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STMicroelectronics unveils 'revolutionary' power supply ... 06/02/2012

STMicroelectronics claims its new power supply controller will enable more efficient, cost effective, reliable and quiet laptop adapters, pc power ...

Broadcom launches world’s first microwave outdoor unit on a ... 06/02/2012

Broadcom has launched the world's first microwave outdoor unit (ODU) on a chip, incorporating what the semiconductor specialist describes as ...

Government launches competition to find best new British ... 06/02/2012

Business Minister Mark Prisk has today launched a nationwide competition to find the most innovative pre-market products, processes and concepts the ...

Centre aims to boost Scots electronics design industry 06/02/2012

A new centre has been launched to support Scottish electronics design companies and help bring more products to market.

Researchers integrate high speed electronic functions into ... 06/02/2012

Researchers have, for the first time, developed crystalline materials that enable an optical fibre to have integrated, high speed electronic ...

NXP announces major benchmark in miniaturisation 03/02/2012

NXP Semiconductors has announced a breakthrough in miniaturisation with the launch of its next generation family of low VF Schottky rectifiers with a ...

Embedded World: ARM to deliver opening keynote presentation 03/02/2012

ARM has announced details of the opening keynote presentation at Embedded World, Nuremberg.

LED driver handles more demanding lighting applications 03/02/2012

Diodes has unveiled a new led driver designed to handle a broad a range of applications including those subject to the greatest variance in input ...

Defence Equipment Minister opens UK’s most modern test ... 03/02/2012

Peter Luff MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology carried out the formal opening of TRaC's new Southern Labs, the most modern ...

Graphene electronics breakthrough turns previous research ... 03/02/2012

Scientists from the University of Manchester have opened a third dimension in graphene research, in a bid to address the problem of the material ...

New investment aims to establish UK as global graphene ... 02/02/2012

Full details of how an additional £50million will be spent to help keep the UK at the forefront of graphene research have been disclosed today by ...

Record $1.02billion annual revenue for National Instruments 02/02/2012

National Instruments has announced record Q4 GAAP revenue of $278million, an increase of 11% year over year. Non GAAP revenue was $280m, representing ...

Maxim unveils only fully integrated automotive grade USB ... 02/02/2012

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced two Hi-Speed USB 2.0 automotive grade protectors with iPod/iPhone fast charge detection and USB host charger ...

Renesas Electronics reduces net sales forecast by 83billion ... 02/02/2012

Renesas Electronics has revised its forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, with net sales expected to total 885billion yen – a ...

Samsung tops Q4 2011 NAND flash sales ranking 02/02/2012

Restocking demand in Q4 2011 was weaker than expected, on the back of the European sovereign debt problem and concerns towards the uncertainty of ...

Power supply chips enable longer battery life for ... 01/02/2012

STMicroelectronics has announced a miniature power chip produced using an advanced technology, that it believes could see it used in nearly every new ...

ADI FMC boards support Xilinx’ new fpga evaluation kits 01/02/2012

Analog Devices has introduced two data converter FMC boards (fpga mezzanine cards) that connect to Xilinx' new 28nm 7 series fpga evaluation kits.

UK student designs world’s first bamboo smartphone 01/02/2012

A design student from Middlesex University will see his unique mobile phone made from bamboo hit the UK market in 2012.

Embedded World: Goepel electronics to unveil ... 01/02/2012

Goepel electronics has announced that it will introduce a 'revolutionary' strategic realignment with regard to testing, programming, validation and ...

2012 semiconductor revenue to endure slow growth? 31/01/2012

The global chip market is expected to endure slow growth in 2012, due to an uncertain economy and semiconductor inventory not moving quickly enough ...

Embedded World: Multicore technologies enable precision ... 31/01/2012

A new system based on multicore technologies allows spacecraft to be piloted and positioned with pinpoint accuracy.

Multicore programming project gets new member 31/01/2012

Vector Fabrics is joining the PHARAON project, a European consortium aiming to address the issues involved in programming multicore devices.

Smallest, lowest power customisable clock ICs? 31/01/2012

Silicon Labs has introduced what it claims to be the industry's smallest and lowest power customisable clock generators. According to the IC ...

Cortus, SST exhibit low power IP solutions for SoC design 31/01/2012

Cortus and Silicon Storage Technology will be showing their low power IP products for embedded system on chip (SoC) designs at Embedded World 2012 in ...

ARM reports 2011 revenues up by 24% 31/01/2012

Q4 2011 revenues for processor developer ARM reached $217million (£137.8m), an increase of 21% over the same period in 2010. For the full year, its ...