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Linear Technology introduced the LTC4070, an easy-to-use, tiny shunt battery charger system IC for Li-Ion/Polymer batteries. The LTC4070, with its 450nA operating current, charges and protects batteries from previously unusable very low current, intermittent or continuous charging sources. The LTC4070's charge current may be boosted from 50mA up to 500mA with the addition of an external PMOS shunt device. An internal thermal battery conditioner ...

Tyco Electronics launched new surface mount rPGA sockets designed to support Intel® Core™ i7 989 and 988 mobile processors and validated to Intel design guides for high-performance and extreme mobile products.

ITT Interconnect Solutions’ circular APD product family, originally designed to meet the automotive norm DIN72585 (now ISO15170), is now an ideal connector for certain wheeled armoured vehicle applications if military specifications are not required. These connectors are lightweight, cost effective, easy to assemble, and offer the additional security of a secondary locking system for high pin counts.

Aeroflex announced that it has delivered a TM500 Time Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) Test Mobile test system to the China Academy of Telecommunications Research (CATR). The TM500 will support CATR’s ongoing TD-LTE technology trials conducted by leading Chinese and international network equipment vendors. The TM500 Test Mobile is installed at the MTNet laboratory in Beijing.

Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia chip technologies company, announces that its POWERVR SXG540 hardware 3D graphics acceleration technology is enabling class-leading graphics in the new OMAP 4 family of SoCs from Texas Instruments Incorporated.

Kontron today announced during Mobile World Congress 2010 that four new upcoming products from its AdvancedTCA, Communication Rack Mount Server (CRMS), and Server Motherboard product lines will feature a new and breakthrough Intel Xeon server processor that is expected to be launched later this year. As the next evolution of the Intel Xeon 5500 45nm quad-core processors released by Intel last year, this next generation Intel Xeon processor offers...

Cypress Semiconductor today announced that its TrueTouch™ touchscreen solution is employed in the new docomo PRIME series™ N-02B mobile phone from NEC. The N-02B offers a high-resolution, 12-megapixel camera that can be activated in less than one second. The TrueTouch solution enables users to focus the camera using the touchscreen for speed and convenience. The phone also uses the TrueTouch solution to deliver intuitive multitouch capabilit...

picoChip has announced that Alpha Networks, Argela, Askey, C&S Micro, Contela and Zyxel are the latest customers to use picoChip’s PC302 picoXcell(TM) SoC in HSPA+ femtocell designs. These six new customers bring the total number of manufacturers using the industry-leading picoXcell(TM) solution for femtocells to over 20. Previously disclosed customers include Alcatel Lucent, GWT, ipAccess, Sagem and Ubiquisys, A full range of picoXcell-based ...

Today at Mobile World Congress, Kontron announced the introduction of the Kontron AM5030, one of the first Advanced Mezzanine Cards designed with a quad-core processor. This new Kontron double-wide, full-size AMC module features the new Intel Xeon processor LC5518, which is based on the latest Intel microarchitecture and delivers with its 45nm process technology even lower power consumption and higher integration. This makes the Kontron AM5030 an...

The new Cherry VN1015 series of digital vane sensors from ZF Electronics are designed for applications which require robust repeatable sensors immune to moisture and dust. These digital sensors are magnetically operated, so there are no mechanical contacts to wear out, ensuring extra-long product life and reliability. Models in the VN1015 series are available either with 3-pin sink output or with 24 AWG terminations and will cope with operating...