The Z-Wave Alliance, a consortium of more than 160 international manufacturers that develop products based on the open Z-Wave wireless standard, has acquired a new member. The company, Vision, based in Taiwan, will immediately be contributing security technology to the Alliance’s already wide-rangin...

Atmel announced that the Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10 ARM-based products will support the Android operating system (OS) for applications in consumer, industrial and computing markets. Based on the 32-bit ARM926 processor, Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10's ARM9-based microcontrollers are now compatible with A...

EnSilica, a provider of front-end IC design services and system solutions, has announced a collaboration with silicon Intellectual Property (IP) provider Evatronix, to offer fully featured eSi-RISC processor SoC solutions incorporating USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 connectivity. The collaboration with Evatro...

Lattice Semiconductor and Digi-Key have signed a global distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Digi-Key is authorized to sell Lattice’s complete portfolio of FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions. Digi-Key is a full-service provider of both prototype/design ...

ST Foundation, an independent charitable organization created by STMicroelectronics, today announced the appointment of Pietro Fox as its new chairman. Set up in 2001, the ST Foundation aims to develop, coordinate and sponsor projects employing the use of science and technology in the promotion of h...

Mentor Graphics announced financial results for the company’s fiscal first quarter ended April 30, 2011. The company reported revenues of $230 million, and a net loss of $2.4 million. In the first quarter of the last year the revenue was $180.6 million and the net loss was $23.0 million.

With the SPVQ4H series, Alps Electric Europe offers waterproof detector switches for automotive, industrial and home applications. The actuator-type switches are remarkable for their high contact reliability at micro-current range and a operating life of 300,000 switching cycles. They have compact d...