Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released a study revealing shifting patterns in worldwide datacenter energy use at regional levels. The study, which was conducted by Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D. (project scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a consulting professor at Stanford University), documents energy use across five regions: the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific […]
Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a part of Avnet, Inc., announced that it has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with Maxim Integrated Products. The agreement is an extension of an existing relationship between Maxim and Avnet Memec and is effective immediately. To capitalize on the full strength of the Avnet distribution network in Europe, Maxim has […]
Binder-USA, LP, a subsidiary of Franz Binder GmbH & Co., announced that it has made an addition to its M12, 713 series...
Powervation Ltd., a digital energy control, fabless semiconductor company, announced the closing of a US$10 million round of venture capital funding. The series A round was jointly led by Intel Capital (Oregon, USA) and SEP (United Kingdom), with Venture Tech Alliance (California, USA) and a follow on investment from Fourth Level Ventures (IRL). Enterprise Ireland […]
Ricardo plc and Delta Electronics, Inc. announced a joint-development alliance for delivering advanced automotive electronics R&D and supply. It is claimed that the alliance will provide automakers with innovative electronics R&D technology and high quality manufacturing resources. "The new business model we aim to create through our alliance with Delta will enable customers to access […]
Phoenix Contact USA, a subsidiary of Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG of Germany, introduced the QUINT SFB family of industrial grade...
austriamicrosystems announced that it has extended its high brightness LED driver portfolio with the AS3693 and AS3694, especially designed to support LED-based...
PREMA Semiconductor GmbH has extended its family of LED drivers with a boost driver for solar applications. The new PR4403 drives and...
EMCO High Voltage Corp. announced its new compact power supply (0 to 2,000 volts @<1W) – Model 10077, which the company claims...
Design of Systems on Silicon SA (DS2) announced the availability of an integrated TR-069 solution embedded in its DSS9101 powerline communications SoC (System-on-Chip), part of AITANA™ chipset. The DSS9101 SoC, which is the latest member of DS2’s family of UPA-compliant 200 Mbps powerline communication products, is already shipping in volume. "The DSS9101 is the first […]
XP Power announced its JCA series of miniature, board-mounted low power dc-dc converters. Measuring just 1 x 0.8 x 0.4 inches (25.4...
John Gormley, the Minister for the Department of the Environment in Ireland, announced plans to ban traditional incandescent light-bulbs in the nation by 2009. Presenting a "carbon budget", Gormley said that he planned to introduce new standards that would effectively outlaw incandescent bulbs. The standards will have to be met by all light-bulbs on the […]
California Micro Devices announced that it has opened a Northern Europe sales office in Espoo, Finland and that Kalle Katevuo has been named Northern Europe Sales Manager. Reporting to David Casey, Vice President of Sales, Katevuo brings more than 12 years of semiconductor design, applications and sales experience to his new post. "Mobile handset suppliers […]
VeraSun Energy Corp. and US BioEnergy Corp. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of each company. The merger is expected to close during the first quarter of 2008, pending shareholder approval, anti-trust regulatory clearance and the completion of other customary conditions. […]
Renewable Energy Corp. (REC) has revealed that it will construct a $6.3 billion solar cell plant in Singapore by the first quarter of 2008. The company claims that the plant will eventually produce 1.5 gigawatts of solar generating capacity a year and will be the largest of its kind thus far. REC hopes to cut […]