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Imagination may need cash injection

Imagination says it may need another cash injection from its Chinese-owned private equity owner Canyon Bridge. ‘The continuing uncertainty over Imagination’s relationship with Apple, and the level of cash receipts that will be received in the future from Apple, may result in the company requiring financial support from Canyon Bridge,’ said Imagination. Imagination had 2018 ...

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Apple takes Euro hit

Q2 iPhone shipments in Europe fell to 6.4 million from 7.7 million in Q2 2018, says Canalys, accompanied by a reduction in European market share from 17% to 14.1% in 12 months. Samsung’s unit shipments rose from 15.3 million to 18.3 million between Q2 2018 and Q2 2019 for a 40% market share in Europe. ...

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Imec jv said to be supplying photoresist to Samsung

Samsung has found a source of photoresist from a Belgian company believed to be EUV Resist Manufacturing & Qualification Center – an Imec-JSR jv set up three years ago, reports the Nikkei. The Japan government has put restrictions on the export of photoresist to Korea as part of its trade war. It is thought that, because ...

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Rover PDA has Raspberry Pi brain

Hackaday reports on a Pi-based personal assistant robot  built by Saral Tayal. The robot listens to his voice and recognizes his face. The body of the robot is the “Rover 5” platform, to which Saral added a number of 3D printed parts. A forklift-like sled gives the robot the ability to pick things up. The Logitech webcam ...

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Fast-track visa for foreign scientists by the end of this year

The PM’s idea of fast-tracking tech talent coming to the UK is being implemented by the Home Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy  working  with the scientific  community. The visa is expected to be offered later this year. “To ensure we continue to lead the way in the advancement of knowledge, we ...

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Xilinx adds to accelerator card portfolio

Xilinx will expand its Alveo data center accelerator card portfolio with the launch of the Alveo U50 which is currently sampling with general availability planned for the autumn. The U50 card is a low profile adaptable accelerator with PCIe Gen 4 support, designed to supercharge a broad range of critical compute, network and storage workloads, ...

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Ploss gets two more years

Infineon CEO Reinhard Ploss (pictured) has had his contract extended for another two years from its original expiry date of September 20 2020 to December 31st 2022. “Infineon is developing in a highly dynamic manner, systematically expanding its leading position in central future-oriented fields of semiconductor technology,” says Infineon chairman Wolfgang Elder, “ I would ...

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