News & Analysis

Schaffner, the international leader in the field of electromagnetic compatibility, announces the appointment of Michael Watson as their UK Distribution Manager. Michael brings nearly 30 years of Sales and Marketing experience in the electronics industry to his new role at Schaffner.

The Portland Group®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and leading supplier of compilers for high-performance computing (HPC), today announced that PGI compilers and development tools now generate code targeted at Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, code-named “Barcelona”. PGI and AMD are cooperating to provide these compilers to independent software vendors and customers interested in migrating and tuning applications for AMD...

ChipX Inc., announced today it has licensed processor IP cores from ARM. The licensed ARM® processors include the ARM926EJ ™ featuring an enhanced 32-bit RISC CPU, Data and Instruction CACHE, a memory management unit (MMU) and DSP instructions.

Microchip announces ICwiki (www.microchip.com/ICwiki)—a Web site that enables engineers to collaborate and share information related to semiconductor products, applications and best practices. Using Wiki technology, participants can change content on the site and participate in Web logging (“blogging”), voting and messaging. ICWiki is available in several different languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Po...

New electrical safety testing technology installed by Clare Instruments Ltd at the Tewkesbury plant of Moog Controls has helped to streamline rigorous quality control and test procedures for a complex new fuel control product.

Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS) has expanded its Global Power ResourceSM Center with the addition of a facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This new center—near the heart of the North American automotive market—responds to the burgeoning need for functional power solutions, including multi-die modules, for automotive power applications. The center is staffed by seasoned electrical engineers with extensive design experience and a thorough understand...

Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS), has confirmed support for Freescale Semiconductor’s new Multi-core Communications Platform strategy. Green Hills Software’s products have been used with Freescale multi-processor designs since the early 1990s, and Green Hills will expand its partnership with Freescale to provide mature, complete solutions to compleme...

Analog Devices, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analogue and digital signal processing, today announced that its Blackfin® processors are an integral part of the world’s first distributed, synchronised undersea pipeline monitoring system, developed by Bjørge AS based on NAXYS Technology for Norway’s largest-ever industrial project, tapping the Ormen Lange natural gas field. The Naxys tech...

Quantum Research Group (UK) announces its new sales office in Shinjuku, Tokyo and the appointment of Mr Kazuo Nozawa to head this office as Country Manager for Japan.

Arrow Electronics has signed an agreement to distribute connectBlue’s products and services in northern Europe. The deal covers the full range of connectBlue wireless products in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic countries, together with the UK and Ireland.