News & Analysis

Texas Instruments has announced that it will expand its microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the acquisition of Luminary Micro, the market-leading supplier of ARM Cortex-M3-based 32-bit MCUs. The addition of Luminary Micro’s Stellaris family of Cortex-M3 processors will accelerate TI’s ability to provide the industry’s most complete MCU portfolio. This acquisition means that customers can now enjoy the innovative capabilities of Stellaris M...

Maxim has introduced the DS8313, a low-power, low-cost, smart-card interface. This device performs level translation between a host microcontroller and a 5V, 3V, or 1.8V smart card, while providing up to 80mA for smart-card operation.

STMicroelectronics and Soitec, the world’s leading supplier of engineered substrates, today announced a joint cooperation between the two companies that will lead to the development of 300mm wafer-level backside-illumination (BSI) technology for next-generation image sensors in consumer products.

NXP has announced that a new company, named IPDIA, has been created to re-industrialize the company’s Cote de Nacre, France, facility. IPDIA, who is supported by the French Ministry of Economy, Industry & Labor and local authorities, and from a capital investment of more than 5 million Euros raised by a consortium of investors including NXP, is purchasing some of the assets from the Cote de Nacre plant (IP, patents and equipment) and is hiring ...

NEC Electronics today announced that it has joined the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, an industry organization comprised of leading technology, hardware, software, services and retail providers established to help standardize powerline communications technologies for the home area network. As a sponsor member of this industry-led initiative, NEC Electronics will help develop and establish HomePlug specifications to enable mainstream adoption of PLC...

National Instruments has announced an expansion of live instructor-led online training that provides more product training courses in more locations, giving even more engineers the opportunity to participate in interactive, instructor-led training without requiring them to travel or leave their desks. To broaden the NI training offering and to provide more flexible options for NI customers working to improve their technical skills, instructor-led...

Octasic has announced that Robert Blake has been appointed chief executive officer. Blake, who until recently served as vice president of consumer and automotive business at Altera Corporation, brings more than 20 years of industry experience to Octasic.

Waytronx, Inc., a leading provider of openly licensable advanced systems cooling solutions and its wholly owned subsidiary, CUI, INC., a provider of electromechanical components, today announced that it has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing and royalty agreement with Washington-based AnderMotion Technologies LLC. The Agreement grants Waytronx exclusive rights to manufacture, market, deliver and sell the AMT encoder designed to be integrate...

mimoOn GmbH, a leader in software defined radio solutions (SDR) for advanced wireless standards, today announced a demonstration of end-to-end LTE on the industry leading platforms of Cavium Networks and ARM at LTE World Summit, Berlin, May 18-20, 2009.

A custom reed sensor developed by Cherry allows paramedics attending cardiac emergencies to deliver the correct levels of electrical shock to children who need life-saving defibrillation. Defibrillation is the definitive treatment required when a person experiences cardiac arrest, which typically begins with a changed and irregular heartbeat, known as fibrillation.