Industry News
April 2012
DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability is setting up its Asia Pacific Headquarters for services towards the transmission and cleaner energy sectors in Beijing. "DNV is committed to help China develop a
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04/30/2012
Atmel Corporation,a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced it is accepting registrations for Atmel Technology Live (ATL), the company's first developers' conference that will
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Date:
04/30/2012
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SiTime Corporation, an analog semiconductor company that is revolutionizing the $6 billion timing market with silicon MEMS solutions, today announced that cumulative shipments of its MEMS oscillators,
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Date:
04/30/2012
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Ericsson has announced an extension to its 3E Gold Design Kit with the launch of two new development board kits. Launched in June 2011, the 3E Gold Edition Design Kit has been widely used by board
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Date:
04/30/2012
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The Yokogawa DL850 ScopeCorder is at the heart of a test set-up created by SP -Technical Research Institute of Sweden - to offer an impulse-voltage calibration and testing service based on the international
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Date:
04/30/2012
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Hirose, a leader in the development of connector solutions, has announced a new partnership with Micro Interconnects that will help design engineers specify and design in the DF36 board-to-fine coaxial
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Date:
04/24/2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received orders worth around $20 million from two power utilities managed by Axpo, a leading Swiss power utility, to refurbish the generators
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Date:
04/24/2012
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Silicon Laboratories, a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced a web-based Isolator Power Consumption Calculator that streamlines the process of assessing
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Date:
04/24/2012
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced that it has been recognized by Danaher's Test and Measurement Platform
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04/24/2012
RF Micro Devices, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced it has been granted ISO/TS 16949
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Date:
04/24/2012
Mouser Electronics, regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has unveiled its new Touch Technology Product Knowledge Center
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Date:
04/24/2012
TI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, "Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has been named Distributor of the Year 2011 by connector giant, Molex.
At the ceremony to present
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Date:
04/24/2012
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EFM32 Giant Gecko and Leopard Gecko starter kits for memory-hungry and energy efficient applications
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, introduces two feature rich starter kits (STK) for designers building more complex battery-powered products such as portable health
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Date:
04/24/2012
Principal Solar, a publicly traded renewable energy holding company rapidly advancing the inevitable, worldwide utilization of solar energy through a unique roll-up strategy, today announced the release
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Date:
04/24/2012
ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, announced today the guidelines of its new strategic direction, the signature of an agreement to transfer to STMicroelectronics
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Date:
04/23/2012
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VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG will again attend this year's PCIM, the leading international trade show for power electronics, intelligent motion and power quality. The company can be found at Stand
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Date:
04/23/2012
Intersolar Europe - the world's largest exhibition for the solar industry - is kicking off on June 13, 2012. Under the slogan Connecting Solar Business, Intersolar Europe visitors can find out about
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Date:
04/23/2012
Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd has announced that its Board of Directors has launched a formal process to identify a successor to Chairman and CEO Rich Beyer, who has informed the Board of
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Date:
04/23/2012
Arista Power, a manufacturer, designer and integrator of renewable energy generation, management and distribution systems, has selected GE's new Durathon Battery system for use in its new Power on
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Date:
04/23/2012
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Silicon Designs, a global industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips and modules, has announced the successful relocation of
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Date:
04/23/2012
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An office for innovation and cooperation: Würth Elektronik eiSos officially opened its local design center on March 16, 2012 in Munich-Aschheim. The electronics engineers that are employed at the
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Date:
04/17/2012
Tensilica®, Inc. today announced that the ConnX BBE16 DSP (digital signal processing) IP (intellectual property) core has been licensed to Renesas Electronics Corporation for upcoming products for
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Date:
04/17/2012
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Voltech release completely new software to greatly simplify the design and test of inverters, especially those used for LED lighting. PMStudio seamlessly integrates multiple power analysers into one,
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Date:
04/17/2012
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GE Energy has agreed to license the DLynx™ Digital Point-of-Load (POL) DC power converter product portfolio to FDK Corporation (FDK). The technology licensing agreement is designed to help original
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Date:
04/17/2012
IBM has announced that it has teamed with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles
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Date:
04/17/2012
ARM announced the availability of a significantly expanded lineup of ARM® Processor Optimization Pack™ (POP) solutions for TSMC 40nm and 28nm process technologies targeting a range of ARM Cortex™
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Date:
04/16/2012
Marc Walters, Chairman of the Z-Wave Alliance
"Green" energy production and energy efficient homes are among the issues highlighted at Light+Building from 15th - 20th April in Frankfurt. How energy saving features can be combined with those that
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Date:
04/16/2012
Mouser Electronics, regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it is stocking the Embedded Artists Android
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Date:
04/16/2012
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ITT Interconnect Solutions has announced a major investment at its Basingstoke, UK facility which will enable the leading global connector manufacturer and supplier to deliver assembled MIL-DTL-38999
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Date:
04/16/2012
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Following its successful seven year relationship with EPCOS, Gateway Electronic Components Ltd - a leading independent franchised distributor - has secured a strategic agreement with TDK to distribute
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Date:
04/16/2012
In a move to strengthen its sales support for the European market, Alliance Memory today announced that the company has named Jan Ornjager as regional manager, Nordic. In his new role, Ornjager will
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Date:
04/16/2012
Fujitsu Semiconductor America (FSA) today launched "Easy DesignSim™," a web-based design simulator for power management ICs (PMIC). "Easy DesignSim" offers comprehensive online design simulation and
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Date:
04/16/2012
Acal BFi - a division of Acal plc has extended its franchise agreement with German laser manufacturer, KLASTECH, allowing Acal BFi to support customers in Italy, in addition to Austria, Belgium,
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Date:
04/16/2012
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RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics (Allied), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, are commencing shipments of Raspberry Pi, the credit-card
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Date:
04/16/2012
Missouri's two Major League Baseball (MLB) teams have recently scored renewable energy projects. Both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals have installed solar panels that were up and
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Date:
04/12/2012
Amantys Ltd, the intelligent power switch company, announces the appointment of power industry business development expert Alan Baird to the Management Team as Vice President of Sales and Business
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Date:
04/12/2012
A New Tongue-in-Cheek Video Reveals the Impact of ASICs in Future Space Flight.
USS Enterprise Crew Member Travels 300 Years Back to the Year 2012 to Secure an Analog ASIC That Saves Mankind
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Date:
04/12/2012
Fairchild Semiconductor, (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, will demonstrate innovative power solutions for real success at PCIM Europe 2012, 08-10
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Date:
04/11/2012
Vicor announced its participation in the Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) 2012 conference, the international conference on power electronics and its applications, hosted in Nuremberg, Germany,
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Date:
04/11/2012
In co-operation with the European Center for Power Electronics (ECPE e.V.), the SEMIKRON Foundation will be presenting the SEMIKRON Innovation Award and SEMIKRON Young Engineer Award for the first
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Date:
04/11/2012
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Neil Harrison, President Europe, Farnell Element14 (on right) and Peter Jeutter, Senior Director Distribution Sales, EMEA Atmel (on left) conclude the signing of a full-line distribution agreement.
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Date:
04/10/2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $45 million from leading US utility Oncor, to provide electrical solutions that will increase transmission capacity,
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Date:
04/10/2012
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has won a contract worth more than 50 million Euro to supply a total of 57 km of high-voltage subsea power export cables to Northwind NV in the North
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Date:
04/10/2012
NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced availability of MIFARE4Mobile as an embedded applet on the latest and upcoming NXP embedded secure elements to support mobile ticketing for the sizeable MIFARE
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Date:
04/10/2012
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With the new generation of Oslon SSL LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Rutronik presents a particularly temperature stable light source. The LED provides a luminous flux of typically 98lm in warm
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Date:
04/10/2012
Revenues of IT racks and enclosures are forecast to grow by nearly a billion dollars over the next five years; from an estimated $1.7 billion in 2011 to $2.6 billion at the end of 2016. Most of the
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Date:
04/10/2012
TTI Inc., announced the debut of a new buying option on www.ttiinc.com called ezReel. This new option offers TTI customers an online interface
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Date:
04/10/2012
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DSP Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:DSPG), a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions
for converged communications at home and office, announced
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Date:
04/10/2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has appointed Prith Banerjee to its Executive Committee in the role of Chief Technology Officer. Banerjee, 51, will start midyear 2012 and will
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Date:
04/10/2012
TTI, Inc. an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Sager Electronics, a privately held electronic component distributor
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Date:
04/10/2012
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Tektronix, the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, has announced the expansion of their popular Gold Care Service Plans. A key piece of the newly expanded Gold Care Service Plan is providing
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Date:
04/10/2012
Silica has been named as Distributor of the Year 2011 by Analog Devices. The team was presented with the award in recognition of their exceptional performance and growth rates in 2011. The award
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Date:
04/10/2012
UL, a world leader in advancing safety, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DEWI GmbH, a world leader in wind energy measurement and testing services, from the German state of Lower
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Date:
04/10/2012
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide semiconductor sales were $22.9 billion in February
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Date:
04/10/2012
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A new Android app from STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, provides a modern, fast and spontaneous way for customers
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Date:
04/10/2012
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Jim Marshall received an OBE for service to the music industry and to charity. He's donated millions of pounds to worthy causes.
Photograph by: Ralph Orlowski, Reuters, Reuters
Jim Marshall, dubbed "the lord of loud" for his pioneering work on guitar amplifiers used by some of the greatest names in rock music, has died. He was 88.
A spokesperson for the company he founded
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Date:
04/09/2012
Hitachi, Ltd. announced its decision to integrate Hitachi Canada Ltd. (President & CEO: Howard Shearer, HCL) and Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd. (President & CEO: Tom Kishchuk, HCI) to establish
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Date:
04/03/2012
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Left to right.
1. Engineering Director of Murata Power Solutions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, PhD. Jack Deng
2. President of Murata China Investment Co.Ltd, Yoshito Takemura San
3. CEO and president of Murata Power Solutions Inc., Yoshitaka Kotera San
4. Director of Power Module Products Division of Murata Manufacturing Company. Yasuyuki Morishima San
5. Executive Vice President of Murata Manufacturing Company. Hideo Sakamoto San
6. Chief engineer of Administrative Committee of Wuhan Economic & Technology Development Zone, Mr. Lin Li.
7. Global Sourcing Manager of Nokia Siemens Networks Mr. Eric Lin
8. Director, Networking Technology, of FiberHome Technologies Group, Mr. Qiufu Chen
9. Deputy General Manager of Murata Power Solutions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Mr. Steven Wang
Murata Power Solutions today announced the opening of Murata Power Solutions (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Wuhan Branch Company as an advanced design center in Wuhan, China. The new 1000 square meter site
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Date:
04/03/2012
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment,
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Date:
04/03/2012
TDI Power recently received an Air Agency Certificate from the FAA. As part of TDI's ongoing initiatives in the in-flight entertainment market, we were required to apply for certification in order
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Date:
04/03/2012
NXP Semiconductors N.V. and HID Global, both trusted leaders in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced their collaboration to introduce a global, generic Mobile Access solution
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04/03/2012
Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, today announced it is working closely with TSMC to develop its next
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04/03/2012
Chroma System Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce its recent contract to provide PowerOne, the second largest provider of solar inverters, twenty-six C8000 test systems, PowerPro test software
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Date:
04/03/2012
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Molex Incorporated announces the Stac64™-e connector for automotive applications has received third party Environmental Claims Validation (ECV). The UL Environment ECV certification confirms that
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Date:
04/03/2012
Intersil Corporation has announced it has joined forces with Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) and Altronix, Inc. to accelerate adoption of hybrid IP-based security systems for the video surveillance market.
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04/03/2012
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that Renesas Electronics, Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc. (Renesas Northern Japan
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Date:
04/03/2012
ROHM Semiconductor will present its latest products and technologies at PCIM, the leading trade fair for power electronics in Nuremberg, from May 8 to 10 (Hall 12, Booth 601). Based on the most recent
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Date:
04/03/2012
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today unveiled the No. 11 MOUSER ELECTRONICS/GEICO/KV Racing
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04/03/2012
Toyohashi Tech researchers are searching for industrial partners to commercialize their invention of Hall effect magnetic field sensors operable at high temperatures and harmful radiation conditions.
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04/03/2012
ZMD AG, a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, today announces the hiring of Edward Lam as the new Vice President of Marketing and Business
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Date:
04/03/2012
Exar Corporation announced that it has taken additional substantive steps to reduce overall operating expenses and cost of goods sold. The Company also confirmed revenue guidance provided in the Company's
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Date:
04/03/2012
Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held CT-Concept Technologie
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Date:
04/02/2012
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