News & Analysis

Finisar introduced several new products at ECOC including the world's first 8 Gbps long wavelength Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver, and a compelling low-power optical alternative to copper cabling. These products provide the industry with innovative and cost effective solutions for new, high-speed, high-performance communications applications.

Showcasing key technologies that it recently acquired, Finisar today announced an interoperability demonstration between its Chirp-Managed Laser (CMLÔ) and Optical Duobinary (ODB) technologies, transmitting 10 Gbps traffic over 200 km of single mode fiber. Finisar is the first company to offer its customers these two methods for implementing 10 Gbps DWDM transport, providing telecommunications system vendors with a wider range of technologies an...

Avago Technologies has announced optical transceivers for the broad wireless base station market. Avago is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Specifically built to support industrial-level temperature ranges and open standards for the base transceiver station (BTS) market, Avago's new AFBR-57J5APZ is part of the industry's first family of optical transceivers for use in next...

Tundra Semiconductor has announced the Tundra Tsi381 single lane PCI Express (PCIe) to PCI Bridge. Pin compatible with competing PCIe bridge products, this new product offers Tundra customers a superior solution with lower latency and better throughput than competitive offerings. The Tsi381 is ideal for applications that need to bridge from PCIe to PCI devices. Its flexibility, high performance, small footprint, and low power consumption make ...

A new force in the provision of value-added embedded engineering and consulting services, embedded development tools and embedded software IP has emerged today in the shape of Geensys. Privately-owned and capable of operating on a global scale, Geensys has been created through the formal merger of two of France’s most innovative and dynamic companies in the embedded market - TNI Software and Ayrton Technology.

Lambda UK has achieved registration to ISO 14001, the world class environmental management system with the British Standards Institution (BSI). The registration applies to both the company’s Ilfracombe sites in Devon UK.

Camden Electronics, known for its PCB terminal blocks, has signed a partnership agreement with Farnell. Commenting on the agreement, Nicola Kay, Camden’s managing director, said, “We are delighted to have signed this agreement with Farnell, which will offer engineers and purchasing professionals the complete range PCB terminal blocks throughout Europe and Asia Pacific. The strong, on-going relationship which has been in place for a nu...

Fairchild Semiconductor has once again been named a winner in Electronic Product China’s Top 10 DC-DC 2007 product awards. The judging panel selected Fairchild’s FDMF8700 fully optimized, integrated 12V driver plus MOSFET power stage solution as a winner. Fairchild’s 30V synchronous buck converter chip set, FDS6298 and FDS6299S won the same award in 2006.

Cooper Bussmann has recognised the performance of Arrow Electronics in Northern Europe by bestowing its One Million Dollar Sales award on the distributor. The honour, which was presented during Arrow’s PEMCO Day in Copenhagen, was awarded for the 2006 sales period.

Texas Instruments has announced the release of the SimpliciTI network protocol, a proprietary low-power radio frequency protocol targeting simple, small RF networks (less than 100 nodes). SimpliciTI network protocol was designed for easy implementation with minimal microcontroller resource requirements. The protocol runs out-of-the-box on TI’s MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontrollers and CC110x/CC2500 RF transceivers. The next release of Simpli...