A Leeds-based electronics manufacturing business has been given a boost from a successful local exporter. Daletech Electronics has received free strategic export advice from Yorkshire firm Radio Design as part of a new export network in the Leeds City Region. The advice and mentoring from Radio Design director Eric Hawthorn will help Daletech directors realise …

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Students from 11 schools and colleges in Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale and Wakefield will take part in the premier Farnell Technology Challenge Grand Final at Aspire, Leeds on Tuesday December 5th. Each winning team will  present to a panel of judges as they showcase the working prototype of a piece of technology that they have developed …

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TI has launched a 3-channel high-side linear automotive LED controller without internal MOSFETs giving designers greater flexibility for their lighting designs. The TPS92830-Q1’s novel architecture enables higher power and better thermal dissipation than conventional LED controllers, and are particularly beneficial for automotive LED lighting applications that require high performance and reliability. For more information, see …

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  For a man to be born rich or a woman to be born beautiful or an IC vendor to win an iPhone socket are all mixed blessings. For a while it’s marvellous, heady stuff but it can go tits up. Earlier this year Imagination was told it would lose its GPU slots; now Dialog …

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Fitbit and Xiaomi led the Q3 wearables market each shipping 3.6 million devices. Apple came third shipping 2.7 million devices. The market rose 7.3% to 26.3 million devices. “The differing trajectories for both smart and basic wearables underscore the ongoing evolution for the wearables market,” says IDC’s Ramon Llamas. Q2 saw basic wearables (fitness bands) …

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Soitec has volume availability of a new generation of SOI substrates in its Imager-SOI product line designed specifically for fabricating front-side imagers for near-infrared (NIR) applications including advanced 3D image sensors. The new SOI wafers from Soitec are now available in large volumes with high maturity to meet the needs of customers in the growing …

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The semiconductor industry grew 12% in Q3, reports IHS, with  revenue of $113.9 billion, up from $101.7 billion in the second quarter of 2017. As memory prices remain high and the wireless market continues to see strong demand through the fourth quarter, 2017 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for the semiconductor industry. IHS …

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Foundry revenue  is expected to reach $57.3 billion in 2017, says Trendforce, an increase of 7.1% compared with 2016, marking the fifth consecutive year with a growth rate over 5%. 10 nm nodes began mass production in 2017, with the revenue expected to reach about $3.72 billion, accounting for more than 95% of the yearly …

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There is no better way to illustrate the themes of the three 2018 Strategies in Light conference tracks than to begin with the words of conference advisory board members.

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