News & Analysis
STMicroelectronics’ MEMS Enables Motion Sensing in Openmoko Mobile Handsets
STMicroelectronics has announced that its LIS302DL 3-axis accelerometer is being used by Openmoko, Inc to provide motion-sensing functions in Openmoko’s Neo Freerunner LINUX-based mobile open platform. Openmoko is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. The Company is currently selling the Neo FreeRunner phone to advanced users and application developers.
Toshiba supports DATE with ‘fabless’ expert panel
Toshiba Electronics Europe, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd (UK) and Toshiba Corporation (Japan) will all be actively supporting this year’s DATE conference and exhibition. The TEE ASIC and Foundry business unit will be running one of the expert panel sessions and offering visitors the opportunity to pre-arrange private meetings with its team of specialists. Toshiba Research Europe’s Telecommunications Research Laboratory will present a research...
NXP Chipset to Power New Amstrad HD DVR
NXP has announced that its complete DVB-S2/MPEG-4 digital video recorder set-top box solution has been incorporated in the latest Amstrad DRX780UK HD satellite receiver. Amstrad, a leading manufacturer of digital STBs and subsidiary of pay TV provider British Sky Broadcasting, has selected NXP’s high-definition H.264 chipset with DVB-S2 satellite front ends to deliver advanced quality recording and playback functionality for Sky+HD customers. ...
NXP to transfer its Mobile Services Business to Gemalto
Gemalto and NXP today announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby NXP would transfer its mobile services business to Gemalto. The related unit based in Sophia Antipolis, France will continue to develop and market software and service solutions compliant with the MIFARE4Mobile interface specifications which manage MIFARE-based applications in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile devices.
Waveguide switches offer manual or electrical operation
Link Microtek’s Engineering Division has added waveguide transfer switches to its product range. Offered in both manual and electrically operated versions, the AM-WGS series DPDT-configuration switches are available in rectangular waveguide sizes ranging from WR28 to WR284 and are suitable for applications such as satcom systems, redundancy switching and test and measurement.
VITEC Acquires Visual Circuits Boards from FOCUS
Following its recent acquisition in 2008 of Stradis, Inc. VITEC Multimedia has announced the acquisition of exclusive world wide manufacturing, marketing and distribution rights of former Visual Circuits MPEG Multichannel Decoder boards and previously branded COMO MC-2E Media Converter from FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.
NXP and Roku Enable Instant Enjoyment of New Release Movies
NXP and Roku, the leader in digital video players, today announced their continued collaboration to meet consumer demand for high quality content delivered directly to the TV over the Internet. The Roku digital video player, powered by the PNX8935 multi-format source decoder from NXP, now allows instant streaming access to over 40,000 movies, including many new releases, and commercial-free TV shows from Amazon Video On Demand.
MUSILAND selects Tundra Semiconductor's PCI Express Bridge
Tundra has announced that MUSILAND, China's computer sound card manufacturer has selected Tundra's PCI Express (PCIe) Tsi382 for the master card in its Sword II Analog-HD PCIe, X-Sword II Pro-HD PCIe, and X-Sword II Digital PCIe High Definition (HD) Audio System.
Atmel's Solution for Automotive LIN Networking Applications
Atmel has announced the availability of a new System-in-Package (SiP) solution for LIN automotive networking applications. The ATA6617, featuring maximum integration, is the first member of an upcoming LIN SiP family. It combines Atmel's LIN System Basis Chip (SBC) ATA6624 – including LIN transceiver, voltage regulator, watchdog – and a well-known AVR microcontroller (ATtiny167 with 16k flash memory) in a single package.
Agilent's HPLC-Chip Simplifies Analysis of Phosphopeptides in Proteomics Research
Agilent Technologies has introduced a new HPLC-Chip that dramatically simplifies the analysis of phosphopeptides in proteomics research. The Phosphochip is used with Agilent HPLC-Chip/MS instrumentation to identify post-translational modifications (PTMs) as part of regulating biological pathways. This new HPLC-Chip was co-developed with Professor Albert J.R. Heck's group at Utrecht University as part of the Netherlands Proteomics Centre research ...