News & Analysis

STMicroelectronics has introduced the first members in its iNEMOfamily of multi-sensor Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) devices. The integration of a variety of motion, magnetic, pressure and temperature sensors with a 32-bit processing unit and dedicated software in one package will lead to leaps in functionality and performance in a wide variety of applications, including Gaming, Human Machine Interface, Robotics, Portable Navigation Devices and...

Agilent Technologies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its network solutions business to JDSU who will pay Agilent $165 million in cash. Subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to be final in the June calendar quarter 2010.

Tensilica announced that its ConnX Baseband Engine comes with the broad ecosystem support of Tensilica's Xtensions(TM) Partner Network , including the newest Xtensions member, mimoOn. (see separate press release). Tensilica's Xtensions Partner Program brings its LTE (Long Term Evolution) baseband handset and base station design customers a robust infrastructure of top-tier partners in SOC (system-on-chip) design-critical areas such as LTE physi...

CSR announced that it is to demonstrate its location, connectivity and audio platforms working in harmony in an open source environment at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010. For the first time, one can see how CSR’s connectivity, location and audio technologies can combine with value added software to create platforms that can significantly enrich the user experience in the next generation of location centric mobile consumer devices.

Hospital operations at five sites in the Leicestershire area have recently gone “paper-free” with the launch of a new wireless electronic patient record system driving efficiency and benefiting patient outcome. The new system is based on wireless mobile computing technology supplied by Devlin Medical.

Devlin Medical is witnessing great interest in their CleanKey washable keyboard and mouse from dental clinics. This demand has arisen due to the changes in the UK Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 01-05 dental infection control regulations. These changes have significantly “raised the bar” in terms of the basic infection control compliance standards dental surgeries must adhere to.

Among other features, the Perytons MultiChannel model allows to easily monitor and analyze networks using frequency hoping mechanisms and the model with diversity, enables substantial improvements when analyzing networks in harsh RF environments (indoor, having presence of RF interferences, etc.).

At today’s International Solid State Circuit Conference, imec and its research partners Renesas Technology Corp. and M4S present a complete transceiver with RF, baseband and data converter circuits in 40nm low-power CMOS. The fully reconfigurable transceiver is compatible with various wireless standards and applications, including the upcoming mobile broadband 3GPP-LTE standard.

STMicroelectronics announced that, together with its partners Intel Corporation and Francisco Partners, it has entered into a definitive agreement with Micron Technology Inc., in which Micron will acquire Numonyx Holding B.V. in an all-stock transaction. The Flash memory joint venture was created by the partners on March 30, 2008.

Philips Lumileds announced today that each of its three design, development and manufacturing sites have received ISO/TS16949 certification highlighting the company’s commitment to quality management. All three sites, San Jose, Penang, and Singapore, were certified within weeks of each other with, zero non-conformities, representing an approach and commitment to quality that is consistent throughout the company.