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Infrastructure firms face £17 million fines for lax security

Critical industries face fines of up to £17 million if they do not have effective cyber security measures, says the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Energy, transport, water and health firms could be fined up to £17million if they fail to have the most robust safeguards in place against cyber attack. New regulators ...

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Astute Electronics to distribute Plessey LEDs

Astute Electronics has been appointed an authorised distributor for Plessey Semiconductors across the UK and Ireland, Australia and China. The deal brings Plessey’s range of  GaN-on-Silicon LED lighting and sensing products into Astute’s  portfolio of elite manufacturers, all of whom have shown long-term commitment to the Hi-Rel sector. Mick Martin, Semiconductor Divisional Manager for Astute, ...

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Samsung and Apple buy 19.5% of all semiconductors

Samsung and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2017, representing 19.5% of the total worldwide market, says Gartner. Samsung and Apple together bought $81.8 billion of semiconductors in 2017, an increase of more than $20 billion from 2016. “Samsung Electronics and Apple not only retained their respective No. 1 and No. 2 ...

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Socionext to sample new graphics display controller in Q3

In Q3 Socionext intends to sample the third generation of its graphics display controllers calked the SC1701, In addition to strengthening the graphics function enabling 4K resolution and deep colour processing for state-of-the art in-vehicle display systems, Socionext incorporated APIX3 technology supporting increased demand for high speed video and data connectivity up to 12 Gbps. ...

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Bozotti tenure at ST ends on high note with revenues up 19.7%

ST ended Carlo Bozotti’s final year as CEO on a high note, with Q4 net revenues of $2.47 billion, up 15.5% sequentially, gross margin of 40.6%, operating income of $408 million, operating margin of 16.5%, 2017 full-year net revenues up 19.7% y-o-y at $8.35 billion, 2017 net income of $802 million and free cash flow ...

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