chain and manufacturing capabilities in Japan and Asia, and a talented team of ...

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Farnell has launched its summer competition on 1st July enabling customers to win a range of prizes including vouchers, an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 4 32GB IPX20 and a Xiaomi electric scooter. The competition runs until 28th July and is available in 16 countries in Europe. Each week will feature a quick and easy online quiz ...

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Today, SK Telecom and Samsung announced the successful completion of Korea’s first interoperability assessment between 5G Standalone (SA) Core and other commercial network systems over a 5G network. This brings the two companies one step closer to 5G SA commercialization.  The 5G SA Core, jointly developed by SK Telecom and Samsung, not only supports technologies ...

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Toshiba’s NAND production glitch at Yokkaichi, plus Micron’s 10% cut in NAND production, will tighten NAND supplies and could affect Q3 contract pricing,  reports TrendForce. Yokkaichi had a 13 minute power outage on June 15th and is taking longer than expected to fix. Western Digital says that 6 exabytes of NAND wafers were affected. TrendForce ...

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Seeed Studios has come up with what it calls “essential” accessories for Raspberry Pi 4. A micro SD Card with Card Reader-32GB(Class 10) $4.20 This kit contains a 32GB Class10 micro-SD card and a micro-SD card to USB reader. With only $4.20, you can get this 32GB super cost-effective micro-SD card!! There are two Micro-HDMI ...

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Silicon Catalyst, the only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating solutions in silicon, has added Rescale and S2C as the newest In-Kind Partner (IKP) members. Silicon Catalyst continues to work with key industry players to further develop a complete value chain that economically and effectively supports the semiconductor start-ups accepted in the incubator. These startups utilize ...

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HUBER+SUHNER has launched its high-performing 50 GHz SUCOFLEX 550S microwave cable assembly – a customisable solution for longer life-time. The SUCOFLEX 550S is available in tailored lengths with immediate availability for stock assemblies and a quick manufacturing turnaround on customised configurations. With a life-time of more than 100,000 flex cycles, the assembly is the latest addition ...

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