Archive : May 2015 год

IBM has announced what it calls a significant milestone in the development of silicon photonics technology. Its engineers have designed and tested a fully integrated wavelength multiplexed silicon photonics chip which supports data rates of up to 100Gbit/s."Making silicon photonics technology ready for widespread commercial use will help t...

Japanese photoresist specialist JSR is entering a partnership with Belgian research centre imec in a move intended to develop EUV lithography materials.As part of the deal, JSR will provide manufacturing technology, as well as an upgrade to the manufacturing and analytical equipment at its Belgian subsidiary. Imec, meanwhile, will provide exper...

Renesas Electronics has reported net sales for the year ended March 31 2015 of ¥791.1billion ($7.3bn), a 5% decrease compared to the previous year. According to the company, this was due mainly to a decrease in sales of drivers for small and medium sized displays in mobile handsets and consumer electronics devices.While sales into the autom...

In a move said to complement its printed circuit based solutions, Molex has acquired what it says are 'certain assets' of US based Soligie, which specialises in printed and flexible electronic solutions for applications in the medical, military, industrial, lighting and consumer sectors."Soligie's business expands our capabilit...

Following the appointment of Sajid Javid as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the rest of the BIS team has now been announced.Joining Javid in BIS' Victoria Street headquarters in London will be: Jo Johnson, minister of state for universities and science; Anna Soubry, minister of state for business and enterprise...

Innovative incubator looks to offer longer term support to 'start ups'. Neil Tyler reports.London based Internet of Things incubator Breed Reply has just completed its second IoT Best in Breed funding round. The initiative, started last year, is intended to identify and support innovative IoT ideas.Speaking to New Electronics, Emanu...

Sajid Javid has been appointed Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, replacing Vince Cable, who lost his seat at the General Election. Javid, previously Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, also acted as Minister for Equalities. He has also held the post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury.Before being elected i...

Altera says its Spectra-Q engine will accelerate design productivity and time to market for those working with next generation programmable devices.Alex Grbic, senior director of software and IP marketing, said: "Spectra-Q will offer a significant productivity improvement for FPGA designers. It is a game changing combination of software te...

Fujitsu has developed an IoT solution called Ubiquitousware, which is said to enable the creation of devices that can sense the status of people and things and their environments, then analyse the data to provide actionable data.The solution consists of core modules that work in tandem with middleware that uses sensors to learn and analyse data...

Microchip Technology has signed an agreement to acquire Micrel for $839million.Commenting on the announcement Microchip Technology's President and CEO, Steve Sanghi said that Micrel's portfolio of linear and power management products, LAN solutions and timing and communications products, as well as their strong position in the industria...