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Globalfoundries Shrinks as It Sells Production Plant for $430 Million
Globalfoundries, seeking to streamline its contract chip manufacturing business, said Monday that it would sell one of its main production plants to On Semiconductor for $430 million. As part of the deal, Globalfoundries will supply power and analog products for On Semiconductor......view more
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Samsung Plots Out $115 Billion of Semiconductor Spending
Samsung said that it would invest more than $115 billion by 2030 in an effort to expand its share of the contract chip manufacturing market dominated by TSMC and take over more of the computer processor space from Qualcomm and Intel, among others. Samsung i......view more
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Well come to PCIM Asia 2019 in Shanghai
2019.6.26-28 Shanghai Like PCIM Europe, which takes place annually in Nuremberg in Germany, the PCIM (short for Power Conversion, Intelligent Motion) event in China is an international meeting ground for specialists in power electronics and its applications in drive technologies and po......view more
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China's industrial robot sales up nearly 15% in 2018
BEIJING - China's industrial robot industry has developed rapidly with sales last year increasing nearly 15 percent, statistics from a Chinese think tank showed. A total of 156,400 industrial robots were sold in China in 2018, an increase of 14.97 percent year-on-year, making the country wor......view more
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Warwick centre will study electric vehicle battery re-use
An innovation hub at the University of Warwick will research future automotive supply chains, the challenges of vehicle electrification, and using and reusing resources for as long as possible. It is a partnership between WMG, a University department once known as the Warwick Manuf......view more
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Imec on Smart Industries
This is the sixth in a series of essays by Imec on the future of electronics technology. This one is called: Smart Industries. Man and machine collaborating on the factory floor: a nightmare or a match made in heaven? What will our factories look like in 2035? asks Pieter......view more
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Evidence of 6 new binary black hole mergers within LVC data
Scholars recently submitted an article announcing the discovery of six new binary black hole mergers, which exceed the detection thresholds defined by the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration. Applying a unique set of signal processing techniques the team, nearly doubled the total number of binary black hol......view more
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Now, green electricity spurs clean development
If you were walking or driving along the coast of East China's provinces such as Jiangsu, Fujian and Guangdong, you'll likely notice rows of white turbines offshore. These are wind farms, a scene straight out of Europe, the leader in offshore wind energy. Only, they bear testimony to the ......view more
