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picoChip partners with L&T Infotech for WiMAX and advanced DSP systems
picoChip announced today that it has added Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (L&T Infotech) as a partner design centre for its picoArray™ multi-core DSP. Based in Mumbai, and part of the $5bn Larsen & Toubro Limited Corporation, L&T Infotech offers its customers a comprehensive product development service for communications equipment based on the picoArray. The relationship starts with WiMAX, where the two companies are cooperating on customiz...
Paul Blundell new key account manager for Northern England at Remploy Electronics
Paul Blundell has been appointed as key account manager for Northern England by Remploy Electronics. He has joined the company at the end of June. His responsibilities include supporting the existing customer base as well as developing new business for the contract manufacturing company.
Arrow wins FCI Electronics' Nordic award for fourth consecutive year
Arrow Electronics has once again outperformed other FCI Electronics distributors to win a distribution award from the interconnection specialist for the fourth year running. The FCI Electronics ‘Best Supporting Distributor’ award was presented in recognition of Arrow’s achievements in the Nordic countries and the Baltic States.
Panasonic’s Smallest ZigBee™ Ready Communication Modules to be distributed by Digi-Key
Panasonic Industrial Company today announced the appointment of Digi-Key as an authorized distributor for its latest in a line of RF modules, the PAN4555. Supporting the 802.15.4 radio standard and the ZigBee™ specification, the Panasonic module is designed for various sensing, monitoring and control applications for home automation and industrial control.
Mouser Inks Global Distribution Agreement with Amphenol Audio
Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Amphenol Audio, becoming the manufacturer’s sole catalog distributor. Amphenol Audio manufactures professional XLR audio connectors, including the world’s first Insulation Displacement Contact (IDC) audio connector. Other Amphenol Audio products include RCA plugs and jacks, phone plugs and jacks, as well as high-power connectors.
DSP from picoChip gives 40-fold better cost-performance than traditional DSPs in BDTI independent benchmarks
New results published by Berkeley Design Technology (BDTI) reveal that picoChip’s PC102 multicore signal processing device has a 40-fold advantage in price-performance over traditional DSP processors solutions in key communications benchmarks, and 8-times higher absolute performance.
TI puts energy behind Solar Power as contributing sponsor for Solar Decathlon
Texas Instruments is a Contributing Sponsor for the 2007 Solar Decathlon, which is put on by the United States Department of Energy. The bi-annual event brings together 20 university and college teams from around the globe in a competition to design, build and operate the most attractive, energy-efficient solar-powered homes. The teams come together to form a “solar village” on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The Decathlon’s goal is t...
Gennum Expands Distribution Agreement with Nu Horizons
With a continued focus on global expansion to meet the growing demand for high-performance optical, analog and mixed signal solutions, Gennum Corporation today announced it has broadened its distribution agreement with Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
Altium exhibits at “Forum de l’Electronique” in Paris
Altium Limited, the industry’s leading developer of unified electronic product development solutions, is demonstrating the latest version of Altium Designer at the leading French electronics trade show “Forum de l’Electronique” which takes place from September 25 to 27, 2007 at Paris Expo.
MEMS accelerometer works on 3 axes and has internal microcontroller
Nu Horizons Electronics announces availability of the OKI ML8953, a low-profile, MEMS 3D accelerometer that detects static and dynamic acceleration on three orthogonal axes. Designed for use in motion-sensitive mobile devices, security and gaiming applications, it features an internal microcontroller with embedded Flash ROM. Its detection range is -3g to +3g and the device offers a sensitivity of 10mg/bit for acceleration and 0.5 degrees C per bi...