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Power Integrations has received a 2006 Star of Energy Efficiency award from the national Alliance to Save Energy. The only technology company among this year’s three corporate honourees, Power Integrations is being recognized for its efforts to reduce electricity waste by improving the efficiency of electronic products.

picoChip has announced that its WiMAX solution is part of M/A-COM’s recently announced 4.9 GHz VIDA broadband solution for Public Safety Grade Applications. This solution by M/A-COM, a business unit of Tyco Electronics, utilizes the standard WiMAX 802.16 protocol, to deliver integrated, public safety-grade wireless broadband video and data services for mission-critical applications.

Continuing to push for growth in the portable media market, Texas Instruments has announced that a new latest dual-core processor based on DaVinciT technology is powering the latest line of ARCHOS portable multimedia players, the 404, 504 and 604. The new digital media processor based on DaVinci technology offers reduced power consumption and an exceptional combination of audio, video, imaging and system control functionality for the portable med...

When “electronica & Productronica China” opens its gates from 21 – 23 March 2007 together with SEMICON China and LASER. World of Photonics China, a new partner will be joining them: the China Printed Circuit Association (CPCA) and the CPCA Show. This means that the most important events for the electronics industry in Shanghai will be taking place simultaneously at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.

Analog Devices has announced that it has acquired privately held AudioAsics A/S, a Danish company consisting of a team of experienced developers of high-performance, low-power microphone and audio signal conditioning technology. The combination of ADI's signal processing capabilities with AudioAsics' expertise is expected to result in miniature, low-power audio solutions that provide better sound quality in portable consumer and communications pr...

No less than three new people, Peter Devilée, Robert Gabriel and Peter Lüns, have joined Zetex Semiconductors’ European sales and application engineering team to support the company’s expanding range of discrete and integrated analogue semiconductor products.

National Instruments UK & Ireland is hosting NIDays 2006, its popular, annual professional development conference for engineers, in association with the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), at the home of the IET, Savoy Place, on Tuesday 31st October 2006. Hundreds of engineers, scientists and industry experts from across the UK and Ireland will gather at this free, one-day multi-track event to learn how the latest developments in co...

BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Austin-based National Instruments No. 14 among its top 50 employers for new college graduates. The inaugural “Best Places to Launch a Career” ranking incorporates input from leading university career services directors and more than 37,000 undergraduate students, with information on companies’ pay and benefits, corporate culture and training opportunities.

Zetex, the analogue semiconductor company, has announced that Dr. Riedlberger, an accomplished semiconductor industry veteran, is to head its technology department. “This is another important milestone for Zetex, demonstrating our determination to put a world-class team in place to excel in achieving our ambitious goals,” said Chief Executive Hans Rohrer. “Franz brings a wealth of knowledge to the company, both in semiconductor technology ...

Widevine Technologies, the leading has embedded its protection capabilities into Texas Instruments DaVinciT technology-based digital media processors to facilitate secure consumption of broadcast and VOD content on a wide range of consumer devices.