Infineon Technologies and Fairchild Semiconductor have settled a legal row in the US over patents concerning power transistors and mosfets.
Continue reading Infineon and Fairchild settle mosfet patent suit.
December 2009 Archives
Sales of LCD TVs with light emitting diode (LED) backlights are set to boom in 2010, according to market watcher iSuppli.
Continue reading LCD TVs switch on LED backlights in 2010.
OLED sales revenues reached $252m in Q3 which was up a healthy 31% quarter on quarter, according to market watcher DisplaySearch.
OLED shipments were up 19%.
Continue reading OLED shipments boom in Q3.
Intel points to netbook sales beating iPhone and Nintendo Wii sales in last 12 months as it launches a new Atom processor aimed at both netbooks and desktops.
A feature of the new Atom processors is integrated graphics built directly into the CPU.
A feature of the new Atom processors is integrated graphics built directly into the CPU.
Continue reading Intel sees netbooks outselling iPhone and Wii.
Wittenstein High Integrity Systems has announced the availability of SafeRTOS for ST-Micro's STM32 Cortex-M3 family of devices.
Continue reading SafeRTOS adds SIL3 and FDA support for STM32.
Arctic Silicon Devices, a Norway-based semiconductor company specialising in data converters, has appointed Broadband Technology to sell its analogue and mixed signal front end ICs in the UK.
Continue reading Broadband Technology signs Arctic Silicon line.
A 13% contraction of the UK's distribution market is clearly worrying news, but there are one or two reasons for some hope which come out of industry body Afdec's annual report of the market.
And yes, I am an advocate of the glass half full school of statistical analysis.
Continue reading Distribution market in 2010, or looking on the bright side.
Digi-Key has signed a worldwide franchise with Spectra Symbol, a US company known for its custom linear potentiometers.
Continue reading Digi-Key signs Spectra Symbol line of pots.
Watch out Texas Instruments, NXP and Energy Micro, NEC has come up with an impressive smart meter chip.
Continue reading Has NEC come up with the perfect smart meter chip?.
Mouser Electronics has introduced a virtual catalogue for selecting and buying electronic components over the internet.
Could this be the start of the end for the traditional print on paper distribution catalogue?
Continue reading Could this be the end of your printed components catalogue?.
Rutronik has signed a pan-European franchise with Bright LED Electronics in what represents a significant expansion of the distributor's range of visible and invisible LEDs.
Continue reading Rutronik adds Bright LEDs to European linecard.
Intel may have demonstrated a 48-core processor, a chip with 1.3bn transistors, but don't miss the appearance of its reference design for software apps to run Atom processor-based netbooks.
So Intel is going after the Apple apps-store.
Continue reading Forget 48-core chips, Intel goes after the Apple apps-store.
Wolfson Microelectronics has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Premier Farnell.
Continue reading Wolfson plugs into element14 design community.
Digi-Key has signed a worldwide agreement with analogue and power IC supplier Torex Semiconductor.
Continue reading Digi-Key signs low power lines of Torex.
