Industry News
CIVENEX for Sydney
With more than 70 product categories, CIVENEX 2011 is being held on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 May at Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek, in Western Sydney.
[ + ]Tablets threaten PC growth
Gartner is lowering its PC unit forecast based on expectations of weaker demand for mobile consumer PCs.
[ + ]EUV scanner installed
Imec has started installing an extreme ultraviolet lithography scanner in its Leuven facility.
[ + ]Wireless modem agreement
Richardson Electronics has signed an agreement with Maestro Wireless to offer its range of industrial modems and integrations services.
[ + ]Wireless power from temperature change
Nextreme Thermal Solutions has introduced a power generator that uses heat as a source of electricity for low-power wireless applications.
[ + ]Panasonic partnership
element14 has extended its partnership with Panasonic to provide components to the Asia-Pacific region.
[ + ]Imec launches optics research program
Imec has launched an industrial affiliation program on high-bandwidth optical input/output (I/O). The primary objective of the program, which is part of imec’s research platform on deep-submicron CMOS scaling, is to explore the use of optical solutions for realising high-bandwidth I/O between CMOS chips.
[ + ]Mouser goes global
Mouser Electronics has launched a global distribution partnership with Maxim that will give design engineers access to a range of semiconductor components and tools.
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