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Synplicity, Inc. has announced it has joined the ARM Connected Community, the industry's largest ecosystem of ARM technology-based products and services. As part of the ARM Connected Community, Synplicity will gain access to a full range of resources to help it market and deploy innovative solutions that enable developers to get their ARM Powered products to market faster.

Analog Devices is applying its digital signal processing expertise to the ground breaking visual collaboration solution from Cisco supporting high-definition, face-to-face communications over existing enterprise Internet Protocol networks. Key to the Cisco TelePresence Meeting system's innovation in video communications is its incorporation of ADI's Blackfin processors to handle high-quality, real-time high-definition video compression. The Cisc...

Texas Instruments has announced it has been awarded a third-year Partners in Performance award by Celestica, a world leader in electronics manufacturing services. The awards are given annually to Celestica's suppliers, in recognition of their excellence in customer service and their support of Celestica's global supply chain.

National Instruments today reported record revenue in Q3 2006 of $164 million, a 16 percent increase over Q3 2005. Geographically, the growth of revenue in U.S. dollar terms for Q3 2006 compared to Q3 2005 was as follows: up 11 percent in the Americas, up 14 percent in Europe and up 30 percent in Asia, equaling overall growth of 16 percent. In local currency terms, revenue was up 10 percent in Europe and up 28 percent in Asia, for an overall loca...

ACAL Components announces the appointment of Louise Early as General Manager for Passive, Inductive & Battery Products. Early will head the team selling a strong mix of products which includes the ACT range of batteries, the complete spectrum of capacitor and resistor technologies, as well as inductive products such as baluns, coils, EMC filters, transformers, ferrite cores and chip beads.

SL Power Electronics Corporation, the company established following the merger of Condor DC Power and Ault, announces the appointment of three key new members to its European team. All are based at the company’s European Headquarters in the United Kingdom.

Fairchild Semiconductor will present a variety of technical papers at the Power Electronics Technology Exhibition & Conference beginning October 24 in Long Beach, California. Geared to help design engineers better understand current market demands, these paper topics will range from cutting-edge design techniques and information about the latest advanced technologies to current regulations impacting power system design.

HARTING has introduced a range of low-cost industrial Ethernet switches which combine low-profile mounting with ease of installation in IP30 industrial environments. The new eCon2000 Series offer an unmanaged Ethernet switch configuration for use with 10 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s Ethernet networks conforming to the IEEE 802.3 standard, and feature automatic detection of the data-transmission rate.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a single chip which integrates a Power Factor Corrector with a half-bridge controller and all the relevant drivers and logic for an electronic ballast IC for fluorescent lamps. Combining these functions on a single IC allows ST’s new L6585 to generate more light from less energy, while ensuring full compliance with safety and power consumption regulations.

Power-One has been named Meritorious Performance Supplier in Sun Microsystems’ 2006 Supplier Awards program. The award honors companies that have delivered superior quality and value to Sun’s customers.