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Electronic Products
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4/26/2012 12:00:41 PM
By Christina Nickolas RF Micro Devices announced a new GaN process technology that enables system cost and energy savings in power conversion applications ranging from 1 to 50 KW. Called rGaN-HV, this process is claimed to deliver device breakdown voltages up to 900 V, high peak current capability, and ultra-fast switching times for GaN power swi
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Electronic Products
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4/26/2012 8:20:12 PM
by Jim Harrison What do you do when the CEO wants you to build a delivery system for pretty much anything that will fit in a box – a really big box? It has to be accurate and deliver in a timely fashion – and you’re going to do next day deliveries to millions of [...]
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Network Computing
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5/7/2012 6:08:00 AM
New midrange array architectures challenge the dominance of the old model using two controllers with coherent non-volatile RAM caches. In addition to scale-out systems, vendors have recently started offering hybrid systems that move RAID to the drive shelves, and most interestingly, shared cache systems.
Ever since Data General set the mold fo
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Network Computing
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5/8/2012 7:15:00 AM
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Electronic Products
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5/2/2012 8:44:55 AM
By Jim Harrison Microchip Technology Incorporated has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Standard Microsystems Corporation (“SMSC”) for $37.00 per share in cash, which represents a total equity value of about $939 million, and a total enterprise value of about $766 million, after excluding SMSC’s cash and investments on its balance sheet of a
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Electronic Products
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5/3/2012 7:36:38 AM
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) has successfully completed a $10M Series D financing to expand its manufacturing capacity, to complete the build-out of its global sales channels, and to further support advanced research and development of its eco-friendly THINERGY solid-state rechargeable Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) products.
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Nuts & Volts Magazine
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5/1/2012 3:45:04 PM
Here is a Final Project for a couple Cornell University students, Benjamin Harris and Philip Bernard. The goal for their final project was to provide the ECE 4760 course with an easy to setup and cheap touch screen interface to be used with the Atmel ATmega644 microcontroller. Only open-source materials were used in their project, and all of the fi
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Electronic Products
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5/6/2012 4:24:53 PM
Just so we all know, PCIM stands for power conversion intelligent motion. It is one of the hot trade shows in electronics and offers engineers the chance to catch up on power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy, and energy management. The show has shown steady progress over the past few years. For example, last year [...]
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Electronic Products
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5/1/2012 5:23:47 AM
By Christina Nickolas Well I didn’t see that coming, but yesterday Integrated Device Technology (IDT), the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, announced that it has acquired Fox Electronics, a leading global supplier of frequency control products, in an all-cash transaction for approximately
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EDN
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4/23/2012 11:35:34 AM
Eleven months ago, I said goodbye. Now I’m saying hello again. How cool is that? Director of Content Patrick Mannion and Online Managing Editor Suzanne Deffree recently decided to resurrect the...
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