Sponsors support design competition
31 October, 2008
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
30 October, 2008
A NanoMarkets report predicts that the boom in TOP electronics will drive a similar boom in printable dielectrics.
European franchise
29 October, 2008
Farnell has signed a European franchise agreement with electronics component manufacturer TDK.
Blade spec may become standard
22 October, 2008
SiliconSystems has contributed its SiliconDrive II Blade specification to the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) to create an official governing standard.
Gore joins alliance
14 October, 2008
WL Gore has joined the Ethernet Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the promotion of ethernet technologies.
Optical packaging firm expands
09 October, 2008
Avo Photonics moved part of its Canadian facility to allow enhanced optoelectronic characterisation and a prototyping capability.
Electronics and ICT industry associations merge
17 September, 2008
The ICT Council and Electronic Industry Association have merged into one organisation called the Electronics and ICT Association.
Crunch time for convention refocuses design tools
16 September, 2008 by Rob Evans*
The electronics design industry, while always in a state of evolution, is currently undergoing a fundamental change that's profoundly affecting what products we can create and how they are created.
Microspectrometer sensing technology research receives Eureka award
10 September, 2008
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.
Interconnect catalogue
01 August, 2008 | Supplied by: Samtec ANZ
Samtec has released its F-208 full range catalogue that shows applications, specifications and ordering and information for micro board-to-board, high-speed cable assembly, panel and I/O, power, rugged and custom high-speed transmission line interconnect solutions.
Planar CMOS gets a boost
08 July, 2008
IMEC reports an improved performance for its planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-based metal gates for the 32 nm CMOS node.
Website and catalogue
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: RS
RS Components has launched its new website and catalogue.
Test certified
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: TekMark Australia Pty Ltd
Tektronix has announced Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) certification for test solution for the DisplayPort 1.1 standard covering source, cable and sink testing.
High growth predicted for microsensors
13 May, 2008
According to a technical market research report, 'Microsensors: MEMs, Biosensors and Nanosensors (IAS027A)' from BCC Research, the market for microsensors is expected to be worth US$3.2 billion in 2008. This will increase to over US$8.4 billion by the end of 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 21.3%.
Partner for memory and video processing circuits
28 February, 2008
Glyn is extending its distribution program with memory and video processing circuits from AverLogic Technologies, a semiconductor company with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.
