News & Analysis

Photonic Products Ltd, the UK optoelectronics device manufacturer and laser diode specialist, recently acquired by StockerYale, Inc., has announced the appointment of Tony Wright as Director of Sales for its expanding operations.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a high accuracy Serial Real-Time Clock (RTC) which adds EEPROM and an embedded crystal in a single, space-saving 18-pin SOIC. ST’s new M41T56C64, reduces board space, increases reliability, and lowers manufacturing costs, making it an ideal choice for applications requiring accurate timekeeping and non-volatile data storage. Among these applications are metering devices, medical equipment, vending machines, an...

Following the recent transfer of Schaffner Test Systems to a group of investors headed by the division’s former manager, Johannes Schmid, the new enterprise begins its business activities on November 27, 2006 under its new name: Teseq – Advanced Test Solutions for EMC. Teseq will continue to maintain and selectively expand the current Schaffner EMC test equipment product line. Moreover, the enterprise has also retained the entire Schaffner Te...

IDT has announced it is the main advanced memory buffer (AMB) supplier for the Elpida Memory, Inc. complete family of fully-buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) products. Targeting next-generation server and workstation applications, the Elpida family of FB-DIMM devices (512 Mbit, 1 Gbit, 2 Gbit; 4 Gbit) is shipping with the IDT AMB device.

Linear Technology Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance analogue integrated circuits, is celebrating 25 years since its founding in 1981. Robert Swanson, founder and Executive Chairman stated, “When Linear was founded in 1981, to succeed it had to overcome a lot of what was then conventional wisdom. Investors didn’t think there was still much of an opportunity to back a new chip venture, much less an analog chip company during t...

From 18 – 21 June 2007 in Munich, “LASER 2007. World of Photonics” will highlight the latest trends in photonics, the newest developments for this key technology and the way it is being employed in industry. Since 1973, this show has been the international industry’s recognized meeting place. With the overall theme of Light at Work,“ this event brings together the world’s leading photonics companies and those who use the technology, a...

The radioactive substance Polonium 210 has been prominent in the news recently following reports that it was used to poison the Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko. In industry, Polonium 210 can be found in applications such as a heat source for satellite power supplies and also in some types of static control systems. However, Oxfordshire-based, Meech International, a supplier of static control systems has developed its technology based on act...

Knowles Acoustics announces an expansion of its range of electret condenser microphones (ECMs). The new 3 mm x 1.5 mm model is offered in both omni and unidirectional formats, the 3 mm ECM is now commercially available.

iWave Systems, a leading FPGA IP provider licences its 80186 IP Cores to companies developing FPGA products and to industries using 80186 processor. It is a boom to the industries which uses 16 bit, 80186 processor as the user need not change their software code as it is fully software compatible to X86 Standard in case of processor obsolesce. This cost-effective IP is a perfect alternative for replacing older parts that are no longer manufacture...

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced that digital television design house TVonics has developed a new module design targeted at terrestrial iDTV applications using one of the company’s digital video broadcast (DVB) system-on-chip (SoC) processors.