Pan-Asian distributor announced
06 June, 2007
Analog Devices has named Avnet Electronics Marketing as its first pan-Asian distributor. The distribution agreement extends the existing arrangements, which already include China and India, to cover the Asia-Pacific region.
Global competition to find environmental electronics
05 June, 2007
Premier Farnell has launched a major international design competition called ‘Live Edge’ – Electronic Design for the Global Environment. Farnell, a Premier Farnell business, will support the competition throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Development agreement on advanced high-voltage CMOS process
23 May, 2007
IBM and austriamicrosystems have announced the signing of a development agreement for an advanced high-voltage (HV) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process technology to be used in a range of consumer, automotive, industrial and medical applications.
Personalisation and content key drivers to demand
22 May, 2007
Personalisation and content are key drivers behind increased demand for notebook PCs and mobile internet devices (MIDs), according to Intel Corporation executives.
Lead-free electronics
21 May, 2007
Endress+Hauser has removed lead from all electronic components in its ongoing products portfolio, complying with a recent European directive aimed at protecting human health from the effects of this extremely harmful heavy metal.
Technology to functionalise nanoparticles for biomedical applications
18 May, 2007
IMEC has developed a generic and versatile method to synthesise stable, biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles.
Competition for environmental electronic design
18 May, 2007
A major international design competition called Live Edge — Electronic Design for the Global Environment has been launched by Premier Farnell, global distributor of electronic components.
New company in semiconductor market
17 May, 2007
Royal Philips Electronics has announced that Silicon Hive has been spun out as an independent company.
Green car one step closer
14 May, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
A new variation of a familiar platinum-nickel alloy has been identified and claimed to be the most active oxygen-reducing catalyst ever reported
Plastic: the way of the electronic future
14 May, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
Plastic electronics have been in the public eye since three scientists won the 2000 Nobel Prize for their contribution to the discovery and development of conductive polymer plastics
Call for global collaboration on nanotechnology
09 May, 2007
About 250 technologists and policy makers from around the globe met in Brussels, Belgium, at INC3, the third international nanotechnology conference on communication and cooperation, to discuss the latest developments in nanotechnology, the challenges and bottlenecks, and the economic and societal implications.
High-power PoE accepted by IEEE committee
12 April, 2007
Phihong USA has proposed allowing midspans used in power-over-ethernet applications to put the power onto the data pair as required for Gigabit systems.
Look out silicon here comes graphene
10 April, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
Graphene, a form of bonded carbon, may become the next buzz word in electronics over the next 10 to 20 years if the current rate of miniaturisation continues
Soanar to distribute ZMD AG in ANZ
13 March, 2007
Soanar announced last week that it has been appointed distributor and technical representative for German-based ZMD AG in Australia and New Zealand.
New standard for semiconductor industry
08 March, 2007
A wide range of optical electronic devices, from laser disk players to traffic lights, may be improved in the future thanks to a small piece of semiconductor, about the size of a button, coated with aluminum, gallium and arsenic (AlGaAs).
