The Prince of Wales met the President and Chief Executive Officer of NMiTE (New Model in Engineering and Technology) Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon and NMiTE Trial Learner Samuel Whitby during a visit, last week, to Herefordshire-based technology company ETL Systems. Photo shows: Ian Hilditch, ETL Systems; HRH Prince Charles; Dr Esen Bayar, ETL Systems The Prince of Wales made ...

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Smartphone shipments increased 0.8% y-o-y in Q3 after seven quarters of decline, says IDC. 358.3 million smartphones were shipped  during the quarter, which was up 8.1% from the previous quarter and enough to return the industry to positive growth. India led emerging markets in total, which together were responsible for propelling worldwide growth, mainly from ...

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After ending its US  custom core design effort for Exynos processors, Samsung is expected to return to using Arm cores. “Samsung has decided to transition part of our US-based R&D teams in Austin and San Jose,” says Samsung. It is thought that around 290 jobs will be lost. It is believed that Samsung has not found external ...

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Small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments are estimated to drop from 2020 to 2024, says Digitimes Research, while large-size ones will continue growing through 2020, but start slipping in 2021. Small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments are estimated to drop from 2020 to 2024. Large-size LCD panel shipments will fall at a negative CAGR of ...

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Farnell has signed Swiss power supply specialist Traco Power to a distribution agreement.  Customers in Europe can get Traco Power products with next day delivery. The Traco Power product range includes industrial and medical DC/DC converters from 1 – 300 Watt, AC/DC PCB mounted converters as well as AC/DC Open Frame and Enclosed DIN-Rail power ...

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The finances of Tsinghua Unigroup, the company spear-heading China’s effort in the chip business, are under question as its dollar-denominated debt has collapsed in value. Today, Unigroup put out a statement that it has $2.4 billion in cash plus off-shore credit lines worth $36 billion, and that it hasn’t defaulted on its debt. In the ...

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