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Maxim to acquire Edinburgh-based Calvatec Ltd for its analog mixed-signal solutions
Maxim to acquire Edinburgh-based Calvatec Ltd for its analog mixed-signal solutions
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Maxim Integrated Products has acquired privately held Calvatec Ltd, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Calvatec is a provider of highly integrated…
EBV Elektronik launches evaluation platform for industrial communications
EBV Elektronik launches evaluation platform for industrial communications
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EBV Elektronik has announced the Caribou board as a development and evaluation platform for industrial communications. It is based on…
Microsemi acquires AML Communications
Microsemi acquires AML Communications
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Microsemi Corporation has completed the acquisition of AML Communications, Inc., which is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of microelectronic assemblies…
PowerTrench MOSFETs boost system efficiency and power density in synchronous rectification applications
PowerTrench MOSFETs boost system efficiency and power density in synchronous rectification applications
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Fairchild Semiconductor has expanded the PowerTrench MOSFET family of 100 and 150 V devices to include industrial-type packages, including the…

National Semiconductor releases industry’s first online analog design tool in Portuguese language
National Semiconductor releases industry’s first online analog design tool in Portuguese language
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National Semiconductor Corp's WEBENCH Designer tools are now available in the Portuguese language Worldwide expert and novice electronic engineers as well as mechanical engineers have used WEBENCH to create over…
Plessey Semiconductors unveils first IC design using Electric Potential sensor technology
Plessey Semiconductors unveils first IC design using Electric Potential sensor technology
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Plessey Semiconductors plans to demonstrate the company’s Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensor technology at Sensors Expo (Chicago, USA June 6-8 2011). The EPIC sensor claims to represent a new…
ALPS begins production of 3-axis geomagnetic sensor for electronic compass
ALPS begins production of 3-axis geomagnetic sensor for electronic compass
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ALPS Electric Europe GmbH has developed the HSCDTD004A geomagnetic sensor enabling electronic compass functions in smartphones and tablet PCs.
New RF design tools simplify RF system development to speed time-to-market
New RF design tools simplify RF system development to speed time-to-market
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Analog Devices, Inc. has released two new RF design tools to help design engineers to simplify their RF system developments.
Smart parking sensor platform helps city motorists save time and fuel
Smart parking sensor platform helps city motorists save time and fuel
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New smart parking technology from Libelium enables cities to make efficient use of their parking resources. The new platform allows consultancies and system integrators to customise and deploy the solution…
12-A digital voltage regulator completes flexible second-generation product family
12-A digital voltage regulator completes flexible second-generation product family
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Ericsson Power Modules' 3E series BMR462 is the third addition to the company's family of second-generation, digital point-of-load (POL) regulators. Up to 7 of the 12 A devices can be…
3D LCD TV Panel Shipments Grow 104% in Q1’11, DisplaySearch reports
3D LCD TV Panel Shipments Grow 104% in Q1’11, DisplaySearch reports
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According to the latest Quarterly Large Area TFT LCD Shipment Report –Advanced LED+3D, 3D LCD TV panel shipments increased to 1.9 million units in Q1'11, jumping 104% Q/Q. This growth…
Arduino platforms now stocked by Digi-Key
Arduino platforms now stocked by Digi-Key
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Arduino, the open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board and a development environment for writing software for the board, is now available from Digi-Key.
Stamping out low cost nanodevices
Stamping out low cost nanodevices
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A simple technique for stamping patterns invisible to the human eye onto a special class of nanomaterials provides a new, cost-effective way to produce novel devices in areas ranging from…
EPC unveils second generation 200-V eGaN power transistor
EPC unveils second generation 200-V eGaN power transistor
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Efficient Power Conversion Corporation has introduced the EPC2010 as the newest member of EPC’s second-generation enhanced performance eGaN field effect transistor (FET) family. The EPC2010 is environmentally friendly, being both…
Optilux Inc launched to bring liquid lens technology to smart phones
Optilux Inc launched to bring liquid lens technology to smart phones
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Optilux Inc was formed by Hamid Farzaneh, former CEO of Varioptic, to bring dramatically higher picture and video quality to smart phones and tablets. The company will expand the liquid…
Nokia’s miss casts doubt on Windows plan
Nokia’s miss casts doubt on Windows plan
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Cellular handset vendor Nokia Corp., said Tuesday (May 31) it now expects it expects net sales from devices and services to be substantially below its previously expected second quarter range…
Broadcom to use Cryptography Research’s DPA countermeasures
Broadcom to use Cryptography Research’s DPA countermeasures
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Cryptography Research announced that Broadcom Corporation has signed a license agreement regarding the use of its patents on Differential Power Analysis (DPA) and related attacks countermeasures.
Elpida, Powertech, UMC team on 3-D at 28-nm
Elpida, Powertech, UMC team on 3-D at 28-nm
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Elpida Memory Inc., of Japan, Powertech Technology Inc., and United Microelectronics Corp., of Taiwan have announced that they have finalized a three-way collaboration to deliver 3-D IC integration technologies for…
New text book on RTL design by Atrenta
New text book on RTL design by Atrenta
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Atrenta has edited a comprehensive textbook on RTL design, “Principles of VLSI RTL Design, A Practical Guide”, authored by Sanjay Churiwala and Sapan Garg and published by Springer Science+Business Media.
120-MHz ARM Cortex-M3 MCU features Ethernet, USB and external memory controller
120-MHz ARM Cortex-M3 MCU features Ethernet, USB and external memory controller
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced availability of its LPC1788 microcontroller which claims to be the industry's first ARM Cortex-M3-based MCU to be shipping in volume with an integrated LCD controller.
Low cost XOs and VCXOs in 7x5mm surface mount packages
Low cost XOs and VCXOs in 7x5mm surface mount packages
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Rakon has launched two new 7x5mm surface mount XO and VCXO products, the RXO7050R (XO) and RVX7050R (VCXO), offer wide frequency ranges from 10 MHz to 1500 MHz and CMOS,…
Nimbic launches cloud computing solution for EDA
Nimbic launches cloud computing solution for EDA
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Nimbic (formerly Physware) has just announced the open beta launch of nCloud, which they say is the world's first scalable and secure cloud computing platform for electronic design automation (EDA).
It’s a MAD world
It’s a MAD world
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Through the MIPS Developer Community, the company has launched the MIPS Application Development (MAD) Program, designed to promote rapid development of applications on the MIPS architecture. The program offers technical…
827 to 840-MHz VCO offers linearity benefits
827 to 840-MHz VCO offers linearity benefits
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Crystek's CVCO55CC-0827-0840 VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) operates from 827 MHz to 840 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.2 V to 4.7 V. This VCO features a typical phase…
Integrated GPS chip antenna is a complete miniature positioning engine
Integrated GPS chip antenna is a complete miniature positioning engine
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Fastrax has unveiled the Fastrax UC430, a combination of a complete high-performance GPS receiver and an integrated chip antenna packed in a miniature form factor. Sized at only 9.6 x…
LPC1788 now available
LPC1788 now available
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NXP Semiconductors has announced availability of its LPC1788 microcontroller; its first ARM Cortex-M3-based MCU to be shipping in volume with an integrated LCD controller, supporting a wide range of graphics…
EnSilica and Evatronix collaborate on USB connectivity
EnSilica and Evatronix collaborate on USB connectivity
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IC design services and system solutions, EnSilica, has announced a collaboration with silicon IP provider, Evatronix SA, to offer eSi-RISC processor SoC solutions incorporating USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 connectivity.
MIPS enables new SoCs running Honeycomb
MIPS enables new SoCs running Honeycomb
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A flurry of announcements from MIPS and its licensees show growing alignment with Android, for portable devices and internet-enabled TVs. Coming soon after MIPS launched its MIPS Application Development program…


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