News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 24 February
to Saturday 2 March 2002
Surface-mount antennas save wireless space
Acal has a range of RF solutions from Taiwan-based Walsin Technology (WTC) for leading-edge applications such as Bluetooth and IEEE802.11b WLANs.
News from Acal Electronics ( 1 March 2002)
Big guns line up to standardise DMT-VDSL
Five industry leaders have launched an initiative to ensure interoperability in the DMT-VDSL market.
News from Alcatel Microelectronics ( 1 March 2002)
Boundary scan controller for Fast Ethernet
The Goepel Electronic LAN 1149.1 is the first boundary scan controller for Fast Ethernet (IEEE802.3).
News from Accelonix (UK) ( 1 March 2002)
LCD drivers take a full set of inputs
Calibre UK reckons its latest range of driver boards for LCDs, wide screen LCDs and plasma displays offers best in class scaling and video performance.
News from Calibre UK ( 1 March 2002)
Herbert sells CoWare in North America
Tim Herbert has been hired as vice president, North American sales for CoWare.
News from CoWare ( 1 March 2002)
Coprocessors boost network processor search speed
IDT has released a new family of ternary Internet protocol coprocessors which offer a glueless quad-datarate interface to the new Intel IXP2800 and IXP2400 network processors.
News from IDT ( 1 March 2002)
Coverification capacity upped to 15 million gates
The VStation-15Mx replicate station from IKOS Systems extends the hardware/software coverification power introduced with VStation-5Mx to 15 million gate capacity.
News from IKOS Systems ( 1 March 2002)
Dispensing with precision
MicroMeter systems dispense precision 'shots' or beads of single or plural component adhesives or sealants.
News from Integrated Dispensing Systems ( 1 March 2002)
Linux development for latest Intel processor
LynuxWorks has released the first commercially available embedded Linux development environment for the Intel IOP321 I/O processor based on the Intel XScale technology.
News from LynuxWorks ( 1 March 2002)
Latest Linux for Internet exchange architecture
The latest LynuxWorks BlueCat Linux is about to begin shipping for the Intel Internet exchange architecture (IXA) software developers kit (SDK) 2.0 for the Intel IXP1200 network processor family.
News from LynuxWorks ( 1 March 2002)
Busy time for Mentor at SPIE conference
Mentor Graphics will preview its new Calibre mask data preparation (MDP) technology and contribute 11 technical papers at the 27th annual SPIE Microlithography conference.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 1 March 2002)
Holsters for quick-on-the-draw meters
Meterman is offering free holsters with three ranges of handheld meters, the XL and XT Series of DMMs and two component testers, all of which feature oversized read-at-a-glance displays.
News from Meterman Test Tools ( 1 March 2002)
Ethernet switches are single-chip SOHO solutions
The industry's first single-chip eight- and nine-port 10/100 Ethernet integrated switch ICs to use PQFP packaging have been developed by Micrel's Kendin Operation for the SOHO market.
News from Micrel ( 1 March 2002)
Monterey doubles European establishment
Monterey Design Systems has doubled the sise of its European sales and support staff in response to growing customer demand for its System-Driven Physical Design solution (SDPD).
News from Monterey Design Systems ( 1 March 2002)
Hands-on tutorial covers IP reuse at DATE
Monterey Design Systems will present an in-depth, hands-on tutorial covering the challenges of integration and reuse of semiconductor IP at the DATE show next week in Paris.
News from Monterey Design Systems ( 1 March 2002)
Greener fluid cleans up greasy parts
A new aggressive cleaning solvent for degreasing applications offers a long-term replacement for n-propyl bromide (nPB), trichloroethylene (Trike), HCFC-141b, HCFC-225 and other chlorinated solvents.
News from 3M Speciality Materials ( 1 March 2002)
Security coprocessor keeps PC platforms safe
National Semiconductor has developed a novel PC security coprocessor for securing data, authenticating users and checking the status of the system's hardware.
News from National Semiconductor ( 1 March 2002)
Kit jump starts ARM real-time designs
OSE Systems and Enea Realtime have worked together to provide a low cost development platform to enable ARM developers to jump start their embedded projects.
News from Enea Embedded Technology ( 1 March 2002)
Servo drive features Bluetooth link
Parker Hannifin's Electromechanical Division will be launching a number of highly innovative, ultracompact motion control products at the 2002 Drives and Controls exhibition. Brochure Available
News from Parker Hannifin Electromechanical Automation ( 1 March 2002)
ATM takes off for RAD
RAD Data Communications increased its sales of ATM access equipment by more than 90% in 2001.
News from RAD Data Communications ( 1 March 2002)
Alliance to target low-power filters
RF Engines (RFEL) has granted a development licence for its pipelined frequency transform (PFT) architecture to Advanced Architectures (A2) of Irvine, California.
News from RF Engines ( 1 March 2002)
More protection for rechargeable batteries
Seiko Instruments has released the first three- and four-serial-cell Li-ion battery protection ICs (BPICs) with three levels of overcurrent detection.
News from Seiko Instruments ( 1 March 2002)
Legend puts TI solutions into real world
China's leading PC and Internet appliances manufacturer Legend Holdings has selected Texas Instruments wireless GSM/GPRS chipset technology to power its new Legend wireless handset.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 1 March 2002)
PC-controlled press for versatile termination
New from Tyco Electronics comes a high-performance servo press. Brochure Available
News from Tyco Electronics - Global Application Tooling ( 1 March 2002)
Codecs aim for surround-sound applications
Wolfson Microelectronics has released the first two products in its new line of 24bit eight-channel codecs for emerging surround-sound applications.
News from Wolfson Microelectronics ( 1 March 2002)
Organic LED displays show up at CeBIT
UK-based technology innovator Opsys will show its first red, green and blue passive matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays at CeBIT 2002.
News from Cambridge Display Technology ( 1 March 2002)
EEPROMs meet latest VESA standard
Microchip has extended its serial EEPROM range with the first device to meet the VESA E-EDID 1.3 standard and a new packaging option for low- and mid-density devices.
News from Microchip Technology (28 February 2002)
IP gateway card is easy to listen to
Aculab has launched a 30-channel IP telephony gateway PCI card.
News from Aculab (28 February 2002)
Ricoh uses Avant! tools on 3.5-million-gate ASIC
Ricoh has used Avant!'s advanced Astro physical optimisation, placement and routing solution to successfully tape out a 0.18-micron, 3.5-million-gate, 125MHz digital-imaging-system LSI.
News from Avant! Corporation (28 February 2002)
ChipPAC standardises on Cadence packages
ChipPAC has standardised on Cadence Advanced Package Designer and Advanced Package Engineer to further automate its IC packaging design pr