At the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) taskgroup meeting in Hawaii recently, there was an agreement over the next high speed Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n.

Power Parameters has been appointed Australian distributor for the full range of Socomec-Sicon UPS systems.

The Verification Methodology Manual (VMM) for SystemVerilog has been endorsed by the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Centre (STARC) and major electronics companies in Japan as a reference to develop advanced verification environments based on the IEEE standard SystemVerilog language.

Cutter Electronics will distribute Cree XLamp power LEDs in Australia and New Zealand.

Hitachi Data Systems has introduced its global customer and partner education initiative at the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) 2006 Winter Symposium.

Richardson Electronics has reached an agreement with Mimix Broadband for exclusive global distribution rights to Mimix's range of GaAs semiconductor products from DC to 50 GHz.

Kingston Technology's manufacturing subsidiary, Kingston Technology Electronics Co Ltd, has opened its new China manufacturing facility.

The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (AEEMA) has called for industry support for urgent engagement in action agenda-led exporting initiatives, following the release of deteriorating trade figures.

Intel has re-opened a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona, converting it to a 300 mm, 65 nm process factory.

Vishay Intertechnology has won an award from the French association SPDEI, which includes over 40 distributors of electronic componentry.

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have theorised a means of shrinking electronics so they could be run using light instead of electricity.

C&D Technologies says that Atmel has joined the Z-One Digital Power Alliance.

B&R and Hager this year celebrate their 50th anniversaries. They were independently founded in 1955, on opposite sides of the world. In Australia, both companies came together 11 years ago to form the joint venture company Hager B&R.

Yokogawa Australia has opened a standalone sales and service facility in Adelaide to support and strengthen business development activities in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Intel and Research In Motion are collaborating on BlackBerry devices. RIM is adopting the XScale architecture and will use the PXA9xx cellular processor, codenamed 'Hermon', for its next-generation BlackBerry devices that will run on high-speed EDGE (enhanced data rates for global evolution) networks.