The TeDo-Verlag, publisher of the professional journal SPS-Magazin, has launched a new online magazine for automation technology in the Russian language. www.automation-net.ru reports up-to-date on news, products, and applications concerning this branch of trade. The online magazine addresses Russia...

ARC International has acquired Tenison Technology EDA Limited, a privately held company that is a provider of software tools used to help develop system-on-chip (SoC) designs. The consideration will be £1 million (approx. $ 1.97 million) in cash. The acquisition includes fifteen key members of ...

The german Industrial Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronic Technologies (Industrieverband für optische, medizinische und mechatronische Technologien) Spectaris’ prognosis for the companies in the field of radiation sources and optical components for the current year is a growth of turnov...

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) lowered its forecast for 2007 global microchip sales growth from 10 percent to 1.8 percent despite solid fundamentals and continued strong unit growth in major end markets. The new SIA forecast projects total sales of $252 billion in 2007, rising to $306 ...

Summit Microelectronics has expanded its family of Programmable Battery Charger integrated circuits (ICs) with the introduction of the SMB139 single-cell, Li-Ion and Li-Polymer linear battery charger. The device's battery charging profile can be configured to adapt easily to new system designs and b...

Linear Technology announces the LT3498, a dual output boost converter featuring a 2.3MHz PWM LED driver and a low noise OLED driver. The device includes an internal power switch and Schottky diode for each channel, all in 2mm x 3mm DFN package. The LT3498's wide 2.5V to 12V input voltage range enabl...

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