“Overall, the shipment growth of the device market is steady for the first time in many years,” says Gartner’s Ranjit Atwal

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Farnell and TraceParts are offering CAD designs for 10,000 TE Connectivity products available to customers to download in multiple formats. Content provided within the library includes high-resolution images, technical documentation, attribution, features and benefits along with descriptions to assist customers with their design selection. “We are always seeking new ways to help our customers design …

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Avnet Abacus is now selling Panasonic’s RF and wireless modules after extending its European distribution agreement with the supplier. The RF modules from Panasonic cover a range of communication protocols with ready-to-use modules for Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi. “This extended distribution deal with Avnet Abacus delivers an even better choice for engineers looking to …

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TJ Rodgers has won his battle with Cypress over the constitution of the board. TJ, who resigned as CEO last year from the company he founded in 1982, brought an action against Cypress calling for the removal of two directors Ray Bingham and Erc Benhamou. Bingham resigned in June. At a subsequent election Dan McCranie …

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Just a quick post to highlight an interesting article. It simply examines the question: Is Android Linux?

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A report from the Foundation for Responsible Robotics called “Our Sexual Future With Robots,” addresses the following questions: 1. Would people have sex with a robot? 2. What kind of relationship can we have with a robot? 3. Will robot sex workers and bordellos be acceptable? 4. Will sex robots change societal perceptions of gender? …

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Melexis, the Belgian automotive IC specialist, has a LIN-to-LIN gateway that overcomes the limitation of  16 devices on a typical LIN bus. Each MLX81120 connects as a LIN slave on the main LIN bus and is controlled directly from the vehicle’s Body Control Module (BCM). The new device allows for up to 16 LIN RGB …

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The EU Competition Commissioner is in the warpath again, this time for companies which allegedly misled the EU during M&A regulatory procedures. GE is being accused of providing wrong information during its takeover of LM Wind Power. GE could be fined up to 1% of annual sales.   Merck and Sigma-Aldrich are under the cosh …

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The 2016 semiconductor rankings by IPnest saw ARM at No.1 and Imagination at No.3 but, while ARM grew 20% last year, Imagination shrank 21%. ARM, with revenues of $1.65 billion had a  48% share of the $3.39 billion 2016 semiconductor IP market which grew  13%  on 2015. No.2 was Synopsys with $450 million revenues and …

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Earlier today, at an earnings preview, Samsung said its Q2 profit was 72% up on Q2 2016’s $7 billion to reach $12 billion on sales which rose 18% to $52 billion. It is reported that $7 billion of the $12 billion quarterly profit came from memory representing 60% of the Q2 profit. Three years ago …

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