Qualcomm Inc has
agreed to acquire the
assets of Rapid Bridge LLC,
a San Diego-based
inventor of advanced
techniques for the design
and development
of semiconductor products.
The company’s technology
reduces complexity
in integrated circuit (IC)
development at advanced
technology nodes to enable
greater design flexibility
and optimized die size
and power consumption.
Rapid Bridge’s San Diego
design team and San
Diego/Bangalore
engineering services
operations will be integrated
into Qualcomm CDMA
Technologies.
Integrys Energy Services
subsidiary, Solar Star, will
build and own a 1.8MW
solar system, to be located
at financial information
service Bloomberg’s facility
in New Jersey. The eight-acre,
ground-mounted solar
tracking system will be
completed by the end
of the year.
The facility is expected
to meet 58% of the facility’s
electricity demand,
and Bloomberg will buy
the power from Solar Star
at prices below retail rates.
The project is the first
renewable energy project
undertaken by Bloomberg:
the company plans to
develop nearly 6MW of
solar power in New Jersey
within the next three years.
Qualcomm Inc
acquires Rapid
Bridge LLC
1.8MW solar
power system
for Bloomberg
Utility-scale
grid stabilization
trial
Canadian hydrogen
generation and fuel
cell manufacturer
Hydrogenics has
successfully completed
a trial with Ontario’s
Independent Electricity
System Operator (IESO),
to demonstrate the viability
of its electrolyzer technology
for utility-scale grid
stabilization. During the
trial period, the load from
a Hydrogenics HySTAT™
electrolyzer, installed
at the Hydrogenics facility
in Mississauga, provided
frequency regulation
in Ontario by responding
to power regulation signals
from the IESO on a
second-by-second basis.
Hydrogenics will now
apply this knowledge in
the development
of MW-scale energy
storage applications using
hydrogen technology.
P
erseus
telecom
Palladium Energy was looking
for an improved connection to
increase productivity at its Manaus,
Brazil manufacturing site. Manaus is in
Amazonia, the largest tropical rainforest
on earth, but Perseus Telecom
accepted the challenge to deliver
high-speed at top speed.
Palladium Energy had originally bought
an MPLS network from a top-tier carrier
but endured poor performance, causing
slow access and lost productivity, so
contacted BlackWire Consulting Group
(BCG) to find a solution to their network
troubles.
“We thought the only viable solution was
satellite, then BCG recommended Perseus
Telecom. They have solved our problem
and we now have a fast, stable
and cost-efficient solution,” says Todd
Hawes, IT Director at Palladium Energy.
BCG contacted Perseus Telecom because
of its ability to provide global network
solutions across multiple fiber asset providers.
Perseus Telecomwas able to offer Palladium
four times the amount of bandwidth than
they originally requested - and at a lower
cost. Perseus and BCG managed
the provisioning of the circuit and it was
installed, tested and in use within 90 days.
Palladium Energy’s new network now has
dedicated bandwidth enabling them to
run Citrix and Lifesize Video Conferencing
and manage bandwidth-intensive CAD
drawings.
“Due to Perseus Telecom’s improved
network solution, Palladium Energy
is now able to take advantage of new
applications and productivity,” says
Salvatore Orefiche, CEO of BCG.
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