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Automotive Electronics
Microsemi Reports Q2 FY2013 Sales Down, Confidence Up
Microsemi Corporation reported unaudited results for its second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended March 31, 2013 including net sales of $235.3 million, down 5.0 percent sequentially. GAAP gross margin was 56.7 percent, improving 380 basis points over the prior year quarter. GAAP operating margin was 5.0 percent, improving 50 basis points over the prior year […]
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Automotive Electronics
Renewables not Sufficient: Progress Towards Clean Energy has Stalled, IEA Says
The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). To illustrate the overall lack of progress, the report, Tracking Clean Energy Progress, introduces the […]
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529Energy EfficiencyPV Energy Production Poised to Repay Carbon Costs
The rapid growth of the solar power industry over the past decade may have exacerbated the global warming situation it was meant...
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Energy Efficiency
Bridgelux Sells GaN-on-Silicon Technology/Chip related Assets to Toshiba
Bridgelux Inc. and Toshiba Corporation have entered into an agreement under which Bridgelux will sell to Toshiba its industry-leading GaN-on-Silicon technology and related assets, and the companies will strengthen and extend their strategic technology collaboration, through an expanded licensing and manufacturing relationship. In January, 2012, Bridgelux and Toshiba entered into a Joint Development and Collaboration […]
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Automotive Electronics
STMicro Reports Improving Financial Results
STMicroelectronics has reported net revenues totaled $2.01 billion and gross margin was 31.3% the quarter ending March 30, 2013. Net loss attributable to ST was $171 million, mainly due to the 50% share in ST-Ericsson operating loss and restructuring costs, and slightly lower than the net loss of $176 million in the year-earlier first quarter. […]
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Power Quality Protection
SiC-based Fault Current Limiter Developed at Arkansas’ NCREPT
A local power failure in Ohio ten years ago caused a series of cascading power failures that resulted in a massive blackout that affected 50 million people and caused billions of dollars in damage and lost revenue. Such blackouts could be prevented in the future, thanks to a new piece of equipment developed by engineering […]
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Communications Power
Eltek Signs Agreement with Caterpillar on Telecom Hybrid Systems
Eltek ASA today announced the signing of a frame agreement for hybrid power solutions with Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of high-speed diesel generator sets and engines. The contract involves the design and supply of high-efficiency hybrid power solutions, combining an optimal generator operation with renewable energy, typically for remote telecom sites. Caterpillar is […]
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588Communications PowerXMOS Launches xCORE-Analog Industrial Multicore Microcontrollers
XMOS Ltd. has launched the xCORE-Analog™, a range of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16-core multicore microcontrollers optimized specifically for designers of...
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Automotive Electronics
Fairchild Semiconductor Q1 Financials are “Better than Seasonal”
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that for the first quarter ended March 31, sales were $343.2 million, up 3 percent from the prior quarter and 3 percent lower than the 14 week first quarter of 2012. Fairchild reported a first quarter net loss of $0.5 million or $0.00 per diluted share compared to a net loss of […]
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766Automotive Electronics8-bit PIC MCUs with Integrated Op Amps Intro’d by Microchip
Microchip Technology Inc. has announced two new 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers, the PIC16F527 and PIC16F570, which combine the ease-of-use of a PIC MCU...
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895Power Quality ProtectionLeviton Introduces Super Duty Line of Power Packs
Leviton Manufacturing Co. today announced the introduction of its new line of OPP20 Power Packs featuring the industry’s first true “fail safe”...
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Communications Power
Power-One Gets $1 Billion – ABB Gets Inverters
ABB and Power-One, Inc. today announced that their boards of directors have agreed to a transaction in which ABB will acquire Power-One for $6.35 per share in cash or $1,028 million equity value. The transaction would position ABB as a leading global supplier of solar inverters — the “intelligence” behind a solar PV system — […]
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621Batteries and Portable PowerLow-Power Microcontrollers Optimized for Embedded System Control
Lapis Semiconductor, a ROHM Group Company has introduced the ML6101xx series of low-cost, feature-rich, low-power microcontrollers. The new Mini Low Power Microcontrollers...
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Automotive Electronics
EMerge Alliance Celebrates 100-Member Milestone at LIGHTFAIR 2013
The EMerge Alliance — an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe dc power distribution standards for commercial buildings — today announced the addition of 21 new members and 39 new products for dc power applications at LIGHTFAIR International 2013. Now supported by more than 100 member organizations, the group continues to make […]
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729Automotive ElectronicsFAA Approves Boeing 787 Battery System Design Changes
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken the next step in returning the Boeing 787 to flight by approving Boeing’s design for...
