Industry News
M/A-COM Technology Solutions and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory Develop a 2011 R&D 100 Winner Selected by R&D Magazine
Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Panel for Next Generation Air Traffic Control and Weather Surveillance Recognized
LDRA Takes Leadership Role in Security Compliance
Military Embedded Systems recognizes LDRA's CWE offering with Editor's Choice Award
Prism Media Products Limited Wins A Queen’s Award For Enterprise
On Friday, 15 July 2011, Prism Media Products Limited, whose brands include Prism Sound, SADiE and Imerge, was presented with its Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade. The presentation was made by Mr. Hugh Duberly, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, and took place at the company's headquarters in Stretham. Also present were Jim Paice, MP for South East Cambridgeshire and Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire County Council.
Premier Farnell sets new benchmark for customer responsiveness with roll-out of enhanced support services for electronic design engineers
The new Specialist Technical Support team is connected globally to a vendor and manufacturer support network, providing one of the best customer support experiences in the electronic design engineering market. New suite of global services including 24-hour 'Live Chat' providing customers around the world with a direct knowledge link to Premier Farnell's support engineers
Global Unichip Corporation Selects ARM Technology for a Wide Variety of Applications in Emerging Markets
ARM selected for its low power credentials and comprehensive ARM Partner ecosystem to address low- and high-end applications, such as smart phones, tablets and smart TVs
The Nanotechnology Mini-Innovation and Growth Team (Mini-IGT) Announces Skills Report - “UK Manufacturing needs nanotechnology – Closing the Skills Gap”
The Nanotechnology Mini-Innovation and Growth Team (Mini-IGT) announced the availability of a report following the 'UK Manufacturing needs nanotechnology – Closing the Skills Gap' event that was held on the 11th May 2011. The Nanotechnology Mini-IGT Secretariat prepared the report and sent it to Rt Hon David Willetts MP.
Antistat has plans to open new offices in Chicago.
Following a series of successful client wins in the US, Antistat, specialists in ESD Protection, are to open new offices in Chicago to cater for the expanding business overseas.
Chrysler Group LLC Recognizes Laird Technologies as 2011 Electrical Supplier of the Year
Laird Technologies announced that it has been recognized by the Chrysler Group LLC as Electrical Supplier of the Year for its telematics product line.
AWR ANNOUNCES MICROWAVE OFFICE LIBRARY FOR MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC’S NONLINEAR RF MODELS
AWR Corporation announced the availability of a Microwave Office model library for Mitsubishi Electric's nonlinear GaAs and GaN RF devices. The model library includes high power and low noise HEMT devices, which are commonly used in base station and DBS receivers and other radio communications equipment, given their high power, high efficiency, broadband and low noise advantages. This new model library helps designers better explore design alternatives while meeting demanding performance specs with a cost-effective solution.
PREMO GROUP announces a new distribution agreement in France with EQUIPEMENTS-SCIENTIFIQUE
The new distribution agreement is part of the growth process and international implementation that guides the Spanish inductive components manufacturer from the last 10 years. Present in France since 2008, with the opening of a R+D center in Grenoble, the group hopes to achieve through this partnership a leading position in the French market for passive components.
STI Electronics to Feature Key Engineering Services at Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition
STI Electronics, Inc., a full service organization providing training, electronic and industrial distribution, consulting, laboratory analysis, prototyping, and small- to medium-volume PCB assembly, will feature its key engineering services at the upcoming Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition, scheduled to take place August 15-18, 2011 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL.
Sensordynamics Acquired by Maxim - Transaction will enhance SensorDynamics product pipeline and foster sustainable growth
SensorDynamics, a specialist in MEMS and wireless semiconductor products for the automotive, industrial and high-end consumer market, announced today that it was acquired by Maxim Integrated Products, a recognized leader in analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products.
u-blox’ second office in China is located in Shenzhen, one of China’s largest technology and manufacturing centers
Swiss-based u-blox, a provider of wireless and GPS semiconductors, announces the opening of a second office in China located in Shenzhen, a vibrant manufacturing and high-tech hub serving the global markets.
Plessey - Intralink working with Plessey Semiconductors on expanding business in Korea
Plessey Semiconductors has contracted Intralink to provide an in-country business development and sales organisation in Korea as a stepping-stone to establishing a long-term base in the country. Intralink's Surrogate Sales Program, the company's unique three-step approach to taking business to Asia, will allow Plessey Semiconductors to scale up its operation in Korea in line with business demands
Juki wins Innovation Award for Best Supplier of the Year 2011
Juki Corporation, a world-leading provider of automated assembly products and systems, announces that it has been awarded a 2011 EM Asia Innovation Award for Best Supplier of the Year. EM Asia and EM Asia-China readers voted for Juki as providing the best on-time delivery and technical service for its products and equipment.
TestWorks Scores Hat Trick for Mirtec Europe!
Mirtec Europe announced that its UK & Ireland distributor, TestWorks, has achieved three confirmed orders for Mirtec's MV-3L Desktop AOI System in just one day. All three orders for Mirtec's award-winning MV-3L were separately placed by a well-established Contract Electronic Manufacturer, a leading EMS provider and a prominent, industry-acclaimed supplier of Electronic Assembly Solutions.
Digi-Key Corporation Offers Totally Integrated Online Experience
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, offers electronic engineers and procurement professionals the most comprehensive user experience on the World Wide Web.
AVX participates in the “solutions for hope project”
AVX Corporation, in partnership with a leading producer of communications technology, has developed the "Solutions for Hope Project," which is a pilot program established to demonstrate a process to deliver conflict-free tantalum material from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines. The process' basis is a "closed pipe" principle in which tantalite ore mined from a single site within the Katanga Province of the DRC is traced along its secure closed supply chain to the end customer's equipment in the form of tantalum capacitors supplied by AVX.
Barix Passes 100,000 Sales Milestone
Barix AG, a pioneer in IP audio, monitoring, control and automation surpassed the 100,000 device threshold for sales as part of a highly successful 2010 that also saw major project wins and double-digit growth.
Siemens Switzerland Selects AdaCore Toolset for Railway Project
AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada development tools and support services, today announced that the Mobility Division of Siemens Switzerland Ltd., has selected GNAT Pro, along with the CodePeer static analysis tool, to develop the next generation of its railway control and information system. The contract with AdaCore provides Siemens software developers with state-of-the-art Ada tools and direct access to the world's largest team of Ada experts, many of whom have years of experience in safety-critical application development.
AdaCore’s GNATcoverage Product Awarded Electron d’Or Prize
AdaCore, provider of Ada tools and expertise for the mission-critical, safety-critical, and security-critical software communities, today announced that the GNATcoverage tool has received an Electron d'Or prize in the Software Tools category. The prestigious award program, sponsored by France's leading electronics trade publication, Electroniques magazine, identifies the most innovative products of the year in several different categories, highlighting technologies that will have a significant impact on the market. The jury for the Software Tools category consisted of industry experts who recognize the importance of having Open Source tools dedicated to software certification.
First commercial quantum computer system
Triton, Oxford Instruments' cryofree dilution refrigeration system is an important component in the first commercial quantum computer system to be supplied by D-Wave Systems Inc. Vancouver based D-Wave has announced an agreement to sell a D-Wave One™ quantum computer system to a Fortune 100 company. The Triton™ system provides the low temperature environment that is essential to the performance of its quantum annealing processor. This processor is able to address complex computational challenges that are difficult or impractical to perform using conventional systems, and represents a paradigm shift in processing technology.
PlasmaPro System100 at University of Glasgow
The James Watt Nanofabrication Centre in Glasgow, UK, has added a PlasmaPro System100 ICP plasma etch system to its existing installed base of Oxford Instruments etch and deposition tools. The PlasmaPro System100 ICP will be used to etch compound semiconductors materials used in applications such as optoelectronics, mm-wave & terahertz, bioengineering, biotechnology, lab-on-a-chip, energy harvesting and photovoltaics.
LSI Now Shipping in Volume Second-Generation 40nm LDPC Read Channel for Hard Disk Drives
LSI announced it is shipping in volume the TrueStore RC9700 read channel IP integrated into system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs for the hard disk drive (HDD) market. The TrueStore RC9700 is a second-generation 40nm read channel featuring a low-density parity check (LDPC) iterative decoding architecture. First available in silicon in November 2010, the RC9700 is shipping in production volumes with its initial silicon, accelerating time-to-market for next-generation, higher-capacity HDDs.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications Selects LSI CacheCade SSD Technology for Large-scale, Multinational Dark Energy Survey Project
LSI Corporation announced that the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has deployed a system utilizing LSI® 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers with LSI CacheCadeTM cache tiering software to explore some of the unprecedented data storage challenges that will come with the Dark Energy Survey. The Dark Energy Survey is a large-scale, multinational effort to study the acceleration of the expanding universe. Involving more than 120 scientists from 23 institutions, it will be one of the most data-intensive astronomical research projects ever conceived.
LSI Honors Outstanding Strategic Suppliers
LSI is honoring 18 world-class suppliers for their exceptional support in helping LSI meet its goal to be a technology leader while remaining cost competitive. STATS ChipPAC Ltd. was named "Strategic Partner of the Year" and was one of three companies designated "Best-in-Class" in recognition of their excellent value as full system suppliers, and for their design capabilities and aggressive pursuit of cost reductions.
RS Components sponsors IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award
RS Components is sponsoring the 2011 Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award.
Mouser’s Consistent High Growth Earns e-Commerce Distributor Excellence Award from Bourns
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it was awarded the Bourns' 2010 e-Commerce Distributor Excellence Award for Circuit Protection Products. The award was based on overall percent growth for CPP in 2010. Mouser had the highest growth percentage year over year for all Bourns' E-Commerce distributor partners.
Benefit from the 7Layers OTA experience for Battery Life Testing Services
When purchasing a mobile phone consumers are not only looking for design and price but also for stand-by and talk time of their new product.
Franco-Tunisian cooperation in energy: Installation of a demonstration unit combining Soitec’s Concentrix™ concentrating photovoltaic technology with the electricity storage systems developed by the CEA
During a visit to Tunisia by Eric Besson, French minister of industry, energy and the digital economy, the CEA and Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials, signed with the Tunisian national electricity and gas company (STEG) a statement of intent to set up a demonstration unit combining Soitec's Concentrix™ concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology with various electricity storage systems developed by the CEA, and lithium-ion batteries in particular.
Soitec and Schneider Electric sign memorandum of understanding with Masen on integrated partnership on CPV technology in Morocco
Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Masen (Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy), lead player in the Moroccan Solar Plan, on an integrated partnership on Concentrix™ technology in Morocco.
UL Announces Gitte Schjotz as New President for Europe and Latin America
UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a world leader in advancing safety, has announced the appointment of Gitte Schjotz as president of its operations in Europe and Latin America.
UL becomes first laboratory certified to provide water testing services in all 50 states
UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.), a global leader in water quality and safety, announced today that the company has become the first laboratory approved to conduct water testing services in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. UL's Alaska state certification will take effect July 1, allowing UL to offer approved water testing services across the entire United States.
Spellman’s Suzhou China facility gains ISO 14001 Certification
Spellman High Voltage announced that its manufacturing and customer support facility in Suzhou, China achieved ISO 14001 certification.
Agilent and National University of Singapore Form Alliance in Environmental Research
Agilent and the National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute (NERI) today announced an alliance to leverage each other's key strengths in life sciences and chemical analyses. This alliance marks the first time that Agilent is collaborating with a university in environmental science and engineering in Southeast Asia.
Fairchild Attends Portable Innovate 2011, Outlines Optimal Smartphone Design
Portable devices, particularly smartphones, are enjoying a surge in consumer interest, and Fairchild Semiconductor will show its numerous offerings at the Portable Innovate Exhibition, from July 14-15, 2011, at booth B21 in the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, China.
Huawei Launches iManager U2100 Network Management System
Huawei, a leading telecom solutions provider, today launched its iManager U2100 network management system (NMS) at CommunicAsia 2011. The U2100 is a unified NMS that can manage super-large-scale bearer networks, and, in conjunction with the U2000, the systems become a network operation and maintenance (O&M) solution for super-large-scale All-IP networks. The U2100 assists operators with grooming their end-to-end trails and manages its network faults, while also acting as a data center to provide information for planning network-wide resources, services, software and hardware versions, and standby parts.
Huawei and IDEA Launch India's First Commercial Mobile Number Portability Solution
Huawei, a leading telecom solutions provider, and IDEA, a leading GSM mobile service operator in India, today announced the successful launch of the first commercial MNP (mobile number portability) solution in India.
Huawei Awarded EAL3 CC Security Certification Demonstrates strong commitment to and investment in the Cyber Security Assurance System
Huawei,a leading telecom solutions provider,today announced that it was awarded the Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 3 Common Criteria (CC) security certificate for its core network and router products from the National Cryptologic Centre,the certification body of the Spanish National Evaluation and Certification Outline for IT security. This certification demonstrates the reliability and security of Huawei's products and the company's commitment to and consistent investment in delivering high quality and reliable communications networks.
Cypress Approaches 1 Billionth PSoC Programmable System-on-Chip Unit Shipment
Cypress Semiconductor announced it is nearing the 1 billion unit mark in shipments of its fast-growing PSoC programmable system-on-chip. The world's only programmable analog and digital embedded design platform combines analog and digital peripheral controllers with memory on a single piece of silicon, maximizing designers' flexibility.
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