Embedded sensor developer DeepStream Technologies has secured £8m in a new funding round led by investors 3i and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Free learning tool helps children make GPS tour guides
Not-for-profit education body Futurelab has launched a free resource for schools that enables pupils to make wireless tour guides of their towns
EDGE handset design boasts $30 BOM
Agere Systems has introduced its entry level multimedia mobile phone chipset, the TrueNTRY X125 which is offered with software and a complete development kit
ARM7 MCU has twin high speed busses
NXP Semiconductors has introduced its first ARM7-based microcontrollers to incorporate dual high-speed buses for simultaneous communications operations
Renesas Technology CEO Satoru Ito talks process and culture
Satoru Ito speaks to Electronics Weekly about corporate culture, assist-gate AND memory technology and 45nm fabs
Power-One gains production in China with acquisition
Power-One has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the power electronics group of Magnetek.for $71.7m in cash and assumption of approximately $16.7m in debt. The transaction is expected to close in October, 2006, subject to customary closing conditions. According to Steve Goldman, chairman of Power-One, the acquisition will increase the firm’s revenues by over 50%. “The Power Electronics group will ...
Carbon nanotubes to be used in light bulbs
US-based carbon nanotube technology firm Nano-Proprietary has announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech has entered into a license agreement with Shimane Masuda Electronics (SME) to manufacture the first light bulbs based on the technology
Managing charging of battery-powered handhelds
Using an autonomous power manager IC can simplify lithium battery charging in handhelds
European launch for UWB antenna from Omron
Omron will show for the first time in Europe at Electronica an ultra-wideband (UWB) chip antenna designed consumer applications
Mobile Internet means YouTube in your pocket
Intel says a new class of mobile PCs small enough for your pocket but with improved battery life will allow users to take the Internet with them