SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo’s board has hired three investment banking firms to evaluate potential bids for its Internet operations in the clearest sign yet that CEO Marissa Mayer may not have much more time to turn around the struggling company. The move announced Friday comes 2 1/2 weeks after Yahoo disclosed it would consider “strategic alternatives” […]
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APEC 2016 Industry Session to cover Transportation Power Electronics
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Transportation Power Electronics Technical Committee is sponsoring the APEC Industry Session “Transportation Power Electronics.” Featuring speakers from industry and government research laboratories…
Digi-Key launches maker professional website
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Electronics today announced the unveiling of an a new web destination called Maker.io targeted toward the maker professional. Digi‐Key was started by a maker professional and has a long history of being a destination for these entrepreneurial engineers; and Maker.io is a new site to help them take their ideas […]
Avnet and IBM join forces to accelerate IoT innovation
Avnet, Inc. a leading global technology distributor, today announced it is working with IBM to increase the development and deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in the U.S., Europe, and Canada. The two companies’ efforts will help customers develop IoT solutions built on the IBM Watson IoT Platform to help create new revenue streams […]
Ultra-compact EV charger made with GaN transistors
Automotive electronics specialist HELLA, in collaboration with GaN Systems have developed a Level-2 electric vehicle (EV) charger prototype with efficiencies exceeding 97% at an unprecedented 2.6 kW/l power…
General Motors deploys Mentor Capital system design tools
WILSONVILLE, Ore., February 16, 2016 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that General Motors is deploying Mentor® Capital® electrical systems design tools for its vehicle development projects. The tools deliver cycle time reductions and support improved engineering processes, helping General Motors efficiently deliver the new electronic features demanded by the car-buying public. This […]
Modbus packet filter provides advanced security for IIoT and RTOS-based devices
Icon Labs, (www.iconlabs.com), a leading provider of embedded networking and security technology, today announced the release of its Floodgate Modbus Protocol Filtering product. This extension to Icon Labs’ Floodgate Security Framework adds critical protection capabilities for Industrial IoT and RTOS-based devices. The Floodgate Modbus Protocol filter provides the critical, missing layer of security for Modbus/TCP […]
Researchers 3D print ultralight supercapacitors
For the first time ever, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and UC Santa Cruz have successfully 3D-printed supercapacitors using an ultra-lightweight graphene aerogel, opening the door to novel, unconstrained designs of highly efficient energy storage systems for smartphones, wearables, implantable devices, electric cars and wireless sensors. Using a 3D-printing process called direct-ink writing […]
Power management technology site covers components and supply technology
Mouser Electronics, Inc. has launched its new Power Management Technology site, designed to give engineers easy-to-access information on the latest technical advances in power management technologies. As part…
Transciever FPGAs handle low-latency Ethernet for datacenters
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced a transceiver technology breakthrough, bringing greater cost efficiency to data center interconnects. Xilinx’s Virtex UltraScale devices have achieved compliance to the 25GE, 50GE…
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