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LONDON: A consortium of 12 British and Indian universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, has received a 7-million-pound grant from the UK government to build five self-sufficient solar-powered buildings in remote Indian villages. The grant is part of a new solar project 'SUNRISE' aimed at developing printed photovoltaic cells and new manufacturing processes which can be used to make solar energy...

In response to the current market demands and the latest USB standard, a leading power chip supplier ON Semiconductor has joined forces with a leader in USB Power Delivery (PD) controller Weltrend Semiconductor to offer a comprehensive range of USB PDwall charger reference designs, including a 45 W USB PD 3.0 power adapter solution with USB Type-C PD 3.0...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide in South Australia tested more than 50 different computers and external USB hubs and found that more than 90 per cent of them leaked information to an external USB device. The results will be presented in Canada at the USENIX Security Symposium in Vancouver next week. Project leader Dr Yuval Yarom, Research Associate with the University of...

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of an innovative Industrial Ethernet access point from Phoenix Contact. Offering quick and easy installation, the new WLAN1100 wireless LAN module is a reliable, rugged and safe device that combines access point and antenna technology in a single unit. Ideal for use with machinery, mobile vehicles and control...

Tigo, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, announced it now offers its customers the benefits of Amazon Alexa technology via the new Tigo Skill, available on Alexa-enabled products. The Tigo Skill integration allows English- and German-speaking Tigo customers to use their voice to inquire about their PV production or other information collected by Tigo's SMART website. Using the Tigo...

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global bus switch IC market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 4% during the forecast period. This industry research report identifies Toshiba, Texas Instruments, and NXP as the key vendors in the global bus switch IC market. This industry research report also presents a competitive analysis of the market...

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a committed technology leader, is pleased to announce it has won the Flash Memory Summit “Best of Show” award for Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology in the Data Center category. Toshiba exceeded Facebook’s ambitious IO Determinism (IOD) performance target with their NVM Express (NVMe)1 based drives modified with “sets” architecture, showing improvements of up to...

The total turnover achieved by the Retarus Group rose to 43.6 million Euros for the fiscal year (FY) 2017, which concluded on May 31st, 2017. This represents a growth in turnover of 16.8 percent.The positive performance of the business is due in part to the success on the market of the innovative new technology “Patient Zero Detection”, which was launched by...

Silicon Labs has introduced the industry’s most scalable, flexible and cost-effective car radio solution for the global automotive infotainment market. Silicon Labs’ new portfolio of Global Eagle and Dual Eagle AM/FM receivers and digital radio tuners and Digital Falcon coprocessors enables automakers and Tier 1 suppliers to address all market segments, cost and performance levels, and digital radio standards while...

Bravo Linear Tech Limited announced today the launch of the world’s first linear power supply for USB Type C audio power product named MusicLinear on Indiegogo (*), providing unparalleled high fidelity (Hi-Fi) to audiophiles. USB Type C is a standard that is changing the way PC and mobile devices are used, the standard includes specifications that cover both how power...