NXP and STMicroelectronics announced that their new joint venture name will be ST-NXP Wireless. Alain Dutheil, presently chief operating officer (COO) of STMicroelectronics, has been assigned to lead ST-NXP Wireless as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) focusing exclusively on the new joint venture.

TriQuint, a RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced that Steven R. Grant will join the company as Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Grant will be responsible for the global manufacturing including purchasing, manufacturing quality and supply chain operations. He ...

Avnet Memec has launched the Actel Ultra-Low Power SpeedWay Design Workshop. The workshops provide hands-on experience to designers interested in leveraging Actel’s 5-microwatt IGLOO field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for battery-operated and portable applications. Developed by Avnet’s field app...

Silicon Laboratories will acquire Integration Associates, a provider of analog-intensive, integrated ICs, for net $80 million. Integration Associates brings a diverse portfolio of connectivity, wireless and power solutions, quality revenue and nearly 100 engineers to Silicon Laboratories. Integratio...

Most smart phones today require some combination of backlight LED drivers for a main display, sometimes additional LED drivers for a smaller sub-display, one or more flash LED drivers, and LDOs to power the embedded camera. By rolling all these functions in various configurations into a single IC, A...

From the first steps into a STM32 development to advanced debugging and test, Hitex assists developers with their STM32-based applications. The STM32-PerformanceStick that was honored with the embedded AWARD 2008. The included examples with source code give insight to the special highlights of these...

At Harting, Sven Holtgrewe and Hartmut Schwettmann have been promoted to the management of Harting Electric (Heavy Plug Connectors segment). Holtgrewe joined the company in 1991 and was active in the Heavy plug Connections in various functions. He takes over the duties of Manager Marketing and Sales...