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Imagine multiple stacks of active layers of transistors without through-silicon bias. Years ago this was an impossible sight, but today two of the largest industry leaders, CEA-Leti & Qualcomm have collaborated in developing the newest 3D chip of its kind. Read more >>

Lumileds Lighting, a worldwide leader in light engine technology, has recently developed and designed a lighting led which is equipped with robust materials and packaging which allows it to be protected from harsh environments, such as Sulphur and chlorine, and is capable of maintaining output at 105 degrees Celsius for 100,000 hours. This lighting led, called the Luxeon HR30, was specifically engineered and tested with intentions for using it in the most demanding conditions and environments. Potential applications of the Luxeon HR30 include swimming pool buildings, power generation facilities, and chemical plants. Read more >>

On April 5th The husband and wife team of Marvell Technology Group founder and Chief Executive Officer Sehat Sutardja along with President Weili Dai announced they will be stepping down from both of their respective management posts. Although Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai have both resigned from their active management posts they will still remain on the Board of Directors with Sehat Sutardja continuing to hold his position as chairman. Read more >>

EM Microelectronics has staked the claim of having manufactured a chip that starts on 300mV and operates on only 100mV making it the lowest figures in terms of voltage for solar harvester chips. The Swiss chip company is owned by Swatch and has a long storied background in being a power player for ultra-low power electronics. The EM8500 energy harvester chip work can work form TEGs as well as photo-voltaic cells, and on-chips are two peak power tracking algorithms  with one for solar cells and one for TEGs. Read more >>

Sony Corporation, the Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Konan Minato, Tokyo, Japan, has recently announced that they will be starting a new drone subsidiary in order to serve their business customers. Through a joint venture with ZMP Inc., a Tokyo-based startup which specializes in autopilot technology, Sony plans on creating a drone company called Aerosense. Read more >>

The Tokyo-based multinational conglomerate Toshiba has found itself in the middle of one of Japan’s largest accounting scandals. This scandal arose after accusations that the chief executives of Toshiba have driven the company to overstate its earnings over the last seven years by $1.2 billion. This billion dollar amount is equivalent to almost a third of Toshiba’s pretax profits that they reported during this seven year time span. In many people’s eyes, Toshiba’s chief executives were held in high regard as civic leaders, as the company was thought to have had combined profitability with modern governance. Read more >>

In March of 2015, Qualcomm Incorporated announced that it will buy back $15 billion USD worth of shares of its own stock. Over the next year, the company will spend $10 billion buying back stock, funded by both cash on hand (with $31.6 billion in liquid assets at its disposal as of the end of 2014) and also possibly a public debt offering. The technology corporation also stated that it will increase its dividend distribution by 14% (from $0.42 to $0.48 per share). The news triggered a rise in stock price of approximately 1.6%, closing at almost $73 on Monday, March 9, 2015. The company maintains a generous capital return program with 93% of fiscal year 2014’s free cash flow (totaling approximately $7.1 billion) distributed to investors. Read more >>

In February 2015, the British aerospace, defense, and information security firm BAE Systems was awarded a new contract by the United States Navy. The initial value of the award is USD$28.4 million. With a duration of nine years, the grand total of the contract is an estimated USD$187.4 million. The nine-year DDG VI Radio Communications System contract calls for BAE Systems to provide systems engineering, production, and integration for 12 DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and one DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer. Read more >>

General Dynamics has upgraded their Digital Modular Radios (DMR) to quadruple the United States Navy’s network communications capacity. The radio’s four channels are being upgraded with high-frequency dynamic routing (HFDR) software to double their channels to eight. Along with the HFDR, the high-frequency virtual channel exploitation software increases the DMR’s virtual channels to 16 while using the high frequency line-of-sight and ultra-high frequency satellite communications frequencies. Read more >>

On January 30, 2015, the American aerospace and defense company L-3 Communications won two Enterprise Program Management contracts that have a total value of USD$367 million. Granted by the National Security Agency (NSA) to L-3’s National Security Solutions (NSS) business, the five-year contract calls for L-3 Communications to supply systems engineering, acquisition planning, program management, and financial management for the National Security Agency’s key mission areas. Although the contract’s value is USD$367 million, the maximum ceiling value of the two contracts over a period of five years totals to approximately USD$1 billion. With the contract, L-3 Communications looks to provide the National Security Agency with an affordable solution to increase the government agency’s capabilities in national security and defense. Read more >>