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The seven stages of start up 24/01/2012

The south of France is a haven for start ups and its success can be measured by a continuous stream of new ventures and the sustained growth of ...

Mixed signal asics meet cost and performance targets 24/01/2012

Custom analogue/mixed signal asics are economical at comparatively low volumes, with affordable non recoverable engineering (NRE) costs, meaning a ...

Advanced technology ics cut all current paths to achieve ... 24/01/2012

With standby power consumption representing a significant proportion of electricity consumed around the world, standards for no load performance are ...

Company takes the assp route to support 100Gbit Ethernet ... 24/01/2012

Merchant chips that address 100Gbit Ethernet and optical transport are finally coming to market. Cortina Systems claims its CS605x family of ...

E-paper displays find industrial applications 24/01/2012

Electrophoretic displays have been developed by companies such as E Ink to replicate, as closely as possible, the appearance of text on paper. Not ...

Cubesats and low cost launchers open space to many more ... 10/01/2012

Towards the end of 2012, a tiny satellite the shape of a cd rack will be blasted into space on top of a converted intercontinental ballistic missile, ...

How integrated solutions are simplifying sensor transmitter ... 10/01/2012

Sensors transmitters are commonly used in process industries to help control parameters such as temperature, pressure and flow. Temperature ...

New transistor design tackles threshold voltage variability ... 10/01/2012

As cmos transistors continue to get smaller and smaller, it becomes increasingly difficult to make them behave in a similar fashion. With more and ...

In-target test automation set to boost embedded software ... 10/01/2012

Releasing a product with bugs is potentially very expensive, especially when the cost of field upgrades, recalls and repairs are considered. Less ...

Connector system removes the need for a midplane in high ... 10/01/2012

High performance computing systems by necessity pack as many boards in an enclosure as possible. But the fact they are high performance means they ...

Quartz crystals clocking off? 10/01/2012

The exceptional mechanical and piezoelectric properties of quartz crystal oscillators have, for decades, ensured their success for frequency ...

Silicon photonics the favoured approach to moving vast ... 13/12/2011

The 21st Century is experiencing a data avalanche. Not long ago, a terabyte (1012byte) was seen as a vast amount of data. Today, you can have a ...

Start up takes power switching technology out of university ... 13/12/2011

There is an amazing amount of fundamental technology research undertaken in UK universities. But getting that work into the hands of entrepreneurs ...

Diamond based MEMS devices to solve future communications ... 13/12/2011

The perceived wisdom is that diamonds are a girl's best friend. But the highly coveted allotrope of carbon is beginning to find friends amongst those ...

Gallium nitride based devices set to bring substantial ... 13/12/2011

Gallium nitride has long been known to have useful properties when it comes to electronic components. Even so, its application has largely been ...

Identifying new applications for rfid devices 13/12/2011

The market for rf identification (rfid) devices is exploding. Active and passive tags are appearing in our cars, clothes, food packaging and luxury ...

Triteq defines system architectures for clients' designs 13/12/2011

Since product design and development consultancy Triteq was established in 1992, its reputation has grown to the extent that 35% of new business is ...

Better by design: Introducing the Engineering Design Show ... 22/11/2011

The increasing imperative is for engineers to operate across a variety of technological sectors and to incorporate ever more advanced technology into ...

Wi-Fi taking advantage of more parts of the spectrum 22/11/2011

It seems the world is unable to function without wireless communications, whatever the format. Yet only a few years ago, wireless communications was ...

UK's contract electronics manufacturers seeing strong order ... 22/11/2011

The impression given by a range of national media is that UK manufacturing, in general, is on the ropes. But when it comes to the electronics sector, ...

EV battery management essential for desired lifetime and ... 22/11/2011

For hybrid (HEV) and full electric vehicles (EVs), Li-Ion batteries offer the best trade off of power, energy density, efficiency and environmental ...

General purpose oscilloscope helps with low speed serial ... 22/11/2011

Using an oscilloscope to analyse and debug a low speed serial link is standard fare and today's general purpose digital oscilloscopes contain a ...

UK start up develops way of ensuring service quality on ... 22/11/2011

Packet based networking has become the standard way to deliver communication services. But the very success of packet networking is challenging ...

VPX development platforms can reduce time to market 22/11/2011

New generations of embedded computing systems based on the VPX standard reflect the growing significance of high speed serial switched fabric ...

Could implantable electronics revolutionise the healthcare ... 08/11/2011

Leading edge semiconductor technology is enabling the development of smaller and more powerful medical devices for use inside the human body.
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