China’s IC production value is forecast to rise 15% to $66.64 billion in 2016, according to Digitimes Research. The value of China’s IC output grew to $57.97 billion in 2015 from $21.03 billion in 2010 representing a CAGR of 19.1% during the five-year period. The production value of China’s IC design sector was $21.28 billion …
Record loss for Imagination
Imagination made a loss of £63.2million pre-tax in the year to April 30, down from a £2.2 million profit the previous year. Revenues dropped 23% to £120 million. Licensing revenue was £17.1 million down from 2015’s £37.8 million – including a one-off £5.7 million revenue reversal for an SoC Design contract Royalty revenue was £102.7 …
AWS Marketplace Introduces support for ISV Sellers Based in the European Union
We are happy to announce that Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with legal entities in countries participating in the European Union (EU) can now register, list, and sell products on AWS Marketplace, bringing a broad new selection to AWS’s worldwide customers.
California American Water finalizes application for new revenue to fund infrastructure and service improvements
Approval of this application will allow the company to continue funding improvements to maintain quality service to its customers and address the need to replace and upgrade water infrastructure.
Endress + Hauser breaks ground on new analyzer plant in Michigan
Endress+Hauser is expanding its manufacturing facility for Raman analyzers.
Baron Ed
Although it has yet to be announced, and has to be kept secret pro tem, the Prime Minister has recognised my special talents as a high-tech visionary and is to make me a Government Minister, Ed confides to his diary. Well that’s the story for public consumption. The truth is that, because I’ve contributed loads …
Three women who are inspired by microelectronics
Microelectronics has always been a male dominated industry. Whichever statistics you choose to look at, the numbers for women are not good, writes Richard Wilson Why is this still the case? How does the industry motivate women to become engineers? And do women have something unique to offer in the microelectronics industry? To find the …
Cyan acquires Connode for IoT narrowband mesh networks
Cambridge-based Cyan Technology has acquired Connode of Stockholm for £6.8m. Cronine Cyan Cyan focusses on smart metering and lighting in emerging markets, such as India, and Connode supplies wireless communications to the UK Smart Metering Implementation Programme (SMIP). “The acquisition of Connode is transformational for Cyan, allowing us to accelerate our product roadmap over various …
Small cells will give London data capacity it needs
London is to get a small cell backhaul network which will provide businesses in the city with up to 1Gbit/s internet access. The network will be created and managed by Luminet and will deploy small cell wireless basestations developed by CCS. The advantage of a backhaul network of small cells it is more spectrum efficient …
Only Connect: JST VHR versus Molex KK
This week I am discussing the benefits of the JST VHR (top) and Molex KK (3.96 Pitch, bottom) connector series. Many of you may be familiar with both but for the benefit of anyone that has not seen both let me explain….