Chip growth slows down
21 December, 2004
Worldwide semiconductor revenue growth is starting to slow in the second half of 2004. Although the slowing will affect income mainly during the fourth quarter, the second half of 2004 is still generating strong growth of 10% on top of the increase seen in the first six months of the year, according to a newly-revised outlook from iSuppli's Electronic Components Forecast service.
RF capacitor
06 December, 2004 | Supplied by: http://www.soanar.com/
Vishay has released what it claims is the industry's first silicon-based surface mount RF capacitor available in the 0603 case size.
Hot-swap controllers
06 December, 2004 | Supplied by: http://www.arrowaustralia.com/
Maxim has introduced the MAX5943/MAX5944, claimed to be the industry's first fully integrated hot-swap controllers for IEEE 1394/FireWire applications.
Motion control
06 December, 2004 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/oceania
Machine builders and OEMs now can use the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development environment to create customised motion controllers for any platform with NI SoftMotion technology.
Programmable chip aids medicine
20 November, 2004
An engineer at Sheffield University in Britain is leading a project that could revolutionise the way scientists, medics and others see the world - by allowing the earlier detection of cancer, the instant analysis of medical screening tests, and permitting the emergency and security services to work effectively in murky surroundings.
90 nm processors now available
16 November, 2004
AMD says it is achieving a smooth transition to 90 nm manufacturing and has distributed low-power 90 nm Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors for thin and light notebooks (previously codenamed 'Oakville'.
Series DH Digihelic Differential Pressure Controller
15 November, 2004 | Supplied by: Dwyer Omega (Aust) Pty Ltd
Dwyer Instruments Pty Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of its NEW Series DH Digihelic Differential Pressure Controller.
Electus Distribution DC/DC converters
15 November, 2004 | Supplied by: Electus Distribution
Providing an isolated, low noise and precise ±1% 5 VDC supply is possible with PCB mounted modules from Electus Distribution.
MAX8720 step-down controller
15 November, 2004 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd
Maxim has introduced the MAX8720 step-down controller, featuring dynamically adjustable output, ultra-fast transient response, high DC accuracy and the high efficiency required for CPU-core power supplies.
New twist on fibre optics
14 October, 2004
By twisting fibre optic strands into helical shapes, researchers have created unique structures that can precisely filter, polarise or scatter light.
EDS-205 industrial ethernet switch
12 October, 2004 | Supplied by: Tristar Automation
Moxa Australia has introduced the EDS-205 unmanaged five port 10/100Base-T(X) industrial ethernet switch incorporating store and forward, IEEE 802.3x full duplex, non-blocking flow control and auto port detection.
152 GHz record circuit speed
27 September, 2004
A Team led by Britain's BAE Systems aerospace and defence group has achieved what it claims is a record digital circuit speed as a result of developing next-generation transistor technology.
Motherboard with bus support
07 September, 2004 | Supplied by: http://www.ieci.com.au/
Interworld Electronics has released the Kontron America MBATX-845GV-VEA ISA Bus Pentium 4 motherboard.
Video conditioners
07 September, 2004 | Supplied by: http://www.arrowaustralia.com/
Maxim has introduced the MAX7450/MAX7451/MAX7452 family of complete front-end, standard-definition video signal conditioners.
685A01 vibration switch
07 September, 2004 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific
The IMI sensors division of PCB Piezotronics has introduced the model 685A01, 24 VDC powered, electronic vibration switch with explosion-proof housing.
