Analysis

Mark Thompson, president and CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor, will address the global challenges facing power semiconductor suppliers in a keynote speech at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition ( APEC) to be held February 25-March 1, 2007 in Anaheim, California. Dr. Thompson will speak at the conference’s plenary discussion at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, February 26.

The latest addition to Nexcom’s range of Industrial Computer Solutions is the EBS 1300 Digital Signage Commander, a product that has been specially designed to improve the display quality of MPEG-2/4 & Flash multimedia and to enhance the video streaming with Gigabit Ethernet.

Leading cable solutions provider, Lapp Group Ltd, has boosted its UK sales team with two key appointments. Sean Gavin has joined as Regional Sales Manager for Scotland and Arlene Scott as Sales Office Manager, based at the company’s Head Office in Perivale, West London.

Frontier Silicon has announced a single-chip IC for DVB-H broadcast mobile digital TV (MDTV), enabling longer battery life, smaller handset form factors and faster time-to-market. The new IC, called Paradiso1H, utilizes enhanced system-in-package (SiP) techniques developed by the company to integrate the advanced Paradiso multi-standard baseband IC with a high performance RF tuner and ancillary passive components giving the lowest possible MDTV ...

After a successful trial period, P&P Technology has appointed Aerco as its sole UK distributor. This appointment allows Aerco to offer bespoke EMC solutions with a range of products that include attenuation vents and windows, knitted wire mesh and conductive wrapped fabric gaskets.

Global Display Solutions (GDS) Ltd has installed its ground-breaking outdoor displays at a major Orlando Theme Park. GDS’s 45in LCD displays have been added to the entrance of the Orlando-based theme parks, as part of a system designed to enhance the ‘customer experience’. The displays provide the customers with entertainment, information and visual demonstrations of the major attractions.

picoChip has significantly strengthened its advisory board with the appointment of Professor Wenbo Wang, Professor and Dean of School of Telecommunication Engineering at the Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications (BUPT). One of the world’s leading authorities in the field of digital signal processing and wireless communications, Professor Wang joins existing members of the board Professor Simon Saunders and Professor David May.

Fabless companies throughout the UK have come together for the first Operations Network Meeting to be organised by the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI). The new network aims to help members improve operational effectiveness and to increase awareness of the UK fabless sector.

The Swiss sensor company, Contrinex, has made a major investment in new administrative, research and manufacturing facilities to cater for the rapid growth that the company is experiencing in all operational areas. During 2006, the company headquarters in Givisiez near Fribourg increased in size from 4,000 to 7,000 square meters while the facility of Contrinex UK has doubled in size.

Aerco has extended its range of products from E-T-A by offering process control instrumentation products for flow monitoring and equipment control that can result in significant operational savings and afford many other benefits.