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Researchers boost efficiency of multi hop wireless networks 20/04/2012

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a novel data transmission approach which they claim can boost the amount of data ...

15V 800mA output dc/dc regulators offer 93% peak efficiency 20/04/2012

Analog Devices' new dc/dc regulators are said to offer 93% peak conversion efficiency in battery powered applications using multiple alkaline/NiMH, ...

Microchip acquires embedded WiFi specialist 20/04/2012

Microchip has announced the acquisition of Roving Networks, a privately held developer of WiFi certified transceivers and FCC certified WiFi and ...

Op amp design tools are ‘industry’s most flexible’ 19/04/2012

Intersil has upgraded its web based non inverting and inverting op amp design tools.

Zigbee launches new lighting standard 19/04/2012

ZigBee Alliance has finished developing and ratifying the Light Link standard, which aims to give the lighting industry a global standard for ...

Diodes reduces mosfet off board height by 50% 19/04/2012

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.

Nanodot based memory sets new world speed record 19/04/2012

Researchers from Taiwan and the University of California, Berkeley, have harnessed nanodots to create a new electronic memory technology that can ...

Quantenna Communications raises $79million 18/04/2012

Fabless semiconductor company Quantenna Communications has closed a $79million funding round led by new investors Rusnano and Bright Capital.

IHS: Digital signage market to show continued growth in 2012 18/04/2012

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 ...

Mindspeed, PicoChip integration ‘proceeding well’ 17/04/2012

Two months after the close of the deal which saw PicoChip acquired by Mindspeed Technologies, integration of the two companies is proceeding well, ...

Infineon’s security chip used for Europe’s biggest ... 17/04/2012

The German Banking Industry Committee has launched Europe's biggest contactless payment trial using an integrated security chip from Infineon ...

Cambridge Design Partnership announces new rugged GPS ... 17/04/2012

Cambridge Design Partnership has announced a durable handheld GPS device with integrated mapping capabilities and two way terrestrial and satellite ...

New discovery could advance graphene based electronics 17/04/2012

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have discovered an entirely new carbon-based material synthesised from graphene that could pave ...

ARM launches quad core hard macro Cortex-A15 MPCore ... 17/04/2012

ARM has announced a high performance, power optimised quad core hard macro implementation of its Cortex-A15 MPCore processor targeted at TSMC's 28HPM ...

IR introduces soft switching igbt for hybrid/EV applications 17/04/2012

International Rectifier has announced a new automotive qualified igbt for soft switching applications such as positive temperature coefficient heater ...

Scalable 32bit dsp cores set to address range of ... 16/04/2012

Leading silicon IP licensor CEVA has launched TeakLite-4, which it says is the most powerful, low power and scalable 32bit dsp architecture framework ...

RF transceiver offers 60% lower power consumption than ... 16/04/2012

Atmel's low power AT86RF233 rf transceiver is targeted at battery operated wireless applications such as utility meters, industrial monitoring and ...

First Raspberry Pi computers delivered 16/04/2012

After delays caused by unexpected safety testing and a manufacturing mix up, the first batch of Raspberry Pi computer boards have been delivered.

ARM looks to help designers implement Cortex-A based ... 16/04/2012

ARM has expanded its range of Processor Optimization Packs (POPs) for TSMC's 28 and 40nm process technologies. According to the company, 'at least ...

Murata to acquire RF Monolithics 16/04/2012

Murata Electronics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RF Monolithics, a provider of technology enabled wireless connectivity.

Magnetic test technique could help ensure microelectronics ... 13/04/2012

Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between ...

Raspberry Pi set to ship in days 13/04/2012

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 ...

MIT system makes hardware models of multicore chips more ... 13/04/2012

Researchers at MIT have presented a new method for improving the efficiency of hardware simulations of multicore chips.

EU project claims progress towards terabit links on chip 12/04/2012

An EU funded research project claims to have demonstrated that chips with built in lasers can use multiple wavelengths to transmit data at terabit ...

ITT Exelis acquires Applied Kilovolts 12/04/2012

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 ...