TOKYO - Friday, March 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Design Automation & Test in Europe 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has developed an innovative, low power operating system (OS) for many-core processors, targeting application in embedded systems, including automotive products and digital consumer products. An evaluation of the OS on the company's own many-core processor recorded a 24.6% power reduction against the standard OS when running a super resolution program that scaled 1920x1080 pixel images to 3840x2160 resolutions. Details of the new OS were presented at "Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE 2013)" in Grenoble, France on March 20.

Recent multimedia processing, including video encoding and decoding and image recognition, requires high performance processors. Many-core processors, with up to dozens of cores, are finding an important role in running these applications. However, there is a problem: the ... Read more »

ATLANTA - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPEG LA, LLC and SIPCO, LLC are pleased to announce that Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc., Schneider Electric USA, Inc. and Schneider Electric Buildings, LLC have become proud members of the Essential Wireless Mesh™ ("EWM”) Patent Portfolio by taking a license to the EWM Patent Portfolio.

About SIPCO, LLC

SIPCO is a leading innovator of mesh networking and related technology based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded by renowned inventor T. David Petite, SIPCO developed technologies enabling robust self-organizing wireless networking and related technologies known as Wireless Mesh in conjunction with IntusIQ. Wireless Mesh is used in protocols such as ZigBee, Z-Wave, IEEE 802.15.4, WirelessHART and proprietary mesh network and in other wireless applications such as SmartGrid, building automation, industrial controls, network backhaul, smart vehicles, home appliances, home automation and entertai ... Read more »

Higher performance UVC LEDs help to realize ever more increasing range of customer applications including scientific instrumentation and water disinfection.

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GREEN ISLAND, NY - Friday, March 22nd 2013

Crystal IS, Inc., the leading manufacturer of proprietary, high-performance ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UVC LEDs) for monitoring, purification, and disinfection applications, has announced today that they achieved more than 65mW in optical output at 260 nm from a single UVC LED operated in a continuous mode. The details of this breakthrough were recently published in Applied Physics Express.

"This achievement is a technological milestone in the continued development of brighter, more efficient and reliable UVC LEDs. By employing die thinning and encapsulation techniques, we were able to increase the photon extraction efficiency to over 15%, "said Leo Schowalter, founder and CTO. "By fabricating our LEDs on our home grown alumi ... Read more »

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DUBLIN - Thursday, March 21st 2013

Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new program to purchase up to $3 billion of the Company’s ordinary shares from time to time, based on market conditions. This program is in addition to the $2.0 billion share repurchase program announced in August 2011, which currently has approximately $425 million remaining.

In the twelve months ending December 2012, Covidien returned more than $1.75 billion to shareholders in dividends and share repurchases, representing nearly 100% of its free cash flow. This is well above the Company’s stated annual goal of returning at least 50% of free cash flow to shareholders.

"The Board's approval to expand our share repurchase program reflects its confidence in the continued growth of Covidien’s business, the sustainability of our free cash flow and our commitment to enhance shareholder value," said José E. Alm ... Read more »

L’entreprise d’ingénierie brésilienne Archo atterrit au Parc de recherche technologique de Floride

MELBOURNE, Floride - Samedi 23 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--La réputation de l’Aéroport international de Melbourne en tant que plate-forme internationale de maintenance et d’aéronautique à très forte croissance a permis d’obtenir un nouveau locataire international pour l’aéroport.

Archo Solutions Engineering USA, une filiale de Solutions Design & Engineering de Sao Paolo, au Brésil, établira ses opérations au Parc de recherche technologique de Floride à l’Aéroport international de Melbourne. Les responsables de la société ont signé les contrats de location au début du mois pour ouvrir la première installation américaine d’Archo sur le parc de recherche de plus de 40 hectares, dans le cadre d’un partenariat entre l’aéroport et le Florida Insti ... Read more »

Decisions strengthen ZTE’s defence against Huawei’s patent claims

SHENZHEN, China - Saturday, March 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation (ZTE) welcomes two decisions made by the Düsseldorf district court in Germany on 21 March, 2013 in favor of the company, strengthening the company’s defense against claims by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. over some patents related to LTE technology.

The court dismissed all of Huawei’s claims in the litigation over European patent EP 2 033 335 (EP’335) related to both base stations and mobile terminals. In the litigation over European patent EP 2 090 050 (EP ‘050), the court decided to stay the case and refer to the European Court of Justice (EJC) several questions concerning the application of the European Union competition law.

ZTE regards intellectual property as central to the company’s business, and is committed to increasing its competitiveness in patent assets. ZTE was ranked No. 1 in internationa ... Read more »

Shenzhen, China - Friday, March 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, was ranked first in international patent applications by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2012, the second consecutive year the company achieved top position in the annual gauge of the world’s most prolific innovators.

According to WIPO’s data, ZTE filed applications for 3,906 patents under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2012, 37 percent more than a year earlier, making it the first company from China to top the tables for two successive years. ZTE’s patent applications in 2012 were more than double the total of Huawei Technologies(1801), and greatly exceeded other companies in the telecommunications equipment industry such as Ericsson(1197), Nokia Siemens(326) and Alcatel-Lucent(346). ... Read more »

La solution de Gemalto permet d’accéder à et d’interagir sur Facebook 24 heures sur 24 et 7 jours sur 7 depuis n’importe quel combiné mobile sans forfait données

AMSTERDAM - Jeudi 21 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Informations réglementaires :

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), le leader mondial de la sécurité numérique, annonce que grâce à sa solution innovante d’accès à Facebook par carte SIM, Tigo devient le premier exploitant de réseau mobile de Colombie à offrir l’accès mobile à Facebook® quel que soit le type de combiné mobile.

Le logiciel enfoui de Gemalto offre un accès interactif 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7 depuis n’importe quel type de combiné, une option économique pour les 6,3 millions d’abonnés à Tigo. Les utilisateurs et clients potentiels de Tigo pourront profiter de ce service sans devoir pour autant souscrire à un forfait données.< ... Read more »

Gemalto Solution Provides 24-7 Interactive Facebook Access from Any Mobile Handset Even without a Data Plan

AMSTERDAM - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Tigo is the first mobile network operator in Colombia to offer mobile access to Facebook®, regardless of the type of mobile handset, using its innovative Facebook for SIM solution.

Gemalto´s embedded software application provides interactive, 24/7 access to Facebook from any type of handset, offering a cost-effective alternative for Tigo´s 6.3 million subscribers. Tigo´s users and potential customers will be able to enjoy the service, even without a data plan.

This innovative SIM with Gemalto´s software application provides Tigo customers with an effortless and intuitive use of core Facebook features such as wall posts and messages, friend requests, status updates an ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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