Recently, a long list of well-known technology executives released an open letter opposing Donald Trump's candidacy for president. The letter was clear in its sentiments: the election of Trump would not benefit the technology sector: We have listened to Donald Trump over the past year and we have concluded: Trump would be a disaster for…
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MADISON, Wis. — Shareholders of ARM overwhelmingly approved its sale to SoftBank in Japan on Tuesday (Aug. 30) in a meeting in London. The move officially put an end to the independence of ARM, a wildly successful processor IP core company born 31 years ago in Cambridge, the U.K. In order to allay concerns and…
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Apple Inc. is right to defend itself against the European Commission’s $14.5 billion fine for alleged tax underpayment in Ireland but its defense strategy and explanations should not be adopted by other high-tech companies that may come under regulatory scrutiny. The company is ignoring rising consumer, regulatory and political concerns that many high tech enterprises…
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Apple Inc. has a ferocious and vigorous defender-in-chief in Timothy Cook, who also doubles as the company’s chief executive officer. This year, Cook has written at least two “open” letters to Apple stakeholders on challenges facing the company, the last being on a $14.5 billion fine from the European Commission. Earlier this year, Cook in…
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The European Commission said its alleged tax-avoidance case against Apple Inc. rests on four stout pillars centered on actions allegedly taken by the company – with the approval of the Irish government – that resulted in it paying minimal taxes annually for more than a decade on profits from sales in many countries on the…
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TROY, Mich. , Aug. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Altair’s flagship software suite HyperWorks has released a number of new features that greatly improve workflows and provide a complete framework of model building and stress analysis solutions for Aerospace. The new tools greatly increase efficiency for aerospace engineers in their daily tasks, including concept design, global and…
DetailsBannockburn, Ill. — IPC’s Study of Quality Benchmarks for Electronics Assembly 2016 is now available. The annual study provides valuable benchmarking data to electronics assembly companies interested in comparing quality measurements to industry averages. The quality control measurements covered by the study include first-pass yields for various test methods in use as well as the percent of…
DetailsFujitsu Semiconductor Limited and Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced that they have reached an agreement with US-based Nantero, Inc. to license that company’s technology for NRAM, non-volatile RAM using carbon nanotubes, and to conduct joint development towards releasing a product based on 55-nm process technology. Three companies are aiming to develop a product using…
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