Infineon Technologies has separated its semiconductor memory business into a new company called Qimonda

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom plans to auction a 40MHz block of radiofrequency spectrum between 1,452MHz and 1,492MHz. The block of spectrum will be “technology and application neutral”, said the regulator, with possible uses including mobile TV, broadband wireless access, and satellite digital radio. Ofcom is proposing a scheme where licences are tradeable, the lower 27.5MHz could be available as one ...

LSI Logic's recent withdrawal from the structured Asic market continues to sent ripples through the industry, with EDA firm Synplicity now ending synthesis support for the sector

Electronics Weekly has been picking up the feeling that a national facility for process development, deemed by both industry and academia as essential for the UK’s future, won’t be funded

Philips is claiming a three to five per cent efficiency gain in notebook computer adapter designs using its GreenChip SR family of secondary-side synchronous rectifier controllers

Cornwall-based DC Drives has developed a simple infra-red remote control with a range of over 500m, using conventional LEDs with no additional optics. “When we tested the prototypes, the range just got bigger and bigger until I lost sight of [CTO] Peter Jones carrying the receiver nearly half a mile away,” said company managing director Phil Williams. The transmitter uses four standard ...

Xignal Technologies is offering evaluation kits for its XT11200 (12-bit) and XT11400 (14-bit), 40MHz analogue-to-digital converters

Amazing that no one has asked this yet, but what are the penalties for non-compliance?

The A6278 from Allegro Microsystems is an 8-channel constant-current latched LED driver incorporating an open LED detection capability

Dualcore Semiconductor has an industrial microcontroller which contains two ARM 946E cores, two CAN channels, two 10/100Mbit Ethernet MACs with hardware extensi