News & Analysis
Hemisphere GPS Launches Punjabi Version of Outback S-Lite to Capture Precision Agriculture Business in India
Hemisphere GPS has launched a new version of the Outback S-Lite GPS guidance system. The new product carries over all the proven features of the existing versions and now supports the Punjabi language. The Outback S-Lite compact size, expandable features and sub-meter accuracy make it an ideal entry-level GPS guidance solution for farming applications including spraying, spreading, broad-acre tillage and seeding applications.
austriamicrosystems expands CMOS, High-Voltage, High-Voltage Flash and RF Multi Project Wafer Service for Foundry Customers
austriamicrosystems business unit Full Service Foundry expands its fast and cost-efficient ASIC prototyping service, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) or shuttle run, in 2010 with a more extensive schedule. The service which combines several designs from different customers onto one wafer offers significant cost advantages for foundry customers as the costs for wafer and masks are shared among a number of different shuttle participants.
French Research Centre Purchases Plasmalab
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has recently won a contract with French research centre, STnano in Strasbourg, France for the supply of a Plasmalab® System80 Plus ICP system. STnano is the new Strasbourg nanofabrication platform, established jointly by IPCMS (a CNRS lab) and University of Strasbourg (UdS), and has expertise in the design of nanostructures through topdown methods, and the study of their magnetic properties.
Minicom Introduces the Data Center Alliance
Minicom Advanced Systems - a leading developer of IT & KVM remote access and management solutions, is proud to announce a new initiative, the Data Center Alliance (DCA). The Data Center Alliance was formed with Minicom, Wright Line, ServerTechnology, Uptime Devices, and Digi International to fill the information gap in the marketplace by providing a centralized, comprehensive source for building successful IT infrastructures.
Leading players in the Test industry working to enable Test capability for certification of next generation mobile devices
Anritsu and CETECOM have revealed to the industry their efforts and co-operation to enable Certification testing of the new generation ‘LTE’ mobile devices. As the expected launch dates in 2010 for LTE networks come closer, and various suppliers reveal plans and trials results for LTE devices, the test industry has shown that they are also prepared for the certification process for the launch of LTE devices.
Fairchild Semiconductor Sponsors Turkey Trot Fittest Firm Competition
Fairchild Semiconductor is to participate in the Applied Materials 'Silicon Valley Turkey Trot'. Fairchild is sponsoring the Fittest Firm Competition, one of several races within the race, which challenges every company in Silicon Valley to register as many employees as they can for the race. This year’s participation in the Fittest Firm Competition has more than doubled with over 190 companies and 1100 participants, up from 78 companies and 55...
Avnet Embedded Receives Two Honours from Microsoft in EMEA
Avnet Embedded has announced that two members of its customer-facing team have been presented with major performance awards by Microsoft. Nick Donaldson, director of Software, Avnet Embedded, received the Microsoft Franchise Manager of the Year award for outstanding leadership and management skills, and Cesare de Siena, business development manager, Italy also received a Circle of Excellence award for market innovation.
Plextek ranked in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA
Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has been listed in the 2009 ‘Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA’ - a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period, in which Plextek grew an impressive 411%, seeing it ranked 440th.
NanoKTN Delivers Commercial Success from German Mission for UK Nanotechnology Clean Energy Companies
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced details of the significant commercial activity that resulted from an outward mission to Germany in March 2008.
High-power amplifier offers broadband performance for comms jamming applications
The new Empower 2074 solid-state high-power amplifier from Link Microtek is capable of delivering a power output of 1000W over the frequency range 100-500MHz, making it ideal for jamming signals in military communications wavebands.