News & Analysis

Tekdata, the UK-based specialist in high-performance interconnects for markets such as defence, aerospace, energy management and space exploration, has announced a 23% increase in turnover for the last financial year and, unlike many businesses today, is increasing staffing to continue improving its performance.

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, in conjunction with Leatherhead Food Research, has issued a summary and response to the House of Lord’s Science & Technology Committee report on Nanotechnologies and Food. This report was published on 22 Jan 2010 and can be found by following the link: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldsctech.ht...

mimoOn, a pioneer in LTE software implementations for programmable radio platforms, and Tensilica® Inc., a leader in programmable and efficient IP cores for advanced mobile wireless SOCs (system-on-chips), today announced a partnership to offer best-in-class LTE solutions for mobile wireless radios based on mimoOn's mi!MobilePHY software and Tensilica's newly announced ConnX Baseband Engine (BBE16) and ConnX Atlas LTE Reference Design.

Maxim Integrated Products announces the MAX2203 RMS power detector. Designed to operate from 800MHz to 2.0GHz, the MAX2203 accepts an RF signal at the input, and outputs the same voltage regardless of the peak average of the input signal. This RMS power detector is ideal for WCDMA (wideband code-division multiple access), cdma2000(R), and HSDPA/HSUPA (high-speed downlink/uplink packet access).

CUI Inc announced that their 3D catalog is now available on Digi-Key’s website for the majority of their 1000+ stocked line items. CUI is the first Digi-Key partner to make this service available to Digi-Key customers. CUI’s VP of Marketing, Jeff Schnabel explained, “We are very excited to be the first partner to offer free 3D drawings through Digi-Key.

Hamburg University of Technology and PREMO cooperates in a development project on intelligent implants for osteosynthesis managed by the BG Unfallkrankenhaus (Trauma Center) Hamburg.

CSR announced that its CSR9000 connectivity platform, with integrated Synergy software, provides Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and FM connectivity to the latest handset from Sharp. Synergy, CSR’s unique Connectivity Centre software, is a key part of the platform, delivering industry-leading wireless performance.

Trident Microsystems, Inc. and NXP Semiconductors today announced the closing of Trident‘s acquisition of NXP‘s television systems and set-top box business lines, a transaction first announced on Oct. 5, 2009. The integration of NXP‘s business lines with Trident immediately creates a global leader in the digital home entertainment segment, establishing Trident as one of the top three providers to both the television and set-top box markets.

At today’s International Solid State Circuit Conference, imec and Holst Centre report a 2.4GHz/915MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51µW power. This record low power achievement opens the door to battery-less or energy-harvesting based radios for a wide range of applications including long-range RFID and wireless sensor nodes for logistics, smart buildings, healthcare etc.

IDT announced the availability of a family of PCI Express (PCIe) Gen2 system interconnect switching solutions featuring the industry’s most-advanced switch architecture to support multi-domain data and control plane connectivity for multi-root communications and embedded applications.