Industry News

February 2011
Infineon Launches New ISOFACE Digital Input Product Family for Industrial Control and Automation Systems - Smarter and More Robust Than Todays Solutions

Infineon Presents New ISOFACE™ Digital Input Product Family for Industrial Control and Automation Systems - Much Smarter and More Robust Than Today's Solutions

The new ISOFACE™ Digital Input products expand Infineon Technologies' innovative product segment of galvanic isolated interfaces for industrial control and automation applications. The ISOFACE™ Digital
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02/28/2011
Synopsys DesignWare IP First to Support Final Release of PCI Express 3.0 Specification
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced, that it is the first IP provider to support the final version
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02/28/2011
Digi-Key Corporation and Interlink Electronics Announce Global Distribution Agreement
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Interlink
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02/27/2011
Maxwell Technologies Sees Significant Growth Opportunity for Its CONDIS Capacitive Voltage Divider Products in Russia Grid Modernization
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced today that a leading producer of instrument transformers for the Russian utility grid has selected CONDIS® capacitive voltage dividers (CVD) produced by Maxwell's
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02/27/2011
Power Integrations Launches New Multi-Language  'PI Expert Suite' PSU Design Software
Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced that PI Expert Suite Version 8, the latest upgrade to the company's immensely
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02/26/2011
TESEQ Releases Upgraded EMC Test Software
TESEQ, a leading developer and provider of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, has released Compliance 5 emission and immunity test software. Compliance 5 is a single,
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02/26/2011
SemiSouth Ships High-Efficiency, High power SiC JFETs in Commercial Quantities
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., the leading manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) technology for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications, has announced
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02/25/2011
Mousers Distribution Strength Chosen by Anderson Power
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top global design engineering resource for semiconductors and electronic components, announced an international distribution partnership with Anderson Power
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02/25/2011
IR Acquires CHiL Semiconductor, a Leading Supplier of Digital Power Management Solutions
International Rectifier Corporation (IR) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held CHiL Semiconductor Corporation (CHiL) for $75 million in cash, subject
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02/25/2011
Nextreme Introduces Thermobility Wireless Power
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power generation solutions, today introduces Thermobility, the next generation of power generation technology that uses heat as a source
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02/25/2011
MouserMobile is Industrys Most Advanced Mobile Site
The newly designed MouserMobile™ offers the most advanced features for multilingual, multicurrency support for design engineers and buyers. No other distributor's mobile site supports more wireless
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02/24/2011
ABB Wins Marine Order Worth Over $50 Million
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth over $50 million to provide power and propulsion systems for two next-generation cruise ships to be built by Meyer Werft
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02/24/2011
Farnell Wins EMEA Best in Class Gold Distribution Award from Honeywell Sensing and Control

From left to right: Lionel Caillat, Vice President & General Manager EMEA, Honeywell; Bradd Schneider, Vice President Global Sales, Honeywell; Steve Herd, Head of EMCO Product and Supplier Management, Farnell; Didier LeBorgne, Field Sales Engineer, Farnell France; Paivi Komminaho-Franz, European Supplier Account Manager, Farnell; Jamie Scott, Product Manager, Farnell; Beth Wozniak, President, Honeywell; and Harry Lakhal, General Manager, Farnell Spain and Portugal.

Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor, has won the 2011 EMEA Best in Class Gold Distribution award from Honeywell Sensing and Control (S&C), the global technology and manufacturing leader,
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02/24/2011
Synopsys Collaborates with Industry Consortium on Solutions to Model Latest 28-nm Parasitic Effects
Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced new extensions to its open source-licensed Interconnect Technology Format
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02/24/2011
Tyco Electronics to Present Coordinated Circuit Protection Solutions at Motor, Drive & Automation Systems 2011
Tyco Electronics (TE) announces that Matthew Williams, Global Applications Engineering Manager for Tyco Electronics Circuit Protection business unit, will present at the Motor, Drive & Automation
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02/24/2011
National Introduces Industrys First Analogue Design Tool in Russian Language
National Semiconductor has announced that its award-winning WEBENCH® Designer tools are now available in the Russian language. Worldwide expert and novice electronic engineers as well as mechanical
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02/22/2011
Dialog Semiconductor Acquires Sitel - Leading Supplier Of Wireless Connectivity dialog and VOIP ICs
Dialog Semiconductor plc, a leading provider of highly integrated power management semiconductor solutions for portable devices including Smartphones and Tablet PCs, is pleased to announce that it
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02/20/2011
Digi-Key Corporation Honored with Honeywell Sensing and Controls Growth Award
Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, was awarded Honeywell Sensing and Control's
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02/20/2011
OSRAM Lights Up Alpine World Ski Championships

A bridge of light in the colors of the Alpine World Ski Championships: blue beacons high over Olympic Stadium red beams from the Kandahar slope, and golden yellow rays from the Medal Plaza

At the Alpine World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, OSRAM provided highlights of a special kind. Using the latest technologies, the Munich-based lighting manufacturer created
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02/18/2011
Aquiba selects Energy Micros Low Power Microcontroller for Next Generation Smart Water Meter

The Aquiba A200 smart water meter uses Energy Micro's energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller.

Energy Micro has announced that Aquiba, a joint venture between Sentec and Takahata Precision, has selected Energy Micro's energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller for use in its groundbreaking
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02/17/2011
Avnet Electronics Marketing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Sign Global Distribution Agreement
Avnet Electronics Marketing, a business group of Avnet, Inc., has signed a global distribution agreement with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd, one of the world's largest manufacturers of advanced
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02/17/2011
Rogers Corporation Shows Advanced Materials Solutions for Satellite End-Users at Satellite 2011
Rogers Corporation will be displaying a trio of its top materials for space and satellite communications applications at the upcoming SATELLITE 2011 exhibition. SATELLITE 2011 (
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02/16/2011
Synopsys and Varian Collaborate on Process Models for Advanced Logic and Memory Technologies
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and Varian Semiconductor
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02/14/2011
Digi-Key Corporation Announces Global Distribution Agreement with Advanced Linear Devices, Inc.
Digi-Key Corporation and Advanced Linear Devices, Inc. (ALD), a globally recognized company which develops, manufactures and markets precision
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02/14/2011
ON Semi to Acquire CMOS Image Sensor Business from Cypress
ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that a definitive agreement has been signed for
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02/14/2011
Digi-Keys iPhone App Now Available in Japanese
Digi-Key Corporation has announced its iPhone application is now available in Japanese. This is the first Digi-Key wireless application available in the Japanese language. "The introduction of
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02/12/2011
Rochester's Long-Term Supply Programs Save Millions for Aeronautics
Rochester Electronics' customized, comprehensive, scheduled, and managed Special Product Agreements(TM) (SPAs(TM)) provide a continuous, long-term source of critical semiconductor devices. Through
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02/12/2011
PSMA Announces Special Presentation Session on Capacitors in Power Electronics at APEC 2011
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Magnetics Committee is sponsoring a Special Presentation session at APEC 2011 titled "Capacitors in Power Electronics." The session will take place
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02/10/2011
Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with SiTime Corporation, a leader in MEMS-based silicon timing solutions. Under the agreement, Arrow will distribute SiTime's complete
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02/07/2011
Synopsys Announces New Technology for Optimizing Multicore Systems
Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the broad availability of Platform Architect with Multicore Optimization
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02/07/2011
Avnet Delivers Training for Solar Powered Systems Using ST's Proven Solutions
Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. and STMicroelectronics, a world leader in semiconductor solutions for energy efficiency, have teamed up to offer a series of
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02/07/2011
Farnells Product Portfolio Gets Boost with 800 New Analog Products from Microchip
Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor, has added 800 new analog products from Microchip Technology to its portfolio, making it the first European distributor to have the largest stock of
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02/07/2011
ADIs iCoupler Digital Isolation Technology Used For Satellite Power Protection System
Analog Devices, Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, is providing its highly integrated iCoupler® digital isolation solution to Siemens Aerospace
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02/06/2011
Solyndra Presents its first 46kWp in Slovenia
Solyndra, a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large commercial rooftops, today announced that Eco Solar, a fast growing Slovenian PV developer has completed a 46kWp grid connected
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02/06/2011
Tyco Electronics NEVALO System Streamlines Solid State Lighting Design and Manufacture
Tyco Electronics (TE) introduces an innovative Solid State Lighting (SSL) solution - the NEVALO SSL system - designed to accelerate lighting manufacturers' transition from traditional light sources
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02/04/2011
Digi-Key Corporation Expands Intersil Product Offering
Digi-Key Corporation announced it has added 259 new Intersil products to its expansive offering of electronic components. "We are excited to add these new products to our Intersil line and offer
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02/03/2011
ABB Completes Acquisition of Baldor Electric Company
ABB Ltd, the leading power and automation technology group today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Baldor Electric Company, a North American leader in industrial motors. The transaction,
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02/03/2011
Enecsys Solar PV Micro-Inverter World's First Without Electrolytic Capacitors to Gain UL Certification
Enecsys Limited, a solar PV micro-inverter company, has announced UL certification for its products. The patented design of the Enecsys Micro-inverter uses a rugged topology that eliminates electrolytic
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02/03/2011
Digi-Key Corporation and Mid Technology Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement
Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Midé Technology today announced the
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02/03/2011
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