Distributor Premier Farnell announced the selection of the expert judging panel for the international design competition, 'Live EDGE' - Electronic Design for the Global Environment. This year's panel of judges to date comprises:

• Sir Peter Gershon - Chairman of Premier Farnell
• Joh...

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Prema Semiconductor presents an LED driver designed to meet the requirements for a new generation of high-power LEDs. The inductive converter PR4101 drives single or multiple LEDs with currents from 100mA up to several amps, depending on the configuration of external components, from a supply voltag...

AMD announced the appointment of Emilio Ghilardi as senior vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will report to Gustavo Arenas, AMD chief sales officer and will start in his new role in mid-August, 2008. Ghilardi joins AMD from HP, where he most recently ser...

Sharp Microelectronics Europe offers with a screen diagonal of 2.74 meter / 108 inches the monitor type LB-1085. The liquid crystal display is designed for commercial and business application e.g. serving as e-signage and information display solution indoors. A full HD resolution and its static cont...

Credence Systems and LTX, both providers of automated test equipment (ATE), have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in a tax-free, all-stock merger of equals. Credence shareholders will receive shares of LTX common stock based on an exchange ratio that will be determine...

The french Dassault Systèmes, a provider of 3D and Product Lifecycle Management solutions will acquire Engineous Software, that provides process integration and design optimization software solutions and services. The proposed acquisition, for an estimated price of 40 million USD, should be complete...

AVX’s TAW series of fused tantalum capacitors protect against damaging high DC leakage currents at high currents. Short circuit failure mode protection is accomplished using an internal fuse connected in series with the capacitor.

When the fuse exceeds its current limit, the fused capacitor will...