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Google’s Android tablet delay angers OEMs
Google’s Android tablet delay angers OEMs
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Google is for an unspecified time limiting the release of Honeycomb, the tablet version of Android, a move frustrating many…
Supply chain hit by ‘hoard’ mentality
Supply chain hit by ‘hoard’ mentality
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The electronics supply chain remains in flux following the recent earthquake in Japan.
Slow package resin restart weighs on tablets
Slow package resin restart weighs on tablets
Business news |
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc., thought to be a near monopoly maker of a key material for the packaging of…
MIPS plans 64-bit multithreaded cores
MIPS plans 64-bit multithreaded cores
Technology News |
Hoping to get a jump on archrival ARM Ltd., MIPS Technologies aims to launch this fall at least two 64-bit…

SCSI cable assemblies for high vibration requirements
SCSI cable assemblies for high vibration requirements
New Products |
Harting has introduced a range of high-performance SCSI overmoulded cable assemblies based on the company's har-mik male connectors. The new assemblies, which are well suited for use in high vibration…
Fail-safe bypass low-noise amplifier modules for cellular infrastructure applications
Fail-safe bypass low-noise amplifier modules for cellular infrastructure applications
New Products |
Avago Technologies has announced a series of fail-safe bypass low-noise amplifier (LNA) modules for tower mounted amplifiers (TMA) and base transceiver stations (BTS) applications.
System-on-Module added to line-up
System-on-Module added to line-up
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Anders Electronics has added the CompuLab CM-T3517 to its line-up. The system-on-module is based on Texas Instruments' Sitara AM3517/05 system-on-chip, featuring the Cortex-A8 ARM CPU. It is targeted at high-visibility,…
3D antenna printing yields an order of magnitude better performance than monopole antenna designs
3D antenna printing yields an order of magnitude better performance than monopole antenna designs
Technology News |
Researchers at the University of illinois have experimented with omnidirectional printing techniques using metallic nanoparticle inks and a 3D controlled dispensing nozzle to manufacture very compact and high performance antennas.
Clip type FPC testing socket with horse-shoe shape contact
Clip type FPC testing socket with horse-shoe shape contact
New Products |
Ongoing miniaturization and further product complexity due to the increased number of product sub-assemblies require a reliable temporary contacting system to outperform the current FPC sub-assembly test. To ensure the…
9mm exciters combine stereo sound and haptics for touch screens
9mm exciters combine stereo sound and haptics for touch screens
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HiWave Technologies launched the HIHX09C5-8 exciters, combining audio and haptics for touch panels and screens in a 9x12x6mm package. Designed for hand held consumer electronic products such as tablet computers,…
Electrical insulation flex element protects coupled mechanical components
Electrical insulation flex element protects coupled mechanical components
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Motion system designers have a new option to arrest electrical current. Zero-Max CD couplings are designed with composite flex elements that are non-conductive in addition to their primary function. In…
Digi-Key drops printed catalog to become solely internet-based
Digi-Key drops printed catalog to become solely internet-based
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In an unprecedented industry move, electronics component distributor Digi-Key Corporation announced that it will immediately cease all print versions of its product catalog and TechZone Magazine, offering this content exclusively…
KeMotion packaging integrates robots, vision systems and conveyor belts
KeMotion packaging integrates robots, vision systems and conveyor belts
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KeMotion Packaging from Keba makes automating packaging processes in pick&place and in palletizing applications superfast and easy. One main focus is convenient integration of robots, vision systems and conveyor belts…
Tabula secures USD108 Million in series D funding to accelerate 3PLD device production
Tabula secures USD108 Million in series D funding to accelerate 3PLD device production
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Fabless semiconductor company Tabula announced it has secured USD 108 million in series D funding. The company will use the new capital to accelerate production of its 3PLD ABAX product…
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
Technology News |
NXP Semiconductors has launched an application which allows Android smartphone users to use their NFC-enabled handset to create their own NFC tags. These tags can then be used in multiple…
High power terminal blocks focus on photovoltaic requirements
High power terminal blocks focus on photovoltaic requirements
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Euroclamp's MVP35 high power PCB terminal block has been designed for photovoltaic industry applications and is suitable for any high voltage or amperage application with ratings of 1000 V at…
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
Technology News |
NXP Semiconductors has launched an application which allows Android smartphone users to use their NFC-enabled handset to create their own NFC tags. These tags can then be used in multiple…
TCXOs offer typical phase noise of -154 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz
TCXOs offer typical phase noise of -154 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz
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Rakon’s fully integrated RTX-A TCXOs offer typical phase noise of -154 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset for a 50 MHz TCXO. The RTX7050A (7.0- x 5.0-mm) and RTX5032A (5.0- x…
U-shaped coaxial interconnect eliminates costly cable assemblies
U-shaped coaxial interconnect eliminates costly cable assemblies
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Bomar Interconnect Products added the coaxial "F" U connector to its proprietary Eliminator Series. The new parts are provided with two "F" push-on male connectors in a U-shaped configuration, and…
Report: Computing has hit ‘power wall’
Report: Computing has hit ‘power wall’
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As Moore's Law runs out of steam and computing goes mobile, technologists are searching for ways to make the leap to new parallel programming frameworks that can leverage low-power multicore…
Self-retaining T-1 LED mounting spacers
Self-retaining T-1 LED mounting spacers
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Keystone Electronics unveiled a new series of self-retaining, T-1 LED mounting spacers designed to assure uniform and perpendicular LED positioning while reducing assembly costs. These latest additions to the company’s…
Optically clear flexible epoxy cures at room temperature, fit for cryogenic use
Optically clear flexible epoxy cures at room temperature, fit for cryogenic use
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For demanding applications where highly flexible, impact resistant bonds are required, Master Bond developed Polymer System EP37-3FLF. This optically clear, two component epoxy has exceptional resistance to cryogenic temperatures and…
MEMS market to approach five billion shipped in 2016, says ABI Research
MEMS market to approach five billion shipped in 2016, says ABI Research
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MEMS (Micro-electromechanical Systems) are starting to be the “Swiss Army Knives” of modern consumer electronics: they can take the form of (or be incorporated in) accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, altimeters, screens,…
Researchers integrate silicon, III-V
Researchers integrate silicon, III-V
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Integrating gallium nitride emitters and other optical materials onto silicon substrates was recently demonstrated at the Toyohashi University of Technology. Researchers there claim to have solved the lattice mismatch problem…
Digi-Key first to Stock NXP LPC11C2x
Digi-Key first to Stock NXP LPC11C2x
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation is the first to stock NXP's LPC11C2x series; industry's first integrated CAN microcontroller and transceiver solution; it is now available for purchase on Digi-Key's global…
Quectel Wireless Solutions and MSC sign Pan-European distribution contract
Quectel Wireless Solutions and MSC sign Pan-European distribution contract
Business news |
Germany-based distributor MSC Vertriebs has signed a Pan-European distribution contract with Shanghai-based manufacturer of 2G/3.5G- and GPS communication modules, Quectel Wireless Solutions. Quectel Wireless Solutions’ modules are aimed at smart…
Highest density mobile DRAM is using 30nm process
Highest density mobile DRAM is using 30nm process
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Earlier this month, Samsung Electronics started production of four gigabit (Gb), low power double-data-rate 2 (LPDDR2) DRAM using 30 nanometer (nm) class technology. The mobile DRAM chip targets thinner, lighter…
High-temperature superconductor spills secret: a new phase of matter
High-temperature superconductor spills secret: a new phase of matter
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Scientists at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES) have found the strongest evidence yet that a puzzling gap in the electronic structures of some high-temperature superconductors could…


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