NEC Electronics, Renesas Technology, NEC Corporation, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric have agreed to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas. The business integration is expected to come into operation in April 2010.

3M’s Optical Systems division has received the Alliance to Save Energy’s Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency award for its Vikuiti dual brightness enhancement films for LCD TVs and monitors.

A team of Australian and US researchers has set a record for solar-cell efficiency.

Microchip has opened registration for its Embedded Designer's Forum, a worldwide series of technical events focused on technologies that will help designers stay ahead.

IMEC has unveiled a large-area solar system with a conversion efficiency of 18.4%.

Tekkeon is partnering with Brisbane-based distributor, NetOpt, to market and distribute portable power systems across Australia.

Kontron’s R&D design centre has won the top award in the Computers, Blades and Servers, Memory Systems category during the 21st annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards organised by Mentor Graphics.

Nu Horizons has signed an Asia Pacific distribution agreement with Cadeka Microcircuits that involves the distribution of Cadeka's complete range of amplifiers, data converters, hybrid amplifiers and replacement products within Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Although organisations in Asia Pacific expect to continue to be conservative with their total IT budgets in 2010, software budgets are expected to increase, according to a survey by Gartner.

RF Engines has been contracted by Eonic of Delft in the Netherlands to develop a digital downconverter to be used in a signal processing platform.

Emerson Network Power has appointed Anixter as a distribution partner for its Liebert UPS power protection, racking, switching and monitoring products in New Zealand and Australia.

Uni-Pixel, the developer of a colour display technology called time multiplexed optical shutter (TMOS), has been awarded a contract by the FlexTech Alliance for further research into its roll-to-roll conductor patterning capabilities that it has developed for its Opcuity active layer films.

Laird Technologies has published Advanced Materials and Design for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding by one of its subject-matter experts, EMI materials engineer Dr Xingcun Colin Tong.

The 35th Taipei International Electronics Show (TAITRONICS) and the 3rd Taiwan International RFID Applications Show (Taiwan RFID), jointly hosted by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA),will unfold from 8-11 October 2009 at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall.

The GSMA has announced new developments in its embedded mobile initiative, including work to establish standard design guidelines for embedded mobile applications and the kick-off of a competition to drive development in the embedded mobile market.