The city council of Carlsbad, California has agreed to sign a 30-year contract with the County
Water Authority to up its annual supply from the giant Carlsbad desalination plant which began
production in December 2015.

Artificial intelligence-based software developed by Water Planet is being used to evaluate the
performance and economics of treating produced water for agricultural reuse in a pilot project
in Wasco, California.

The conventional view is that the semiconductor industry is consolidating, but Wally Rhines CEO of Mentor Graphics, told the GSA Forum in Munich this morning that it is not consolidating despite the M&A frenzy of 2015. “Traditionally we’re a de-consolidating industry”, Rhines told the Forum. Rhines pointed out that in 1972 the company with the …

Consolidation? What Consolidation?

The conventional view is that the semiconductor industry is consolidating, but Wally Rhines CEO of Mentor Graphics, told the GSA Forum in Munich this morning that it is not consolidating despite the M&A frenzy of 2015. “Traditionally we’re a de-consolidating industry”, Rhines told the Forum. Rhines pointed out that in 1972 the company with the …

GSA Forum: Semiconductor industry is not consolidating – Rhines

UK researchers have created a bacterial fuel cell from low-cost materials that runs on urine. Its characteristics have turned out to be a little mysterious – more of this later. Justification for the low-cost claim comes from using carbon cloth for electrodes, and replacing platinum as a cathode catalyst with a nitrogen-doped aerogel made from …

Low-cost fuel cell dines on urine

IQD have launched what they believe to be the world’s smallest 32.768kHz clock oscillator in a design that also delivers very low power. The device measures 1.6 x 1.2 x 0.7mm and comes in a hermetically sealed ceramic package. With a current consumption of 30µA and with a standby current of 3µA, the power clock …

IQD makes smallest clock oscillator

Imagination Technologies, Microchip Technology and Digilent have announced the Connected MCU Lab, a new course developed through the companies’ respective university programs. The semester-long curriculum, available to universities worldwide, is designed to be an introductory and first microcontroller (MCU) class taken by undergraduate electronic engineering and computer science students. It delivers a start to connected …

Imagination, Microchip, Digilent team up on university MCU course

Reluctance to invest in semiconductor start-ups could be changing, it was stated at the GSA’s European Executive Forum in Munich this week. “The problem has been the lack of exits – 25 in 2009, 9 in 2015,” Jean-Michel Deligny managing director at London-based investor Silverpeak, told the Forum, “but now it could be that semiconductor …

GSA Forum: Semiconductor start-up investment may be coming back

DLI, part of Knowles, has introduced 10dB and 20dB directional couplers for C, X and Ku bands. Made using thin-film high-permittivity temperature-stable materials , they are intended for commercial, military and space microwave applications. “The four port couplers are excellent for high frequency signal monitoring applications where board space is a premium and quality power …

DLI introduces directional couplers for C X and Ku bands

The European Commission has now formally charged Google with breaking competition rules over its Android mobile operating system.

European Commission charges Google with Android antitrust violations