Industry News

March 2015

Samsung may be mulling an AMD acquisition

Joel Hruska, ExtremeTech

Rumors broke today, sparked by a Korean business site, that Samsung may be considering making a bid for AMD. It’s not unusual for these kinds of rumors to make the rounds, though it’s been awhile since I heard Samsung’s name floated. Any such acquisition would mark a sea change for the Sunnyvale-based co

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03/31/2015

Energy Department releases updates to EnergyPlus and OpenStudio

The Energy Department has released updates to its twin building energy modeling software products EnergyPlus and OpenStudio. EnergyPlus 8.3.0 EnergyPlus is DOE's open-source whole-building energy modeling engine. Given a description of a building's physical assets, operations, and prevailing weather conditions,

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03/31/2015

Dresser-Rand to showcase biogas and syngas engines at POGEE 2015

Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of environmentally friendly technology platforms in distributed power generation for the oil and gas, industrial, institutional, and commercial industries, will showcase its biogas and syngas engines to visitors attending POGEE 2015. POGEE visitors looking for envi

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03/30/2015

Two notes on Intel's possibly buying Altera

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Two notes on Intel's possibly buying Altera

By Tom Hackenberg and Robbie Galoso, IHS

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, March 27, 2015, Intel is in talks to buy Altera. Intel’s largest purchase comes on the heels of a long series of semiconductor mergers and acquisitions – including NXP and Freescale, Cypress Semiconductor and Spansion, Lattice Semiconductor and Si

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03/30/2015

TDK expands power capacitor plant in Zhuhai, China

Production of power capacitors at the TDK plant in Zhuhai FTZ, China.

TDK expands power capacitor plant in Zhuhai, China

TDK has opened a production facility for EPCOS power capacitors at its Zhuhai FTZ plant in China. In doing so, TDK is expanding and consolidating its power capacitor production based in China. Besides capacitors, TDK manufactures a wide range of EPCOS protection devices and temperature sensors at the plant – no

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03/27/2015

Cree to exhibit and sponsor awards at WAMICON 2015

Cree, a leading supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, is exhibiting at, chairing, and sponsoring this year’s IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON) — the leading conference for addressing developments in microwave and RF wireless technologies �

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03/27/2015

SEIA applauds Sen. Reid’s commitment to clean energy

Praising his “leadership, legacy and commitment to clean energy,” retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid will be remembered, among other things, for helping to foster the rapid growth of solar energy in America, according to Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Se

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03/27/2015

SUNY Poly CNSE outlines new research alliance and $105 million statewide solar power initiative

SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE) and M+W Group announced an agreement to locate and expand M+W’s U.S. headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s NanoTech Megaplex in Albany. A new 30,000 square foot facility in the $191 million Zero Energy Nanotechnology (Z

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03/27/2015

Autonomous vehicles are everywhere

Technologies of existing and planned autonomous vehicles by type of function

Autonomous vehicles are everywhere

Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx

Autonomous vehicles are successful here and now but you are unlikely to meet one because the successes are in the upper atmosphere, open cast mines, nuclear power stations, underwater and in other relatively inaccessible places. As the new IDTechEx report "Autonomous Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2015-2035" ex

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03/19/2015

Energy Department to spend $20 Million to develop advanced components for next-gen devices

The Energy Department announced up to $20 million in available funding to spur the development of high speed industrial motors and drives, using high power-density designs and integrated power electronics to increase efficiency. The industrial sector consumes over a quarter of the electricity produced in the Un

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03/19/2015

Ideal Power and LG Chem work to enable integrated battery energy storage

Ideal Power, a developer of a disruptive power conversion technology, has announced a multi-year alliance with LG Chem, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries, to supply Ideal Power’s patented power conversion systems (PCS) alongside LG Chem’s industry-leading battery solutions. Th

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03/19/2015

Quantum Materials breaks Stokes shift barrier

Quantum Materials announced it has broken the Stokes shift barrier and is able to produce 'Strong Shift' Quantum Dots to consistent characteristics in high volumes. The Company announced the news on the opening of the second-annual Quantum Dots Forum hosted by Smithers Apex on March 18 at the San Francisc

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03/17/2015

R Pi Foundation, element14 launch Sci-Fi design challenge

element14, an electronic design community with more than 300,000 members, launched an ambitious new design challenge, “Sci Fi Your Pi.” Sponsored by Pi Trading, creator of the Raspberry Pi and an element14 partner, the global initiative challenges engineers and enthusiasts to use the Raspberry Pi 2 to design ap

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03/16/2015

Micrometal wins APEC golf tournament

Pictured from left to right : Kevin Garringer,
Clark Atwater, Brad Atwater. Not Pictured: Frank Babic

Micrometal wins APEC golf tournament

The Micrometal team won the 6th annual APEC Golf tournament* on Sunday March 15. The weather was ideal for this event and all golfers had a great time. A special thanks to the sponsors: Coilcraft, Mouser & PSD PSD * Golf tournament and related activities are not affiliated with APEC, IEEE,

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03/16/2015

Cypress and Spansion complete $5B all-stock merger

Cypress Semiconductor and Spansion announced that they have closed the merger of the two companies in an all-stock, tax-free transaction valued at approximately $5 billion. In a special meeting earlier today, Cypress shareholders approved the issuance of 2.457 shares of Cypress stock to Spansion shareholders fo

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03/13/2015

Manufacturing in America symposium opens today

Patti Engineering, a leader in control systems integration, announced details of its participation in the Manufacturing in American Symposium, featuring the Technology Tip Off, hosted by Electro-Matic and Siemens. The event is taking place March 11-12, 2015 at Ford Field in Detroit, MI. The company is exhibiting fo

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03/11/2015

Mouser signs global distribution deal with CUI

Mouser Electronics, a leading distributor with the latest semiconductors and electronic components, announced it has entered into a global distribution agreement and partnership with CUI - a global leader in the development and distribution of electro-mechanical components for over 25 years. The company, a subsidiary of

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03/11/2015

Powervation to present their latest solutions at APEC 2015

Powervation will showcase its Intelligent Digital Power solutions for high-performance computing, communications infrastructure, and advanced digital power modules at this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) and Exposition scheduled in Charlotte, North Carolina. Powervation will again participate in

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03/11/2015

ON Semiconductor to show next-gen power systems at APEC 2015

ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, will be showcasing some of its latest advances in power management technology at APEC including a new LLC current-mode power supply for computers and LED TVs, significant developments in GaN, and a sensor-less motor driver controller. Current-Mode LLC Power Supply One

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03/11/2015

Final report from LOPEC 2015: printed electronics are part of our everyday lives

After three days, LOPEC, the International Exhibition and Conference for Printed Electronics, saw another increase in attendance and ended on Thursday. It was a complete success: From March 3 to 5, more than 2,300 visitors from 42 countries came to the ICM – Internationales Congress Center München. That corresponds to

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03/09/2015

Altera to show comprehensive FPGA, SoC and power solutions at APEC 2015

Altera is demonstrating its portfolio of FPGA and power solutions at the Applied Power Electronics Conference, (APEC) being held at the Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, North Carolina, from March 15 to 19. System designers can use field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and SoCs coupled with Altera En

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03/09/2015

Electric buses: more advanced than you'd think

Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx

Recent IDTechEx conference presentations and webinars on the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Buses 2015-2025" attracted many questions. They reveal a general perception that things are moving much more slowly than is actually the case, with the exception of a few aspects su

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03/09/2015

ZPower to discuss silver-zinc battery rechargeability at the International Battery Seminar

At the upcoming International Battery Seminar and Exhibit, ZPower, the first developer of rechargeable, silver-zinc batteries for hearing aids, will present a paper about the company’s recent research to further enhance the electrode utilization and cycle life of its silver-zinc rechargeable button cell batteries. Th

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03/06/2015

AVX to exhibit & announce new products at APEC 2015

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, is exhibiting at the annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exhibition (APEC), which will take place in Charlotte, NC, March 15–19, 2015. Eight of AVX’s top engineers and technical product managers will be on

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03/06/2015

Mentor Graphics joins Center for Power Electronics Systems

Mentor Graphics announced that it has joined the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech, the industry consortium dedicated to improving electrical power processing and distribution across various systems. CPES is focused on technologies and applications related to power electronic components: ve

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03/04/2015

Infineon's embedded element chip secures Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones

Infineon Technologies announced that it supplies the embedded Secure Element (eSE) chip for the new premium smartphones Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. Infineon’s SLE 97 is a SOLID FLASH-based eSE chip which can safeguard the functionalities of the mobile device as well as transactions where users’ sensitive da

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03/03/2015

The energy transformation in the USA just beginning

John Kingston, President of the McGraw Hill Financial Institute, testifyied before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee and Energy and Power Subcommittee. The hearing, entitled "21st Century Energy Markets: How the Changing Dynamics of World Energy Markets Impact our Economy and En

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03/03/2015

Keysight shifts to direct sales in North America

Keysight Technologies announced that effective June 1, it will resume direct sales of high-performance products to all customers in North America. This includes Keysight’s broad portfolio of high-performance network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal sources, power products, oscilloscopes and modular solutions. El

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03/03/2015

Energy Department to spend $35M on fuel cell and hydrogen tech

The Energy Department announced up to $35 million in available funding to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and enable early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). This funding opportunity will accelerate American innovation in hydrogen and fuel ce

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03/03/2015

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