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Phoenixville’s new education complex incorporated multiple precast concrete stormwater drainage and sanitary structures.

Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has issued a request for qualification (RFQ) for developers on a new desalination public-private partnership project.

GrahamTek of South Africa has won a contract for a desalination pilot project for Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Saudi Arabia.

Metito, the UAE-based developer, has beat 10 international and local bidders to win a SAR 220 million ($58.7 million) contract for a desalination and solar power project at King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.

Silicon wafer area shipments in 2017 increased by 10% against 2016 shipments, while worldwide silicon revenues rose by 21% over 2016 levels, reports the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG). ImageSilicon wafer area shipments in 2017 totaled 11,810 million square inches (MSI), up from the previous market high of 10,738 million square inches shipped during 2016. …

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Samsung is to put $12.6 billion into a second line at its Pyeongtaek fab. Line 1 at Pyeongtaek, which cost $14.4 billion, is for NAND. Line 2 is for DRAM. Earlier this week Samdung xigned an MOU with China’s NRDC to respond to the shortage in DRAM which has been affecting  the profitability of China’s …

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Melexis announces a five-year plan to expand in Sofia, Bulgaria and Corbeil-Essonnes.

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Hynix has announced SSDs based on 72 layer 3D NAND memory chips. The SSDs are targeted at data centre and enterprise usage, and  come in capacities up to 4TB. The SSDs have 512Gb dies. They come in both SATA and PCIe interface versions. Sequential reads and writes of the SATA drive are 560MB/s and 515MB/s respectively. …

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Vicor’s next generation of dc-dc converter modules operate across 43-154V for rail transport and infrastructure applications. For most versions maximum output power is 240W, despite the 36 x 23mm (‘3623’) footprint. The outputs are regulated and isolated, and efficiency is up to 93%. “Modern rail infrastructure requires a wide range of DC-DC converters to power …

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