Application guidelines for board mounted power supplies The High Density Packaging (HDP) User Group announces the launch of the Board Mounted Power Supply (BMPS) Application Guidelines. The 148-page document is designed to support the communications and electronics manufacturing industry by promotin...

The Fab Owners Association (FOA), the association of semiconductor / MEMS manufacturing executives and suppliers, has announced the addition of two new device maker members: Microchip, a provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, and Skyworks Solutions, an innovator of high performance a...

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe announces the MB91F487; the first member of a series within its 32-bit FR microcontroller family. The MB91480 series is optimised for industrial and home appliance 3-phase motor control and offers a rich feature mix designed to target applications in these markets. Th...

In May Sharp will begin production of the high-power blue-violet laser diode GH04P21A2G. With a pulsed optical output of 210 mW it will enable high-speed 6X recording on next-generation dual-layer blu-ray Discs (BD) and HD-DVDs. As demand for flat panel HDTVs is expanding rapidly and consumers are b...

Based on the Docking Station product line from the US manufacturer Magma Mobility Electronics the complete test & measurement product line of Spectrum becomes mobile. Using one of the available Docking Stations with 1, 2 or 4 slots any of the PC instruments of the M2i series of Spectrum can be plugg...

Intersil Corporation announced the appointment of David Bell as Intersil's President and Chief Operating Officer, effective April 2, 2007. In addition, David Bell will become a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Most recently, Mr. Bell served as President of Linear Technology from June 2003...

Dalsa’s new Falcon 4M60 SA delivers 4 megapixel resolution at up to 62 fps in 8 or 10 bits. The Falcon 4M30 delivers the same performance at 31 fps. DALSA’s own advanced CMOS imager provides low noise and a true global (non-rolling) shutter for smear-free imaging of fast-moving objects. With windowi...