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TriQuint semiconductor Inc wins gallium nitride contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
TriQuint has won a new gallium nitride contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to enable a threefold increase in circuit power handing. The Near Junction Thermal Transport effort will focus on reducing heat that can limit GaN circuit capabilities in defense and commercial systems.
ROHM to highlight Power Management, Optoelectronics and Wireless LE at electronica 2012
ROHM Semiconductor will be exhibiting it’s latest technologies and products at electronica 2012 (Munich, Nov. 13-16) in Hall A5 on Booth 542. Themed “Technology for you – Sense it! Light it! Power it! The main focus will be on power management, optoelectronics and wireless low energy technology.
South Africa gets first utility-scale solar inverters facility
AEG Power Solutions today celebrated the official inauguration of its 200MW per annum manufacturing facility. Based in Milnerton, this 3400 sqm factory was built specifically for the manufacture of the company’s world-renowned utility-scale Solar Inverters and Skytron Combiner Boxes, and is the first facility of its kind in Southern Africa.
UL Awards the First Uninterruptible Power Supply Product ENERGY STAR Certificate
UL recently announced that it awarded the first uninterruptible power supply ENERGY STAR certificate to APC by Schneider Electric. UL is the first third-party certification authority to award UPS products the ENERGY STAR certificate, which further establishes its status as a leader in the field of global energy efficiency and APC is the first manufacturer to obtain the UPS ENERGY STAR certificate by UL.
Micron Technology Sponsors Linley Tech Processor Conference
Micron's Chris Johnson, Global DRAM Application Engineering Manager, presents High Performance Memories for Packet Processing: Solutions and Outlook. On October 10 at 1:20 p.m. Micron is presenting a session on the future of memory technology for networking applications. The performance gap is widening between what commodity DRAM offers and the requirements of packet processing. Technologies discussed are targeted at next-generation high performa...
SN100C Solder Wire Features in University of Queensland Demonstration Video
Nihon Superior and the University of Queensland have long been partners in research directed at understanding how lead-free solders behave with a view to optimizing their performance for users. As part of this relationship Nihon Superior has regularly supplied flux-cored solder wire to the laboratory of the University’s School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering for use by students and researchers in the assembly of the electro...
Lanner Electronics Joins Network Intelligence Alliance
Lanner Electronics today announced that it has become a member of the Network Intelligence Alliance, a new industry organization created for collaboration among the Network Economy’s technology providers.
Xilinx Honored with Outstanding Achievement at e-Legacy Awards 2012
Xilinx is proud to announce that it was been presented with an Outstanding Achievement award at the Electronic Product Design e-Legacy Awards 2012 event in London earlier this month. Xilinx was recognized in the Medical Advances category for the inventive use of FPGAs in a robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgical application for 3D vision and precise control by longtime customer, Intuitive Surgical, in its popular da Vinci.
Cypress Semiconductor Extends Offer to Acquire Ramtron International
Cypress Semiconductor today announced that, in connection with its previously announced merger agreement with Ramtron International it has increased the offer price in its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Ramtron to $3.10 per share and extended the expiration date of the offer to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on October 9, 2012, unless further extended. The all-cash offer is subject to customary closing conditions as ...
NSG Group Selects Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope
Bruker Nano Surfaces Division has shipped a Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope to the European Technical Centre of the global glass manufacturer NSG Group. The Dimension Icon system is equipped with Bruker’s self-optimizing ScanAsyst Imaging Mode and PeakForce TUNA module to enable unprecedented ease of use in conductivity mapping and other difficult materials characterization.