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New Vice President Applications Engineering Announced by Excelsys
Excelsys has today revealed the appointment of Kevin Parmenter as Vice President Applications Engineering, USA. Kevin Parmenter comes from Exar Corporation where he was the Director of Advanced Technical Marketing for digital power products.
Silicon Labs announces Shipment of 100 million TV Tuner ICs
Reaching a major milestone in the broadcast TV market, Silicon Labs has today revealed that it has shipped its one hundred millionth silicon TV tuner. Silicon Labs' TV tuners were the first to fully displace traditional tuner modules in iDTVs and have been adopted by virtually all of the name-brand TV makers.
How green are electric vehicles really?
Electric vehicles are not green just because they use electricity rather than fuel, but their green credentials critically depend on the materials used, the driving conditions and, most importantly, the carbon intensity of their electricity sources. Indeed, in some conditions, electric vehicles (EV) emit more CO2 than an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE).
Assembléon will showcase quality and flexibility at NEPCON
Assembléon has today announced that its booth at NEPCON South China (Shenzhen, booth 1G50, August 28 – 30) will be dedicated to the perfect combination of quality and flexibility, showing the iFlex and AX-501 Hybrid.
A-Laser Appoint Josh Saunders as Company President
A-Laser, a division of FCT Assembly, has today announced the Promotion of Josh Saunders to president. Saunders joined FCT Assembly in June 2007 as the first employee solely designated to focusing on A-Laser sales.
IC Insights Forecasts a Significant Upturn in the Semiconductor Market in the next Five Years
Following a lackluster period of average annual market growth in the semiconductor industry, a significant upturn is in store for the next five years, according to data released in IC Insights’ Mid-Year Update to the 2012 McClean Report. The table below compares the cumulative average growth rates for the total semiconductor market and for several key product segments.
$1,000 Attendance Awards for Students Assisting at APEC 2013
The joint sponsors of the Applied Power Electronics Conference have announced the continuation of the popular $1,000 Student Attendance Awards to cover part of the travel and conference expenses for up to 30 students to attend APEC 2013 in Long Beach, California, March 17-21, 2013.
KOA receives 2011 Total Cost of Ownership Supplier Award from Celestica
KOA has today declared that it has been awarded a 2011 Total Cost of Ownership Supplier Award from Celestica. Celestica's awards program recognizes suppliers that support Celestica's TCOO sourcing strategy to provide its customers with the best possible supply chain solution for their products.
IP Center of Excellence announced by Rimhub
Rimhub has today announced the launch of its IP Center of Excellence, comprised of IP Support Services for Telecom/VoIP companies. The new addition to its portfolio of services provides customer on-boarding, provisioning, NOC, IP-fraud prevention, and application software development.
Digia Sign Qt Agreement with Nokia
Digia has revealed that it has signed an agreement to acquire Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia. Following the acquisition Digia becomes responsible for all the Qt activities formerly carried out by Nokia. These include product development, as well as the commercial and open source licensing and service business. Following the acquisition, Digia plans to quickly enable Qt on Android, iOS and Windows 8 platforms.