News & Analysis
Sondrel wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Sondrel, the European physical implementation IC design house, has today been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category. The award is the result of the company’s success – due in part to the flexible design methodology it has developed for managing costs and durations of projects, and a software environment that allows switching between third party tools for optimum results whilst incorporating debug and mana...
Agilent Technologies Announces Winner of Early Career Professor Award
Agilent Technologies has just announced the winner of the company's first-ever Agilent Early Career Professor Award. Dr. Boris Murmann, assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, has been selected to receive the prize, which provides an unrestricted research award of $50,000 per year for two years to Stanford in Professor Murmann's name.
Schaffner's High Efficiency EMC Filters for Solar Energy Systems
Schaffner has announced a new range of EMC/EMI filters for use with photvoltaic solar energy inverters. The use of efficient EMC/EMI filters on the DC output side of PV inverters contributes significantly to compliance with the EMC directive and increases system reliability.
Sellafield substantiates first SMART annunciator in compliance with requirements of the UK NII
In accordance with the requirements of the UK Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, every nuclear site licensee in the UK must justify their safety case in order to operate in the UK. This involves substantiating the safety certification of each instrument involved.
Texas Instruments supports ZigBee Alliance plan to integrate Internet Protocol standards for smart energy applications
Texas Instruments has announced the company’s strong endorsement of the ZigBee Alliance’s recent announcement to integrate Internet Protocol (IP) and open standards. The plan to incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will allow continued growth of smart grid applications beyond the smart meter with the proven ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile. ...
Toshiba support for GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum includes keynote address and access to ASIC and Foundry specialists
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced its active support for the GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum on 2nd and 3rd June 2009. The TEE ASIC and Foundry business unit will be exhibiting at the forum as well as offering private meetings with its team of specialists. Mr Noguchi, Technology Executive with the System LSI Division of Toshiba Semiconductor Company, will present a keynote address during the Forum’s conference sessions.
ADI creates automotive sales and marketing organisation
Analog Devices has announced the creation of a European automotive Sales and Marketing organisation led by Stefan Steyerl, European Automotive Sales Director, Analog Devices Inc. The automotive sector in Europe continues to evolve in response to regulatory and customer demand, with automotive manufactures increasingly designing cutting-edge electronics in their vehicles to give them a competitive advantage.
Analog Devices and Infineon to collaborate on airbags
Analog Devices and Infineon Technologies have announced they have agreed to collaborate on the advancement of next-generation automotive airbag systems. The ADI-Infineon collaboration will ensure alignment of the companies’ respective product roadmaps and interoperability of their sensors and chipsets. The collaboration will accelerate the development of advanced airbag systems and provide automotive safety system suppliers and OEMs access to...
NEC Electronics and Renesas to Integrate Business Operations
NEC Electronics Corporation, Renesas Technology Corp. (Renesas), NEC Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation today agreed to enter into negotiations to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas.
Maxwell's Hybrid Bus Ultracapacitor Order Valued At $13.5 Million
Maxwell Technologies has announced that it has received purchase orders with a total value of approximately $13.5 million from three of China’s leading transit bus producers for BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor modules to support braking energy recuperation and torque assist functions in diesel-electric hybrid transit buses.