News & Analysis
Phyworks named as 5th fastest growing tech company in the UK
Phyworks has been listed in the Sunday Times newspaper as the 5th fastest-growing technology company in the UK. It is the only semiconductor business named in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 2009, and one of only four businesses in the South West of England to achieve the accolade. The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 is a league table compiled by Oxford-based research and networking events company, Fast Track. This year's table w...
Panorama Antennas opens sales office in Texas covering the USA & Canada
Panorama Antennas, the antenna RF solutions company announced the opening of a new sales office in Texas, USA. The office will provide the entire Panorama range of antennas from Mobile Broadband to M2M & ISM to North America.
New time synchronization technology improves availability of IT services
Napatech today released new time synchronization features that will allow extremely accurate packet time stamping. This is important for measuring quality of service factors, such as latency, in packet networks.
Premier Farnell enhances core strategy with acquisition of CadSoft
Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals worldwide, announces the acquisition of CadSoft Computer GmbH, a well established market leader for over 20 years, and its EAGLE brand of electronic design engineer CAD software. The total purchase consideration has been satisfied in cash and consists of €7 million paid on completion and potential further payme...
PRQA Announces DO-178B Qualification Pack for QA•C++
PRQA has today announced the availability of a DO-178B Qualification Pack for QA•C++, its industry-leading high-fidelity language analysis tool. PRQA, a world leader in coding standard enforcement and language-based static analysis, is an instrumental player in the development and application of coding standards in many industries including aerospace and avionics.
Freescale and Adeneo Embedded Announce Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 Training in Munich Optimized for i.MX ARM Embedded MPUs
Freescale and Adeneo Embedded has announced a Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 training course in Munich, Germany from November 16th to 19th, 2009. This event is a unique opportunity for software system designers to develop an application based on Windows Embedded CE, using Freescale’s i.MX solution. Freescale's i.MX family, based on ARM core technology, is engineered to offer Smart Speed, low-power consumption with MHz performance to spare...
Renesas releases free VDE certified self-test CPU routines for IEC60730 safety compliance
Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it has received VDE certification for its IEC60335-compliant self-test software for the R8C/2X family. The latest self-test CPU software routines developed for the R8C/2X family are fully compliant with IEC60730-1 regulations and have now been certified by VDE (the German Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies). VDE is widely recognized for its efforts on safety standards a...
Power Integrations Supports Smart-Grid Metering Engineers with New Technical Microsite and Reference Designs
Power Integrations has launched a technical microsite, www.powerint.com/smartmeters, focusing on energy-efficient power supply solutions for utility meters used in smart-grid energy networks.
Agilent Technologies Announces X-FAB's Worldwide Adoption of IC-CAP Device Modeling Platform
Agilent Technologies has announced an expansion of its Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP) software platform at X-FAB -- a leading analog/mixed-signal foundry and expert in More than Moore technologies. The expansion is the result of a joint effort to train X-FAB's IC-CAP users on the Agilent software's measurement and extraction capabilities, including new functionality in IC-CAP 2009, as well as its application to ...
Agilent Technologies' HDMI Test Solution Chosen by Simplay Labs at Second China Test Center
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Simplay Labs in Shenzhen, China, has selected Agilent's HDMI test solution for source, sink and cable certification at its new test center opening there in November. This purchase continues the long-term relationship between Simplay Labs and Agilent to further develop devices for current and future HDMI technology standards.