Industry News

September 2011

Synopsys Delivers Unified Solution for Digital and Custom SoC Designs

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced advances in its Galaxy™ Implementation

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09/29/2011

Mouser Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement with Panasonic Semiconductor

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that they will now be stocking the progressive

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09/29/2011

Atmel to Acquire ADD Semiconductor: A Leading Developer of Power Line Communications Technology

Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Digital Design, S.A. ("ADD Semiconductor"), a privately held company based in Zaragoza,

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09/29/2011

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TI delivers leading analog integration, best-in-class low power and floating-point performance in new Stellaris® ARM® Cortex™-M4F microcontrollers

Continuing to empower developers with leading ARM®-based embedded processing solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN)

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09/29/2011

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Murata Power Solutions and Powervation Team Up for New Digital Reference Design Using the Industry's Highest Power Density Power Block

Powervation Ltd., the pioneer in adaptive digital power management IC solutions that increase system efficiency, improve field reliability, and accelerate time to market, has joined forces with Murata

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09/29/2011

Maxim Integrated Products to Demonstrate Innovations for Smarter Energy Applications at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2011

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) will showcase new technologies for smarter energy applications from power-grid infrastructure to smart meters and smart plugs for home appliances at

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09/28/2011

Innovolt Launches intelligent Electronics protection Technology

Innovolt, the leader in intelligent electronics protection, today announces that its technology is available for licensing to markets ranging from consumer electronics, medical technology, cable and

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09/27/2011

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas and TI to Deliver Technical SpeedWays on the New BeagleBoard-xM

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) to hold a series of SpeedWay® technical seminars on the new

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09/26/2011

Mouser Builds on European Growth with Opening of Two New Customer Service Centers

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its continued expansion into Europe with

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09/26/2011

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Quality Management

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (www.epc-co.com) the leader in energy-efficient enhancement mode gallium nitride (eGaN®) power transistors used in power conversion applications, has received

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09/25/2011

IBC SOLAR and their South African Partner Lapp Group Implement Solar Project for Coca-Cola Water Bottling Plant

Coca-Cola is utilizing green solar power in its Valpré plant at Heidelberg in South Africa. At the site of a newly constructed water bottling plant, a photovoltaic system was built using components

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09/25/2011

Rogers to Display High-Performance Circuit Materials & Thermal Solutions at 2011 IMAPS

Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will offer both packaging and thermal management solutions at the 2011 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Conference and Exhibition in the Long

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09/25/2011

Entire Line of Cree LED Troffer Replacements Qualified by DesignLights(TM) Consortium

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces its entire family of LED-based troffer replacements, including the latest Cree CR series of troffers, have been qualified by the

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09/25/2011

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Cree Teams Up with Xeralux for High-Bay Upgrade

In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) upgraded its lighting system with

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09/24/2011

Mouser Builds on European Growth with Opening of Two New Customer Service Centers

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its continued expansion into Europe with

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09/24/2011

Texas Instruments completes acquisition of National Semiconductor

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the acquisition of National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) is complete. "National is now a strategic part of TI's Analog growth

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09/23/2011

RS Components expands exclusive stocked range of high quality Comair Rotron AC fans

RS Components (RS), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has expanded its portfolio of exclusive

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09/21/2011

Mouser Now Shipping Cypress Semiconductor PSoC®3

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the immediate availability of the in-demand

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09/21/2011

ON Semiconductor Continues to Expand Its Platform Solutions for Next Generation Computing Products

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, continues to expand its portfolio of products to simplify and speed the

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09/21/2011

Eastern Nebraska Public Power District Consortium selects ABB for Smart Grid-based distribution system

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that the Eastern Nebraska Public Power District Consortium (ENPPDC), with the support of Boreas Group LLC, has selected ABB

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09/17/2011

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Cree Teams Up with Xeralux for High-Bay Upgrade

In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections,

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09/17/2011

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Maxim Makes Organizational Changes to Better Serve Customers

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today announced the following organizational changes to better serve its customers: • Created Worldwide Customer Operations intended to increase responsiveness

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09/17/2011

Avnet Electronics Marketing Adds Switches and Circuit Breakers from Carling to Americas Line Card

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces today that it will distribute Carling Technology, one of the world's largest manufacturers of mechanical

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09/16/2011

Solyndra Files for Insolvency

Reported by Cliff Keys, Editorial Director, PSD

Solyndra LLC, the American manufacturer of innovative cylindrical solar systems for commercial rooftops announced on August 31, 2011 that global economic and solar industry market conditions have

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09/15/2011

Dialog Semiconductor Announces Panasonic as Wireless Sensor Network Home Automation Customer

Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, has announced that its DECT ULE (ultra low energy) technology

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09/14/2011

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Lattice Launches Power & Platform Management Seminars: Lowers Price of Evaluation Boards & Platform Manager Deviced

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that, following the publication and widespread adoption of its Power 2 You guide to power management, Lattice is launching the worldwide

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09/13/2011

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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Introduces EPC9006 Development Board Featuring Enhancement Mode Gallium Nitride (eGaN®) FETs

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduces the EPC9006 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) field

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09/13/2011

Peter Bauer (right), CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, in discussion with Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, German Federal Minister of the Interior (BMI), and Dr. Helmut Gassel (left), President of the Chip Card & Security Division at Infineon, about the security cooperation between Infineon and BMI.

Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior Broadens Security Cooperation with Infineon; Focus on the Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Security of Mobile Devices

Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG are deepening their cooperation in the IT security sector. The German Federal Minister

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09/13/2011

China's Largest Bus Manufacturer Selects Maxwell Technologies' Ultracapacitors for Fuel-Efficient, Low-Emission, Hybrid Drive System

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) announced today that Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (Yutong), China's largest bus manufacturer, has selected Maxwell ultracapacitors for energy storage and

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09/12/2011

Mouser's New Mobile Compatible Digital Catalog Delivers On-the-Go Access to the Newest Products and Technologies

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the launch of the new Mouser Mobile Compatible

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09/12/2011

US Renewables Group To Finance Largest Residential Solar Project

US Renewables Group (USRG) announced today its plan to provide $344 million in financing for a project led by SolarCity to install solar panels on military housing across the United States. USRG's

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09/12/2011

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Future Electronics Launches Newly Designed Website with Enhanced Search Functionality

Future Electronics is pleased to announce its newly designed website, launched on Saturday, August 20th, after months of design changes and software improvements. The new site achieves a number

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09/12/2011

GridWise® Global Forum Welcomes New Speakers to Premier Event

The GridWise Alliance, the leading coalition advocating for the transformation of the electric system, in partnership with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the addition

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09/12/2011

PREMO Current Transducers HCT�s families receives UL Certification

Premo (Wuxi location) in China — a leading global provider of Inductive Components, today announced that its HCT-xxDS5, HCT-xxDSR5, HCT-xxPT5, HCT-xxPTR5, HCT-xxA05 and HCT-xxSY, devices received

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09/12/2011

REpower Presents New Variant of MM100 Turbine

REpower Systems SE (WKN 617703) is to present a 50-hertz version of its new MM100 wind turbine at the Italian wind energy trade fair, Eolica Expo Mediterranean, from 14 to 16 September in Rome. With

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09/12/2011

Rogers Corporation to Highlight Material Solutions Spanning RF to Digital at Midwest and PCB West Shows

Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will display a sampling of its wide array of electronic printed-circuit-board (PCB) material solutions at the upcoming IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition, September

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09/12/2011

Iridium Force(TM) -- A New Vision for Global Communications

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced its vision for the future of personal mobile satellite communications, Iridium Force(TM). This vision uses the power of the world's furthest reaching

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09/11/2011

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RS Components launches new online Connectivity Hub

RS Components (RS) the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has established a new 'Connectivity

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09/11/2011

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Novatel Wireless Selects ACAL BFi as Distributor in UK, Italy and Germany for Enfora M2M Portfolio

Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL), a leading provider of intelligent wireless networking solutions, and ACAL BFi, a division of Acal plc (FTSE:ACL) have signed a distribution agreement covering

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09/11/2011

Advanced Energy's New Ascent(R) DC Product Selected to Power High-Growth OLED and Tablet Display Manufacturing Applications

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEIS) announced today that the company's Ascent(R) DC Power Supply has been selected as the process tool of record by one of the world's largest suppliers

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09/11/2011

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STMicroelectronics Enables New Consumer Conveniences with Combination of Innovative Wireless Memory and NFC Technology

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and a leading supplier of EEPROM memories, announced the strengthening

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09/07/2011

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Hard Disk Drive Shipments Rise 4 Percent in Second Quarter

Despite the impact of the Japan earthquake, shipments of hard disk drives (HDD) edged up in the second quarter, according to a new IHS iSuppli Storage Space Market Brief from information and analysis

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09/07/2011

Research project "EnLight" targets 40-percent reduction in power consumption of interior LED lighting.

Research Targets 40-Percent Reduction in Power Consumption of Interior LED Lighting

Germany's annual power consumption is approximately 500 terawatt-hours (TWh) or 500 trillion watt-hours, with lighting accounting for almost 12 percent of that figure. Even today, as much as 11.5

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09/07/2011

Mark Newton, VP Operations, eoSemi

Mark Newton joins silicon oscillator company eoSemi as VP Operations

eoSemi, the all-silicon oscillator company, announces the appointment of Mark Newton as VP Operations. Newton was previously VP Operations at Trident Microsystems and before that held senior management

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09/07/2011

Synopsys and Achronix Announce Multi-Year Renewal of Synthesis Partnership

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, and Achronix Semiconductor, builder of high

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09/06/2011

IBC SOLAR Mounts Final Module at Solar Park in Sukow, Germany

Volker Schlotmann, Minister of Transportation, Construction and Rural Development in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), and Udo Möhrstedt, CEO of IBC SOLAR, today installed the final module

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09/06/2011

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Carlightblog.com sheds light on the data highway

With the support of OSRAM, bloggers Timm Rotter and Fritz Lorek launch an online platform on the subject of light on two and four wheels What's the difference between halogen, xenon and LED light?

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09/06/2011

Measurement Specialties Announces License Agreement With Sentelligence

Measurement Specialties, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEAS) (the "Company"), a global designer and manufacturer of sensors and sensor-based systems, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive license

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09/06/2011

ULIS seeks larger slice of infrared sensor market

ULIS, a manufacturer of high-quality infrared imaging sensors for thermography, security, automotive and military applications announced today that the company will collaborate with CEA/Leti, a leading

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09/06/2011

GreenWave Reality integrates Z-Wave technology into its new SmartHome solution

Z-Wave alliance partner GreenWave Reality (www.z-wavealliance.org) has been selected by one of Denmark's largest energy provider - SEAS-NVE - to assist with a special energy saving campaign. Since

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09/06/2011

Mouser and MikroElektronika Partner to Deliver Advanced Development Systems

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has partnered with MikroElektronika

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09/05/2011

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New power electronics knowledge platform goes online

SEMIKRON, global leader in power electronic systems, goes live with its new power electronics knowledge platform. The knowledge platform www.powerelectronics-base.com excerpts, in both German and

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09/05/2011

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Rutronik awarded European Distributor of the Year 2010/2011 for Omron Electronic Components

Omron Electronic Components has presented Rutronik, one of the leading broadline component distributors, with a special European distributor award for the 2010/2011 year. The award has been

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09/05/2011

TDK-Lambda's Regional Sales Manager, Sean Evans (pictured right) firms the Ireland distribution deal with Declan Bowers, Managing Director of Futura Electronics.

TDK-Lambda extends its reach in the Irish market

With the signing of a franchised distribution agreement with Futura Electronics, power supply manufacturer TDK-Lambda Corporation, a group company of TDK Corporation, significantly extends its reach

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09/01/2011

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Wolfgang Dehen, Chairman of the Managing Board, and Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, German Federal Minister of Education and Research, at the opening of OLED pilot production line in Regensburg

OSRAM celebrates milestone in manufacturing of OLED

With the launch of the pilot production line for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in Regensburg on 30 August, OSRAM has set an important milestone on the road toward volume manufacturing. As a

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Date:

09/01/2011