Dublin-based Mobile video chip startup Movidius has won an EU research and development grant for team of academics and engineers in Romania to work on 3D technology.

The UK’s business culture of late payment of bills has received a boost from Dell who have, according to The Forum of Private Business, extended the time it will take to pay bills from 50 days to 65 days giving the excuse of ‘current economic conditions’.

Kilopass, the anti-fuse OTP non-volatile memory company, is selling a 4Mbit hard macro made in standard 40nm CMOS at multiple foundries.

GE Lighting, a unit of the General Electric Company, and Rambus have signed a licensing agreement for the use of Rambus’ patented lighting technologies. These include its product reference designs and manufacturing process designs.

Aiming to launch products this year, Surrey solar cell start-up QuantaSol has restructured its management team. CEO Chris Shannon joined the Kinston-upon-Thames firm late last year, having previously been involved in start-ups Ezurio and Queensgate Instruments. Shannon has bought in Ivor Thomas as CFO and Dr Gianluca Bacchin as v-p engineering. Former product engineering director Dr Tom Tibbits has moved ...

Altium has appointed a value-added reseller (VAR) in Austria. The appointment of HANSA PLM-Solutions comes as Altium identifies significant market opportunities in this region. Austria’s electronics industry has some 300 companies employing about 60,000 staff. In 2008 Austria’s electronics industry accounted for revenues of €11bn, according to figures released by the Austrian Association of Electrical and Electronics Industry (Fachverband der ...

Leadtimes are going crazy and double-ordering is commonplace. But it will all look a lot better in September. That seems to be the most optimistic view I can find on the current supply side shortages in the distribution market.

Thanks to the New York Times and Marginal Revolution for this one – the ten states most likely to default on their debts.

Last week Birmingham-based start-up Aeristech secured £500,000 to develop its electromechanical turbocharger. This week, CEO Bryn Richards revealed the firm's technology...

This interest in the production test environment largely developed by specialist suppliers, such as JTAG Technologies, Goepel and UK-based XJTAG, comes from its increased popularity due to falling costs