Semiconductor manufacturers will be able to pursue a production method that will enable them to produce new generations of computer chips using existing equipment.

Louisiana State University Assistant Professor David Young and Professors Phil Adams and Roy Goodrich have found a way to synthesise a layer of superconductor directly onto tiny carbon fibres that are five times smaller than a human hair, and the results could lead to advances in space travel and transport.

Transtech has announced Epic Controls as its distributor in NSW for TransTech range of Electrical Controls, Process Controls, and Industrial Electronics.

A team led by the UK’s BAE Systems aerospace and defence group has just achieved a record digital circuit speed as a result of developing next-generation transistor technology.

SBC Communications has announced advances in developing a network capable of delivering a new generation of integrated digital TV, super-high-speed broadband and VoIP services to residential and small business customers.

Austronics 2004 runs concurrently with Electrix 2004 and Automate 2004 from Tuesday 5 October until Thursday 7 October at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Austronics 2004 is a 'trade only' event and persons working in the electrical, electronics or manufacturing industries can register free online. There is a charge for registration at the door.

Microchip Technology has appointed RS Components its catalogue distributor in Asia-Pacific.

Universal Display Corporation and Palo Alto research Center (PARC), a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, has announced a collaboration to develop poly-silicon (poly-Si) thin film transistor (TFT) backplane technology on metal foil. The flexible OLED (Foled) and top-emitting OLED (Toled) technologies.

NewTek Sales has changed its name to NewTek Instruments. It will be operating out of premises located a 3 Byfield Street, North Ryde 2113 from 1st August 2004.

Perth company Hitec Energy has been offered an Australian Government R&D start grant for a mineral extraction process that produces the key ingredient for alkaline batteries in a more cost-effective way.

The end of the traditional navigating table on ships and their dependence on traditional paper charts is now in sight with the development in Britain of an electronic chart and navigation system.

Blackburn North-based Rectifier Technologies Pacific has signed an agreement with the Wuhan Putian Telecom Equipment Group that will see state-of-the-art Victorian designed rectifiers being used under licence in China.

Kingston Technology has announced a worldwide memory marketing agreement with computing systems developer, Silicon Graphics.

Engineers at Oregon State University have created what is claimed to be the first transparent transistor, a see-through electronics component that could open the door to many new products.

Molex has receive approval for its CoolFin heat sink from AMD for the next generation 64 bit processor, the Athlon 64. As the result of meeting strict thermal resistance and other design requirements, Molex is one of a few vendors to receive AMD's approval on this new platform.