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T Park sets the bar high with advanced desalination plant
Veolia chief executive Antoine Frerot hailed “the sewage stations of the future” on opening T Park in Hong Kong, the world’s largest sewage treatment plant, on 26 May.
New pumps can detect a clog forming and automatically trigger clean up
Water technologists at Xylem have developed what they are calling “the world’s first pumping system with integrated intelligence.”
Cost to replace Flint’s lead pipes doubles
A new report averages the cost for replacing service water lines at $7,500; almost double the $4,000 estimated by the state last fall.
Intel’s Disappearing Assets Sale
It appears that Intel has been unable to flog off its VC investments. It was reported to have hired bankers UBS to handle the sale, it was said to have lined up buyers Coller Capital, HarbourVest Partners and Lexington Partners to take over the investments and it was reported to have set a $1 billion …
Electronics Fights Heart Disease
A METHOD for determining the cause of acute cardiac disorders by exploring the circulatory system was one of the examples of medical electronics given by Prof.’ R. F. Woolmer of the Royal College of Surgeons during his Kelvin Lecture to the IEE in London last week. Sop, 55 years ago, started a story in Electronics …
GloFo to equip 300mm fab in China
GloFo is to equip a 300mm fab in Chongqing, China as a jv with the local government. “China is the fastest growing semiconductor market, with more than half of the world’s semiconductor consumption and a growing ecosystem of fabless companies competing on a global scale,” said GloFo’s CEO Sanjay Jha, “we are pleased to partner …
Auto IC Sales Only 7.4% Of Semi Market
Communication and computer systems will be two of the three largest system applications for IC sales this year, says IC Insights. Communications applications are expected to capture nearly 43% of IC sales in Asia-Pacific and 39% of the revenue in the Americas region this year. Communications and computer applications are forecast to tie as the …
ARM launches cores for virtual and augmented reality
ARM has brought out Cortex and Mali processors to address upcoming smartphone features like augmented and virtual reality on 10nm processes. They will be in SoCs this year and in handsets in 2017. The Cortex processor – A73 – is the smallest 64-bit v8 core ARM has done – at under 0.65mm2 per core on …
Calif. Drinking Water Program deemed in compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act
EPA issued a notice of non-compliance to the Drinking Water Program in 2013.