News & Analysis
Horizon Compact Will Provide Connectivity Between the Vivid Wireless Perth Base Stations and Network Core
DragonWave Inc announces a multi-year exclusive supply agreement with Unwired Australia to supply wireless backhaul for the forthcoming Vivid Wireless Perth network. Vivid Wireless—Australia’s first “4G” mobile WiMAX network deployment—will rely on DragonWave’s Horizon Compact for backhaul connectivity of up to 200 Mbps initially.
Smallest-footprint Horizon Quantum delivers 4 Gbps per link and key nodal intelligence, slashing carriers’ cost per bit
DragonWave Inc. announces Horizon Quantum, delivering the industry’s leading microwave capacity and slashing carriers’ cost per bit. The new DragonWave solution provides dramatically more bandwidth than legacy microwave solutions - up to a record-breaking 4 Gbps per link. Quantum requires half as much carrier rack space and integrates key nodal intelligence that enables network operations to be dramatically streamlined and simplified.
Horizon Quantum product wins Best 4G Enabling Technology Innovation
xchange magazine presented DragonWave with the Best of 4G Award for DragonWave’s new Horizon Quantum packet microwave solution in the Best 4G Enabling Technology Innovation category. The awards recognize leaders in the development, deployment and service of next-generation telecom technology. Nominations were open to all parties involved in 4G technology, products and services, and selected by a panel of 4G subject matter experts.
Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Now Available on Xilinx FPGAs for High Performance, Low Power Audio Broadcast Applications
Xilinx, Inc. today announced that for the first time ever, multi-channel Dolby Digital professional encoding is available on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This capability has been implemented on Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 devices, providing broadcast equipment developers with the flexibility to adapt to rapidly evolving design requirements for higher performance, lower power systems, and a simplified bill of materials to reduce costs.
Fraunhofer ISE and BASF nominated for the German Future Prize (Deutscher Zukunftspreis) 2009
This week, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and BASF were nominated for the German Future Prize for the joint development of Micronal PCM, a microencapsulated latent heat storage material for construction materials. This prize is awarded every year by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. By awarding this prize for technology and innovation, the German President pays tribute to researchers and developers who, bas...
Laser transfer printing process from BASF and Schmid
BASF and Schmid have jointly developed a new, contact-free laser transfer printing (LTP) process for metallizing the front and back of solar cells. At present, it is mainly the screen printing process that is used for metallization. The printer and paste system now developed by BASF and Schmid is based on a contact-free laser process and not only offers customers advantages with regard to handling, but also increases the efficiency of cell produc...
Rittal’s “System Concept” merges IT and automation
Rittal’s system concept provides an intelligent modular infrastructure from a single source. Enclosure technology, power distribution, system climate control and electronics through to IT technology, together with engineering tools that have been purposely designed for efficient planning processes are pivotal to this concept.
Oxford Instruments voted Business Superbrand
The UK’s Business Superbrand programme has announced the country’s strongest B2B brands. The top 500 names are selected through an independent selection process which assesses a brand’s strength in the UK market. A Business Superbrand must have established the finest reputation in its field, offer customers significant advantages which they want and recognise, and must represent quality, distinction and reliability.
Cypress University Alliance and Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology (BIT) Team Up To Build New PSoC® Laboratory
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology (BIT) announced a partnership to set up a Programmable System on Chip (PSoC) lab at Bhubaneswar. The agreement was signed at Cypress headquarters in San Jose, California, by BIT Chairman, Dr. Rabi Mahapatra and Cypress University Alliance Director, Patrick Kane.
NeoPhotonics Recognized as a New California 100 Business Innovator by Golden Capital Network & Hamilton Lane
NeoPhotonics has been recognized as a New California 100 Innovative Business by Golden Capital Network and Hamilton Lane. New California 100 businesses are some of the most innovative companies in the state representing California's commitment to innovation, entrepreneurship, and workforce competitiveness.