Wolfson Microelectronics announces the launch of the WM8912 DAC - designed to extend playback time, and enhance audio performance in portable applications, including media players, headsets, multimedia phones and navigation devices. The device features Wolfson’s SmartDAC technology, a low power DAC ...

MIPS Technologies has appointed Sandeep Vij as president, chief executive officer and director. Mr. Vij succeeds Interim CEO Anthony B. Holbrook, who will continue to serve as chairman of MIPS Technologies' Board of Directors.

Vij brings more than 20 years of senior-level management and marketin...

Fortune magazine has published the list of the 100 best employers in America for the year 2010. Three companies in the electronic field were placed. Place 9 is occupied by Qualcomm, manufacturer of hardware and software for communication solutions. Place 87 is occupied by the measurement technology ...

Cree, manufacturer of LED lighting solutions and MSC Vertriebs GmbH have signed a distribution agreement for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the Benelux. The agreement comprises the whole of the Cree product range of High Power and High Brightness LEDs. In 2009 Cree had a turnover of 567.3...

Anders Electronics has announced the availability of its sunlight readable 2.8” TMR TFT display. Specially designed for portable applications like mobile handsets, remote monitoring systems, industrial and metering products, portable measuring devices, and medical devices, the TFT offers excellent i...

Vincotech and Atlantik Elektronik signed a distribution contract. With this agreement, Atlantik Elektronik, a long-term partner of CSR, and Vincotech being the European GPS module partner of SiRF (a CSR company) will market together the GPS modules and telematics solutions.

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The October numbers of the circuit board industry in Germany have been published by the ZVEI-Trade Association PCB and Electronic Systems The amount is 5% above the results for September 2009 and has thus reached the highest level of the first ten months. Although the figures are still low when comp...