Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is building a £10m 3,700m2 facility to house cleanrooms, labs and test space. Adjacent to the firm’s existing building on the University of Surrey’s Surrey Research Park, and built in partnership with the Research Park, it will house approximately 40 permanent staff and anything up to 100 further project specific staff from across the company at ...

At Embedded Live (Earls Court, London, 20-21 October), Arrow Electronics will be presenting products and technology available through its Arrow Embedded Solutions (AES) team. Alongside Arrow representatives there will be product specialists from manufacturers including Microsoft, Sharp, Intel, Freescale, Traco, Telit, Digital View and Advantech. Among the products on display will be: Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system; AC/DC and DC/DC ...

Tektronix has introduced test tools for the MIPI Alliance M-PHY standard for high-speed interfaces on mobile devices

Ignoring R&D would be ‘a big stupid mistake’ Pistorio Pasquale, founding CEO of STMicroelectronics, told the Malta Business Weekly this week. “The future of any enterprise can only come from research and innovation,” said Pistotrio, “the future world will reward those companies who have made great strides in this direction. Never, in fact, has innovation been more important.” However, Pistorio ...

Irish fabless chip company, Movidius is talking to major mobile phone manufacturers about putting 3D graphics, that can be used without special glasses, on mobile handsets. “Mobile phone OEMs are interested in getting 3D video into handsets as they see it as a way to different their product,” Bob Tait, marketing director at Dublin-based Movidius told Electronics Weekly. Tait said ...

There is still time for wireless start-ups to enter Discovering Start-Ups, a Dragon’s Den-style competition with cash prizes and venture capitalist exposure. Discovering Start-Ups is run by membership organisation Cambridge Wireless and supported by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). “The initiative is designed to showcase and support the next generation of wireless technology companies and give them the ...

Test market is about to get a new major player as Danaher agrees to acquire Keithley Instruments in a deal estimated to $300m

“Like Electronics Weekly, Cambridge Consultants also turned 50 in 2010. So much has changed since 1960, but what will the future bring? ” Brian Moon, CEO at Cambridge Consultants told Electronics Weekly in the latest interview to mark our 50th Anniversary. “To provide some new insight, we undertook a survey as part of our anniversary. “Over 1,000 people responded to give ...

Mitsubishi has installed a 4.5m OLED display in the lobby of OLED material maker Merck's new research centre. Claimed to be the largest OLED screen yet, the...

According to iSuppli, the total chip market in China could reach $64.8bn this year, a 30% increase on 2009