Industry News
Digi-Key Corporation pens distribution agreements
Digi-Key Corporation and Future Designs, Inc (FDI) have signed a global distribution agreement.
[ + ]No green electronics according to guide
Greenpeace has launched the 'Guide to Greener Electronics', which ranks companies on their use of harmful chemicals and electronic waste recycling.
[ + ]Windows for Apple
Apple Computer has introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP.
[ + ]500 Australian Standards to be cut
To maintain relevant Australian Standards, Standards Australia has embarked on a project to reassess about 2000 standards sectors that are more than 10 years old.
[ + ]WCDMA shows 120% growth
Forty-four suppliers have launched 407 3G/WCDMA devices according to GSA, the global mobile Suppliers Association. It means 221 new products worldwide became available in the past 12 months, representing almost 120% in growth.
[ + ]Glyn appointed as OEM distributor for Australia and New Zealand
Glyn has been appointed as the OEM distributor of power line communication (PLC) solutions provider Yitran for Australia and New Zealand.
[ + ]Tyco Electronics grants royalty-based technology to Astec Power
Tyco Electronics has announced that it has entered into a royalty-based technology licensing agreement with Astec Power that will allow Astec Power and its affiliates to use patented Tyco Power Systems technology in its current designs for its isolated converter eighth-brick and sixteenth-brick families of power modules.
[ + ]Technology to revolutionise airport security
Detecting residual vapours of chemicals, explosives and biological agents without delving into people’s luggage is the future of airport security with the help of research at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
[ + ]Optical monitoring project to plug security gap
A three-year project to develop a reconfigurable photonic ‘firewall on a chip’ has been announced following EU funding of 2 million Euros.
[ + ]Engineers set record for world's fastest transistor
Engineers at the School of Electronics and Computer Science have developed a method to make bipolar transistors that work twice as fast as current devices.
[ + ]Digital artwork changes to suit your mood
Computer scientists from Bath and Boston have developed electronic artwork that changes to match the mood of the person who is looking at it.
[ + ]Six Indian software companies join the ISA
The Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) and Intel have added six Indian software companies – i-flex Solutions Ltd, Lifetree Convergence Ltd, Mithi Software Technologies Pvt Ltd, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd, Ramco Systems and Subex Azure Ltd – as members of the alliance in India.
[ + ]Hybrid assembly integrates optical devices
The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP) in England has announced a novel hybrid assembly technique that offers a simple yet reliable method of integrating optical devices.
[ + ]3D packaging a growing market
ICOS Vision Systems, supplier of inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry, and IMEC, research centre in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, have agreed to work together under a two-year joint exploration and development program (JEDP), in the inspection and metrology for 3D packaging.
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