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Adeneo Embedded Awarded for the 4th Year in a Row at Microsoft’s 2010 Windows Embedded Partner Summit
Adeneo Embedded, the Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner awarded "Windows Embedded Training Partner of the Year" and "Windows Embedded Systems Integrator of the Year" for both 2007, 2008 and 2009 in North America and Europe, has been recognized for the 4th year in a row at Microsoft's 2010 Windows Embedded Partner Summits for Europe and for North America by winning the Microsoft's 2010 Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Awards.
Making MEMS Work Keynote Presenter Announced
IMAPS-UK, the leading Industrial Society for packaging and test of microelectronic devices and related technologies is pleased to announce that Yole Développement is the keynote presenter at their forthcoming "Making MEMS Work – BIG Ideas For Small Devices" Technical Seminar. The Seminar is being held on 02 December 2010 at the Institute of System Level Integration (iSLI), Edinburgh.
Cryoconnect assemblies help ALMA reach new heights in submillimetre astronomy
Tekdata Interconnections' Cryoconnect division have supplied to ALMA a new generation of cryogenic looms which are at the front end of data collection, which will enable a team of international scientists to study distant galaxies. The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is a European Southern Observatory (ESO) led international partnership between Europe, North America, East Asia and the Republic of Chile.
Zoughi to Receive 2011 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award for Contributions to Microwave and Millimeter Wave Measurement Techniques
The IEEE has named Dr. Reza Zoughi as the recipient of the 2011 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement. Zoughi is being recognized for his contributions to microwave and millimeter wave measurement techniques for nondestructive testing and evaluation. The award, sponsored by Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE:KEI), is presented for outstanding contributions in the field of electrical measurement. It consists of a bronze medal, a certificate, and an honorarium. The award will be presented to Zoughi on May 11, 2011, during the IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, which will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton Hangzhou, Binjiang, Hangzhou, China.
Agilent Technologies Opens Global Manufacturing Facility for Life Sciences Instruments
Agilent announced the opening of its new life sciences instruments manufacturing facility in Singapore. The facility will produce the company's Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) instruments for the global market.
LAST POWER Project Aims to Put Europe First in New Power Semiconductor Technologies
The partners in a new publicly-funded European research project today announced details of the multinational/multidisciplinary program called LAST POWER ('Large Area silicon carbide Substrates and heTeroepitaxial GaN for POWER device applications). The aim of this important 42-month ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council) project is to provide Europe with strategic independence in the field of wide band gap (WBG) semiconductors. This field is of major strategic importance as it involves the development of highly energy-efficient systems for all applications that need power, from telecommunications to automotive, from consumer electronics to electrical household appliances, and from industrial applications to home automation.
STMicroelectronics Announces Appointment of New Chief Operating Officer
STMicroelectronics today announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer. Alain Dutheil, who has held the position of ST's COO since 2005, has decided to retire following 27 years with the Company. Alain has been instrumental in the development of ST since its inception, helping to make it a major global semiconductor company and one of the leading high-tech companies in Europe.
New technology to help improve sleep and quality of life
Millions of people worldwide, who suffer from the debilitating effects of sleep apnea, will benefit from a new device to treat the health condition, thanks to an innovative technology partnership between ResMed and STMicroelectronics.
STMicroelectronics and ARM Nurture Young Talent in Korea in Robot Design
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader, and ARM (NYSE: ARM), a leading semiconductor intellectual property provider, have jointly sponsored the Explorer Robot Challenge 2010, a design contest that promotes space robotics and general robot research among university students and young engineers in Korea. Twelve robots built around ST's ARM core-based 32-bit microcontrollers competed in the Challenge's finals held at KINTEX (the Korea International Exhibition Center) on October 29-30.
Nexeon Named as 'One to Watch'
Nexeon - the company making waves with its development of next generation lithium-ion rechargeable battery technology - has picked up another accolade by being listed in the European Cleantech Connect Top 15 list of 'Ones to watch and most promising companies in Cleantech'.
New PCI Express Root Complex Lite Solution Uses The LatticeECP3 FPGA Family
Lattice Semiconductor today announced the immediate availability of the PCI Express Root Complex (RC) Lite solution based on the LatticeECP3 and LatticeECP2M FPGA families for use in simple bridging application to any legacy host bus. Using a low cost programmable FPGA platform, designers can implement the specific bridge function that matches the interface available on their particular host CPU. Designers will also have the flexibility to implement multiple bridges or different configurations of bridges in a single FPGA, reducing the number of components on the board.
Napatech expands in Japan
Napatech today announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan. This follows the opening of our new office in Washington D.C. and Napatech's entry into India earlier this year. "We are seeing strong demand in the Japanese market for our products, where Japanese OEM vendors have long been at the forefront of developments in IP and broadband in general", said Henrik Brill Jensen, CEO, Napatech. "In this regard our products are a perfect fit in addressing the challenges of building appliances capable of analyzing and securing 10 Gbps IP networks."
ITTIA DB SQL 3.3 Embedded RDMBS
ITTIA DB SQL version 3.3 introduces new tools for software developers, in the form of a custom memory allocator and graphical database editing utility. This makes ITTIA DB SQL even more suitable for embedded relational data storage in device applications.
Professor Brian Cox OBE and Andrew Miller MP Join NIDays 2010 Industry Experts Panel
National Instruments UK & Ireland today announced the speakers on its Industry Experts Panel Discussion, taking place at NIDays 2010, held at the London home of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, Savoy Place, on Tuesday 9th November. Professor Brian Cox OBE – scientist and media figure, Andrew Miller MP – Chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Science & Technology, Chris Kirby - MD of Magnomatics and start-up entrepreneur, and Ajit Gokhale – General Manager for NI UK, Ireland, France and Portugal make up the panel, which will be moderated by John Pullin, respected journalist and industry editor.
Alpha Micro supports Cranfield University’s search for life on the edge of space
Can life exist on the edge of space? This is just one of the questions that a group of students from Cranfield University hope to answer with assistance from sponsors Alpha Micro Components (www.alphamicro.net), the independent franchised distributor of electronic components. Team CASS-E (Cranfield University Astrobiological Stratospheric Sampling Experiment) have designed a biological data collecting instrument which will be sent into the stratosphere as part of the BEXUS (Balloon-borne Experiments for University Students) programme in 2010.
LynuxWorks and Themis Team up to Demonstrate Rugged and Secure Server Solutions at MILCOM 2010
LynuxWorks and Themis Computer today announced that they have teamed up to demonstrate a new rugged, high performance multilevel secure platform solution at MILCOM 2010. The companies will showcase LynuxWorks' LynxSecure secure separation kernel and embedded hypervisor running on Themis' CoolShell blade server. LynxSecure is a highly secure virtualization solution that utilizes the CoolShell's hardware-virtualization technology and multiple processor cores to provide a versatile platform for secure environments.
Pentek Takes Leadership Role In Delivering Advanced COTS Solutions Targeting Military Applications
Again taking a leadership role, Pentek, Inc. today unveiled the first in a family of ruggedized boards for high-performance military and avionics applications utilizing the industry's most advanced FPGA technology. Pentek's 53xxx Cobalt™ board family incorporates Xilinx's Virtex-6 FPGAs for on-board signal processing, delivering digital sampling rates to 1 GHz in a compact 3U VPX form factor.
RF Micro Devices Awarded $1.5 Million Navy Contract for GaN RF Power Technology
RF Micro Devices announced today that it has been awarded a $1.5 million R&D contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) related to gallium nitride (GaN) microelectronics, including the development of materials, device fabrication and high power circuits.
Microchip licenses MIPS32 M14K Cores for next-generation 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers
Microchip and MIPS Technologies, Inc. have announced that Microchip is building on its successful 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller family, which is currently based on the MIPS32 M4K core, by licensing the MIPS32 M14K family of cores from MIPS.
DNA Electronics Partners with Roche to Develop Semiconductor Based Sequencing System
DNA Electronics, a fabless semiconductor provider of solutions for real-time DNA and RNA analysis, announced today that it has entered a partnership with 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company. The collaboration will focus on the development of a low-cost, high-throughput, long read, high density DNA sequencing system. As part of the agreement, DNA Electronics has signed a non-exclusive licence to provide relevant IP from its proprietary semiconductor technology portfolio to Roche. This technology which enables sensitive detection of nucleotide incorporation during sequencing will build on 454 Life Sciences' current pyrosequencing-based platform. The collaboration leverages DNA Electronics' unique knowledge of semiconductor design and expertise in pH-mediated detection of nucleotide insertions with 454 Life Sciences' long read sequencing chemistry to produce a seamless evolution from optical detection to low-cost, highly scalable electrochemical detection.
ITT Interconnect Solutions’ UK facility achieves SC21 Silver Accreditation
Leading global connector manufacturer and supplier, ITT Interconnect Solutions, has announced that its UK facility has been awarded Silver Accreditation in the Supply Chains for the Twenty First Century (SC21) national aerospace and defence supply chain improvement programme. Against a background of increasingly intense international competition, achieving supply chain improvement is crucial to the continued success of the UK aerospace and defence industry: SC21 was set up four years ago with the aim of delivering real results and modernising the UK supply chain through the participation of companies of all sizes.
Alpha Wire Launches Spanish-language Website
Alpha Wire has unveiled a Spanish version of its AlphaWire.com website designed to reach an increasingly diversified customer base. Spanish-speaking customers are now able to access all existing website functions, including product filters, data sheet searches, sample requests, and product brochure downloads, in a more user-friendly manner.
Imagination Technologies Licenses Forte’s CellMath IP and Tools
Imagination Technologies of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, signed an agreement to extend the license of Forte Design Systems' software for the continued design and support of its advanced, current-generation POWERVR graphics intellectual property (IP) cores.
IMAPS-UK “Making MEMS Work” Event Details Announced
UK Microelectronics Packaging Society (IMAPS-UK) is pleased to announce details its forthcoming "Making MEMS Work – BIG Ideas For Small Devices" Technical Seminar & Industry Networking Event being held at The Institute of System Level Integration (iSLI) in Edinburgh on 02 December 2010.
HCD reaps benefits of Apprenticeship program
HCD, the Letchworth-based contract electronics manufacturer, is reaping the benefits of running an accredited apprenticeship scheme, as its first staff member to complete the full program has now just graduated and is beginning a career in the company's board design office.
Chipworks Launches World’s First Reverse Engineering eStore
Chipworks has introduced the world's first online store for purchasing reverse engineering analysis, accessed directly through www.chipworks.com.
Renesas Electronics Launches RX Microcontroller Design Contest
To spur embedded design creativity and competition, Renesas Electronics has launched the Renesas RX Design Contest, featuring the new RX family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) and a robust software support environment, provided by Renesas Electronics and its Alliance Partner community. This includes CMX Systems, IAR Systems, Micrium, Micron Technology, SEGGER, Rowebots and TotalPhase. The Renesas RX Design Contest provides an open, creative environment in which embedded engineers can showcase their skills in any type of design using an RX MCU.
3M Invests in Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Diversified technology company 3M, through its 3M New Ventures business, has invested in Perceptive Pixel Inc., a developer of advanced multi-touch solutions based in New York City. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Infineon Wins Bavarian State Award for Electric Mobility
Infineon Technologies has won the Bavarian State Award for Electric Mobility. Martin Zeil, Bavarian Minister of Economics, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, presented the award to Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, yesterday evening. The ceremony at which the awards were conferred in altogether seven categories was held alongside the eCarTec International Trade Fair for Electric Mobility in Munich. The award went to Infineon in the "Drive Technology" category for the company's microcontrollers ensuring smooth and hence efficient operation of the motor in electric bicycles, the so-called e-bikes. In addition, Infineon was also nominated for its active battery balancing solution in the "Storage Technology/System Integration" category.
Pleora hosts successful GenICam™ and GigE Vision® technical meetings
Pleora Technologies, a world leader in networked video connectivity solutions for mission-critical systems, hosted a highly successful series of technical meetings on the European Machine Vision Association GenICam™ standard and the Automated Imaging Association GigE Vision® standard from October 5 to October 8, 2010.
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Huawei in the Contact Center Application Market with 2010 Asia Pacific Growth Strategy Leadership Award
Huawei today announced that it has received the 2010 Asia Pacific Growth Strategy Leadership Award in the Contact Center Application Market from Frost & Sullivan, a business research and consulting firm.
MIT Adopts Agilent Technologies' Bioanalyzer to Enhance BioEngineering Laboratory Course
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has integrated the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer into its biological engineering department's undergraduate laboratory course. The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer is a microfluidics-based platform for sizing, quantification and quality control of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells on a single platform.
STMicroelectronics Receives the “2010 Industry Award” from the Geneva Office for the Promotion of Industries and Technologies (OPI)
STMicroelectronics announced it has received the "2010 Industry Award" from the Geneva Office for the Promotion of Industries and Technologies (OPI). The award was presented by Mr. Jesús Martin-Garcia, President of the Jury, to STMicroelectronics' President and Chief Executive Officer Carlo Bozotti, during an official ceremony held as part of the 8th annual economic event organized by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG).
3Sun appoints Chairman and CEO
Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics announced today the appointment of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of their new joint venture company 3Sun by its Board of Directors, constituted at the end of July 2010. The appointment is in line with the agreement signed by Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics on January 4, 2010.
COMPRION supports international academic projects on information security
COMPRION and the Smart Card Centre at the RUHL are pleased to announce that their relationship is to be further extended and strengthened by the addition of the COMPRION Move 2, a SWP and HCI monitoring tool, to the existing COMPRION equipment that is used by the SCC within the Information Security Group. The Move 2 is used to visualise the communication that takes place between the UICC and the host device utilising the SWP and HCI protocols in the NFC mobile world. The analysis tool is synchronised with the COMPRION CLT Move, which is used for monitoring the contactless communication (ISO/IEC 14443 Types A, B and B') exchanged between the contactless card or terminal and the mobile device.
Synopsys Awarded TSMC's 'Interface IP Partner of the Year'
Synopsys, announced that it received TSMC's inaugural Interface IP Partner of the Year Award. The award recognizes Synopsys' superior performance in the TSMC IP Alliance. Synopsys was selected based on customer feedback, TSMC-9000 compliance, technical support excellence and customer IP usage. Synopsys' DesignWare interface IP portfolio consists of widely used protocols such as USB, DDR, PCI Express®, HDMI, MIPI, SATA and Ethernet.
Cisco Releases Case Study on Panduit World Headquarters
Cisco has featured leading-edge IT and network solutions provider Panduit in its latest industry best practice case study. The piece showcases Panduit's new world headquarters building and award-winning Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) approach, which provides a dramatic leap forward in collaboration, smart and healthy work environments, energy reduction and cost savings.
mimoOn announces 1st generation LTE femtocell mi!Spectrum Air Interface Scheduler
mimoOn GmbH, the software defined radio (SDR) software company, today announced the 1st generation of it's high-efficiency mi!Spectrum Femtocell LTE Air Interface Scheduler, now fully compliant with the new Femto Forum APIs for air interface scheduling and network monitoring. By utilising the new Femto Forum API's mi!Spectrum will reduce integration costs and time, accelerating development and deployment of femtocells for LTE.
Intel announces Avalue Technology as “Associate Member”
Intel announced early this month that Avalue Technology has been promoted to "Associate member" of Intel Embedded Alliance. Avalue Technology Inc., is a worldwide leading provider of Embedded computing platforms and applied panel computing providing a multitude of powerful, cost-effective hardware solutions utilizing the features of Intel's embedded architecture.
Finetech 2010 User Meetings A Success
Finetech are pleased to announce that both the "Micro Assembly" User Meeting which was held in Berlin and the first ever Finetech "Advanced Rework User Meeting to be held outside Germany exceeded all expectations and can be considered a complete success.
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