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There used to be a well-known advertising slogan in the 60s: ‘We try harder’. It was a clever way of deriving a beneficial image from being the world’s second car hire company behind Hertz. Altera, the world’s number two programmable logic company, seems to be adopting the same approach. “We’re out-innovating the competition, we’re spending in the right areas, we ...

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Cambridge-based Screen Technology is looking for a further £5m funding to take it to profitability and positive cashflow. The company, whose ITrans technology enables standard LCDs to be panelled seamlessly into large areas, has begun low volume production of its modular displays using an automated line developed with help from a £756,000 DTI Smart award. “We’ve made huge progress in ...

RFID tags are now being widely considered for use in an enormous variety of applications

Peripherals such as infrared (IR) and CAN bus interfaces and sensorless motor control circuitry are adding to the feature sets of that low-cost workhorse, the 8-bit microcontroller. Zilog has introduced a new Z8 one-time programmable (OTP) IR microcontroller targeted at universal remote control applications. Based on the Z8 core and built around Cisc architecture, the Crimzon ZLP32300 is intended for ...

For debugging embedded microcontrollers running at 200MHz speeds tool vendors are making use of high speed serial interfaces such as USB to speed up data transfers. But the Nexus high speed interface has become an established debug tool for high speed MCUs. Embedded software tools firm Crossware has developed a debugger for Motorola’s ColdFire family of processors that makes use ...

CRL Opto has bought the microdisplay production assets of Scottish firm MicroVue from the liquidators. CRL Opto, which uses microdisplays manufactured by the troubled Edinburgh firm in its products, said it will re-commence the production of the firm’s microdisplays “as soon as possible”. It has also acquired all MicroVue’s remaining stocks of microdisplays and Asic drivers. “Over recent months our ...

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Fujitsu-AMD joint venture looks at data storage

Correlation between test and real life inaccurate, says firm