Omron has extended its XF2-series of 0.5mm pitch FPC connectors with version that are designed to make cable insertion easier

National Instruments has a Linux driver and programming interface for use with its E series multifunction data acquisition...

Atmel has secured a Government grant of £1.2m to help fund an expansion of its semiconductor design activities in Scotland. The expansion will lead to the creation of design jobs at its East Kilbride facility where it carries out smartcard IC development. The backing follows discussion between the US company and Scotland’s Enterprise Minister Jim Wallace. “The creation of many ...

Edinburgh start-up Spiral Gateway looks to expand its semiconductor IP and tool business

Number three foundry Chartered Semiconductor has posted third quarter revenue of $257.3m, up one per cent sequentially and 87 per cent year over year. It posted a corresponding net income totaling $16.2m, compared to a net loss of $75.9m in the year ago period. Both revenue and net income beat the company’s own guidance for the quarter. The growth in ...

Atmel is offering an LF antenna driver IC for use in handsfree car access applications

IDT has expanded its range of packet-exchange flow-control management devices to include three system packet interface (SPI)...

Memec Unique is offering a bus interface IP core for Actel FPGAs that implements the ARINC (Aeronautical Radio, Inc.) 429...

Power IC firm had quarterly revenue of $312.2m and net income of $37.6m

The intellectual property (IP) industry is an enigma. The first debate on ‘is the IP business model running out of steam?’ took place five years ago. Since then it has re-surfaced at countless industry seminars, forums, conferences, and bar-room debates. All the while, numerous IP companies have surfaced, spread their wings and, more often than not, expired. They are the ...