Agilent Technologies agrees to buy Eagleware’s EDA business
Aug 4, 2005
Agilent Technologies Inc. and privately held Eagleware Corp., which does business as Eagleware-Elanix, have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire substantially all of the assets and business of Eagleware-Elanix...
SDR Forum issues RFI to address product development
Jul 28, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director To improve productivity, quality and continued development of software-defined radio technology, the SDR Forum has issued an industry-wide request for information regarding current practices for design flows and tools used by industry in creating radio systems, software, waveforms and components...
UK’s CSR acquires UbiNetics' software business for $48 million
Jul 28, 2005
Cambridge, UK-based CSR plc has entered into an agreement with UbiNetics
Holdings Limited to acquire UbiNetics' software business for
a cash consideration of $48 million...
Independently programmable DDS boasts multichannel capability
Jul 21, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Combining 0.18-micron CMOS with clever circuit design, Analog Devices Inc. has readied an unprecedented multichannel direct digital synthesis device that is inherently synchronous with reduced board space and lower cost per channel...
Aeroflex expands presence in Asia
Jul 21, 2005
Aeroflex Inc. has opened a new sales office for its Test and Measurement group in Taipei City, Taiwan in the Xinyi district...
EM tool developer takes advantage of AWR’s proprietary Xmodels
Jul 21, 2005
Sonnet Software, Inc., a supplier of high-frequency electromagnetic simulation software, has revealed its plan to exploit Applied Wave Research, Inc.'s open access to proprietary Xmodels technology ...
True software radio makes strides in South Korea
Jul 14, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director With successful demonstration of its true software radio technology receiver that can process RF signals in the licensed and unlicensed frequency ranges without using any of the traditional analog and RF front-end circuitry., Van Nuys, Calif.-based TechnoConcepts is now planning to commercialize its technology with strategic partners in wireless base stations, mobile communication devices and IPTV set-top boxes...
Contract manufacturing service to triple in India
Jul 7, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director According to a recent study by iSupply, India's contract-manufacturing business is expected to nearly triple in revenue over the next five years, a development that will present both opportunities and potential pitfalls for the worldwide electronics supply chain....
PCTEL acquires Ireland’s SWT to establish presence in Europe
Jul 7, 2005
To gain traction in the growing UMTS infrastructure market and boost presence in Europe, PCTEL, Inc. has acquired all of the shares of Sigma Wireless Technologies Ltd. from the Sigma Communications Group Ltd., one of Ireland's leading telecommunications and mobile companies. ...
Former utilities director joins BPL service provider
Jul 7, 2005
Communication Technologies, Inc., a developer of commercial deployment of broadband over powerlines, has hired Allen P. Todd as the firm’s new vice president for BPL operations...
Report predicts growth for cell base station market
Jul 7, 2005
After several tough years, the market for macro cellular base stations will increase sharply from 1.8 million units in 2004 to 3.5 million units in 2009, according to a recent report by In-Stat...
Digital signal processing can alleviate analog power drain in communications chips
Jun 30, 2005
David Morrison, Editor More digital signal processing and less analog circuitry is the formula for reducing power consumption in complex communications ICs, according to Teresa Meng, Stanford University professor and founder/CEO of Atheros Communications...
Richardson Electronics distributes Raltron’s crystals and oscillators
Jun 30, 2005
Richardson Electronics has reached an agreement with Raltron Electronics Corp., a manufacturer of high-performance frequency management products including timing crystals, crystal oscillators, VCO’s, VCXOs, TCXOs, OCXOs, filters, ceramic resonators and other high-precision control products...
Embedded module provides CDMA 1xEV-DO links to intelligent wireless modems
Jun 30, 2005
Sierra Wireless and AirLink Communications have announced that AirLink has selected the Sierra Wireless EM5625 embedded module to provide CDMA 1xEV-DO connectivity to AirLink's line of intelligent, rugged wireless modems...
RF CMOS reaches 13 GHz mark
Jun 23, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director High-performance communications ICs supplier Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. has further refined its UltraCMOS process technology to extend CMOS to 13 GHz...
Inventor of the integrated circuit dies at 81
Jun 23, 2005
Jack St. Clair Kilby, retired TI engineer and inventor of the integrated circuit, died Monday in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer...
Modelithics joins Cadence connections program
Jun 23, 2005
Modelithics, Inc. has been awarded membership in Cadence Design Systems’ Connections program to provide Cadence users full access to Modelithics accurate and feature-rich models for active and passive components and IC devices...
