News & Analysis
ON Semiconductor to Acquire California Micro Devices for $4.70 per Share in an All-Cash Tender Offer
ON Semiconductor and California Micro Devices today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which ON Semiconductor will acquire California Micro Devices (CMD) through a cash tender offer of $4.70 per share. With net cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of approximately $45 million at the end of November 2009, the transaction value of CMD represents an enterprise value of approximately $63 million and an equ...
SAMSUNG Electronics can save up to 90% engineers’ time with ESI’s VisualDSS
ESI Group announced today the recent implementation of a Simulation-Based Design environment in Samsung Electronics Corporation’s (SEC) Visual Display division. The unified Simulation-Based Design environment relies on VisualDSS, ESI’s end-to-end Decision Support System enabling companies to build and manage simulation models for multi-domain usage, to manage simulation content and data, and to automate project workflow.
Korenix Releases JetView Pro, free for download Intelligent NMS Network Management Software
To show users the performance of JetView Pro – the new Korenix patented Intelligent Network Management Software, Korenix provides an exclusive opportunity for a free NMS trial. Administrators can now download the free NMS software from Korenix website and test its various capabilities for the Korenix JetNet, JetPoE, JetRock series managed switches, which support LLDP and JetView Pro features.
Korenix JetI/O Series Intelligent Ethernet IO Modules – Winner of the “Automation-2009” Exhibition!
Korenix is proud to announce, that its JetI/O Series Intelligent Ethernet IO Serial Modules honorably received the 1st place Diploma of “Automation-2009” in the Category of Input/Output Devices at the AISS-AutomaticaA 2009 exhibition in Ukraine. The annual AISS-AutomaticA is a specialized international exhibition and leading national presenter of equipment components and technologies for industrial automation and built systems.
Circuit Cellar and WIZnet Launch the iMCU Design Contest 2010
The design contest simply requires the use of WIZnet’s new chip (the W7100) as part of your embedded project. The W7100 is an Internet MCU integrating a Hardwired TCP/IP core with an 8051 processor. The resulting integration is known as ‘iMCU.’
Holst Centre, imec and TNO report a world-first plastic transponder circuit at 50 kb/s
At the International Electronics Devices Meeting, Holst Centre, imec and TNO presented the world-first organic transponder circuit with a bit rate of 50kbits/s. This bit rate approaches the requirements for the Electronic Product Coding (EPC) standards.
Open-Source SERCOS III Master Library Available
SERCOS International announces that an open source software driver library for the SERCOS III real-time Ethernet communication system master implementation is now available via the sourceforge.net online-portal. The software can be used by interested users (control manufacturers, tool suppliers) according to the LGPL license, without any license fees and without any usage limitations.
Agilent Technologies Recognized for Leadership in LTE and WiMAX Test Equipment Market
Agilent Technologies Inc. has received Frost and Sullivan's Best Practices Award for World Market Share Leadership in LTE and WiMAX test equipment. The award is based on market research showing that Agilent held the highest industry market share in 2008 with 20.2 percent of the market revenues.
NXP Introduces Advanced 3DTV Processor
NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of the PNX5130, the industry’s first video co-processor enabling 3DTV, frame-rate conversion (FRC) and local backlight dimming in a single chip. By eliminating the need for external FPGA devices to support 3DTV, NXP is providing a highly cost-effective post-processing solution that will enable manufacturers to bring competitively priced 3D-enabled TV sets to the mainstream consumer market. The...
Laird Technologies Named as 2010 Top 100 M2M Companies
We are pleased to be named to the M2M 100 for a fourth consecutive year,” said Mike Coletta, Laird Technologies’ Director of Sales and Product Management, Telematics & Wireless M2M. “We remain dedicated to providing wireless modules, integrated devices and system-level expertise; which enables M2M providers to focus on the service side of the business and succeed.”