The 27,000 square foot facility will house a fully automated membrane module production line as well as offices for Ovivo designers, engineers and technicians.

Qualcomm shareholders have been advised to vote for four of the proposed six new directors if they want to maximise their return from the Broadcom bid. On March 6th Qualcomm shareholders will be asked to vote for six new directors proposed by Broadcom. Voting for all six will trigger the Broadcom takeover of Qualcomm. However …

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Where others smell a noxious stink in this Oxfam debacle, I detect the fragrance of advantage, Ed confides to his diary. The £13.4 billion foreign aid budget, laxly administered and loosely distributed, is a juicy opportunity for those doing the administering and distributing. I want my Department to be one of those I call in …

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Sight for machines is a complex task, but there’s a way to turn it into clarity.

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The ten largest semiconductor R&D spenders increased their collective expenditures to $35.9 billion in 2017, an increase of 6% compared to $34.0 billion in 2016, says IC Insights. Intel continued to far exceed all other semiconductor companies with R&D spending that reached $13.1 billion. In addition to representing 21.2% of its semiconductor sales last year, …

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St. Peter’s Basilica is on the way to getting led lighting, according to Osram. “Lighting calculations and simulations have been completed,” said the firm. “In the basilica, the led lighting system has been tested in many areas, and everyone involved is really pleased with the results. Tests show that the illumination level of the domes …

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Renesas has brought out  three Target Boards for the RX65N, RX130 and RX231 Microcontroller (MCU) Groups, each designed to help engineers jump start their home appliance, building and industrial automation designs. Priced below $30, the Target Boards lower the price threshold for engagement, allowing more system developers to enjoy the benefits of Renesas’ broad-based 32-bit …

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In the footsteps of Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home comes the Apple HomePod smart speaker. And iFixit does a teardown, but with extreme difficulty it seems.

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Pro Design, the Germany-based firm using FPGAs in prototyping systems, has added three modules for Zynq UltraScale+ FPGAs. They will be part of the firm’s proFPGA product family of modular multi-FPGA prototyping boards. The Zynq UltraScale+ FPGAs, designated ZU11EG, ZU17EG and ZU19EG, can be mounted on the proFPGA uno, duo or quad motherboard and mixed …

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  Messrs Musk, Bezos and Branson have a competitor – Takafumi Horie of Hokkaido. The 45 year-old Japanese entrepreneur has set out, like Bezos, Musk and Branson, to make space travel affordable. “Our mission is to bring down the cost of space travel,” says Horie, “that will only happen with competition.” His aim is to …

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