Yesterday GLOBALFOUNDRIES filed five lawsuits in the US and Germany alleging that semiconductor manufacturing technologies used by TSMC infringe 16 GLoFo patents. The lawsuits were filed with the U.S. ITC, the U.S. Federal District Courts in the Districts of Delaware and West Texas, and the Regional Courts of Dusseldorf and Mannheim. GloFo is asking the ...

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For the first time in two years the falling orders for German component distribution have resulted in a slight drop in turnover. Sales of distribution companies under the umbrella of the Fachverband Bauelemente-Distribution (FBDi e.V.) dropped by 2% to €879 million. Orders further weakened to around €748 million, equating to a book-to-bill ratio of 0.85. ...

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DeepMind, the nine year-old  London AI startup bought by Google in 2014 for £400 million, lost £470 million last year bringing its total losses to over £1 billion. The loss was 55% up on 2017’s loss.  Revenues doubled to  £102.8m in 2018 compared to 2017, but staff costs rose 70% to  £568.3 million on the ...

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5G wireless network infrastructure revenue will reach $4.2 billion next year, an 89% increase from 2019 revenue of $2.2 billion, according to Gartner. Gartner forecasts that investments in 5G NR network infrastructure will account for 6% of the total wireless infrastructure revenue of communications service providers (CSPs) in 2019, and that this figure will reach ...

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ELTEC Elektronik has added to its family of wireless LTE routers with the CyBox RT 2-A, i.e. a dual LTE/WiFi system for automotive applications. The system combines a wireless router, access point and integrated switch in a compact and robust housing. This allows unlimited Internet surfing and data exchange with the control center for mobile ...

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The Welsh Government has announced a £1.3 million project to develop compound semiconductor process technologies and new materials. Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the ASSET project (Application Specific Semiconductor Etching Technology) is funded under the Welsh Government’s SMARTExpertise programme and is an industrially driven, collaborative project with partners across south Wales, including: ...

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The Science & Technology Committee has published a report on the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy in which it makes the following calls for solar power support: On large-scale solar policy: The Government must ensure that there is strong policy support for new onshore wind power and large-scale solar power projects for which there is local ...

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TT Electronics has brought out two SMD power inductors: the HM66M series for use in high frequency power conversion systems and EMI filter applications, and the HM78M series for use in high density and high frequency DC/DC converter applications. The HM66M series power inductors are designed for the complex industrial and telecommunications markets. The HM66M is ...

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