Suez chief executive Jean-Louis Chaussade sets out an early vision for Suez WTS, the new powerhouse in industrial water treatment created through the Suez-GE deal.

Shanghai, has raised a $7.4 billion fund to back the IC industry, reports Digitimes. The intention is to help fabless companies make acquisitions and assist the equipment and materials industries. Last year the Shanghai fund, called the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Industry Fund (SICIF) raised $3.5 billion with 10% of that coming from the China government’s …

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Invecas, the three year-old Hyderabad fabless start-up, buys the HDMI operation of Lattice Semiconductor and its Simplay Labs subsidiary.

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Flash is killing the HDD industry, reports Trendforce. Flash dollars are growing at 55% a year while HDD  dollars are shrinking at 5% a year. Q2 NAND flash capacity shipped was about 35 exabytes for $13.2 billion. Q2 HDD capacity shipped was 159.5 exabytes for $5.7 billion. While shipped HDD capacity is still rising, the …

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The Sony turnaround under Kaz Hirai looks on track to return to the glories of its golden age.

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Telink Semiconductor adds Bluetooth mesh support to its chips with a software design kit (SDK).

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Thank you to every one who entered our recent JTAG Live Controller competition. We had over four hundred entries, so that was pleasing, but there are three main winners to announce.

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Infineon reports revenue of €1,831 million for a profit of €338 million at a gross margin of 38.2%. The company expects the same revenues in calendar Q3.

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Thise with beams to form have got something to get excited about: Lumileds has introduced its most powerful single die led yet, the 1,700 lm Luxeon V. Those with long memories – to 2008ish – will remember an earlier Lumileds led with exactly the same name, which was pronounced ‘luxeon five’. This one, Lumileds has confirmed, …

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Arduino Micro has some extra leds that it is tricky to programme. Like almost all Arduinos, has a built-in led – the green one on the left in the photo. And it has a pair of yellow leds – called TX and RX – to indicate traffic on the serial bus. Except, on the Micro, …

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