From Norway to the Philippines
30 July, 2008
Nordic Semiconductor is relocating its supply chain headquarters to the Philippines.
Research project to mass produce OLEDs
17 July, 2008
Osram Opto Semiconductors is spearheading the European-funded CombOLED project to develop cost-effective volume production methods for OLEDs.
Reflective modular a 'missing link'
14 July, 2008
CIP Technologies in Britain has released what is believed to be the first commercial reflective electro-absorption modulator.
Controller wins
11 July, 2008
Advantech has received the Taiwan Excellence award for its intelligent audio and video controller, the UbiQ-350.
Power transistor distributor
08 July, 2008
Richardson Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with HVVi Semiconductors of Phoenix, AZ, to distribute its RF power transistors, based on HVVi’s HVVFET architecture.
Photonic switch a few wavelengths of light
07 July, 2008
A team of researchers has developed what it claims is one of the tiniest optical switches ever made — about one tenth of the size of a human hair.
Supercaps for phones
04 July, 2008
CAP-XX has signed a contract with Murata to jointly develop and supply supercapacitors for mobile handsets and other power-hungry, space-constrained portable applications.
Module distributor
04 July, 2008
Soanar has signed a distribution agreement with MeshNetics, a provider of ZigBee modules and embedded software for OEMs and system integrators.
White LED backlight module
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Soanar Limited
NEC LCD Technologies has introduced a 7.0" TFT LCD module with wide video graphics array resolution.
Slim side LED
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Osram Australia Pty Ltd
The RGB MicroSideled from Osram Opto Semiconductors features an ultra-slim design and delivers high brightness for in-coupling into light guides designed for backlighting in space-sensitive applications.
PMC module
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Metromatics Pty Ltd
GE Fanuc has announced the ICS-1554 PMC module with four 16-bit ADCs sampling synchronously at frequencies up to 160 MHz.
Enhanced switch family
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Avaya Australia Pty Ltd
Extreme Networks has enhanced its BlackDiamond 8800 modular family of switches with new ‘c’ series interface and management blades.
Notebook memory
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Avnet Electronics Marketing
Kingston Technology claims to be the first to offer high-performance, low-latency DDR2-667 SO-DIMM notebook memory.
Debugger and trace
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Embedded Logic Solutions Pty Ltd
Lauterbach has released Trace32 power tools for the Texas Instruments OMAP35x family of processors, based on an ARM cortex-A8 core that operate with a clock frequency of 600 MHz.
Paper display controller
01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Epson Australia Pty Ltd
Seiko Epson and E Ink have jointly announced a display controller IC delivering new capabilities for E Ink’s Visplex-enabled electronic paper displays.

