News & Analysis

CML Innovative Technologies (CML-IT) has signed a distribution agreement with Samsung Electro-Mechanics to distribute its medium and high power ranges of LED products. Samsung’s mid and high power illumination LEDs are available in six different package sizes and in several shades, including cool white, warm white, and an RGB version.

The Institute for System Level Integration, iSLI, is to host a course on Digital Test Technology and DFT at the Bath Innovation Centre on 6th-9th May 2008. This is the 3rd iSLI course to be made available in Bath following a collaborative agreement with Silicon South West, the networking organisation for the largest chip design cluster in Europe, last year.

Orange Tree Technologies, a board-level embedded hardware and software company focused on high performance system-host communications interconnect, today announced that it has joined the Xilinx Alliance Program. The announcement comes on the back of Orange Tree’s record sales performance in the Industrial segment. Participation in the Program is a demonstration of its commitment to supporting the increased use and market deployment of low p...

Cissoid, the pioneer of Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) products, announced today the appointment of Tony Denayer as CEO and Director.

Tekdata Interconnections is pleased to report it has just broken a number of records: not only has the company’s production reached record levels, but in the last five months it has had three of its five best months in terms of order intake. The largest single element in its current production is a range of jet engine and fuel control units.

Texas Instruments has announced 15 recipients of the company’s 2007 Supplier Excellence Award (SEA). The winners, selected from across TI’s worldwide supplier base of over 14,000 companies, were evaluated on a number of areas, including cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality – along with overall performance and contributions that help TI better serve its customers.

Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions (ISS) division is extending its commitment to Eastern Europe with the announcement of a new network of distributors across the region. Backed by Sony’s established European application support centre, the network will bring the benefits of Sony’s advanced camera technology to OEM customers and system integrators in applications as diverse as security/CCTV, photo booths, videoconferencing, low light vis...

National Instruments has announced an initiative sponsored by Intel Corporation to deliver free, hands-on multicore programming workshops based on the NI LabVIEW graphical programming language to engineers and scientists around the globe. The Multicore Programming with NI LabVIEW Hands-On Workshop will be presented in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities beginning in May and 15 international cities this Autumn.

When display integrators or device manufacturers develop interactive touch products, they require electronics engineered to meet their need for fast, accurate and reliable touch response. To help meet these requirements, 3M Touch Systems today introduces two new capacitive touch sensor controllers based on its industry-leading MicroTouch EX II electronics platform. These new MicroTouch EX II 7000 series USB controllers, when combined with MicroTo...

Lambda, the leading power supply manufacturer, is pleased to announce further successes at the North Devon Manufacturing Association (NDMA) Awards 2008. The most prestigious awards of their type in the region, they provide an opportunity for manufacturers of all sizes to gain recognition for their efforts during the past 12 months.