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Altera Select Cypress QDRII and QDRII+ SRAM Devices for Latest Development Kit
Cypress Semiconductor Cor today announced Altera has selected Cypress Quad Data Rate II (QDRII) and QDRII+ SRAMs for use in its 28-nm Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit. Cypress’s SRAMs enable the Stratix V FPGA Development Kit to deliver line rates up to 100 Gbps.
Solid State Supplies appoints Colin Jacobs as director of business development
Solid State Supplies announces the appointment of Colin Jacobs as director of business development. Jacobs, who started his career in electronic components with the Memec Group, joins Solid State Supplies after 6 years as European Business Development Director for Acal Technology. Prior to that, he spent 5 years running his own electronic component repping business.
ACAL Energy Achieves Key Milestones in Development of New Fuel Cell Technology
ACAL Energy has achieved key milestones in the development of its FlowCath platinum-free liquid cathode fuel cell technology. The Company has completed the build of its first field test system, producing gross power of 3kW. At the same time the company has also achieved a new record peak performance power density of nearly 900 mW/cm2, which is a substantial improvement over the previously announced peak power record of around 600 mW/cm2.
Cambridge Consultants spins out Aveillant to get wind farms turning
Cambridge Consultants has announced the spin out of Aveillant with venture investment from DFJ Esprit and AIFCL, the wind industry fund. Aveillant’s technology will remove the concerns about aviation safety and air defence that are holding back growth in the wind energy industry. Wind turbines in motion can mimic aircraft on an air traffic controller’s radar screen. Aveillant will provide airfields with the accurate radar data needed to elim...
KIC’s Sales and Service Engineer to Present at the SMTA Technical Forum in Guadalajara
KIC announces that Martin Lopez will discuss how to fix reflow- and wave-related defects as well as how to avoid them at the upcoming Technical Forum, hosted by the SMTA Guadalajara Chapter, scheduled to take place November 9-10, 2011 at the Centro de Enseñanza Tecnica Industrial (CETI) Auditórium in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Multitest to Exhibit New Test Solutions at Silicon Valley Test Conference 2011
Multitest,will exhibit its test solutions at the upcoming Silicon Valley Test Conference, scheduled to take place November 10-11, 2011 at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Clara, Calif. At the conference, Multitest will showcase the most comprehensive portfolio of contactors on the market.
Aqueous Technologies Receives Best Paper Recognition at SMART Group BGA and Cleaning Reliability Conference
Aqueous Technologies announces that CEO Michael Konrad was voted Best Paper by delegates at the recent SMART Group Conference at the Oxfordshire Golf Club in Thame, UK. Konrad presented “Practical Cleaning Issues for No-Clean Flux, and How to Have a Successful Cleaning Process.” Ironically, the most common flux removed at present is no-clean, and 55 percent of assemblers surveyed said that they cleaned no-clean assemblies.
Christopher Associates to Display Advanced Equipment and Materials at the SMTA Wisconsin/Great Lakes Expo & Tech Forum 2011
Christopher Associates Inc. will showcase equipment and materials from its world-class suppliers at the upcoming SMTA Wisconsin/Great Lakes Expo & Tech Forum, scheduled to take place Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center in Milwaukee. In addition to its suppliers’ products, representatives from Christopher Associates will highlight the award-winning Akila XR-3 X-ray ...
John Morath appointed as Managing Director at GTK
GTK announces that John Morath has been appointed as its new Managing Director. John succeeds George Homes who has held this position since the company started in 1990.
Dialight DuroSite LED Low Bay Fixture Certified by DesignLights™ Consortium
Dialight today announced that its DuroSite LED Low Bay fixture has is now listed on the Designlights Consortium’s Solid State Lighting Fixtures Qualified Products List in the Parking Garage Luminaire category. Posting on the DLC list identifies the fixture as eligible for valuable utility rebate programs with participating DLC utility partners and validates the Low Bay’s exceptional energy efficiency and lighting efficacy for use in parking ...