The TOTE BIN SCALE™ from Force Flow allows plant operators to accurately monitor the amount of polymer being fed from IBC type totes for dewatering. 

Infineon records calendar Q4 revenues of €1,645 million for a profit of €246 million and a margin of 15%

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NXP has Q4 revenue of $2.44 billion is an increase of 52% y-o-y. Full-year revenue was $9.5 billion, up 56% on 2015.

Read full article: NXP resumes growth trajectory

Fujitsu is sampling a FRAM designed for an operating temperature of up to 125°C, suitable for use in the automotive sector

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The Associate Android Developer Certification was first announced at Google I/O 2016, in May, and launched a few months later

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‘Upcycle it’ will challenge community members to Upcycle an unwanted product to give it a new lease of life, and make it a useful IoT device.

Read full article: Element14 launches ‘Upcycle it’ challenge

Mark Durcan, CEO of Micron, is to retire after four years as CEO. “The Board of Directors has formed a special committee to oversee the succession process and has initiated a search, with the assistance of an executive search firm, to identify and vet candidates,” says a company statement, “the Board has not established a …

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I like the title of this new book from O’Reilly – The Internet of Risky Things – which may be of interest to Gadget Masters!

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Fortunately for Silicon Valley and the future of the US IC industry, the law-suits which occasionally followed the defectors to new start-ups were rarely terminal. However it was mot always the same dlsewhere. In 1959 a group of Sperry scientists started a semiconductor company in Connecticut. In 1961 the start-up employed 250 people with sales …

Read full article: Fable: The Survivor

Design software firm Altium has acquired its UK reseller Premier EDA Solutions. But Altium said it would also continue to expand its direct sales and support of customers in the main European markets. According to Altium CFO Joe Bedewi, Premier EDA Solutions, which has represented Altium in the UK for 23 years, is “highly respected …

Read full article: Altium buys UK reseller for design tools