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Upgrading the On-Board Power-Net from 12V will Pave Way for 48V Power Net
Electrification of the automobile is not limited to the Electric Vehicle (EV) space. Conventional automobiles of today are partly electric in their own way, with most systems in the vehicle having electrical and electronic connections for better functionality. Certain high-end vehicles possess more than 90 Electronic Control Units (ECUs) to control the various modules within the car, making the car both sophisticated and complicated.
Soitec Solar awarded $25 million from U.S. Department of Energy for North American solar manufacturing facility in San Diego, California
Soitec announced that one of its US Solar Energy subsidiaries has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a SUNPATH award in the amount of $25 million to support its new North American solar manufacturing facility in San Diego, California. SUNPATH, which stands for Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home, seeks to increase America’s manufacturing competitiveness in the global solar market.
Soitec completes construction and grid connection of largest concentrator photovoltaic solar power plant in Italy
Soitec announced it has completed construction and grid connection for the largest concentrator photovoltaic solar power plant in Italy. Located in the Belpasso municipality in the Catania province in Sicily, the highly efficient, 1.17-megawatt-peak facility is now ready to generate clean, reliable electricity for the local power grid for decades to come and paves the way for many other CPV plants to be developed in Italy.
FAST & IASE Exhibition focus on driving the cost out of fasteners and assembly
After a very successful event in April at the Harrogate Pavilions, the next FAST & IASE Exhibitions take place at the hugely popular and centrally located National Motorcycle Museum on 18th October this year. Entry to FAST & IASE exhibitions is free. One registration provides a badge valid for both events and pre-registration can be done at www.fastenerexhibition.com.
Lord Taylor and Rt. Hon. David Willetts to Present at NanoKTN Conference
NanoKTN is pleased to announce details of a one-day event Nanotechnology – Partnership for Progress hosted by the NanoKTN, BIS, Defra and SAFENANO. The event, taking place on 17th July 2012 at the BIS Conference Centre in London, will provide an opportunity to hear from Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, and from Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in Defra, about the Government...
Micron and Elpida Announce Sponsor Agreement
Micron Technology, Inc. and Elpida Memory, Inc.'s trustees announced today that the parties have signed a definitive sponsor agreement for Micron to acquire and support Elpida. The agreement has been entered into in connection with Elpida's corporate reorganization proceedings conducted under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court.
Coating for Solar Photovoltaic Cells wins Venture Prize Award
Researchers at the University of Oxford have won a major materials science prize to develop a high-technology coating with the potential to significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of new-generation solar photovoltaic cells. Professor Peter Edwards will use the £25,000 Materials Science Venture Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, to develop manufacturing processes for his group’s transparent conducting oxide...
PRUF LED Relies on BTU’s PYRAMAX 125A to Produce LED Panels at New SMT Production Facility
BTU International, Inc announces that PRUF LED has installed a PYRAMAX 125A at its new cutting-edge, fully automated SMT production facility in Robinson, Texas. The addition of the 125A will assist with the manufacture of a broad spectrum of LED lighting panels, including the only 4-foot panels produced in the United States
First sponsors announced for embedded platforms conference
Farnell, Infineon, Toshiba, TQ Systems and Texas Instruments are the first companies to sponsor the new embedded platforms conference, which is being held in conjunction with electronica for the first time on November 14 and 15. The International Trade Fair for Electronic Components, Systems and Applications takes place in Munich from November 13 – 16.
Eurotech selected by CINECA to develop the Eurora supercomputer prototype
Eurotech announces a co-design agreement with CINECA for the development and installation of a HPC (High Performance Computer) prototype called Eurora, in a project co-founded by PRACE 2IP. Eurotech received an order assignment of 850 thousand euro to delivery within year-end the first release of the new prototype HPC system. CIN