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

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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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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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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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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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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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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Linear Technology has brought out a 30A step-down µModule (power module) regulator. The LTM4647 includes the inductor, MOSFET, DC/DC controller and supporting components in a 9mm x 15mm x 5.01mm BGA package. The device’s conversion efficiency from 12VIN to 1VOUT at 30A is 87%, when delivering a full 30A continuously without a heat sink or …

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Microchip is in volume production of its first automotive-grade 32-bit PIC32MZ EF MCU family and a higher-speed variant operating over the industrial temperature range.

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