Industry News
Sponsors support design competition
National Semiconductor, Ohmrite Manufacturing and Vishay have become global sponsors for the Farnell 2008 Live EDGE Electronic Design Competition for the global environment.
[ + ]Printable dielectrics set to boom
A NanoMarkets report predicts that the boom in TOP electronics will drive a similar boom in printable dielectrics.
[ + ]European franchise
Farnell has signed a European franchise agreement with electronics component manufacturer TDK.
[ + ]Blade spec may become standard
SiliconSystems has contributed its SiliconDrive II Blade specification to the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) to create an official governing standard.
[ + ]Record power from harvester
Europe's IMEC has developed a micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester that delivers an output of 60 µW, making what the company says is a world record.
[ + ]Gore joins alliance
WL Gore has joined the Ethernet Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the promotion of ethernet technologies.
[ + ]Agent appointed
Connector~Tech has been appointed the Australian agent for hermetic products from HCC Industries.
[ + ]Optical packaging firm expands
Avo Photonics moved part of its Canadian facility to allow enhanced optoelectronic characterisation and a prototyping capability.
[ + ]Avago Technologies distributor appointed
Avago Technologies has appointed Richardson Electronics to distribute its wireless products in the Europe.
[ + ]Electronics and ICT industry associations merge
The ICT Council and Electronic Industry Association have merged into one organisation called the Electronics and ICT Association.
[ + ]Light blurs data transfer
Combining ordinary electronics with light has been a potential way to create minimal computer circuits with super fast information transfer. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden and the University of Maryland in the US are now showing that there is a limit.
[ + ]Trade fair expands with new zone
The 28th HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) will bring together more than 2500 electronics industry suppliers at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) and the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre.
[ + ]Solar car teams win support
Altium is supporting the future of design innovation in two student projects from the University of NSW and the University of Iowa.
[ + ]Microspectrometer sensing technology research receives Eureka award
A team of UWA scientists developing colour vision for enhanced infrared sensing for soldiers have won one of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Support of Defence or National Security.
[ + ]Graphene discovery wins major award
Two physicists from The University of Manchester who discovered the world’s thinnest material have scooped a major award for their work.
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