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Aerospace

Cover Story: Five years after the launch of a strategy document, is plastic still fantastic?

Analysis: It's a bold move, but will the combination of NXP and Freescale bring the better future anticipated?

Manufacturing

Some announcements from the recent embedded world exhibition, including Freescale's launch of the KV5x MCU family

Power

Synchronous buck switching regulator delivers 2A

ASIC & SoC

Intel launches Xeon based SoC, targets microserver designs

Suddenly, IoT security is all the rage

Automotive

Infineon licenses Panasonic's GaN power switch technology

Consumer

Akustica adds two analogue MEMS microphones

Medical & Healthcare

Thin films and silicon electrodes could improve Li-ion battery performance

Consumer

MEMS sensors feature integrated DSP

Aerospace

US certification specialist acquires NQA, creates global certification organisation

Science teaching in primary schools 'less of a priority', says CBI report