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EnSilica opens analog IC design centre in Bristol
EnSilica opens analog IC design centre in Bristol
Business news |
EnSilica, a leading independent provider of semiconductor IP, custom ICs and design services, has established a new regional office and…
MEMS foundry appoints execs for expansion
MEMS foundry appoints execs for expansion
Business news |
MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta) has announced plans to expands business in 2016 and has appointed Paul Pickering as…
LED lighting sensor features IoT ‘Artificial Eye’
LED lighting sensor features IoT ‘Artificial Eye’
Technology News |
Smart lighting developer Gooee claims to have created the world’s smallest sensor for LED lighting and the Internet of Things…
PwrMAX Ortho power connectors; 100A/contact
PwrMAX Ortho power connectors; 100A/contact
New Products |
FCI has added to its power connector family with the PwrMAX Ortho, designed to support a new datacenter equipment trend…

IDT to acquire ZMDI for $310million
IDT to acquire ZMDI for $310million
Business news |
Last week (27th November) Integrated Device Technology – IDT – announced its intention to acquire Dresden-based mixed-signal IC maker ZMDI.
Give-away: 32-bit MCU board plus compiler kits
Give-away: 32-bit MCU board plus compiler kits
Feature articles |
This month, FTDI Chip is giving away six MCU development board packages complete with a dedicated compiler (including a full integrated development environment).
Constraint-driven analog place and route
Constraint-driven analog place and route
Feature articles |
Keith Sabine, product manager at EDA firm Pulsic, discusses how analog EDA continues to try and borrow techniques from its digital cousin but that analog complexity means that one size…
Analog helps TI weather weak Q3
Analog helps TI weather weak Q3
Business news |
Texas Instruments Inc. has reported stronger than expected revenues in 3Q15 although both sales and profits declined compared with the same quarter a year before.
Five startups to pitch at MEMS Executive Congress
Five startups to pitch at MEMS Executive Congress
Technology News |
Five startup companies have been shortlisted to present their businesses to a judging panel at the MEMS Executive Congress, scheduled to take place Nov. 4 to 6 in Napa, Calif.
CEO interview: InvenSense’s Abdi on expanding MEMS horizons
CEO interview: InvenSense’s Abdi on expanding MEMS horizons
Interviews |
InvenSense Inc. is a MEMS company that has epitomized a fabless approach to a sector that is still highly reliant on a thorough grasp of the manufacturing and packaging processes.
Grenoble IoT event adds startup pitchfest
Grenoble IoT event adds startup pitchfest
Business news |
The IEEE has added its weight to the IoT Planet conference and exhibition by staging an IoT Startup pitching event during the two-day conference in Grenoble, that is scheduled to…
Universal wireless charger meets multiple standards
Universal wireless charger meets multiple standards
Technology News |
A wireless charging system that can transmit power at multiple frequencies and charge up electronic equipment regardless of which standard it adheres to, has been reported by researchers at University…
Microchip expands MTCH10x mTouch capacitive sensing portfolio
Microchip expands MTCH10x mTouch capacitive sensing portfolio
New Products |
Microchip has expanded its MTCH10x mTouch sensing portfolio with the turnkey MTCH102-5-8 capacitive touch controllers.
EnSilica establishes centralised design centre for analog and mixed-signal ICs
EnSilica establishes centralised design centre for analog and mixed-signal ICs
Business news |
EnSilica, a leading independent provider of semiconductor IP, custom ICs and design services, has established a new regional office and design centre in Bristol (UK) to complement its existing headquarters…
Replace mechanical buttons with capacitive touch
Replace mechanical buttons with capacitive touch
New Products |
Applicable to cost-sensitive, low-power applications, Microchip Technology’s mTouch controllers enable embedded developers to integrate proximity and touch-sensing technology without writing any software; multi-stage noise filtering algorithms support gloved operation.
Farnell element14 adds Keysight’s BenchVue to its instant eDelivery
Farnell element14 adds Keysight’s BenchVue to its instant eDelivery
New Products |
Since the company included software tools and instant e-delivery for customer software purchases, Farnell element14 has added the latest version of Keysight Technologies' BenchVue software, a PC software application that…
InvenSense goes piezoelectric with fingerprint sensor
InvenSense goes piezoelectric with fingerprint sensor
Technology News |
InvenSense Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), a provider of inertial MEMS sensor platforms, has released a prototype of an ultrasound-based fingerprint imager for OEMs to review.
Extruded enclosures, 22 sizes, 4 colours
Extruded enclosures, 22 sizes, 4 colours
New Products |
New standard red or blue anodised finishes to the 1455 family of extruded aluminium instrument cases from Hammond Electronics enable designers to make their products stand out from the crowd…
French startup ambitions to become the Uber of bike rental
French startup ambitions to become the Uber of bike rental
Technology News |
The co-founders behind French startup PhiLOCK had been maturing the idea of a connected lock for a couple of years before they decided to register their company in November last…
Swisscom to run IoT hackathon around LoRA
Swisscom to run IoT hackathon around LoRA
Technology News |
Swiss telecom provider Swisscom is organizing its first Internet of Things (IoT) hackathon in Zürich on November 6-8 at the Impact Hub Zürich.
Flexible phototransistor sets performance records
Flexible phototransistor sets performance records
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) have developed a flexible silicon phototransistor that is claimed to be the fastest and most responsive such device ever created.
Hydrogen production by light comes closer
Hydrogen production by light comes closer
Is hydrogen the new oil? Many scientists believe that in the future hydrogen could substitute oil and natural gas for energy production. But the production of hydrogen is itself a…
TI’s WiLink8 module plus Freescale i.MX6 reference design, in distribution
TI’s WiLink8 module plus Freescale i.MX6 reference design, in distribution
New Products |
Distributor Arrow offers a combination that it says enables “significantly more advanced functionality and connectivity while saving time and design costs” using the certified WiLink 8 module from Texas Instruments…
IAR integrates code analysis with functional safety tools for ARM
IAR integrates code analysis with functional safety tools for ARM
New Products |
IAR Systems is extending the features and device support in the functional safety edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, certified according to IEC 61508, EN 50128, and ISO 26262…
VME SBC provides conitnuity, hosts 2 GHz Freescale QorIQ processor
VME SBC provides conitnuity, hosts 2 GHz Freescale QorIQ processor
Feature articles |
Artesyn Embedded Technologies has announced a high performance VME single board computer, the MVME8105, to provide more computing performance, data throughput and long life cycle support for a range of…
Server-on-modules with new Intel Xeon/Core processors
Server-on-modules with new Intel Xeon/Core processors
Feature articles |
congatec's COM Express Basic modules with the latest Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors deliver embedded performance that the company rates as server-class, for embedded designs that operate within a…
ADI’s iCoupler digital isolators improve signal/noise performance
ADI’s iCoupler digital isolators improve signal/noise performance
Feature articles |
Analog Devices claims the most robust digital isolator series with the best combination of signal reliability, safety and performance; ADUM140 is based on the company’s iCoupler digital isolation technology, and…
Autonomous cars, Automotive semiconductors; DVCon Europe 2015 Keynote previewed
Autonomous cars, Automotive semiconductors; DVCon Europe 2015 Keynote previewed
Feature articles |
The Keynote Speaker at Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) & Exhibition Europe 2015 has been announced as Hans Adlkofer, Vice President of the Automotive Systems Group at Infineon Technologies. His…


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