News & Analysis
Altera Arria GX FPGAs Enable Panasonic P2 Drive to Transfer Video Faster
Providing the underlying technology to accelerate the video transfer process, Altera Corporation today announced Panasonic has selected Altera's Arria GX FPGAs, PCI Express (PCIe) MegaCore IP and Nios® II processor solution for its new AJ-PCD35, five-slot P2 (tapeless format) memory-card drive.
ON Semiconductor Expands Application Specific IC Offering
ON Semiconductor has announced the further expansion of its application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) offering through an agreement with LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI). The agreement gives ON Semiconductor customers access to an established and cost-effective 110 nanometer (nm) process technology and associated silicon-proven intellectual property (IP) via ON Semiconductor’s wafer fabrication facility in Gresham, Oregon.
Productronica 2009 will bring innovation as well as every aspect of electronics production
productronica will welcome international visitors to the New Munich Trade Fair Centre from November 10 to 13, 2009. Despite the difficult economic situation, productronica is holding its own and visitors can expect to see every major electronics production company from every aspect of the production sector.
Fairchild's Power Switch Wins EDAW-NEC's Best Application Award
Fairchild Semiconductor was awarded a 2008 Power Products Award for its FSFR-series in the category of Best Application Award in Power Control ICs. This highly integrated power switch increases power efficiency and system reliability, and simplifies design in resonant converter designs such as telecom power, high-end audio amplifiers, large-size laser printers and LCD and PDP-TV power supplies.
Smart-Card Interface from Maxim Offers typical 10nA Stop-Mode Current
Maxim has introduced the DS8023, a low-power, low-cost, single smart-card interface. A complete interface for smart-card communication, this device performs level translation between a host microcontroller and a 5V, 3V, or 1.8V smart card. The DS8023 offers the industry's lowest power stop mode, which reduces current draw to a mere 10nA while the card is inactive. This low-power stop mode can significantly extend battery life in portable applicat...
Mirics and Spreadtrum announce availability of embedded CMMB PCTV solution
Further to the strategic partnership announced in December 2008 between Mirics Semiconductor and Spreadtrum Communications, the two companies today announce the availability of an embedded PCTV solution that supports the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) mobile digital TV standard. Mirics will demonstrate the solution receiving live CMMB broadcasts on a standard netbook PC at the Intel Developers Forum in Beijing on April 8, 2009.
Tekdata named ‘Company of the Year for Innovation’ by leading Defence Industries
Tekdata Interconnections Ltd has been presented with the first ever ‘Company of the Year for Innovation’ award by Northern Defence Industries (NDI), an association of more than 200 leading British SMEs working in the defence industry. The award is in recognition of Tekdata’s wide range of technologies and innovative solutions applied to many technically challenging problems. Ernie Edwards, Managing Director of Tekdata, accepted this newly-c...
Altera and The MathWorks to Showcase Their End-to-End Military DSP Development Capabilities
Altera has announced that its “Military, Aerospace and Defense DSP Productivity Seminars” will be presented jointly by representatives from Altera and The MathWorks. Seminar attendees learn how leveraging an Altera and The MathWorks DSP development flow enables military and aerospace designers to improve their DSP design productivity and reduce engineering costs. The seminars are held on location at customer facilities throughout North Ameri...
Agilent Technologies' Cover-Extend Technology for In-Circuit Test Wins Major Awards at IPC APEX 2009
Agilent Technologies has announced that its Cover-Extend Technology for In-Circuit Test (ICT) has achieved the following awards at IPC Apex 2009 and EDN's 19th Annual Innovation Awards in San Jose: Test & Measurement World's 2009 Best in Test; SMT Vision Award; Circuits Assembly NPI Award; and EDN Innovation Award.
Lantronix Appoints Jeff Kost Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Lantronix has announced the newest addition to its executive team with the appointment of Jeff Kost as senior vice president of worldwide sales. Kost brings almost two decades of sales experience to his new role at Lantronix, in which he’ll be responsible for further attracting large enterprise customers.