Keysight Technologies is holding a component and material test seminar at its offices in Winnersh, Reading on 10th February 2015. The seminar objective is to provide an overview of the state-of-art techniques used to measure the impedance and the dielectric properties of materials that are widely incorporated into microwave devices and components. It will start from the basis of measuring the ...

Alexander Graham Bell might have invented the aeroplane rather than the telephone.

Swiss design house Escatec is offering fast turn-around LED prototyping, sometimes in one day. It has a specialist facility, called Moems Factory, that can handle: bare LED die, wire-bonding and encapsulation. Around this it has created a concept called ‘Future Lab’. “We have developed the workshop concept to fast track the development of a new product,” said process engineer Wolfgang ...

The Linux Foundation, the organisation promoting the take-up of Linux for development, has introduced a new self-paced Essentials of System Administration course (LFS201) as part of its Linux design certification scheme. LFS201 has been available previously as an instructor-led course in person or online, but will also now be offered online as a self-paced course. The course provides all the ...

On-chip cavities to detect changes in refractive index and microscopic particles are being investigated by the University of Oxford. A lab prototype can measure refractive index changes down to about 3×10-4, and work has started on one intended to detect 10-6. “A similar approach allows detection of individual particulates passing through the sensor. It is thought that particles as small as ...

Global smartphone shipments grew 30% annually from 1.0 billion units in 2013 to a record 1.3 billion in 2014 with Android accounting for 81% of shipments, reports Strategy Analytics.

Global smartphone shipments grew 30 percent annually from 1.0 billion units in 2013 to a record 1.3 billion in 2014 with Android accounting for 81% of shipments, reports Strategy Analytics.

Tabula, the 3D FPGA company with an Intel fab deal, is to close, reports SemiWiki.

Cree, the SiC and GaN specialist, has brought out an asymmetric Doherty PA reference design for the 3.5–3.7GHz band for small cells.

Tabula, the 3D FPGA company with an Intel fab deal, is to close, reports SemiWiki. https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/4232-tabula-closes-its-doors.html