The Playas de Rosarito seawater RO desalination mega-plant project has been six years in the making. It began as a twinkle in Consolidated Water’s eye even before Mexico had introduced its new public-private partnerships law, but the act’s introduction in 2012 gave the project a clear structure for moving ahead.

Water from NSC Agua’s desalination plant in Rosarito, Baja California, is a critical component of Otay’s diversification efforts.

In a special interview to coincide with the Electronica 2016 exhibition Benoit Neel, European general manager at Keysight Technologies tells Electronics Weekly about the test firm’s new business strategy and how its semiconductor technologies will lead to 1.5THz frequency analysis.   How would you say Keysight Technologies has changed in business model and approach to …

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IBM CEO Ginny Rometty has written to Donald Trump and this is a copy of the letter: International Business Machines Corporation Office of the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer One New Orchard Road Armonk, New York 10504-1783 November 14, 2016 Mr. Donald J. Trump Office of the Presidential Transition 1800 G Street, NW Washington, …

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Two year-old Tokyo software cyber-security start-up Trillium will have its SecureCAR software incorporated on NXP’s S32k MCUs. Follow-up efforts will expand the scope to include NXP’s Smart Secure Transceivers, and implement the complete solution in a production vehicle with a major Japanese OEM. “This is an important step forward in a critical mission for the …

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The top 20 semiconductor companies are expected to grow 3% this year, says IC Insights, with double digit growth at Nvidia, MediaTek, Apple, Toshiba and TSMC and double digit declines at Hynix, Micron, NXP and GloFo. The fastest growing top-20 company this year is forecast to be Nvidia, which is expected to grow 35%. Nvidia …

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Delta Microelectronics, the Denmark-based Asic services firm, is now partnering with Solution in Silicon in the UK. With an interest in medical, communications and security markets the partnership will expand Delta’s supply chain services including wafer procurement and probing, packaging, component testing, storage and IC distribution in the UK. Gert Jørgensen, Delta’s vice-president of sales and marketing, says the firm is …

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We have over £1,000s worth of gadgets to give away for those of you who subscribe to receive your FREE subscription of Electronics Weekly.

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There’s nothing quite as enthusiastic as Intel getting into a new technological area, or as hang-dog when it surreptitiously exits the field having screwed up. It’s like a puppy jumping up in expectation of a pat and slinking away bewildered when it gets a slap. “I am excited to announce that Intel Capital is targeting …

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Nvidia won the crown of fastest grower in the 2016 semiconductor stakes. GPUs and Tegras boosted it 35%, says IC Insights. Not that far behind, riding the explosive growth of China’s handset market, is MediaTek which grew 29%. Poor old ST slumped to No13 in the rankings – a humiliation for a former No.3. Qualcomm …

Read full article: Winners and Losers in 2016