Infineon's fourth quarter 2014 revenues grew to €1.175billion, a 6% increase over the previous quarter. Revenue growth was said to be particularly strong in the Industrial Power Control (IPC), Power Management & Multimarket (PMM) and Chip Card & Security (CCS) segments. "We have made good use of the opportunities open...

Lime Microsystems has started shipping the second generation of its field programmable radio frequency (FPRF) devices.The fully programmable, low power chips contain dual transceivers that cover the frequency range 0.1 to 3800MHz. In addition, they cover all the cellular bands used in 2G, 3G and 4G networks, as well as many commercial and milit...

Greg Clark, Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, has announced a national network of Quantum Technology Hubs that will explore the properties of quantum mechanics and how they can be applied. The network will be funded by the EPSRC with £120million of the £270m investment in quantum technologies announced in...

The latest addition to Microchip's dsPIC family is said to bring improved noise immunity and robustness for applications operating in harsh environments, as well as the ability to run from a 5V supply. The parts offer a capability of 70MIPS and feature DSP acceleration for high speed control algorithms. Called the dsPIC33EV family, the...

Astute Electronics has launched a franchised electromechanical division to complement its existing activities, including brokerage, electronic components and value added services. The division has launched with five franchises – Amphenol, Airborn, Delphi, Fischer and Quell. Gary Evans, manager of the Emech division, said the five par...

Infineon Technologies has taken a 9.4% stake in German PCB manufacturer Schweizer Electronic, but both companies have agreed on strict confidentiality on the terms. The move is said by Infineon to underline its intention to integrate power semiconductors into PCBs and to address the potential for embedding chips into boards targeted at hig...

Thousands of female engineers will be trained up as part of a national mission to get Britain building again, Ed Miliband announced today.Writing on Facebook, the Labour leader said Britain's lack of female engineers should be a "matter of national embarrassment", as he called for an extra 400,000 people to be trained in the profe...

One of the problems with the Internet of Things (IoT) is its definition; it means different things to different people. And NXP's CEO Rick Clemmer hit the nail on the head during this year's CEO Roundtable at electronica. "Nobody knows what the IoT is," he asserted. His interpretation? "We should be thinking about the IoT mak...

Texas Instruments has announced a development of its analogue processing technology which enables higher levels of isolation and immunity.Called reinforced isolation, the technology is said to meet increasing demands for more integration and increased efficiency in industrial applications. Harald Parzhuber, product line manager, said the techno...

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in partnership with researchers from Berlin, France, the Czech Republic and the US, believe that graphene, when exposed to high magnetic fields, could enable a new type of laser. According to the team, it has been known for some years that the energy states of graphene in a mag...