Industry News

October 2011

Analog Devices' Signal Processing Technology Helps CERN's Large Hadron Collider Achieve Highest Possible Superconducting Magnet Performance

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, have collaborated on the design of an advanced instrument for measuring magnetic

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10/31/2011

Infineon Strengthens Its Position as the Market Leader in Power Semiconductors - Renewable Energy Sources and Smart Grids Opens Up Additional Growth Potential

Infineon Technologies is the global market leader in power semiconductors for the eighth consecutive year. According to IMS Research* data, Infineon again strengthened its position in 2010 and commands

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10/29/2011

Mouser Electronics and Nordic Semiconductor Enter Global Distribution Pact

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today publicized its global distribution agreement with

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10/29/2011

ABB wins $50 million order to make Quebec's grid more energy efficient

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth over $50 million from Hydro-Québec to upgrade vital components of Canada's leading power utility's ultra-high voltage

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10/28/2011

Rogers Corporation To Showcase A Wide Range Of High-Frequency Laminates At Productronica 2011

Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), a leading supplier of high performance printed circuit boards for use in high frequency applications and harsh environments, including defense, aerospace, telecommunications

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10/28/2011

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Dr. Leo Lorenz

PCIM Chairman receives Power Electronics Award

The prestigious IEEE Gerald Kliman Innovator Award 2011 is going to the PCIM Advisory Board chairman Prof. Leo Lorenz from Infineon Technologies. The award may be presented annually to an individual

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10/28/2011

OTI Signs operations agreement with H.S. Participacoes Ltda., which is part of the Brazilian Reunidas Group, to introduce EasyPark(TM) in several states in Brazil

On Track Innovations Ltd. ("OTI") (Nasdaq:OTIV) today announced that its subsidiary, PARX Ltd. ("PARX"), has signed an operations agreement with H.S. Participacoes Ltda., which is part of the Brazilian

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10/28/2011

Operating system optional: Free TI StarterWare enables quick and simple programming of TI embedded processors

Embedded software programming comprises the majority of the product development cycle. Significantly reducing learning curves and accelerating development time in the embedded design process, Texas

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10/28/2011

Arunjai Mittal is appointed to the Management Board effective January 1, 2012

Arunjai Mittal Becomes Management Board Member Responsible for Sales, Marketing and Strategy Development at Infineon - Industrial & Multimarket Business Divided into Two Divisions

The Supervisory Board of Infineon Technologies AG resolved yesterday to extend the Management Board by one member. Arunjai Mittal is appointed to the Management Board effective January 1, 2012. The

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10/28/2011

IBC SOLAR Extends Product Warranty for Solar Modules

Effective since October 1, 2011, photovoltaics specialist IBC SOLAR offers a 10-year product warranty for all solar modules within the IBC MonoSol and IBC PolySol series. The new warranty conditions

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10/28/2011

Maxim's Lead Finishing Program Supplies Leaded Parts

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) responds to the plea of its military and aerospace customers with two programs that provide small and large quantities of lead (SnPb) finished ICs. Market

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10/27/2011

ABB unveils new technologies at Solar Power International 2011

ABB, the solar industry's leading power technology solutions provider, today announced several major technological developments from the floor at the Solar Power International 2011 conference. ABB

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10/23/2011

Avnet Express Now Stocking TI's New SIMPLE SWITCHER Nano Power Modules and Regulators

Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced the immediate in-stock availability of Texas Instruments'

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10/23/2011

Arrow Electronics Introduces Powerlink Solutions for Industrial Ethernet

Along with EPSG (Ethernet Powerlink Standardisation Group), Altera, Freescale and other partners, Arrow Electronics is introducing a new Ethernet Powerlink solution at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES trade fair

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10/23/2011

Mouser and SEGGER Partner to Deliver Embedded Design Solutions

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced a partnership with SEGGER to deliver embedded

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10/23/2011

Indium Corporation Technology Experts Presenting at SMTAI 2011

Indium Corporation's Vice President of Technology Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee will present three papers. The first, High Temperature Lead-Free Solder

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10/22/2011

Mouser Brings OSRAM Opto Semiconductor's DURIS™ E 3 LEDs to Market

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the immediate availability of OSRAM Opto

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10/22/2011

Digi-Key and Macronix Announce Global Distribution Partnership

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and the

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10/22/2011

Mouser and International Rectifier Unite in Global Distribution Agreement

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced a new worldwide distribution agreement

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10/22/2011

Vertical strategy brings success for Avnet Memec

Avnet Memec, Europe's only pan-European specialist technical component distributor, today announced that its transformation into a dynamic, vertically aligned and customer focussed business has allowed

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10/22/2011

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RS Components offers exclusive free warranty on range of Tektronix oscilloscopes

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, and Tektronix, a leading supplier of

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Date:

10/22/2011

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Photo (from left to right): Günter Popp; Quality Manager, ERNI Electronics GmbH; Armin Schmidt; Auditor Management Systems, TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH; Frank Linke; Senior Auditor Management Systems, TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH; Martin Seidenfuss; Managing Director, ERNI Electronics GmbH

ERNI Electronics Awarded ISO TS 16949:2009 Certification

Following the successful audit by the TÜV Rheinland Technical Inspectorate, ERNI Electronics has been awarded ISO TS 16949:2009 certification. The ISO TS 16949 Technical Specification is the first

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10/22/2011

Rogers Corporation and Hitachi Chemical Establish Strategic Collaboration Agreement

Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) (Rogers) and Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4217) (Hitachi Chemical) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement (Agreement)

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Date:

10/21/2011

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BEI Kimco Magnetics Solves Challenging Application Requirements with New High Force Density, IP65 Rated Motor

BEI Kimco Magnetics, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), Inc., recently met the challenging motor requirements for a meat cutting tool in a food processing application. Key to the product's

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10/18/2011

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Virtual Power Forum Presentations Now Available On Demand

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has just wrapped another groundbreaking virtual Power Forum. In case you missed any technical presentations from

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Date:

10/18/2011

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Lantiq Teams With CCT Tech International Ltd. to Show Next Generation Home Control Systems

This week in Hong Kong, CCT Tech International Ltd. is demonstrating new home control systems based on DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy). This demonstration represents a strategic portfolio expansion by

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10/18/2011

Digi-Key and Macronix Announce Global Distribution Partnership

Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and the US subsidiary of Macronix International

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10/17/2011

Mouser First to Offer ON Semiconductor SANYO Motor Driver ICs

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the in-stock availability of over 40 types

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10/17/2011

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OFS fitel specialty photonics division (avon, ct) expands Acal BFI Distribution Agreement Into Germany, Austria, Italy And Switzerland

OFS, Specialty Photonics Division, announces that it has expanded its distribution agreement with Acal BFI - a division of Acal plc (FTSE: ACL) - into Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. For

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10/17/2011

Enecsys to demonstrate how solar PV micro inverters out-perform string inverters for service life, reliability and energy harvest

Enecsys to demonstrate how solar PV micro inverters out-perform string inverters for service life, reliability and energy harvest Cambridge, UK, October 11, 2011: Enecsys Limited, a leading provider

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10/13/2011

ABB demonstrates its global leadership at AWEA Offshore Wind Expo in Baltimore

ABB, the wind industry's leading power technology solutions provider, today announced its full support for the emerging offshore wind market in North America at this week's AWEA Offshore Windpower

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Date:

10/13/2011

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Avnet Embedded takes the advantage in EMEA with the release of unique package solutions

Avnet Embedded in EMEA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, today announced the introduction of a unique Advantage Pack solution, complete with a ready-to-use Windows Embedded OS image script and Panel

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Date:

10/11/2011

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The first B2B eCommerce Portal in the field of power electronics to link eCommerce with technological consultation

New Power Electronics eCommerce Portal in China

www.sindopower.cn, the B2B eCommerce Portal of Zhuhai SindoPower Electronics Company Ltd., a holding company of the SEMIKRON Group, went live

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10/11/2011

GE Energy Compact Power Line Achieves 80 PLUS Platinum Efficiency

GE Energy (NYSE: GE) today announced the new CP2000TE OEM power supply for front-end rectifier requirements in datacenter, telecom and other industrial applications. The newest member of the high-performance

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10/11/2011

Leviton and Ford Receive UL Certification for Focus Electric Home Charging Station

Leviton, a leading global manufacturer of electrical devices, and Ford Motor Company today announced the new Ford Electric Vehicle (EV) Home Charging Station has achieved UL certification for UL 2231,

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Date:

10/11/2011

Energy Micro awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification

Energy Micro has announced it has gained ISO 9001:2008 registration of its quality management system for the design and manufacture of its range of energy friendly microcontrollers and RF radios.

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Date:

10/11/2011

Freescale Collaborates with Qualcomm Atheros to Advance Home Energy Management Capabilities

Freescale Semiconductor announced that it is collaborating with Qualcomm Atheros to demonstrate home energy management using the Smart Energy Profile 2.0 over Wi-Fi, Ethernet and HomePlug(R) Green

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Date:

10/10/2011

CHERRY to showcase premium keyboards and desktops at London International Technology Show

An exciting range of CHERRY premium-quality keyboards and desktops are available at this year's London International Technology Show, ExCel, London, October 21 - 23. Renowned for their stylish appearance

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Date:

10/10/2011

Infineon Succeeds in Producing Chips on New 300-Millimeter Thin Wafer Technology for Power Semiconductors

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) has produced the first chips ("first silicon") on a 300-millimeter thin wafer for power semiconductors at the Villach site in Austria. This makes

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10/10/2011

Indium Corporation Expert to Deliver Keynote at IMAPS 2011

Indium Corporation's Vice President of Technology Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee will deliver the keynote presentation at the IMAPS 44th International

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10/09/2011

Gemalto Select Keil Tools for ARM Processor-based Smartcard Development

Keil MDK-ARM™ development environment has been selected by Gemalto as the toolchain for all its ARM processor-based smartcard development. "Software development for smartcards requires advanced

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10/08/2011

Microsemi Introduces Industry's Smallest Hermetic Surface Mount Package for Transistors and Diodes

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today introduced the industry's smallest hermetic

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10/07/2011

TI demonstrates commitment to Smart Grid technology with new wired and wireless system solutions

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced four new system solutions for Smart Grid and metering applications, enabling designers to further accelerate time to market for PLC-based

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10/07/2011

Synopsys' CODE V Enhances Analysis of Precision Optical Systems

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems g, today announced the availability of enhancements

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10/07/2011

O2Micro Receives Patent for Battery Voltage Translator

O2Micro(R) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 7,999,554 for its Battery Voltage Translator circuitry. O2Micro's patented circuitry monitors

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10/07/2011

RS Components named double Elektra finalist

RS Components (RS), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has been short-listed in the 2011

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10/06/2011

Freescale announces the official opening of a new R&D Centre of Excellence for automotive electronics in East Kilbride

Freescale Semiconductor announced today the formal opening of its newly established Research and Development Centre of Excellence (CoE) in East Kilbride, Scotland. This leading edge R&D program employs

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10/06/2011

ARM and UMC Extend Long-Term IP Partnership into 28nm

ARM and UMC (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced a long-term agreement that provides UMC foundry customers with access to the latest advanced ARM Artisan®

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10/06/2011

Existing Texas Instruments distributors to sell combined TI and National product portfolio

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that effective immediately the existing distributors in its global network will integrate National Semiconductor products onto their

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10/06/2011

Bombardier Transportation and Infineon Enter into Strategic Partnership in the Field of Drive Electronics for Locomotives, High-Speed and Metro Trains

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and Bombardier Transportation have entered into a strategic partnership in the field of drive electronics for advanced rail vehicles. The agreement

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10/06/2011

Maxim and Other Smart Grid Leaders Form a Global Alliance to Drive G3-PLC Implementation Worldwide

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) has joined 11 other companies in the smart grid industry to form a new global partnership, the G3-PLC Alliance. Announced at the Metering Europe Conference

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10/06/2011

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Silicon oscillator company eoSemi names Intralink as business development partner for East Asia

eoSemi, the all-silicon oscillator company, has appointed Intralink as strategic sales partner for the East Asian markets of Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea. Headquartered in Oxford, UK, with offices

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10/06/2011

G3-PLC Alliance formed to drive communications standard for smart grid development

Twelve major players in the smart grid industry are announcing a new global partnership at the Metering Europe Conference in Amsterdam (October 4 - 6, 2011) to support the deployment of the new power

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10/03/2011

Enecsys selects Ember's ZigBee technology to help optimize solar PV system performance

Enecsys Limited has teamed with Ember to bring wireless ZigBee communications to roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) systems so that households and businesses can better monitor and optimize their systems'

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10/03/2011

Leviton Acquires Obvius Energy Information Solutions

Leviton Manufacturing Company, the leader in electrical wiring devices, lighting energy management systems and commercial data networking solutions, today announces the acquisition of Obvius, a recognized

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10/03/2011

American Lighting Launches Partner Program to Empower Distributors with Hands-On Educational Tools

American Lighting, an innovative manufacturer and distributor of lighting technologies for residential, commercial and specialty markets, announced today its American Lighting Partner Program, a comprehensive

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10/03/2011

Rogers Corporation to Show High-Performance Circuit Materials & Offer Invaluable Circuit-Design Insights At 2011 European Microwave Week

Rogers Corporation's (NYSE:ROG) Advanced Circuit Materials Division (ACMD) will display its high-performance circuit-material solutions October 11-13 at the 2011 European Microwave Week exhibition

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10/03/2011

High-Efficiency Cells Set for Rapid Growth, Propping up Solar Industry Profits

In a development that could slow the downward spiral of prices and profit margins in the solar industry, the market share of high-efficiency crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) cells is expected

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10/02/2011

ACAL BFi signs a pan-European distribution agreement with OriginGPS

ACAL BFi, a division of Acal plc (FTSE:ACL) has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with OriginGPS, one of the world's leading manufacturers of miniature GPS modules. The agreement adds the

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10/01/2011

Silica expands Analog offering in Europe with National products from Texas Instruments

SILICA, a leading semiconductor distributor in Europe and an Avnet (NYSE: AVT) company, today announced that it has expanded its Analog offering in Europe with National products from Texas Instruments

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10/01/2011

Atmel and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Ultra-Low Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based Microcontrollers

Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and Redpine Signals today announced that system engineers can easily implement 802.11n Wi-Fi to all Atmel AVR® and

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10/01/2011

Digi-Key Corporation and LS Research Sign Global Distribution Agreement

Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and LS Research have signed a global distribution

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10/01/2011

Synopsys Delivers Unified Solution for Digital and Custom SoC Designs

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced advances in its Galaxy™ Implementation

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09/29/2011

Mouser Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement with Panasonic Semiconductor

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that they will now be stocking the progressive

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09/29/2011

Atmel to Acquire ADD Semiconductor: A Leading Developer of Power Line Communications Technology

Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Digital Design, S.A. ("ADD Semiconductor"), a privately held company based in Zaragoza,

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09/29/2011

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TI delivers leading analog integration, best-in-class low power and floating-point performance in new Stellaris® ARM® Cortex™-M4F microcontrollers

Continuing to empower developers with leading ARM®-based embedded processing solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN)

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09/29/2011

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Murata Power Solutions and Powervation Team Up for New Digital Reference Design Using the Industry's Highest Power Density Power Block

Powervation Ltd., the pioneer in adaptive digital power management IC solutions that increase system efficiency, improve field reliability, and accelerate time to market, has joined forces with Murata

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09/29/2011

Maxim Integrated Products to Demonstrate Innovations for Smarter Energy Applications at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2011

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) will showcase new technologies for smarter energy applications from power-grid infrastructure to smart meters and smart plugs for home appliances at

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09/28/2011

Innovolt Launches intelligent Electronics protection Technology

Innovolt, the leader in intelligent electronics protection, today announces that its technology is available for licensing to markets ranging from consumer electronics, medical technology, cable and

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09/27/2011

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas and TI to Deliver Technical SpeedWays on the New BeagleBoard-xM

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) to hold a series of SpeedWay® technical seminars on the new

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09/26/2011

Mouser Builds on European Growth with Opening of Two New Customer Service Centers

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its continued expansion into Europe with

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09/26/2011

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Quality Management

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (www.epc-co.com) the leader in energy-efficient enhancement mode gallium nitride (eGaN®) power transistors used in power conversion applications, has received

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09/25/2011

IBC SOLAR and their South African Partner Lapp Group Implement Solar Project for Coca-Cola Water Bottling Plant

Coca-Cola is utilizing green solar power in its Valpré plant at Heidelberg in South Africa. At the site of a newly constructed water bottling plant, a photovoltaic system was built using components

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09/25/2011

Rogers to Display High-Performance Circuit Materials & Thermal Solutions at 2011 IMAPS

Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will offer both packaging and thermal management solutions at the 2011 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Conference and Exhibition in the Long

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09/25/2011

Entire Line of Cree LED Troffer Replacements Qualified by DesignLights(TM) Consortium

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces its entire family of LED-based troffer replacements, including the latest Cree CR series of troffers, have been qualified by the

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Date:

09/25/2011

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Cree Teams Up with Xeralux for High-Bay Upgrade

In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) upgraded its lighting system with

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09/24/2011

Mouser Builds on European Growth with Opening of Two New Customer Service Centers

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its continued expansion into Europe with

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09/24/2011

Texas Instruments completes acquisition of National Semiconductor

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the acquisition of National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) is complete. "National is now a strategic part of TI's Analog growth

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09/23/2011

RS Components expands exclusive stocked range of high quality Comair Rotron AC fans

RS Components (RS), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has expanded its portfolio of exclusive

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09/21/2011

Mouser Now Shipping Cypress Semiconductor PSoC®3

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the immediate availability of the in-demand

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09/21/2011

ON Semiconductor Continues to Expand Its Platform Solutions for Next Generation Computing Products

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, continues to expand its portfolio of products to simplify and speed the

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09/21/2011

Eastern Nebraska Public Power District Consortium selects ABB for Smart Grid-based distribution system

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that the Eastern Nebraska Public Power District Consortium (ENPPDC), with the support of Boreas Group LLC, has selected ABB

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09/17/2011

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Cree Teams Up with Xeralux for High-Bay Upgrade

In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections,

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Date:

09/17/2011

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Maxim Makes Organizational Changes to Better Serve Customers

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today announced the following organizational changes to better serve its customers: • Created Worldwide Customer Operations intended to increase responsiveness

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09/17/2011

Avnet Electronics Marketing Adds Switches and Circuit Breakers from Carling to Americas Line Card

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces today that it will distribute Carling Technology, one of the world's largest manufacturers of mechanical

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09/16/2011

Solyndra Files for Insolvency

Reported by Cliff Keys, Editorial Director, PSD

Solyndra LLC, the American manufacturer of innovative cylindrical solar systems for commercial rooftops announced on August 31, 2011 that global economic and solar industry market conditions have

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09/15/2011

Dialog Semiconductor Announces Panasonic as Wireless Sensor Network Home Automation Customer

Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, has announced that its DECT ULE (ultra low energy) technology

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09/14/2011

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Lattice Launches Power & Platform Management Seminars: Lowers Price of Evaluation Boards & Platform Manager Deviced

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that, following the publication and widespread adoption of its Power 2 You guide to power management, Lattice is launching the worldwide

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09/13/2011

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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Introduces EPC9006 Development Board Featuring Enhancement Mode Gallium Nitride (eGaN®) FETs

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduces the EPC9006 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) field

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09/13/2011

Peter Bauer (right), CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, in discussion with Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, German Federal Minister of the Interior (BMI), and Dr. Helmut Gassel (left), President of the Chip Card & Security Division at Infineon, about the security cooperation between Infineon and BMI.

Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior Broadens Security Cooperation with Infineon; Focus on the Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Security of Mobile Devices

Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG are deepening their cooperation in the IT security sector. The German Federal Minister

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09/13/2011

China's Largest Bus Manufacturer Selects Maxwell Technologies' Ultracapacitors for Fuel-Efficient, Low-Emission, Hybrid Drive System

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) announced today that Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (Yutong), China's largest bus manufacturer, has selected Maxwell ultracapacitors for energy storage and

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09/12/2011

Mouser's New Mobile Compatible Digital Catalog Delivers On-the-Go Access to the Newest Products and Technologies

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the launch of the new Mouser Mobile Compatible

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09/12/2011

US Renewables Group To Finance Largest Residential Solar Project

US Renewables Group (USRG) announced today its plan to provide $344 million in financing for a project led by SolarCity to install solar panels on military housing across the United States. USRG's

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09/12/2011

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Future Electronics Launches Newly Designed Website with Enhanced Search Functionality

Future Electronics is pleased to announce its newly designed website, launched on Saturday, August 20th, after months of design changes and software improvements. The new site achieves a number

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09/12/2011

GridWise® Global Forum Welcomes New Speakers to Premier Event

The GridWise Alliance, the leading coalition advocating for the transformation of the electric system, in partnership with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the addition

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09/12/2011

PREMO Current Transducers HCT�s families receives UL Certification

Premo (Wuxi location) in China — a leading global provider of Inductive Components, today announced that its HCT-xxDS5, HCT-xxDSR5, HCT-xxPT5, HCT-xxPTR5, HCT-xxA05 and HCT-xxSY, devices received

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09/12/2011

REpower Presents New Variant of MM100 Turbine

REpower Systems SE (WKN 617703) is to present a 50-hertz version of its new MM100 wind turbine at the Italian wind energy trade fair, Eolica Expo Mediterranean, from 14 to 16 September in Rome. With

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Date:

09/12/2011

Rogers Corporation to Highlight Material Solutions Spanning RF to Digital at Midwest and PCB West Shows

Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will display a sampling of its wide array of electronic printed-circuit-board (PCB) material solutions at the upcoming IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition, September

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Date:

09/12/2011

Iridium Force(TM) -- A New Vision for Global Communications

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced its vision for the future of personal mobile satellite communications, Iridium Force(TM). This vision uses the power of the world's furthest reaching

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Date:

09/11/2011

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RS Components launches new online Connectivity Hub

RS Components (RS) the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has established a new 'Connectivity

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Date:

09/11/2011