News & Analysis

EDA Solutions, exclusive European agent for chip design tool vendor, Tanner EDA, and multi-project wafer specialist, MOSIS, is sponsoring a driver in the UK Mini Challenge series of motor races this year.

Ericsson Power Modules has launched its APAC (Asia Pacific and China) center of excellence. The center includes R&D, manufacturing, customer sales and service, and also project resources.

Coventry based DT Electronics has been named 'Best European Independent Distributor' at the recent Atmel sales conference in Marrakech. It is the first time this award has been given by Atmel in recognition of the important role that specialist independent distributors now play in its network.

ErSt Electronic has joined the common license consortium and now offers both netlist and full VHDL versions of all its soft IP cores under the terms of the SignOnce IP License.

Quantum Research Group has won a contract to supply Samsung in Korea with its rotary slider touch control chip, the QT511, for use in a top-of-the-range microwave oven, the RE-C23AN.

Howard Ingleson has been appointed as Managing Director of Syfer Technology Limited in Norwich, UK. Howard, a graduate of York University with a BS in Physics, joined Syfer in 1995 from Oxley where he was the Business Manager of the EMI filter division.

Anglia has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Microchip Technology. It is Anglia’s fifth new semiconductor signing in recent months.

Tundra Semiconductor has announced the acquisition of Potentia Semiconductor Corporation (“Potentia Canada”) for C$1.4 million in cash. The acquisition includes the power controller business of Potentia Canada which Tundra will continue to operate. Tundra is not acquiring the digital video display device business of Potentia Canada. This business including all of its current employees and its customers will proceed as a new venture under t...

These MAXIFLEX P3-R CPUs are designed specifically for redundant remote I/O and control applications, where high availability is required in hot standby configurations. The high availability system is constructed by combining two identical P3-R CPU’s, each with their own power supply and base, to create independent Primary and Secondary Master Controllers.

ARTiSAN Software Tools, a global leader for UML 2.0 and SysML-based real-time systems and software modelling tools, has announced that Aeroflex Test Solutions, Powell Division has selected ARTiSAN Studio as its tool of choice for both systems and software development on all future projects. Aeroflex Test Solutions, Powell Division produces high speed test and measurement equipment for RF and microwave applications for applications such as Satell...