Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a novel data transmission approach which they claim can boost the amount of data multi hop wireless networks transmit by 20 to 80%.
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Analog Devices' new dc/dc regulators are said to offer 93% peak conversion efficiency in battery powered applications using multiple alkaline/NiMH, lithium cells or other standard power sources.
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Microchip has announced the acquisition of Roving Networks, a privately held developer of WiFi certified transceivers and FCC certified WiFi and Bluetooth modules.
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Intersil has upgraded its web based non inverting and inverting op amp design tools.
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ZigBee Alliance has finished developing and ratifying the Light Link standard, which aims to give the lighting industry a global standard for interoperable consumer lighting and control products.
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Diodes has launched a new line of N and P channel mosfets in low profile DFN2020-6 packages which are said to be up to 50% thinner than other devices.
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Researchers from Taiwan and the University of California, Berkeley, have harnessed nanodots to create a new electronic memory technology that can write and erase data up to 100 times faster than today's mainstream charge storage memory products.
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Fabless semiconductor company Quantenna Communications has closed a $79million funding round led by new investors Rusnano and Bright Capital.
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The demand for more digital signage in public spaces and installations as well as the declining prices of panels is expected to help fuel the worldwide signage and professional display market, with growth in 2012 set to rise 12.6% from a year ago.
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Two months after the close of the deal which saw PicoChip acquired by Mindspeed Technologies, integration of the two companies is proceeding well, according to Rupert Baines, pictured, Mindspeed's vp of strategic marketing and communications.
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The German Banking Industry Committee has launched Europe's biggest contactless payment trial using an integrated security chip from Infineon Technologies.
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Cambridge Design Partnership has announced a durable handheld GPS device with integrated mapping capabilities and two way terrestrial and satellite wireless communication.
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Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have discovered an entirely new carbon-based material synthesised from graphene that could pave the way for super fast, next generation electronics.
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ARM has announced a high performance, power optimised quad core hard macro implementation of its Cortex-A15 MPCore processor targeted at TSMC's 28HPM process. The hard macro, which is designed to run at 2GHz, is said to deliver a performance in excess of 20,000DMIPS, while maintaining the power efficiency of the Cortex-A9 hard macro.
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International Rectifier has announced a new automotive qualified igbt for soft switching applications such as positive temperature coefficient heater applications used in electric and hybrid vehicles.
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Leading silicon IP licensor CEVA has launched TeakLite-4, which it says is the most powerful, low power and scalable 32bit dsp architecture framework currently available for advanced audio and voice applications. The architecture is CEVA's second range of 32bit dsp cores and its fourth in all.
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Atmel's low power AT86RF233 rf transceiver is targeted at battery operated wireless applications such as utility meters, industrial monitoring and control systems and energy harvesting equipment.
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After delays caused by unexpected safety testing and a manufacturing mix up, the first batch of Raspberry Pi computer boards have been delivered.
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ARM has expanded its range of Processor Optimization Packs (POPs) for TSMC's 28 and 40nm process technologies. According to the company, 'at least nine' POP configurations – targeting Cortex-A5, A7, A9 and A15 processor cores – will be released.
A POP comprises three elements necessary to achieve an optimized ARM core implementation. First, it ...
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Murata Electronics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RF Monolithics, a provider of technology enabled wireless connectivity.
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Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in microelectronic devices, photovoltaic cells and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
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RS Components and element14 have taken delivery of the first batch of Raspberry Pi, the £22 credit card sized computer board aimed at inspiring the next generation of programmers.
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Researchers at MIT have presented a new method for improving the efficiency of hardware simulations of multicore chips.
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An EU funded research project claims to have demonstrated that chips with built in lasers can use multiple wavelengths to transmit data at terabit speeds.
The Wadimos – Wavelength division multiplexed photonic layer on CMOS – project set out to develop a demonstration chip with multiplexing optical interconnects. The chip was based on technology ...
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ITT Exelis has acquired Sussex based firm Applied Kilovolts in a bid to expand its offering of image chain solutions in the medical and scientific instrumentation market.
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