Sharp Microelectronics Europe and Data Modul AG, with headquarters in Munich, have extended their distribution contract as of 1 October 2007. In future, the distribution partner specialised in liquid crystal panels will be marketing LCDs from Sharp not only in Germany, but also throughout Europe, wi...

With effect of the 1st of September, Andreas Mangler has been promoted to Director Strategic Marketing Europe. Mangler has been with the company for the past 13 years, and was previously in charge of Line Managements. In his new function, Anreas Mangler will be more involved in the creation and furt...

Emerson is taking over the Embedded Communications Computing (ECC) business segment of Motorola for 350 m US$ in cash. ECC develops and sells Industrial computers in the form factors AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, MicroTCA, PMC as well as VMEbus and employed 1 100 people with a turnover in 2006 of approxi...

ChipVision Design Systems, a specialist in electronic design automation, announced that Dr.-Ing. Lars Kruse has joined the company as chief architect. In this role, he is responsible for driving technology development of ChipVision's ORINOCOR low power design optimization EDA solution. Previously, D...

Dr. Robert K. Brayton, Cadence Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, has been chosen as this year's recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation (EDA). Dr. Brayton's s...

3Com has signed a merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, a private investment firm, for approximately $2.2 billion in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders will receive $5.30 in cash for each share of 3Com common stock they hold. This represents a prem...

Nu Horizon has named Phil Gee as VP Sales Europe effective from 1st October. Gee, who was previously European Director Global EMS at Future Electronics, assumes responsibility for the sales activities of the distributor in Europe. The Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. entered the European market in Augu...