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As part of the European Union’s 6th Framework Programme for funding technology and scientific projects designed to turn the EU economy into the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world, a new embedded systems initiative called SPEEDS (Speculative and Exploratory Design in Systems Engineering) has been established.

Integrated Device Technology, better known as IDT, announces that Acme Packet has chosen an IDT Network Search Engine for inclusion in its leading-edge family of Net-Net session border controllers (SBC). The IDT75K62213 NSE helps the Net-Net family provide critical service reach, service assurance and security requirements for the delivery of interactive voice, video and multimedia communications across IP network borders through its ability to ...

The results of its very first national survey of UK semiconductor design have been published by the National Microelectronics Institute. Entitled ‘Designed in the UK’, the Institute’s 55-page report reveals the scale and composition of the sector, its industry and application focus and the key challenges faced. The report concludes that the UK’s strength and success in semiconductor design is recognised at an international level and tha...

Strategic Test Corp has announced that free software updates and technical support will be provided on all future purchases of its UltraFast range of Digitizer, AWG, fast Digital I/O and Digital Pattern Generator cards. The decision also applies retrospectively to all UltraFast products supplied during the previous five years.

Texas Instruments has announced plans for the MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) eZ design contest, to be held from now to - October 9, 2006. Contestants may submit projects ranging from practical everyday devices to industry-specific solutions that show off design skills using the low-power MSP430 MCUs and development tools, including the new eZ430-F2013-a USB stick based full emulation and development tool.

SL Power Signs Global Purchasing Agreement with Dräger Medical

Munich Trade Fairs International (MMI), the organiser of electronica 2006, the Worlds largest trade fair for the electronics industry, has announced that applications as well as products, will be the main focus at this years event. For the Wireless sector, in particular, the emphasis will be on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and delegates to Wireless Congress 2006 – Systems and Applications (November 15 – 16 in the ICM complex next to...

hueggenberg gbr, well known for its technical training courses, has announced a series of short courses on "DSP for FPGAs". These courses will be presented during the second half of 2006 at several locations in Germany, Italy, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United States.

Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has acquired Opto-Control Elektronik Prüfsysteme GmbH of Bochum, Germany. The purchase adds high-precision automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems to Siemens’s Siplace surface mount technology business. Opto-Control’s technologically leading inspection systems are fully automated and use the latest 3-D sensor technology to detect any solder or placement flaws with exceptional speed.

Dean Kamen, President of DEKA Research & Development Corporation and founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), will deliver the closing keynote address to more than 2,000 attendees at NIWeek, the world’s largest virtual instrumentation conference and exhibition, Aug. 8-10, in Austin, Texas. In his speech, “Inspiring Present and Future Scientists and Engineers to Innovate,” Kamen will discuss the role of s...