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Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.  today announced the offering and pricing of $500.0 million of its 3.450% Senior Notes due 2027. Maxim Integrated intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is sole active book-running manager for the offering, which is expected to close on June 15, 2017.  A...

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces the release of a new micropower LED driver IC that features an integrated Hall-effect switch. The APS13568 enables compact, elegant, reliable, and fault-tolerant LED lighting with minimal electrical engineering and low component-count and cost. A single silicon chip integrates: a micropower regulator, a Hall plate, a small-signal amplifier, chopper stabilization, a Schmitt trigger, open drain...

BOSTON, Mass. and WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following rapid growth across the industry in 2016, the United States solar market added 2,044 megawatts of new capacity in the first quarter of 2017. As installations grow, prices continue to fall to new lows, with utility-scale system prices dropping below the $1 per watt barrier for the first time, according to GTM...

5 City SME Connect gets a kick off in Ahmedabad. The other 4 cities will be covered in next two months. The highlight of the event is to interpret the SME technology challenges and mitigate those challenges with a systematic approach. Everyone knows that SMEs are handicapped by limited set of resources and skill sets therefore; there must be right...

KEY POINTS Extended Battery Life –Increases battery longevity by charging the phone intelligently, decreases the loss of capacity from the usual 15% to an incredible 7%, clears all background apps after an extended session and provides support in detecting battery draining apps Increased Customization – Allows users to select the start-up apps they really need, along with five different...

In San Francisco, a young engineer hopes to “optimise” his life through sensors that track his heart rate, respiration and sleep cycle. In Copenhagen, a bus running two minutes behind schedule transmits its location and passenger count to the municipal traffic signal network, which extends the time of the green light at each of the next three intersections long...

Greenpeace India launches bus to showcase solar power On the occasion of World Environment Day on Monday, Greenpeace India flagged off a ‘solar bus’ to raise awareness about solar energy and how it can easily power an entire household. Called the Solar Comet, the bus has solar panels installed on the roof that power energy-efficient LED bulbs, mobile charging points, a...

World Environment Day featured record-low solar bids submitted for Dubai’s upcoming project that will allow the sun to power thousands of homes at night. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced yesterday the prices from four consortiums for the 200-megawatt fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park. The lowest bid for the concentrated solar power (CSP)...

IIT Kharagpur researchers have developed a technology that might prove to be the life savior for many patients called “AmbuSens”. This will the doctors to keep track of the patient health in the ambulance. They can also suggest the nurse presents in the ambulance to take certain action if the condition of the patient becomes critical. Why this technology? There are many...

Do you feel that you’re running the gamut of human emotions as you seek to understand, appreciate and do more with the abundance of technology now at your fingertips? The plethora of emotional responses such as concern, fear, anger or even joy now seems to be intrinsically linked to how we feel, or are willing to embrace the opportunities...