Analog Devices announced that it has entered into a worldwide sales distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD, Inc. As one of the distributors of RF and microwave components, Richardson RFPD will support the design-in of ADI’s RF ICs along with the company’s full range of analog, mixed-signal and ...

RS Components and SMC have signed a worldwide sales agreement. They have extended a partnership started in 2009 and this now permits RS to deliver the complete SMC program of pneumatic control systems which includes actuator drives, link elements, control valves and pressure regulators.

Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California . Under the terms of the merger agreement, Synopsys will acquire Magma for $7.35 per Magma share in cash, resulting in a transaction value of appro...

Synopsys ended 2011 with a turnover of 1.536 billion US$ and a net profit of 221.4 million US$. Compared with 2010 turnover increased by 11%. By contrast profit declined by 6%. The fourth quarter contributed to the overall result with a turnover of 390.5 million US$ and a net plus of 39.9 million US...

Texas Instruments announced a sub-1 GHz radio frequency (RF) value line plug-in-board for TI’s MSP430 microcontroller LaunchPad development kit. The 430BOOST-CC110L RF BoosterPack includes ETSI-compliant and FCC-certified modules to help speed development time, reduce certification costs and elimina...

Murata Power Solutions announced the ACM3P series of low profile 3-phase AC digital ammeters suitable for front panel mounting. Capable of high precision measurement to within 0.1A and display of true-rms values of 2- or 3-phase mains current up to a maximum of 100A per phase, the ammeter has three ...

EBV Elektronik dedicates the ninth issue of its knowledge magazine ‘The Quintessence’ (TQ) to the topic of consumer electronics. The TQ magazine shows that the latest developments in consumer electronics are not just about entertainment. In addition to providing new ways of accessing information bas...