Europe’s manufacturing sector is still generating interest for components suppliers despite the widespread exodus of so much volume manufacturing to the Far East
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International Rectifier pushes motor control
Power semiconductor firm International Rectifier (IR) has unveiled a new generation of motor control IC aimed at pump applications
Xilinx plans R&D in China next year
Xilinx is planning to set up its first R&D centre in China next year, now that it is satisfied that the China government has done enough to protect IP and to make it possible for foreign investors to get their money out
Renesas to boost R&D designers in Far East
Renesas Technology is going to substantially increase the number of engineers it employs in R&D in China and Vietnam
Lambda gets European investment from TDK
Power supply company Lambda has seen new investment in its European operations following its acquisition a year ago by Japanese giant TDK
EBV intros microprocessor reference design
At Electronica this week, EBV Elektronik has introduced its first reference design platform which has been jointly developed with four of its semiconductor supp
Sharp Microelectronics promises 30% growth in Europe
Sharp will grow its components business in Europe by 30 per cent this year and will grow again at the same rate next year, said Maximilian Huber, president of Sharp Microelectronics Europe, at Electronica
Texas Instruments produces op-amps on SiGe process
Texas Instruments has released two precision op amps fabricated on a complementary bipolar 36V silicon germanium (SiGe) process
Electronics industry unsure over private equity
Opinions differed at Electronica about whether the targeting of the semiconductor industry by the private equity people was a good thing or not
Dual core processors to dominate embedded systems
Dual core processors will become the de facto standard in embedded systems in the next two years, driven by Intel and mirroring the moves in PCs