Archive : June 2015 год

The European Semiconductor Industry Association has reported that according to the latest World Semiconductor Trade Statistics data European semiconductor sales amounted to US$2.889billion in April 2015. That represents a fall of 2.3% on the figure for March and is down 5.6% on this time last year.The results are in line with sales developments...

A new carbon material developed at Stanford University is said to boost the performance of energy storage technologies. "We have developed a 'designer carbon' that is both versatile and controllable," said Zhenan Bao, professor of chemical engineering at Stanford. "Our study shows this material has exceptional energy-storage...

A MEMS microphone from Vesper is said to have the highest acoustic performance of any commercially available MEMS microphone. The company says the VM101 solves some of the performance issues facing those manufacturing consumer products by enhancing the quality and clarity of audio in a range of devices."Voice is expected to supplant touch...

According to Imagination Technology, Baikal Electronics has integrated Imagination's latest MIPS Warrior P-class P5600 CPU into its multi-core processor the Baikal-T1. The Baikal-T1 is suited for use in a number of networking-related applications such as wireless routers, home gateways and other connected devices for applications such as indust...

Digi-Key's president and chief operating officer Mark Larson will step down at the end of June 2015 after 39 years at the head of the company. Taking over will be Dave Doherty, currently executive vice president of operations. Larson will take up the role of vice chairman and company advisor.Since joining Digi-Key in 1976, Larson has grown...

Infineon says that it is working with Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) to develop a sensing solution based on its 60GHz transceiver technology. Potential applications for the solutions are said to include wearables, Internet of Things and automotive.Google ATAP demonstrated some of the first potential applications for...

Altium has announced the release of never-before-seen roadmaps for its entire product lineup. These roadmaps provide a glimpse into the goals and development plans for the company's PCB focused design and management tools, including Altium Designer, Altium Vault, PCBWorks, CircuitStudio, and CircuitMaker."Transparency is a top priority...