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ChipX has announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. The agreement is effective immediately and provides Nu Horizons customers with global fulfilment and distribution access in North America and Europe to the widest range of ASIC solutions and services from ChipX.

Omron Electronic Components Business – Europe (OCB-EU) has strengthened its Global Account Manager (GAM) team in Europe with the addition of Lari Manninen. His focus will specifically be on the mobile phone industry, and he will be responsible for global OEMs with a presence in Europe.

Keithley Instruments has announced that it has entered into a Joint Development Partnership (JDP) surrounding semiconductor device material testing technology with CEA Leti, one of the world’s most sophisticated semiconductor development laboratories. The JDP calls for Keithley and CEA Leti to research methods for characterizing advanced semiconductor materials and devices that support DC, high frequency, and RF-level signals on both micro- and...

Photonic Products and Laser 2000 GmbH have signed an exclusive distribution agreement. Laser 2000 will distribute and represent the Photonic Products’ portfolio, including customised and standard design laser diode modules, laser diode assemblies and sub-assemblies, throughout Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein.

Avago Technologies has announced the availability of two miniature surface mount technology (SMT) digital color sensors for use in small consumer and portable electronic applications. Avago's ADJD-S311, which is the smallest in the industry with dimensions of 2.2 mm by 2.2 mm by 0.76 mm, is a CMOS IC with integrated RGB filters that targets designers of portable devices which require higher integration, smaller size and low power consumption. The...

Renesas Technology Europe has announced WMA Pro LBR Decode Middleware which will be available from August 2007. Intended for use in the development of applications for mobile phone handsets employing the SH-Mobile application processor, the software supports the M0 profile of the Windows Media Audio (WMA) 10 Professional audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMA Pro LBR Decode Middleware includes support for WMA 10 Pr...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has picked up two awards at the annual Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards held in London on 10th July. The NMI won the categories for ‘Membership Success’ and ‘Environmental Initiative’.

IDT has announced that its LA-1 based network search engine (NSE) has been chosen for use by AMCC for its Saguaro evaluation kit based on the AMCC nP3705 packet processor. The IDT LA-1 based NSE addresses the demanding requirements of AMCC and enables the early development of advanced network infrastructure products by AMCC’s customers.

Keithley Instruments has announced that it has received the Texas Instruments 2006 Supplier Excellence Award. The annual award honours firms whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI's high standards for excellence. Recipients are chosen for their exemplary performance in the areas of cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply, and quality. TI’s management team from the W...

Utilizing the company's innovative capacitive isolation technology, Texas Instruments has introduced a new family of dual-channel digital isolators, featuring faster data transmission, higher magnetic immunity and longer life expectancy than competitive devices. The ISO7220 and ISO7221 improve system performance and reduce cost in high-voltage, noisy applications such as factory automation, process control, computer peripherals and data acquisiti...