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High reliability interconnect systems maker, Harwin, has named Farnell InOne as European Catalogue Distributor of the Year. Comments Harwin’s Managing Director, Andrew McQuilken: “Farnell InOne produces the most comprehensive and high quality suite of catalogues in Europe, in both printed and electronic formats.

TDC has announced its Spring series of events including a new Java for GSM Seminar. The Seminars will be held at TDC’s Training Suite in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

DT Electronics' forthcoming Xpress Track seminars on the Virtex-5 family will be run in a workshop format using evaluation boards populated with the 5VLX50-10FF676CES device. Engineers and designers will learn how to evaluate the new features of the Virtex-5 family and compare these against the earlier Virtex-4 platform.

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...