STMicroelectronics is addressing the need for size reduction in pico-cell mobile basestation modems with its latest baseband processor

Clare Instruments offers an electrical safety tester which incorporates seven fundamental electrical safety tests in one instrument

This article, written by IDT’s interconnect and serial-switching team, is a review of how certain standards support specific applications Traditional parallel bus architectures have served network, communications, server and storage equipment designers well over the last few decades. Standards-based buses, from VME and PCI to the more recently deployed Compact PCI and PCI-X, have consistently offered a highly reliable, scaleable ...

A consortium of trade bodies has declared its intent to become the administrator for the DTI’s £3m Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) for electronics. Called the UK Electronics Alliance (UKEA), it is made up of eight trade bodies with Intellect co-ordinating the effort. The lack of an academic organisation as part of the possible administering group is not an issue, claimed ...

NASA has begun work on a protein sensor based on carbon nanotubes

Proponents of ultra-wideband (UWB) and WiMAX are showing interest in getting their wireless technology incorporated into unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology. “We’ve had very early interest from the UWB people – they’ve been sniffing around,” said Steve Shaw, director of marketing at California-based UMA specialist Kineto Wireless. “Even the WiMAX people – we’ve had Intel ask about how this could ...

Contract manufacturer embarks on an investment programme to add lead-free capability to its five manufacturing sites in the coming year

Ahead of its planned IPO, AMD’s planned memory unit spin-off reports mounting losses and capacity constraints in an amendment to its registration statement

Osram Opto Semiconductors claims to have achieved a breakthrough in optical efficiency of white organic light-emitting diode technology

Design tool firm Altium upgrades its flagship Designer product with specific improvements for high speed signals and dense board layouts