New name for integrated circuit design and manufacturing company
05 March, 2007
Integrated Electronics Solutions Pty Ltd, an Australian-based integrated circuit design and manufacturing company, has announced a new trading name for the semiconductors division.
Harting names 'Global catalogue distributor of the year'
02 March, 2007
RS Components has been awarded the ‘Global catalogue distributor of the year’ award by Harting Technology Group for the third consecutive year.
Broad strategic alliance announced
22 February, 2007
Sun Microsystems and Intel Corporation have announced a broad strategic alliance centred on Intel's endorsement of the Solaris operating system (OS) and Sun's commitment to deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise and telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors.
Collaboration to accelerate development of blue phosphorescent OLED materials
22 January, 2007
Idemitsu Kosan and Universal Display Corporation have announced that they have signed a non-exclusive collaboration agreement to accelerate the development of blue phosphorescent OLED materials.
Group formed to address strong demand for electronics
16 January, 2007
Microchip Technology has announced the formation of the Medical Products Group (MPG) to address the emerging challenges of the medical electronics market through close partnerships with medical device makers.
Chip discovery could lead to huge energy savings
15 January, 2007
The University College London (UCL) has unearthed a major discovery in the manufacture of microchips.
DNA chip used in prognosis
15 January, 2007
A project led by IDIBAPS-Hospital Clinic aims to validate the IBDchip (Inflammatory Bowel Disease DNA Chip), a DNA chip that claims to be the world''s first diagnostic DNA chip.
How to stop chips 'tombstoning'
04 October, 2006
There is no single process change that is a sure cure for tombstoning during soldering. Those that claim otherwise are either uninformed or trying to sell you something
Build your own PC board: a designer's dream
06 September, 2006 | Supplied by: Embedded Logic Solutions Pty Ltd
LPKF's ProtoMat S62 desktop milling machine exceeds designer expectations with its mini learning curve coupled with low cost and fast turnaround
Six Indian software companies join the ISA
15 August, 2006
The Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) and Intel have added six Indian software companies – i-flex Solutions Ltd, Lifetree Convergence Ltd, Mithi Software Technologies Pvt Ltd, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd, Ramco Systems and Subex Azure Ltd – as members of the alliance in India.
Digital artwork changes to suit your mood
15 August, 2006
Computer scientists from Bath and Boston have developed electronic artwork that changes to match the mood of the person who is looking at it.
Chip industry loses 'boom and bust' tag
03 August, 2006
The global chip industry - now in its fifth consecutive year of expansion - appears to have shaken off the cycle of boom and bust that characterised its earlier stages, Scott Jewler, chief strategy officer for STATS ChipPAC, told the Semicon Singapore 2006 conference.
Design software
03 August, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.altium.com.au
Altium has released Designer 6.3 targeted at accelerating the design process. It includes upgraded translation capabilities for migration to Designer from other systems such as OrCAD and PADS.
Paint-on semiconductor outperforms chips
24 July, 2006
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that claims to outperform conventional chips – and they made it by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass.
IGBT or MOSFET: choose wisely
05 July, 2006 by Carl Blake & Chris Bull, International Rectifier | Supplied by: International Rectifier
With the proliferation of choices between MOSFETs and IGBTs, it is becoming increasingly difficult for today's designer to select the best device for an application. Here are a few basic guidelines that will help this decision-making process
