Google is reportedly in final talks with HTC about a deal for the latter’s smartphone unit. According to the Commercial times, per Digitimes, HTC has reportedly entered the final stage of negotiations for either selling its smartphone business outright to Google, or a potential strategic investment. In August, Bloomberg reported that the Taiwanese firm was […]
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Now available free: Embedded C Coding Standard book
To help the embedded systems industry create safer products, Barr Group has made the downloadable version of its Embedded C Coding Standard available to the public free of charge. This offering comes in response to potentially disturbing results published in the 2017 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey. That survey revealed that approximately one in five designers of […]
Researchers say sliding-mode algorithm cleans up ripple in buck converter output
A special kind of control technique is said to be effective at eliminating voltage ripple in the output of buck converters that see a wide range of inputs. The design comes from scientists at Golestan University in Iran, Concordia University in Canada, and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The researchers published their study […]
AT&T-Time Warner Deal Gets Approval from Chile
AT&T continues to pull in approvals for its proposed $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. Chilean regulators were the latest to approve the merger, bringing the number of approvals from competition authorities outside the United States to 17. The Chilean Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE) signed off on the deal, but with “targeted behavioral conditions” to […]
Long Island IEEE section to host power electronics exposition
The IEEE section in Long Island, N.Y. will host the first-ever power electronics symposium to be held in that area on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Organizers say they plan on having at least four technical lectures and expect to host 25 to 50 exhibitors and over 200 attendees. Organizers expect a good turn-out because the […]
Avnet and Arizona State University invite students to compete in second annual ASU innovation open
Avnet, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, is accepting applications for the 2018 ASU Innovation Open (ASUio), a multi-round competition that supports student ventures from across the United States in driving technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will compete for a grand prize of $100,000 to continue […]
Littelfuse acquires IXYS power and IC supplier
Littelfuse, Inc.and IXYS Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Littelfuse will acquire all of the outstanding shares of IXYS in a cash and stock transaction. The transaction represents an equity value of approximately $750 million and enterprise value of $655 million. (1) Under the terms of the agreement, each IXYS stockholder […]
Free lit: Photo etching of thin-metal parts, shielding and flexible circuits
A capabilities brochure describes how the photo etching process lets Tech-Etch produce prototype quantities and large production runs of intricate parts for many diverse mechanical and electrical applications, without the high cost and long lead times of hard tooling. Custom light-gauge parts are produced with intricate patterns, precise tolerances and burr-free edges, in addition to […]
Arena Solutions receives strategic growth investment
Arena Solutions, pioneer of a cloud-based, all-in-one product development platform that unites PLM (product lifecycle management), ALM (application lifecycle management), supply chain collaboration, and QMS (quality management systems), today announced that it has received an investment from JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. Founded in 2000, Arena invented […]
Armstrong: A Billion Customers “Can’t Be Wrong” on Value of Yahoo, AOL
Despite the rocky road leading to the convergence of former internet titans AOL and Yahoo, the head of Verizon’s new company Oath remains confident that the billion-plus customers visiting those sites know best. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Oath chief Tim Armstrong said the united AOL and Yahoo assets are poised for […]