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IDT has announced what it says is the industry’s first PCI Express switching solutions that meet the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) PCI Express Base 2.0 specification, commonly referred to as PCIe Gen2. Optimized to solve system I/O connectivity challenges, the two new IDT switches set a new standard for performance-per-watt in PCI Express switches and offer customers a critical upgrade path and protection of infrastructure investment fo...

Nu Horizons Electronics has named Geoff Rose as Director EMS Europe. With responsibility for Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) customers, he reports directly to Dave Bowers, President of Nu Horizons Electronics Distribution Division. Rose was previously Business Development Director for Nu Horizons Electronics in the UK, where he reported to managing director, Tony Frere.

Omron Electronic Components Business Europe (OCB-EU) has extended its capacitative Touch Control IC family with a new 16-channel version. Omron’s B6TS touch sensors allow a non-conducting surface of any shape to be used as a control giving a new dimension to the styling of consumer brown and white goods and AV equipment, as well as vending machines, lift controls and security access.

For the future, Messe München International will be holding an event of its own in India. In August 2008, electronicIndia will be held at the newly opened Bangalore Exhibition Centre (BIEC) for the first time. The new trade show centre offers state-of-the-art exhibition halls and infrastructure. electronicIndia will be presenting components, systems and applications for electronics and electronics manufacturing and will be held annually.

Zytronic, the leading designer and manufacturer of Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT)-based touch sensors, has announced the appointment of Display Technology Ltd. as a major new distributor. Under the terms of the distribution agreement, Display Technology Ltd. will offer Zytronic’s entire product portfolio backed up by comprehensive local sales and technical support to UK customers in the industrial, professional and medical markets.

Global Display Solutions (GDS) Ltd has announced that it has increased capabilities following a recent series of acquisitions. The procurement of Clearview Displays LLC in January 2007 and of CPG International Spa & Finmek Automation Srl in February 2007 has enabled GDS to provide custom solutions to its clients supported by increased Electronic, Mechanical and Design capabilities.

Premier EDA Solutions Ltd, is embarking on a second round of Roadshows aimed at Engineering Managers, Electronic Product Developers, Software Engineers and current users of Altium Designer, P-CAD, DXP and Protel 99SE who are open to moving beyond the current constraints of traditional PCB design to join them at the Altium Designer 6 UK Roadshow to experience the unique Altium unified design approach. Initial results from the Altium Designer 6 UK...

Ratcheting voice quality one notch higher, Texas Instruments has deployed its TelinnovationT echo canceller software across several digital signal processor (DSP) platforms including the carrier infrastructure optimized TNETV3020, as well as TMS320C64xT- and TMS320C64x+T -based devices. As the most widely-deployed echo canceller solution in the industry, delivering over 1 billion calls per day, the Telinnovation echo canceller has been improving ...

Densitron Display Solutions has announced that Elijah Ebo has joined the company as TFT and OLED Product Manager. With his wealth of experience in the areas of Em-bedded Systems and technical support for LCD/TFT displays, Elijah will further strengthen the Densitron product team specialising in TFT and the emerging technology of OLED