News & Analysis
Ismosys ready to em-Power OEMs in Europe
Ismosys, officially launched in March ‘09 as the principal demand creation vehicle of the Spectrum Electronics Group, has signed a rep-stocking deal with Canadian power specialist Tectrol Inc, covering the key European territories of Benelux, Iberia, Central Europe (inc. Switzerland), Italy, France, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Turkey, the Nordic countries and Israel.
Agilent Technologies Expands Life Science Disease Research Portfolio with Eurofins MWG Operon Asset Purchase
Agilent Technologies today announced it has purchased the MassCode Tag technology from Eurofins MWG Operon, a division of Eurofins. The purchase includes the MassCode trademarks and intellectual property, including four families of patents. Agilent will use MassCode Tag technology to develop new research products for pathogen identification, leveraging its strength in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and mass spectroscopy. Under the agreement, Eu...
NXP Earns “Outstanding Performance” Supplier Award from Sanmina-SCI Corporation
NXP Semiconductors today announced it has received the “Outstanding Performance Supplier” award from Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM), a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company.
Toshiba launches ultra-miniature bus switches for bidirectional voltage translation
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a new series of CMOS bus switches that provide an ultra-compact solution for bi-directional voltage translation and efficient isolation between host and peripheral ICs.
Imagination delivers latest HD video encoder IP core with full H.264 High Profile capability
Imagination Technologies announces POWERVR VXE380, the latest member of Imagination’s third generation video encoder IP family, which delivers multi-standard encoding of video, now including H.264 High Profile (HP), at HD resolutions.
Imagination’s POWERVR VXD390 adds key new functions to maximise system level performance
Imagination Technologies, the leading multimedia chip technologies company, announces the latest member of its video decode IP core family, POWERVR VXD390: a low power, high performance, multi-standard and multi-stream high definition, hardware video decoder IP core that now also offers a broadcast quality video scaler, robust error and non-compliant stream handling capabilities, enhanced JPEG processing and optimisations for DDR3 memory support.
Lattice Semiconductor and Broadband Technology from Business Development Partnership
Lattice Semiconductor has announced that Broadband Technology AB will represent Lattice and its full range of products in the Nordic market, including Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Movidius appoints semiconductor executive Gary Johnson to board
Movidius today announced that it has appointed Gary Johnson as non-executive member of the board of directors. Johnson brings over 20 years of experience from leading positions in several high profile technology companies and his appointment is the latest demonstration of confidence in the strength of Movidius’ company and technology.
Keithley Instruments Reports Fiscal 2009 Results
Keithley Instruments has announced results for its fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2009. Net sales were $24.1 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, a decrease of $9.1 million, or 27 percent from net sales of $33.1 million in last year’s fourth quarter. The decline was driven primarily by continued weak global economic conditions.
picoChip - Complete femtocell solutions, integrating PHY, stack and femtocell system software
picoChip has announced its strategy for an end-to-end femtocell reference solution that will lower barriers to entry, minimize cost and accelerate time-to-market for femtocells. Extending its strong partnership with Continuous Computing, the picoChip solution integrates optimized versions of their Trillium protocol stacks with picoChip’s field-proven system-on-chip products plus sophisticated femtocell management software. The architecture ext...