News & Analysis

BAE Systems has approved Tekdata Interconnect Systems as subcontractor for electrical manufacture and test of aircraft loom assemblies for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The approval, which follows a detailed audit of Tekdata’s quality management system, is valid from now, opening the possibility of Tekdata supporting Eurofighter for the next 30 years. Throughout, BAE Systems will make periodic assessments to validate continuing compliance to approva...

In appreciation of best overall revenue growth and geographical coverage, Vishay Europe has honoured TTI Europe with its European Sales Distribution Award at Electronica 2006, the World’s leading electronic components exhibition in Munich last November.

Silicon Logic Engineering Inc. (SLE), a high-end semiconductor design services division of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation today announced the development of a licensable Interlaken protocol IP core for use in ASIC or FPGA designs.

Editors at Test & Measurement World magazine named the NI CompactDAQ USB-based modular data acquisition system from National Instruments a Best in Test winner and a finalist for the Test Product of the Year in the publication’s 2007 Best in Test Awards

TTI Europe has been presented with an award marking its status as one of Murata’s top ranking European distributors. Receiving the award on behalf of the passives, connectors and electromechanical specialist distributor, European VP and Managing Director, Glyn Dennehy commented: “Our policy of focusing on leading brands and working with them to develop new business has been very successful. Andy Kerr, TTI’s internal dedicated Murata champio...

Yamaichi Electronics Deutschland GmbH is one of the 100 best employers among Germany's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) according to this year's nationwide Top Job corporate benchmarking competition. This accolade has been awarded for the past five years to mid-sized firms for their outstanding HR management policies. Wolfgang Clement, Germany's former economics minister presented Yamaichi with the Top Job award last Friday evening at a...

QuickLogic Europe is making its low power FPGA devices available in smaller 6x6 and 8x8 mm form-factor FPGA packages. The advanced packaging meets the aggressive requirements of handheld electronics integrating storage, wireless, mobile TV and other emerging technologies.

Tensilica has announced its new TurboXim fast functional simulator, which is 40 to 80 times faster than its proven cycle-accurate ISS (Instruction Set Simulator). Tensilica also introduced its ability to automatically generate SystemC models to match all possible configurations of its Xtensa configurable processors and Diamond Standard series processors. These introductions significantly speed ESL (embedded system level) design and architectural...

Analog Devices, Inc has announced the rollout across Europe of its 2007 Technical Seminar series. These one-day, in-depth technical seminars are targeted at hardware design and development engineers, applications and system engineers, board designers and hardware project managers.

Finder has announced an update to its 80 series timers, which now provide improvements in functionality, multiple supply voltages, a wide choice of time ranges and greater ease of use. The 80 series timers find uses in applications that include process timing, material handling, access technology, and industrial equipment such as elevators, environmental, washing and shot blasting equipment. Additionally they are used by OEMS for functional tim...