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India has achieved a milestone 20 GW in cumulative solar installations to date, reports Mercom India Research based on recent figures. 20 GW was the initial goal set up for 2022 by the National Solar Mission, which has been reached four years ahead of time. This demonstrates the commitment by the new government, which is working hard to achieve the revised target of...

Worldwide shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — totaled 2.28 billion units in 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. Shipments are on course to reach 2.32 billion units in 2018, an increase of 2.1 percent. Two markets will drive overall growth in device shipments in 2018. First is the mobile phone market, led by the high-end smartphone segment....

Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LTC7815, a high frequency (up to 2.25MHz) triple output (buck, buck, boost), synchronous DC/DC controller that maintains all output voltages in regulation during automotive cold crank conditions. A 12V automotive battery can droop to less than 4 volts during engine restart or cold crank, causing reset of infotainment systems and other electronics that operate...

Cleareon, a New York City-based provider of advanced, neutral access solutions, including wholly owned fiber infrastructure, lit services and data center (hoteling) services, announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire additional data center assets within the New York City (NYC) metropolitan area. Set to close in late February, these data center assets, along with the company's 2017...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced availability of the DesignWare® ARC® HS Development Kit to accelerate software development for the ARC HS processor family. The ARC HS Development Kit is a ready-to-use software development platform that includes access to the embARC open source software packages on the embARC website, enabling designers to start software development prior to SoC availability. The ARC HS Development...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, announces a global distribution agreement with Insight SiP, providers of ready-to-use radio frequency (RF) modules for Bluetooth low energy applications. Through the agreement, Mouser will stock Insight SiP’s Bluetooth low energy modules, designed for low-power wireless connectivity applications, such as telecom and mobile computing, portable consumer...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader that empowers innovation, announces a global distribution agreement with Espressif Systems. Through the agreement, Mouser is now an authorized distributor of Espressif's popular and affordable line of ESP8266 and ESP32-based low-power wireless systems-on-chip (SoCs), modules, and development boards for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The Espressif portfolio of solutions, available from...

Originating in Japan, the Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement in a business context is becoming increasingly important in the automobile industry. One driving force in this context is the technology company Continental. At the end of 2014, the Continental site in Roding, Germany, became the first plant in the world in the automotive sector to receive a Kaizen "5S...

Wi-Fi and Broadband have become the necessity of digitally changing life but another technology is ready to add on-to your list. This new technology has a similar category but comes with many added advantageous and uses light as a source to transmit data with high speeds. Li-Fi is the new name for transmitting data at the very high speed...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction leader that empowers innovation, today announces the first issue in volume two of its popular Methods e-zine. This latest issue, titled “2018 Look Ahead: Design & Technology,” explores key developments to come this year as well as their social ramifications. “The industry expects to see many exciting developments in 2018, and this new...