Industry News

April 2012

DNV KEMA establishes Asia HQ for transmission and cleaner energy sectors in Beijing

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

Registration Opens for Annual Atmel Technology Live Developer Conference

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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04/30/2012

SiTime Ships 100 Million Units of its MEMS Timing Solutions

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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04/30/2012

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Ericsson Extends 3E Gold Design Kit with New Development Boards

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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04/30/2012

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Technical Research Institute of Sweden offers high-voltage impulse testing using Yokogawa DL850 ScopeCorder

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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04/30/2012

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New Hirose VIP Partnership Makes DF36 Series Easier to Design In

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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04/24/2012

ABB wins $20 million Swiss order to boost efficiency of hydroelectric power plants

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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04/24/2012

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Silicon Labs Online Power Consumption Calculator Simplifies Isolation Product Selection and System Design

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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04/24/2012

Emerson Network Power Wins Danaher Test and Measurement Outstanding Supplier Partnership Award for the Third Year

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 Achieves ISO/TS 16949 Certification for?Automotive Quality Management Systems

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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04/24/2012

Mouser Brings the Future In Touch with Launch of New Touch Technology PKC Training Site

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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04/24/2012

TTI named �Distributor of the Year' by leading connector company, Molex

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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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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04/24/2012

Principal Solar Releases White Paper, "Navigating by the Sun: U.S. Department of Defense Takes Aggressive Lead as Early Adopters of Solar Energy"

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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04/24/2012

ST-Ericsson announces new strategic direction and partnership

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 presents cores and chokes at PCIM Europe

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

Latest Technologies and Trends presented at INTERSOLAR EUROPE 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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04/23/2012

Freescale Semiconductor Launches CEO Succession Process

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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04/23/2012

GE's Energy Storage Business and Arista Power Sign Business Cooperation Agreement

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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04/23/2012

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Silicon Designs Announces New Global Corporate Headquarters

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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04/23/2012

Wrth Elektronik opens local design center in Munich, Germany

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Würth Elektronik opens local design center in Munich, Germany

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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04/17/2012

Tensilica's ConnX BBE16 DSP IP Core for Digital Baseband Signal Processing Licensed to Renesas Electronics

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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04/17/2012

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Power and Efficiency with PMStudio

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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04/17/2012

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GE Energy Licenses DLynx™ Point of Load Portfolio to FDK Corp

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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04/17/2012

IBM, Honda, and PG&E Enable Smarter Charging for Electric Vehicles

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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04/17/2012

ARM Expands Processor Optimization Pack Solutions for TSMC 40nm and 28nm Process Variants

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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04/16/2012

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Light+Building 2012: Home control manufacturing consortium presents possibilities for the integrated home

"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 Now Stocking Embedded Artists Android Development Kit

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 invests in new European 38999 connector assembly facility

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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Gateway and TDK forge a new partnership in passive components

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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04/16/2012

Alliance Memory Appoints Jan Ornjager as Regional Manager, Nordic

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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04/16/2012

Fujitsu Announces Web-Based "Easy DesignSim" for Power Management ICs

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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04/16/2012

Acal BFi extends franchise agreement with laser manufacturer, KLASTECH

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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04/16/2012

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Raspberry Pi deliveries start from RS Components and Allied Electronics

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

St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals are Among a Handful of Teams Using Solar Energy to Power Stadiums

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

Baird impressed with early commercial traction of new power electronics company, Amantys

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

Analog ASIC Saves Crew of Federation Starship USS Enterprise

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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04/12/2012

Fairchild Semiconductor to Showcase Industrial Power, Automotive, LED Lighting and DC-DC Conversion Solutions at PCIM Europe 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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04/11/2012

Vicor to showcase high performance power components at PCIM Europe 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

SEMIKRON Innovation Award and SEMIKRON Young Engineer Award

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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04/11/2012

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Atmel Signs Full-Line Distribution Agreement with Farnell element14

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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04/10/2012

ABB wins $45 million power orders to boost clean power integration in Texas

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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04/10/2012

Nexans wins over 50 million Euro contract to supply high-voltage power cable for Northwind offshore wind farm

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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04/10/2012

NXP Enables Mobile Ticketing for Smart Mobile Devices

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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04/10/2012

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Now at Rutronik: Temperature stable Oslon SSL LED from OSRAM Opto Semicunductors

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

IT Rack and Enclosure Market to Grow to $2.6 billion in 2016

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. Announces the Debut of New ezReel Buying Option

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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04/10/2012

DSP Group, Inc. Announces Agreement With Starboard

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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04/10/2012

ABB appoints Prith Banerjee to Executive Committee as Chief Technology Officer

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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04/10/2012

TTI, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Sager Electronics

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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04/10/2012

Tektronix Expands Gold Care Service Plans

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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04/10/2012

Silica named as Distributor of the Year by Analog Devices

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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04/10/2012

UL to Acquire Wind Energy Measurement Leader DEWI GmbH

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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04/10/2012

Global Semiconductor Sales Post $22.9 Billion in February

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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Design App from STMicroelectronics Guides Customers to Faster Project Completion on Android Devices

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

'Lord of loud' Jim Marshall dies

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

Strenghening the Power Systems Business Structure in Canada

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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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 expands design capabilities in China

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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04/03/2012

Digi-Key Corporation Named PUI Audio, Inc.'s Distributor of the Year for 2011

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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04/03/2012

TDI Power Receives Air Agency Certificate from the FAA

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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04/03/2012

NXP and HID Global Enable Mobile Access for NFC Phones

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 and TSMC Create a Process Platform to Advance BCD Power Management Leadership

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

PowerOne Contracts Chroma to Build Multiple Solar Inverter Test Systems

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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04/03/2012

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Molex Receives Third Party Environmental Claim Validation for Industry's First Bioplastic Resin-Based Connector

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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04/03/2012

Intersil Teams with Sony and Altronix to Accelerate Hybrid Video Technology

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. Video

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04/03/2012

Renesas Electronics Announces its Plan to Transfer Factory of Subsidiary to Fuji Electric

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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04/03/2012

ROHM Semiconductor To Present A Range of Novelties at PCIM 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 Connects with Engineers Through High Technology IndyCar Platform

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

Hard electronics: Hall effect magnetic field sensors for use at high temperatures and in harmful radiation

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

ZMDI announces the Hiring of Ed Lam as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Based in the United States

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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04/03/2012

Exar Corporation Announces Continuation of Aggressive Restructuring Program

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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04/03/2012

Power Integrations Agrees to Acquire CT-Concept Technologie AG

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