Trade Shows & Associations
ZTE Lands China Mobile LTE Contract
October 16, 2012 10:37 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsZTE announced that it has won the contract for China Mobile’s TD-LTE rollout in five major Chinese cities. According to the contract, ZTE will construct China Mobile’s TD-LTE networks in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shenyang, with more than 13,000 carrier frequencies...
Frontier Silicon and iPhone 5 at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair
October 15, 2012 1:16 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFrontier Silicon, the leading supplier of Digital Radio and Network Audio technology, today announces the launch of Venice 6.5, its most cost-effective module for network audio devices. Following the launch by Apple last month, the module supports iPhone 5 docking using the new Lightning connector...
Making a layer cake with atomic precision
October 15, 2012 10:21 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsA team has used individual one-atom-thick crystals to construct a multilayer cake that works as a nanoscale electric transformer. Graphene has been isolated for the first time, potentially revolutionizing diverse applications such as smartphones, ultrafast broadband, drug delivery, and computer chips.
Softbank to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20 bln
October 15, 2012 7:21 am | by YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsSoftbank Corp. has reached a deal to buy 70 percent of U.S. mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20.1 billion in the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company. The agreement, announced Monday at a joint news conference in Tokyo by Softbank President Masayoshi Son and Sprint Chief...
‘Invisibility’ could be the key to better electronics
October 12, 2012 12:39 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsA new approach that allows objects to become “invisible” has now been applied to an entirely different area: letting particles “hide” from passing electrons, which could lead to more efficient thermoelectric devices and new kinds of electronics. MIT team applies technology developed for visual "cloaking"...
Mindspeed to attend 2012 China Small Cell Symposium
October 12, 2012 11:56 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that the company will address processor demands and small cell base station solutions during the 2012 China Small Cell Symposium in Beijing...
Softbank in talks to invest in Sprint
October 12, 2012 11:40 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer-- The Associated Press | News | CommentsJapanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. was in talks Thursday about taking a substantial ownership stake in struggling U.S. carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. Sprint, the third-largest cellphone company in the U.S., said the deal could be big enough to involve a "change of control" of the company...
Samsung unveils smaller, cheaper Galaxy S III
October 12, 2012 11:29 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a smaller and cheaper version of the Galaxy S III smartphone with the same screen size as the iPhone 5. Samsung says the Galaxy S III mini features a screen measuring 4 inches diagonally, smaller than the Galaxy S III's 4.8 inch display but the same as Apple's iPhone 5...
Bonso enters new era in Xinxing, China
October 12, 2012 10:50 am | News | CommentsBonso Electronics International, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of sensor based products, reported the grand opening ceremony of its new manufacturing facility at Xinxing (Guangdong Province, China). Company services include product design and prototyping...
US court sides with Samsung in dispute with Apple
October 12, 2012 10:01 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA federal appeals court has sided with Samsung Electronics Corp. in one aspect of its ongoing patent dispute with Apple Inc. The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday overturned a judge's order blocking Samsung from selling its Galaxy Nexus...
Light may prompt graphene devices on demand
October 11, 2012 10:59 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsRice University researchers are using graphene with light in a way that could lead to the more efficient design and manufacture of electronics, as well as novel security and cryptography devices. The breakthrough details a novel concept...
New updated PWM controller offers size and cost benefits
October 10, 2012 12:50 pm | News | CommentsAdvanced Power Electronics Corp., a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of MOS power semiconductors for DC-DC power conversion applications, has updated two of its most popular PWM controllers to provide customers with space saving and more cost effective devices...
New interactive system detects touch and gestures on any surface
October 10, 2012 11:35 am | by Purdue University | News | CommentsA new touch-activated system projects onto walls and other surfaces and allows users to interact with their environment and each other. The system identifies the fingers of a person's hand while touching any plain surface. It also recognizes hand posture and gestures, revealing individual users by their unique traits...
Newark element14's new catalog offers customization for engineers
October 10, 2012 9:22 am | News | CommentsNewark element14, the leading distributor of electronic components and engineering solutions announced the launch of its new 2013 catalog. Newark element14 introduced customizable online catalogs with live pricing and availability data last year with great success. The new catalog offers further improvements...
Preview for the print media for Seica SpA for Electronica, Munich, November 13 – 16 2012, Hall A1, Booth 459, New Munich Trade Fair
October 8, 2012 3:07 pm | Product Releases | CommentsOnce again, Seica has great news this year for visitors at Electronica. For the first time the complete COMPACT line of in-circuit and functional testers, including 6 different models, will be on display. Like all of Seica’s solutions, this line is based on the core software/hardware VIP platform,
Oscillator boasts a frequency stability over temperature of ±.28ppm from -40°C to +85°C
October 8, 2012 3:03 pm | Product Releases | CommentsRaltron Electronics has raised the bar in innovation with the launch of the TX057 Stratum III compatible TCXO family. The new 5x7mm Stratum III compatible temperature-compensated crystal oscillator boasts a frequency stability over temperature of ±.28ppm from -40°C to +85°C
Samsung Earns Record-High Profit
October 5, 2012 9:23 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co. forecast another record quarterly operating profit, likely driven by strong sales of high-end smartphones. However, analysts said a rise in marketing spending will decrease the company's profit in the October-December quarter.
Connector capabilities fulfill wide range of needs
October 3, 2012 9:22 am | Product Releases | CommentsAdvanced Interconnections Corp –. will feature a broad array of customized connector capabilities at electronica 2012 in Munich from 13-16 November. In addition to the company’s standard SMT and thru-hole board-to-board connectors, application-specific designs will be showcased, ranging from large,
Energy Micro to demonstrate real-world applications for world’s most energy-friendly microcontrollers
September 24, 2012 9:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsEnergy Micro will display a range of real-world applications for its EFM32 Gecko families of ARM-based microcontrollers (MCUs) at Electronica 2012. The company will demonstrate how its low-power devices greatly extend battery life of a variety of portable electronic products.
What's new for electronica 2012
September 18, 2012 11:16 am | News | CommentsAt electronica from November 13 – 16, leading international companies will present their products, the latest solutions and the most important trends that pertain to the topic of electromobility. In the automotive Forum, industry experts will provide insights into technologies and markets that are relevant to actual practice
The keyboard you can wash
August 23, 2012 11:48 am | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Blogs | CommentsKeyboards are one of those objects that get incredibly dirty but are also really annoying/impossible to clean. So, whether it’s your kid’s sticky fingers or your mom’s habit of spilling tea (sorry, Mom), it might be time to check out the Logitech Washable Keyboard K310.
NI Week 2012: National Instruments' new vector signal transceiver
August 14, 2012 1:48 pm | Videos | CommentsAt NI Week 2012, Luke Schreier of National Instruments discusses the company's new Vector Signal Transceiver, the PXI Express 5644R.
What happened to transflective displays?
June 29, 2012 9:40 am | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Articles | CommentsThe most notable feature of this year’s SID Display Week was what wasn’t there: transflective displays. Sure, they were somewhere, tucked away in a corner or hidden in plain sight. But no one was talking about them anymore. Their conspicuous absence was underscored by their ubiquitous presence at the last two Display Weeks. So why did transflective displays abruptly disappear?
SID Display Week 2012: Ocular's 17'' Truetouch Panel
June 12, 2012 4:06 pm | Videos | CommentsFrom the show floor of SID 2012 in Boston: David Nolte, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Ocular, discusses the company's Truetouch Panel, which can support up to 16 simultaneous touches.
OLED microdisplays enable enhanced digital image fusion
April 26, 2012 11:50 am | 3M Electronics Solutions Division | Product Releases | CommentsMicroOLED today announces that the company will demonstrate, at SPIE DSS in Baltimore, two prototype 5.4M dot 0.61-inch diagonal OLED microdisplays in bicolor and tricolor. The microdisplays are designed to enhance image resolution and lower the power consumption of digital image fusion used in defense, security and medical applications.
