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Philips Unveils Concepts of Future Living to Launch Livable Cities Awards
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today gave a glimpse of what our future living environments could be like with the unveiling of three concepts – 'Healing Bed', 'Air Tree' and 'Soundbarrier'. All three concepts aim to reconnect us with the natural environment, an increasingly rare commodity in a today's urbanized world. The three concepts, which are part of a wider exploration into managing natural elements, mark the launch of Philips Livable Cities Awards, an initiative to generate simple ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities.
ARM Physical IP Production Characterization System Utilizes Magma SiliconSmart Software
Magma Design Automation announced today that ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMHY) has successfully utilized Magma's SiliconSmart characterization and modeling software suite to enhance and expand ARM's production characterization system for Physical IP products. This fast, accurate and easy-to-use characterization system will assist ARM in delivering standard cell and I/O libraries.
CISSOID is part of the CREAM European Consortium For All Electric Aircrafts
CISSOID, the leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions and the other members of the consortium, jointly announced the CREAM European project. The CREAM Project addresses the thematic "Aeronautics and Air Transport (AAT)" through the objective of developing an "Innovative Technological platform for Compact & Reliable Electronic integrated in Actuator and Motor" destined for several applications of the All Electric Aircraft such as fuel pumps, landing gear or brake actuators, flight control actuators etc.
Collaboration with semiconductor company Huali gives imec China a jump start
Imec today officially established imec China in the Zhangjiang High-tech Park in Shanghai. Imec China kicked off with the signing of a joint development project on advanced chip process technology with the semiconductor company Huali.
mimoOn GmbH joins the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)
mimoOn GmbH, a pioneer in LTE software implementations for programmable Software Defined Radio (SDR) platforms, announces its membership of the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) to further deepen its network and visibility as a leading LTE solutions company.
NanoKTN Helps Secure Major European Bid Success for UK Companies
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has helped secure over €2.5 million funding for a number of its members, to aid further development into a new generation of fluid lubricants that use nanomaterials.
National Instruments UK Celebrates Five Consecutive Years as a Great Place to Work
National Instruments UK has achieved prestigious Laureate status in the UK's Best Workplaces Programme, after being named one of the UK's 50 Best Workplaces for a fifth consecutive year. NI is now among only 20 companies in the UK, from hundreds that have been recognised by the Great Place to Work® Institute, to have achieved the accolade of Laureate status.
Tensilica Showcases Growth in Japan, Moves to New Location, And Hosts Customer Seminar
Tensilica, Inc. today announced that its Japan office has moved to a larger, more easily accessible office building and is celebrating the move and its success in the Japan market with a customer seminar on May 24. Highlights of the seminar include presentations by NTT DOCOMO and Epson, as well as discussions of Tensilica's popular HiFi audio DSPs (digital signal processors) and ConnX Atlas LTE (long-term evolution) reference architecture.
Infineon Technologies and Fairchild Semiconductor Enter Into Compatibility Agreement for Power MOSFETs
Infineon Technologies and Fairchild Semiconductor today announced a packaging partnership for their power MOSFETs in the Infineon PowerStage 3x3 or Fairchild MLP 3x3 (Power33™) packages.
Infineon Technologies and Mitsubishi Electric Team Up to Serve the Global Power Electronics Industry
Infineon Technologies and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation agreed to establish a service agreement by which they will both serve the industrial motion controls and drives market worldwide as sources for the advanced IGBT module packages SmartPACKs and SmartPIMs. This revolutionary package concept, recently developed by Infineon Technologies, will be available with the latest generation of power chip technologies from the two leaders.
Infineon Ranks First in Chips for Automotive Electronics
Infineon has advanced to become the world's foremost supplier of chips for automotive electronics, according to the most recent study published by Strategy Analytics. The U.S.-based market researcher reports that Infineon captured a 9.0 percent share of the global market with sales totaling $US1.31 billion in 2009. Infineon strengthened its market position even though it was a crisis year for the automobile industry, with the overall market for automotive chips contracting by 21 percent to $US14.4 billion in 2009 (compared to $US18.3 billion in 2008).
Infineon to Receive the Highest Level Quality Award from Toyota Hirose Plant
Infineon Technologies announced that the Hirose plant of the Toyota Motor Corporation awarded Infineon the "Honor Quality Award", its highest level award for delivering extraordinary product quality. This is the first time ever that a non-Japanese company was honored with a "Honor Quality Award" and Infineon is the only recipient of the award in 2010. Infineon was recognized for providing CAN transceivers with zero-defect quality for four years running to the Toyota Hirose plant, where state-of-the art electronics components for Toyota vehicles are developed and manufactured.
Huawei and vividwireless Launch MIMO BeamForming WiMAX Network
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, and vividwireless, Australia' s leading wireless broadband operator, today announced the launch of Australia' s first commercial WiMAX network in Perth – the most powerful wireless broadband network in the country. It is also the world' s first WiMAX network to adopt cutting-edge 4T4R (4 transmitter and 4 receiver) and Beamforming technology, delivering wireless access speeds comparable to most ADSL2+ connections.
Huawei Opens First R&D Centre in Canada
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today celebrated the official opening of its Ottawa R&D Centre with employees, customers and dignitaries. As the first Canadian R&D Centre for Huawei, the facility is designed to provide operators and partners with local access to Huawei' s industry leading solutions as well as to leverage local talent while driving technology innovation and the growth of Canada' s telecommunication industry.
Huawei and Dialog Telekom Deploy ngHLR in Sri Lanka
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, and Dialog Telekom PLC (Dialog), the largest mobile carrier in Sri Lanka, today announced the successful deployment of a next-generation Home Location Register (ngHLR). The deployment of ngHLR can serve 10 million subscribers in Sri Lanka and enable Dialog to realize centralized management, simplify its network, and support future subscriber growth.
China Mobile Launches World' s First TD-LTE Network with Huawei' s E2E Solution
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has assisted China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), the world' s leading telecom operator, launched the world' s first TD-LTE/SAE trial network enabled by Huawei' s E2E solution. The network, which offers a more than 10 times faster download data rate than existing 3G networks, will serve the entire 2010 Shanghai World Expo Park and some key pavilions.
Huawei and Bakrie Telecom deploy huge capacity CDMA MSC Pool
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world announced that Huawei has deployed the huge capacity CDMA MSC Pool core network for PT Bakrie Telecom (Bakrie Telecom) in Indonesia. It will allow Bakrie Telecom to accommodate the fast-growing needs in the world' s fourth most populous country and also maximize the use of network resources and ensure reliability and efficiency.
Lantronix Supplies General Dynamics C4 Systems with SecureLinx SLCs for U.S. Marine Corps’ Tactical Data Network Data Distribution System
Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), global provider of secure, network-enabling technologies, today announced that it has supplied General Dynamics C4 Systems with SecureLinx™ Console Managers (SLCs) for the U.S. Marine Corps' next-generation Tactical Data Network (TDN)-Data Distribution System-Modular (DDS-M), a scalable IP communications and networking system.
BlueWave Security Chooses Lantronix to Reduce Development Costs, Speed Time to Market and Improve Customer Satisfaction
Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), global provider of secure, network-enabling technologies, today announced BlueWave Security has selected Lantronix' XPort Pro for its next-generation security product line. BlueWave Security is a leader in Wi-Fi and Ethernet standards-based physical access control solutions. BlueWave Security selected XPort Pro, 'The World's Smallest Linux Server', to future-proof its next-generation security product line with best in class networking capability, and to enable secure, remote access to equipment behind firewalls.
VERMES Technik Is Now VERMES Microdispensing GmbH
VERMES Technik, the manufacturer of fast piezoelectric dispensing valves, has been spun out of the Woellner Group and turned into VERMES Microdispensing GmbH. The two new stockholders are Essemtec and Promess.
Freescale products achieve ZigBee Health Care Certification
Freescale Semiconductor today announced it has received ZigBee Certified product status for its ZigBee Health Care wireless health and wellness processing platforms. The ZigBee Certified products status is awarded to products that have been tested and met criteria for interoperability that enable wireless devices to securely and reliably monitor and manage noncritical, low-acuity health care services. A recent report by ON World, "WSN for Health Care," estimates that wireless sensor networks can reduce annual health care costs by $25 billion (US) by 2012.
NXP Semiconductors Awarded LIGHTFAIR International’s 2010 Technical Innovation Award
NXP Semiconductors today announced it is the recipient of LIGHTFAIR International's (LFI) 2010 Technical Innovation Award for its SSL2102 dimmable IC.
Laird Technologies Participates in ATA 2010 Tradeshow
Laird Technologies recently participated in the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) 2010 tradeshow held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, May 16-18, 2010.
Gaussian 09 Software Ported to 64-bit Mac OS X Using PGI Compilers
The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and leading supplier of compilers for high-performance computing (HPC), today announced that Gaussian, Inc, an ongoing collaboration of scientists and academic research groups throughout the world, used PGI compilers to port a version of its flagship Gaussian 09 product to Intel processor-based Macintosh computers running 64-bit versions of Mac OS X.
EnOcean Alliance Validates UK Foothold with Major Building References
At its first London Open House Exhibition, the EnOcean Alliance announced the growing presence of self-powered wireless technology in the UK and revealed first time details of high profile residential, commercial and industrial building automation projects across the country. Member companies involved in the event included Beckhoff, Distech Controls, EnOcean, Leviton, MK Electric, Wago, Wieland and Thermokon.
IMAPS-UK “Beyond Solder” Technical Programme Released
IMAPS-UK has released details of the Technical Programme for their forthcoming "Beyond Solder" Technical Seminar being held on at the National Physical Laboratory, London on the 30 June 2010. With its theme of interconnect processes, technology and materials, the event has attracted leading presenters from Companies and Institutions such as IeMRC, Henkel, TWI, Kulicke & Soffa, Panda Europe, NPL & Irisys.
austriamicrosystems scores success in patent infringement lawsuit against Melexis
austriamicrosystems announced that the District Court (Landgericht) in Duesseldorf (Germany) issued a decision in the patent infringement lawsuit regarding magnetic field encoder products against Melexis N.V. / SA (Belgium) and its German subsidiary Melexis GmbH fully in favor of austriamicrosystems. In its first-instance verdict the court established that the sale and distribution of products from Melexis' product family of magnetic field encoders in Germany infringes European Patent EP 0 916 074 B1 exclusively held by austriamicrosystems. The court decision can be appealed.
NanoKTN and NanoCentral to Discuss the Importance of commercialising Nanomaterials in 2 workshops at NanoMaterials2010
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is pleased to announce it will be partnering with Nanocentral on two workshops at the NanoMaterials2010 conference in London. The workshops are concerned with addressing 2 current issues in commercialisation, integrating nanotechnology in food applications and the measurement and characterisation of nanomaterial systems. These workshops will involve the key leaders in their respective fields and highlight the best practise and give an opportunity to encourage intelligent debate. Industry is encouraged to register and attend these workshops as a way of connecting and catalysing innovation.
Saving money with custom designed GaAs MMICs
Plextek's Director of RF Integration, Liam Devlin, will make a presentation on how to save money by using custom designed GaAs MMICs at the Microwave Applications (MicroApps) seminar taking place during the 2010 International Microwave Symposium (IMS). This year's IMS takes place from May 23-28 in Anaheim, California. The presentation will look at how significant cost savings can be achieved and discusses the advantages of being able to precisely define the required functionality and performance.
Renesas Electronics Collaborates with AMD to Accelerate Promotion of USB 3.0 Standard
Renesas announced its collaboration with AMD to promote the new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) standard. In December 2009, Renesas Electronics (formerly NEC Electronics Corporation) released its USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) driver, supporting the new industry-standard, highly efficient mass-storage protocol suitable for use on SuperSpeed USB to overcome the performance boundaries of the Bulk Only Transfer (BOT) protocol.
picoChip’s PC960x LTE femtocell wins Best Enabling Product/Technology Award at LTE Awards
picoChip's PC960x product received the Best Enabling Product/Technology Award at the Informa LTE Awards during LTE World Summit in Amsterdam this week. The PC960x is the industry's first reference design for an LTE "small cell" basestation or femtocell. The PC960x is a significant step forward as a technology enabler - allowing carriers to build their LTE networks in a faster and more cost-effective way than traditional approaches.
Plessey Semiconductors obtains ISO/TS16949, ISO9001 and ISO14001 certification
Plessey Semiconductors today announced that it had successfully passed all the audits necessary to obtain certification to the internationally recognised ISO quality standards TS16949 and ISO9001 and the environmental standard ISO14001.
Access to TSMC technologies through leading European partners: imec and DELTA partner to provide comprehensive ASIC solutions
Imec, certified TSMC Value Chain Aggregator (VCA), and DELTA Microelectronics, a leading provider of ASIC services, have concluded a cooperation agreement to provide customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with comprehensive TSMC-based turnkey and partial turnkey ASIC services.
Rochester Electronics Receives EN 9120 Certification
Rochester Electronics has certified its facility in Newburyport, Mass to EN 9120:2002 requirements, the aerospace quality management system for stockist distributors. The EN 9120:2002 certification provides suppliers with a comprehensive quality system focused on areas directly impacting aerospace distribution. The EN 9120:2002 standard addresses chain of custody, traceability, quality control, availability of records and counterfeit awareness.
ASSET supports Intel Xeon processors 5600/7500 series and Itanium 9300 processors with validation and test tools
The ScanWorks platform for embedded instruments from ASSET InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of open tools for embedded instrumentation, is the first third-party platform with validation and test tools for the newly announced families of server processors, the Intel® Xeon® 5600 and 7500 series, and the Itanium 9300 series.
More Mezzanine Space For Lorlin Electronics
Switch manufacturer Lorlin Electronics has made better use of available space at its factory in Littlehampton by installing a Mezz Lift supplied by Penny Hydraulics to transfer kits and finished items between ground floor stores and mezzanine production areas.
Maxim sponsors OptaMotive electric vehicle team
Demonstrating its commitment to enabling innovation in the automotive market, Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) today announced that it is a Gold Level sponsor of OptaMotive, a Silicon Valley startup that is building an electric vehicle (EV) to compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles capable of achieving 100 MPGe (miles per gallon or its energy equivalent). With its electric vehicle, dubbed E.Rex, OptaMotive is striving to combine fun-to-drive performance (0-60 in less than 5 seconds) with energy efficiency of better than 150 MPGe.
NanoKTN and JEMI UK Host Workshop to Identify Commercial Opportunities for UK Nanotechnology
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is pleased to announce that for the second-year running, it's Electronic Devices and Nano Systems focus group will be hosting a workshop at this year's S2K (http://www.semiconductor2k.com/) event in Cardiff, alongside JEMI UK. The workshop will look at the use of enabling technologies in nano-applications and will discuss areas where key technologies are yet to be established, with the aim to identify gaps in the market where UK companies can invest and become involved.
Agilent Technologies Funds University College Dublin Newman Fellowship in Quantitative Proteomics
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and University College Dublin (UCD) today announced the appointment of Dr. Ben Collins as the Agilent Technologies Newman Fellow in Quantitative Proteomics at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research.
Fairchild Semiconductor Receives Excellent Supplier Award for Third Consecutive Year from Longcheer
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, has received an Excellent Supplier Award from Longcheer Holdings, a leading mobile handset design house in China, for the third consecutive year.
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