News & Analysis
Cypress Envirosystems Names Energy Industry Veteran Thomas R. McDaniel to Board of Directors
Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp, today announced that it has appointed electric power industry veteran Thomas R. McDaniel to its board of directors. McDaniel recently retired from Edison International after 37 years of service.
Lattice Announces Improved Hot Swap Support for Power Management Devices
Lattice Semiconductor today announced the addition of two new higher performance devices to its second generation Power Manager II product family. Both the ispPAC-POWR1014-2 and ispPAC-POWR1014A-2 devices integrate higher voltage charge pumps with programmable current to control MOSFETs in Hot Swap and Sequencing applications.
SP Devices interleaving technology used in Texas Instruments’ new 12-bit ADC evaluation module
SP Devices today introduced its second evaluation module (EVM) with Texas Instruments (TI). This new EVM combines TI's fastest 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in an interleaved fashion with a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA to create the best-performing high-speed digitizer solution in the market. The FPGA comes pre-installed with SP Devices' proprietary time-interleaving technology to eliminate interleaving spurs, which enhances performance and ...
Maxwell Technologies CEO David Schramm to Present at Thomas Weisel Alternative Energy Conference in New York
David Schramm, president and chief executive officer of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Alternative Energy & Natural Resources Conference at 3:15 p.m. (EST) on November 10, 2009 at the New York Palace Hotel.
Wolfson grows in Japan by opening new Semiconductor Development Centre in Yokohama
Wolfson Microelectronics has expanded its presence in Japan by opening a new Semiconductor Development Centre in Yokohama. The Development Centre is staffed by a team of experienced mixed-signal engineers, whose highly sought-after expertise will expand and enhance Wolfson’s product portfolio and help ensure the company’s continued growth in Japan, one of the world’s most advanced consumer electronics market.
Cree Signs Agreement for Expansion in Huizhou, China
Cree, Inc. has announced an agreement to purchase a 592,000-square-foot facility in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. The facility will be Cree’s first chip-production facility outside of North America and is targeted to also house future components manufacturing expansion.
Research into emerging technologies from the University of Southampton and Durham University confirmed as winners at this year’s UK Nano & Emerging Technologies Forum
Research projects into the superconducting material niobium carbonitride, thermoelectric temperature sensors and the use of Porphyrin-DNA, have been finalised as the winners of this year’s Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Awards for Young Scientists. The EPSRC provided the awards as a way of encouraging young scientists and engineers to promote the underlying potential of emerging micro and nanotechnologies and to raise ...
Link Microtek strengthens sales team with appointment of Barry Duffy
RF and microwave component specialist Link Microtek has strengthened its sales team by appointing Barry Duffy to the position of sales engineer for the southern region. The move comes after the recent expansion of the company’s product portfolio through its collaboration with French and German suppliers.
Skills take centre stage as National Microelectronics Institute recognises Indro Mukerjee for Contribution to Industry
The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) has presented its 2009 Contribution to Industry Award to Indro Mukerjee, CEO of C-MAC MicroTechnology and Chair of the Semta Electronics Sector Strategy Group. The award was presented by Keith Hodgkinson of award sponsor BIS, The Department for Business Innovation and Skills, at the NMI's prestigious annual awards dinner in London.
Microelectronics industry names first 'Young Engineer of the Year'
29-year-old Anna Gilbert, a Technical Specialist with NXP, Southampton has received the 'Young Engineer of the Year' award from the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI). Anna was presented with the award at the NMI's prestigious annual awards dinner held in London and attended by 300 guests from across the industry.