Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Changes Name to AppliedMicro
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), a global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions, announced its new name as AppliedMicro to reflect the company’s drive for breakthrough energy efficiency and cost optimized semiconductor devices that will propel the company into new growth markets. In keeping with the 30-year AMCC heritage as an innovator in high-speed connectivity and high performance embedded processing, AppliedMicro will remain dedicated to its customers in the telco, datacenter and enterprise markets, while increasing market share by striving to reduce the power consumption of its products by as much as 50 percent.
SMIC, TSMC Resolve All Pending Lawsuits
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (the “Company” or “SMIC”) announced that it entered into a settlement agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (the “Acquiror” or “TSMC”) to resolve all pending lawsuits between the parties, including the legal action filed by TSMC in California (the “California Case”) for which a verdict was returned by the jury against SMIC on 4 November 2009 and the legal action filed by SMIC in Beijing (the “Beijing Case”).
UCLA Engineering Students Win element14 Live EDGE Competition
UCLA Engineering and element14, a new online technology resource and community for electronic design engineers, announce that three students at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science were selected to receive $2,500 Live EDGE scholarships to help further their educations in electrical and electronics engineering. Of the 12 Live EDGE scholarships awarded to engineering students worldwide, UCLA had the most winners.
Engineers without Borders, IEFT Help Sustain Schools in Tanzania
Water and education are inseparable and interconnected. A school cannot function efficiently without a reliable water supply, and students’ learning abilities and attendance depend on the availability of clean water. Indigenous Education Foundation of Tanzania (IEFT), a non-profit grassroots organization that provides quality, affordable secondary education to underserved indigenous children in rural Tanzania, is partnering with the Portland Chapter of Engineers without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) to ensure the staff and students of Orkeeswa Secondary School in Lashaine Village, Tanzania have a water supply system that is safe and dependable.
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GE Fanuc Automation Joint Venture Dissolves
GE (NYSE: GE) and FANUC announced that the two companies have agreed to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation joint venture. This agreement would allow each company to refocus its investments to grow its existing businesses and pursue its respective core industry expertise. GE and FANUC expect the transaction to be completed by the end of this year, subject to satisfactory customary closing conditions.
Khronos Group Unveils Version 3.2 of OpenGL 2D, 3D Graphics Standard
The Khronos[tm] Group, announced OpenGL® 3.2, the third major update in twelve months to the most widely adopted 2D and 3D graphics API (application programming interface) for personal computers and workstations. This new release continues the rapid evolution of the OpenGL standard to enable graphics developers to portably access cutting-edge GPU functionality across diverse operating systems and platforms.
CoSoSysCreates Educational Comic Strip for Endpoint Security
CoSoSys, vendor of the most innovative and effective applications for portable storage devices and endpoint security solutions, announces a series of comic strips intended to educate the public regarding the embedded threats of portable and lifestyle devices. As the careless use of such devices can easily lead to data theft, data loss, fraud or identity theft, both individuals and businesses need to understand the risks they are exposed to.
Knowles Acoustics Becomes Member of EDGE Innovation Network
Knowles Acoustics joins the EDGE® Innovation Network as a technology member. The EDGE is a collaborative, open-environment initiative enabling industry and academia, with government input, to work together to reduce the delivery time of new technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters and first responders. The EDGE Innovation Network is sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems.
OpenVPX Industry Working Group Opens Membership to Technical Working Group
The OpenVPX Industry Working Group, an alliance of leading-edge defense prime contractors and embedded computing systems suppliers, announced it has opened membership to its Technical Working Group, effectively immediately. The OpenVPX Industry Working Group was recently launched to take a proactive approach in addressing the VPX system-level interoperability issues associated with the VPX (VITA 46) family of specifications. At its inaugural meeting held in Dallas, Texas last week, members of the anticipated Steering Committee, which is in the final stage of formation, set forth guidelines for the OpenVPX Industry Working Group’s organizational structure, policies, and development of a system specification with a completion goal of October 2009. The recommendations were submitted to meeting participants on day two of the assembly.
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