IMEC has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers.

Soanar has been appointed ANZ distributor for Glenair's range of mil-spec and industrial interconnects.

Rabbit has organised a series of technical training seminars for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Larry Ciccinelli, Rabbit's technical support manager will share his experiences and knowledge gained over 30 years.

RF Micro Devices says it has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) foundry-services business unit to supply GaN semiconductor technology into multiple RF power markets.

Emona Instruments has signed an exclusive-agency agreement with Dali Technology of Shanghai, China, for its range of infrared thermal-imaging cameras.

Electron pumps are made from one or more nanoscale conducting islands, isolated from the rest of the circuit by tunnel barriers.

NetApp and Cisco are collaborating to provide users with unified, dynamic data centre solutions that are based on Cisco's Unified Computing System and NetApp's Unified Storage Architecture.

A collaboration has been agreed between ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) that is expected to accelerate the deployment of 'smart meters' in Europe.

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has issued its latest recommendation document that defines an open and standardised interface between visual voicemail clients and voicemail servers.

Links between European and Chinese technology experts have been strengthened following a commercial agreement between the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR).

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $252 billion in 2009, a 22.4% decline from 2008 revenue of $286.5 billion, according to the latest projections by Gartner.

Current conditions are suitable for a paradigm shift to LEDs, says Osram Opto Semiconductor. Light emitting diodes have considerable potential for increases in brightness and efficiency, and can deliver even more potential energy savings than traditional light sources.

Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Knowles Acoustics, whose products include dampers, microphones and speakers.

A team of scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Cambridge University and Germany’s National Measurement Institute are collaborating on research that will hopefully lead to redefining electric current with unprecedented accuracy.

There is a newly found flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible.