BeO attains new benchmark in thermal conductivity
May 8, 2008
Beryllium oxide (BeO) supplier Brush Ceramic Products Inc. has significantly improved thermal conductivity of the insulating material BeO...
Staccato expands presence in Asia
May 8, 2008
Certified wireless USB supplier Staccato Communications has expanded its global sales force to increase its presence in Asia...
Nitronex expands MMIC design team
May 1, 2008
To further strengthen its MMIC design capability, GaN-on-Si RF power transistors supplier Nitronex has hired industry veteran Thomas A. Winslow as principal monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) engineer...
Anritsu appoints a new vice president and GM
Apr 24, 2008
Anritsu Corporation’s board of directors have appointed Wade Hulon as vice president and general manager (GM) of the Americas sales region...
Nitronex, Nujira jointly develop GaN PA
Apr 24, 2008
Gallium nitride (GaN) RF power transistor developer Nitronex and Nujira are jointly developing a power amplifier for WiMAX basestations...
Freescale taps IAR tools for ZigBee design kit
Apr 17, 2008
IAR Systems will offer development tools and debug probe to Freescale for use in its development kits based on the MC1322x IEEE 802.15.4 platform-in-package (PiP) IC...
Inphi displays EDC/CDR interoperability at plugfest
Apr 17, 2008
Inphi Corp. has successfully demonstrated interoperability its electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) and clock data recovery (CDR) technology at the SFP+/EDC interoperability plugfest...
CSR demonstrates ULP Bluetooth
Apr 17, 2008
CSR demonstrated its ultralow power (ULP) Bluetooth silicon, which consisted of two ICs successfully transferring ULP Bluetooth data packets 50-times faster than standard Bluetooth...
ST, NXP merge wireless businesses to form a joint venture
Apr 10, 2008
Europe’s two giant semiconductor suppliers, NXP and STMicroelectronics have agreed to combine key wireless operations to form a joint-venture company with strong relationships with all major handset manufacturers...
AWR, TriQuint announce project jumpstart for new designers
Apr 10, 2008
A new program to provide first-time AWR and TriQuint customers with a low-cost introduction to the benefits of design and fabrication of gallium arsenide (GaAs) microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs)...
Spectracom, RIT win cognitive airborne network protocol contract
Apr 10, 2008
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory of Rome, N.Y. has awarded Spectracom and its academic partner, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), a contract to continue research on wireless network routing protocol to support war fighter communications for the future of military airborne networks...
Diabetes management taps wireless body monitoring technology
Apr 10, 2008
To improve millions of diabetic patients around the world, a research project has been granted 7.1 million Euros to develop a unique personalized blood glucose prediction tool...
Simulation software supplier acquires EDA giant Ansoft
Apr 3, 2008
ANSYS, Inc. has signed a definitive to acquire EDA software giant Ansoft Corporation for approximately $832 million in a mix of cash and ANSYS common stock...
Intel, Maxim ink integrated power management deal for MIDs
Apr 3, 2008
Intel Corp. and Maxim Integrated Products have entered into a collaboration to develop highly integrated power-management and multimedia solutions for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs)...
CTIA unwraps 700 MHZ multi-carrier power amplifier platform
Apr 3, 2008
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. is displaying a prototype of its new 700 MHz multi-carrier power amplifier (MCPA) platform that supports mixed-mode operation compatible with CDMA/W-CDMA and OFDM/ OFDMA/LTE...
Integrating GPS, Bluetooth and FM on a single chip
Apr 3, 2008
Texas Instruments Inc. is readying a monolithic solution that combines assisted GPS (A-GPS), ultralow power Bluetooth 2.1, as well as FM receive/transmit capabilities on a single chip. Built on TI's DRP single-chip technology at 65 nm CMOS...
NDK appoints Taylor as GM of business and application development
Mar 27, 2008
To strengthen its new business and application development efforts, NDK has hired frequency control guru Craig Taylor who brings over 20 years of technical and marketing experience to NDK...
