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Quantum Research Group, the charge-transfer capacitive touch company, announces the appointment of Duncan Bryan to boost the company’s drive for licensing deals with semiconductor companies. Hans van der Linde, whose appointment to set up the licensing business unit at Quantum was announced earlier this year, will focus on developing licensing deals with end customers for the company’s charge-transfer touch screen and touch control technolog...

The Numerical Mathematics Consortium has announced the latest revision to a technical specification introduced earlier this year that defines an open mathematics semantics standard for numerical algorithm development. This update includes newly ratified functions from classes that include polynomials and vector analysis. In addition to the new function definitions, the consortium resolved significant technical issues that simplify ratification of...

At the WiMAX World Conference, Analog Devices is demonstrating the first two devices in a family of RF transceivers for WiMAX certified terminals that will help lower the cost and drive the wide-scale deployment of broadband wireless access. Based on the 802.16 standard, WiMAX terminals provide wireless broadband connectivity and are low cost alternatives to wired solutions such as DSL and cable modems.

Texas Instruments has expanded the depth and distinction of its WiMAX infrastructure solutions with the announcement of its WiMAX Forum 802.16e Wave 1 Certification Library. TI's highly optimized software library incorporates all of the core signal processing and permutation functions required to build a Wave 1 compliant solution. In addition, TI has incorporated Wave 2 permutation functions to hasten the adoption of the advanced multi-antenna si...

IDT has announced the availability of a High Definition Audio codec software driver which enables IDT PC Audio customers to implement advanced audio capabilities in Windows Vista compliant systems. Through its acquisition of the industry’s highest fidelity PC Audio codecs, IDT enables PC OEMs and ODMs unparalleled audio fidelity with sophisticated and flexible software, fastest time to market and low risk. With its requirements for superior ...

Acte Components Ltd has announced it has entered into a new distribution agreement with Finland’s accelerometer specialist VTI Technologies Oy. As a result of this agreement, Acte will sell and market VTI's motion and pressure sensors throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division has announced the introduction of a new analogue progressive scan (PS) camera that combines SXGA resolution with a high frame rate of up to 30fps. The compact XC-HR90 device confers an unrivalled combination of precision and speed for inspection applications in industries such as electronics and robotics, packaging, automotive and food and drink.

Power Products International has been appointed the official UK distributor for the High Power Group products of International Rectifier, IRCI. The Edenbridge, Kent based power assembly specialist will now supply UK customers with IR’s power IGBT and mosfet modules, standard and fast recovery power diodes, schottky diode modules, thyristor and diode modules and bridges, and capsule thyristors and diodes.

At Electronica 2006, Maxwell will be announcing new BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products. Maxwell's ultracapacitors provide advanced energy storage for applications in consumer and industrial electronics, automotive, transportation and telecommunications.

Integrated Engineering has announced today that its multi-technology reader, SmartTRANS, have been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for the FIP201 program. The SmartTRANS reader is the first contactless smart card multi-technology reader that is included on the GSA Approved Products list.