News & Analysis
Prysmian Wins £15 Million Turnkey Contract
World leading cable manufacturer Prysmian Cables & Systems has won the contract to supply and install the land connection route for Gwynt y Môr – one of the largest offshore wind farm projects under construction anywhere in the world.
EnSilica and Pebble Bay collaborate to target automotive electronics design
EnSilica, a leading independent provider of front-end IC design services, and Pebble Bay, a leading embedded systems development consultancy, are collaborating to target the automotive electronics design market by porting ERIKA Enterprise, the free-of-charge, open source RTOS for automotive systems, to EnSilica’s family of highly configurable and low-power eSi-RISC soft processor cores. The port provides proof of the suitability of EnSilica’...
Intersil to showcase new technology at Electronica 2010
Intersil has announced that it will showcase its analog products and technology at Electronica 2010 from November 9-12, 2010 in Hall A4, Booth 207 at the International New Trade Fair in Munich, Germany. Intersil will display and demonstrate a wide array of high-performance analog products that address the industry's fastest-growing markets, in particular automotive and security.
austriamicrosystems introduces “More Than Silicon” initiative
austriamicrosystems Full Service Foundry business unit today introduced its “More Than Silicon” initiative, a comprehensive service and technology package that goes beyond industry standard foundry services. Foundry customers instantly benefit from access to leading edge technology add-ons, advanced packaging services and dedicated support engineers to enable first-time-right designs.
Laird Technologies to Attend P&T / EXPO COMM CHINA 2010 Trade Show
Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of customized performance-critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, today announced it will be attending the P&T / EXPO COMM CHINA 2010 trade show for Asia. The trade show is being held at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, China, October 11-15, 2010. Laird Technologies can be found at booth #A060g.
Renesas Strengthens its Compound Semiconductor Business
Renesas today announced new objectives to strengthen the company’s compound semiconductor business, which includes opto devices formed by compound semiconductor such as gallium arsenite (GaAs), and microwave devices. Renesas Electronics plans to: (1) Acquire and retain the global top market shares (Note 1) with photocouplers, RF (radio frequency) switch ICs and other focused products. (2) Launch new gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductor pr...
RFMD Expands Foundry Services Offerings To Include Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Technologies Manufactured In Europe
RF Micro Devices, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced the Company has added its world-class Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) technology to RFMD’s foundry services portfolio and will begin providing a full suite of GaAs Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor (pHEMT) technologies to customers of its Foundry Services business unit.
AVX announces free Kyocera crystal matching facility at Fleet Design Centre, UK
AVX is offering Kyocera’s crystal matching service to end customers and semiconductor companies completely free of charge at its Design Centre in Fleet, Hampshire. The Fleet Design Centre (FDC) is able to evaluate customers’ circuit boards, provide expert technical advice on crystal matching and offer a rapid crystal matching service. FDC’s European location brings Kyocera’s crystal matching service within easy geographical reach and pr...
Polar Instruments appoints Neil Chamberlain as Signal Integrity Product Manager
Polar Instruments - a specialist provider of tools for PCB design, fabrication and test - announces that Neil Chamberlain has been appointed as Signal Integrity Product Manager, in addition to his existing role as European Sales Manager.
Texas Instruments delivers thinnest EMI filters with highest ESD performance
Texas Instruments today introduced six- and four-channel electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters for LCD display applications, the TPD6F202 and TPD4F202. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) ratings exceed the IEC 61000-4-2 specification by at least three times for contact discharge. Both are 67 percent better than the specification for air-gap discharge. This allows the signal to be transmitted through the device while it filters out the higher freq...