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Infineon Technologies and Panasonic have signed an agreement for the joint development and production of the second generation of their proven gallium nitride (GaN) technology, offering higher efficiency and power density levels. The outstanding performance and reliability combined with the capability of 8-inch GaN-on-Si wafer production mark Infineon's strategic outreach to the growing demand for GaN power semiconductors.
Company release
Japanese consumer electronics maker Panasonic on Tuesday posted third-quarter operating profit of 130.2 billion yen ($1.24 billion), according to Reuters calculations, beating analysts forecasts as sales rebounded more than expected.
Reuters
Panasonic said on Thursday it is working to develop a new battery cell for Tesla Inc based on the U.S. electric vehicle maker's new cell format, as the Japanese company moves forward its decade-old partnership with Tesla.
Reuters
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The Verge
The new company is called Prime Planet Energy and Solutions.
Ars Technica
Researchers at the electronics and home-appliance manufacturer leave connected devices open to the internet in a controlled environment - and watch how hackers attempt to attack them.
ZDNet
Japan's Panasonic will sell its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology, a Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday.
Reuters
By stacking two LCD panels in one television, Hisense and Panasonic aim for better picture quality.
CNET
Tesla is developing the means to manufacture its own battery cells, current and recent employees told CNBC.
CNBC
Japan's Panasonic Corp said on its China website on Thursday it continues to supply Huawei normally. The company had said earlier that it stopped shipments of certain components to Huawei.
Reuters
Japan's Toyota Motor and Panasonic said they plan to establish a joint company to develop "connected" services to be used in homes and urban development.
Reuters
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Local production was also hit, with Toyota Motor halting operations at most of its group plants, and Honda Motor halting its Suzuka plant in Mie prefecture. Kyocera, Murata Manufacturing, Panasonic and Shiseido were among other manufacturers shutting some of their facilities.
Bloomberg
Toyota and Panasonic have announced an agreement to begin studying the feasibility of a joint automotive prismatic battery business. This agreement between the two companies aims to help find solutions to pressing societal issues such as global warming, air pollution, the depletion of natural resources and energy security.
Company release
Panasonic exhibited at the International Robot Exhibition 2017 (organized by the Japan Robot Association and The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun) being held at the Tokyo Big Sight from November 29 to December 2, 2017. The International Robot Exhibition is organized once every two years and is one of the largest exhibitions on robots that many robot manufacturers and affiliated companies from Japan and across the world take part in.
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Panasonic, Qualcomm team up for next-generation Android-based in-vehicle infotainment system (Jan 5)
Using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820A processor, this concept system is based on the latest version of the Android OS (7.0 Nougat), which is designed to provide automakers with a superior, high-performing platform to quickly develop cloud-connected infotainment systems.
Company release
Sony and Panasonic, the Japanese electronics makers, have warned that profits would be hit by lower export income owing to the stronger yen and the retreat from lossmaking businesses.
The Financial Times
Japan's electronics giant Panasonic plans to sell its two plasma display plants at its Amagasaki site in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, to a Singapore-based investment firm, according to The Nikkei.
Nikkei.com
Panasonic forecast its profit to fall in the current business year amid slower growth in emerging markets as well as planned investments in automotive technologies and high-end consumer electronics.
Reuters (via Yahoo! News)
Panasonic will cut 50 jobs in April at a factory that makes solar ingots in Oregon amid slowing demand for photovoltaic panels in Japan.
Bloomberg
The consumer electronics company says it plans to spend up to US$1.6 billion on an advanced battery factoryan with electric-car maker Tesla Motors.
The Wall Street Journal
Among the top winners of US patents in 2014, Google cracked the top 10 for the first time, hitting No. 8 with 2,566 patents, up a whopping 38.6% from last year. Archrival Apple won 2,003 patents, up 12.8% to 11th place, just 92 patents behind Panasonic, which fell for the second consecutive year.
EE Times
Panasonic has unveiled a hybrid smartphone-camera at the Photokina trade show in Cologne.
BBC News
17 Jan 2014
Panasonic plans to sell three chip-assembly plants in Southeast Asia to Singapore's United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC), sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as part of Panasonic's global reorganisation.
Reuters UK
Sony and Panasonic said on Wednesday that they will end joint development of organic light emitting diode (OLED) television screens.
Reuters
Japan's Panasonic will sell three domestic semiconductor factories to Israel's TowerJazz as early as the current business year ending March, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, bringing the embattled electronics giant closer to completing the overhaul of its loss-making businesses.
Reuters
Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic will slash its 14,000-strong chipmaking workforce by half and possibly sell some of its plants, the Nikkei business daily reported Wednesday.
NASDAQ.com
Panasonic has confirmed it is to stop selling smartphones in its home market Japan. It said it would also begin outsourcing production of handsets sold to other countries such as India.
BBC News
Panasonic will close a solar panel manufacturing plant in Hungary to consolidate production in Malaysia and Japan.
Bloomberg
The Osaka-based company plans to stop making wafers at the end of June, a spokeswoman Chieko Gyobu said on May 23 by phone in Tokyo.
Bloomberg
Panasonic said its solar panel operation will probably remain profitable amid growing demand from domestic homeowners.
The Japan Times
Fujitsu and Panasonic are in the final stage of talks to go ahead with a merger of their large-scale integrated chip (LSI) operations into a new company, NHK reported Friday.
Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
Panasonic is mulling fresh job losses on top of 17,000 recent lay-offs as the Japanese electronics conglomerate looks to engineer a profit rebound, a source said.
Reuters
Olympus is also looking to slash 2,500 jobs, the Asahi Shimbun said, without naming its sources.
AFP (via Google)
With sales of LCD television technology falling far short of expectations in the global marketplace, Sony and Panasonic are in talks to jointly mass-produce the next generation of OLED television sets.
Broadcast Engineering
According to seperate reports, both Panasonic and Samsung could be looking to use Android as the base operating system on digital cameras in the future.
SlashGear
Having previously differenciated their LCD and Plasma TV lines by virtue of size; Panasonic have annouced that they will be producing larger screen LED TVs for the first time.
HDTV Org
Renesas Electronics and two other big Japanese chip makers have begun talks to combine their system chip operations and outsource production in a government-backed deal, sources said.
Reuters
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