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Internet access in the car: A wish list item for the younger generation
Internet access in the car: A wish list item for the younger generation
Market news |
One out of four drivers wishes to have an internet access for his car. This is the result of a…
Nokia expects production disruption
Nokia expects production disruption
Business news |
Mobile phone company Nokia said it expects "some disruption" to its ability to supply a number of products as a…
Don’t let analog/digital misinterpretations put your design in jeopardy
Don’t let analog/digital misinterpretations put your design in jeopardy
Technology News |
Bill Laumeister, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Precision Control Group, Maxim Integrated Products Inc., examines some simple analysis can…
System awareness improves SOC power management
System awareness improves SOC power management
Technology News |
Satish Sathe, Senior Systems Architect, Applied Micro Circuits Corp outlines how improving system awareness can help SOC power management…

1.25-GSPS, 16-bit DAC slashes power consumption 65 percent, increases speed 25 percent
1.25-GSPS, 16-bit DAC slashes power consumption 65 percent, increases speed 25 percent
New Products |
Texas Instruments Incorporated has unveiled what the company claims will be the industry's most power-efficient 4-channel, 16-bit DAC (digital-to-analog converter). At 1.25 GSPS, the DAC3484 is 25 percent faster than…
Molex antenna business unit joins Danish SAFE (Smart Antenna Front End) consortium
Molex antenna business unit joins Danish SAFE (Smart Antenna Front End) consortium
Business news |
Molex Incorporated has joined with other researchers to advance the goals of the Danish SAFE (Smart Antenna Front End) project. Scheduled to span four years, the $8.7 million project is…
Internet access in the car: A wish list item for the younger generation
Internet access in the car: A wish list item for the younger generation
Market news |
One out of four drivers wishes to have an internet access for his car. This is the result of a poll conducted by the German IT industry association Bitkom. Not…
Ford tests car2x communications
Ford tests car2x communications
Technology News |
Automotive OEM Ford has jumped on the car2x communications bandwagon: The company has installed an "intelligent intersection" near its R&D center in Detroit. The tests are intended to help Ford…
IHS iSuppli: AT&T continues 4G spectrum grab with T-Mobile buy
IHS iSuppli: AT&T continues 4G spectrum grab with T-Mobile buy
Business news |
With its purchase of T-Mobile USA, AT&T appears to be continuing to use acquisitions to gain control of more of the limited supply of wireless spectrum required to compete in…
Wearable computer comes with more communication options
Wearable computer comes with more communication options
New Products |
Eurotech launched the Zypad WL1500 series of wearable computers, an improvement over the company’s Zypad WL1000 and Zypad WL1100 products. The new wearable computer delivers a longer battery life and…
Smart wireless microsystems to provide wearable and implanted body area networks
Smart wireless microsystems to provide wearable and implanted body area networks
Technology News |
A European consortium lead by CSEM has launched an EC-funded WiserBAN project, with the objective of developing innovative ultra-miniature RF microsystems for wireless Body Area Networks (BAN) targeting primarily wearable…
Intel’s mobile chief resigns
Intel’s mobile chief resigns
Business news |
Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group (UMG) at Intel Corp., said that he will be leaving Intel ''to pursue other interests,'' according to…
Broadcom to pay $313 million for Provigent
Broadcom to pay $313 million for Provigent
Business news |
Broadcom Corp., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mixed-signal IC vendor Provigent Inc., for $313 million.
NetLogic acquires Optichron
NetLogic acquires Optichron
Business news |
NetLogic Microsystems Inc., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Optichron Inc., a privately-held, fabless semiconductor provider of 3G/4G LTE base station digital front-end (DFE) processors.
Renesas restarts hampered by black outs
Renesas restarts hampered by black outs
Business news |
Renesas wafer fabs and back-end facilities affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 are beginning to restart operations but progress is being hampered by rolling electricity…
Toshiba’s Iwate fab out until April
Toshiba’s Iwate fab out until April
Business news |
Toshiba hopes to restore some level of operation at its wafer fab in Kitakami, Iwate, by the end of March, the company said in a status update on Friday (March…
VLSI: Quake analysis has missed the boat
VLSI: Quake analysis has missed the boat
Business news |
Some of the analysis from so-called experts about the impact of the earthquake in Japan has completely missed the boat, according to one analyst.
Nokia expects production disruption from earthquake and tsunami
Nokia expects production disruption from earthquake and tsunami
Business news |
Mobile phone company Nokia said it expects "some disruption" to its ability to supply a number of products as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on…
Templated growth technique produces graphene nano-ribbons
Templated growth technique produces graphene nano-ribbons
Technology News |
A new "templated growth" technique developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology for fabricating nano-ribbons of epitaxial graphene has produced structures just 15 to 40 nanometers wide that conduct current…
TSMC sees some impact from quake
TSMC sees some impact from quake
Market news |
Silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., (TSMC) will see some impact from the recent earthquake in Japan.
Wireless sensor networking chip market to grow 300% in 2011 thanks to advanced metering infrastructure rollouts
Wireless sensor networking chip market to grow 300% in 2011 thanks to advanced metering infrastructure rollouts
Market news |
Shipments of 802.15.4-based WSN (wireless sensor network) ICs continued to show extremely strong growth in the second half of 2010 as demand for ICs for trials and early pilots returned…
Infrared detector array boasts 25% enhancement in measurement stability
Infrared detector array boasts 25% enhancement in measurement stability
New Products |
Cal Sensors’ linear multiplexed array (LMA) family of lead salt infrared detectors is available in both PbS and PbSe material. The 256-element array provides market-leading sensitivity in the 1.0 to…
MSC becomes pan-European sales partner for lesswire’s WLAN and Bluetooth modules
MSC becomes pan-European sales partner for lesswire’s WLAN and Bluetooth modules
Business news |
Lesswire AG and MSC Vertriebs signed a pan-European distribution agreement whereby MSC will actively support clients from various segments like industrial and building automation or the automotive sector with the…
Vision camera has laser line extraction for 3D scanning
Vision camera has laser line extraction for 3D scanning
New Products |
Matrox Imaging’s Matrox GatorEye GigE Vision industrial camera now offers 3D capabilities. For triangulation-based 3D digitizing applications, the unit extracts the laser line in an image to sub-pixel accuracy and…
10.1 machine vision software enables more flexibility
10.1 machine vision software enables more flexibility
New Products |
PPT Vision introduces Impact 10.1, the latest release of its standard machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine vision inspection solutions. The software can be used…
CEA-Leti forms common lab with IPDiA to focus on 3D-integrated passive components
CEA-Leti forms common lab with IPDiA to focus on 3D-integrated passive components
Technology News |
CEA-Leti and IPDiA have formed a common lab to capitalize on their complementary expertise in miniaturization and 3D integration on silicon. The common lab is dedicated to developing new 3D-integration…
New web-portal for open-source M2M platform
New web-portal for open-source M2M platform
New Products |
Viewbiquity, a provider of advanced M2M solutions for service providers and enterprises, has launched a new website to provide in-depth information on the company’s Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions for businesses.
Achieving high currents on PCBs with fine-pitch SMD components
Achieving high currents on PCBs with fine-pitch SMD components
Feature articles |
In switched-mode power supply systems or other circuits used in power electronics, the demand for control circuitry to use finepitch SMD components is ever increasing. At the same time, however,…


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