Imec has released an early-version process development kit for 14 nm logic chips [ + ]

Pierlite UK won the contract to replace bulbs at Westminster Hall with LEDs. [ + ]

Reinhausen has appointed Westek Electronics as their Australian and New Zealand distributor. [ + ]

Annual revenues generated by MEMS devices will continue to rise, according to a report by Juniper Research. [ + ]

Imec and Genalyte have produced a set of disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips. [ + ]

An EU-funded project aims to test solar and wind electricity distribution systems. [ + ]

The need for higher-performance batteries will create a large market for novel lithium battery electrode materials, according to a report. [ + ]

ETSI has published the first release of its machine to machine (M2M) service standards. [ + ]

The G3-PLC protocol has been approved by the ITU as a low-frequency, OFDM-based NB-PLC standard. [ + ]

EU-funded researchers have engineered a ‘multiferroic’ material that could potentially be used in quick data storage. [ + ]

A team of scientists has demonstrated a way to process information hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology. [ + ]

Heliatek and Reckli have signed an agreement to implement solar panels directly onto concrete facade blocks. [ + ]

LED supply exceeded demand by 30% in 2011 due to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in LED lighting. But according to an NPD DisplaySearch report, the gap is closing. [ + ]

element14’s mobile interface allows users to check company product details, prices and availability on their mobiles. [ + ]

element14 has been ranked number one in the Heardable ‘Online Brand Benchmark Report: 30 Leading Brands in the Electronics Industry’, a real-time contextual brand analytics platform. [ + ]