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eInfochips Becomes Authorized Tensilica Processor Design Center
Tensilica has announced that eInfochips has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Center Partner Program and is offering system-on-chip design services for customers using Tensilica’s Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores. eInfochips has design centers in the US and India and a proven track record in design services ranging from silicon design and verification to physical design as well as board design and embedded...
SL Power to show the latest Condor and Ault power supplies at electronica 2006
SL Power Electronics Corporation, the company established following the merger of Condor DC Power and Ault, will use electronica 2006 (Munich 14 to 17 November - Hall B2 552) to demonstrate the scale of its product offering and will give several products their first public showing.
Power Integrations Gets National Energy-Efficiency Award
Power Integrations has received a 2006 Star of Energy Efficiency award from the national Alliance to Save Energy. The only technology company among this year’s three corporate honourees, Power Integrations is being recognized for its efforts to reduce electricity waste by improving the efficiency of electronic products.
picoChip wins WiMAX contract with M/A-COM
picoChip has announced that its WiMAX solution is part of M/A-COM’s recently announced 4.9 GHz VIDA broadband solution for Public Safety Grade Applications. This solution by M/A-COM, a business unit of Tyco Electronics, utilizes the standard WiMAX 802.16 protocol, to deliver integrated, public safety-grade wireless broadband video and data services for mission-critical applications.
ARCHOS Chooses TI's DaVinciT Technology for Portable Media Market
Continuing to push for growth in the portable media market, Texas Instruments has announced that a new latest dual-core processor based on DaVinciT technology is powering the latest line of ARCHOS portable multimedia players, the 404, 504 and 604. The new digital media processor based on DaVinci technology offers reduced power consumption and an exceptional combination of audio, video, imaging and system control functionality for the portable med...
electronica & Productronica China adds the China Printed Circuit Association
When “electronica & Productronica China” opens its gates from 21 – 23 March 2007 together with SEMICON China and LASER. World of Photonics China, a new partner will be joining them: the China Printed Circuit Association (CPCA) and the CPCA Show. This means that the most important events for the electronics industry in Shanghai will be taking place simultaneously at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.
Analog Devices acquires Danish audio IC specialist AudioAsics A/S
Analog Devices has announced that it has acquired privately held AudioAsics A/S, a Danish company consisting of a team of experienced developers of high-performance, low-power microphone and audio signal conditioning technology. The combination of ADI's signal processing capabilities with AudioAsics' expertise is expected to result in miniature, low-power audio solutions that provide better sound quality in portable consumer and communications pr...
Zetex grows European team by three
No less than three new people, Peter Devilée, Robert Gabriel and Peter Lüns, have joined Zetex Semiconductors’ European sales and application engineering team to support the company’s expanding range of discrete and integrated analogue semiconductor products.
National Instruments and IET to host Conference and Exhibition at NIDays 2006
National Instruments UK & Ireland is hosting NIDays 2006, its popular, annual professional development conference for engineers, in association with the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), at the home of the IET, Savoy Place, on Tuesday 31st October 2006. Hundreds of engineers, scientists and industry experts from across the UK and Ireland will gather at this free, one-day multi-track event to learn how the latest developments in co...
Business Week says National Instruments is one of the
BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Austin-based National Instruments No. 14 among its top 50 employers for new college graduates. The inaugural “Best Places to Launch a Career” ranking incorporates input from leading university career services directors and more than 37,000 undergraduate students, with information on companies’ pay and benefits, corporate culture and training opportunities.