30 November 2005: Feature Articles

• South Africa's economic growth outlook remains upbeat
• ADEC - 2005 challenging. 2006 likely to improve
• Avnet Kopp - outlook for 2006
• DSP chip market to continue fast growth
• Funds to be made available for broadcast infrastructure upgrade
• Bulk of MCU revenue moving to 16-bit and 32-bit
• Saab Grintek to distribute Eltek Energy supplies
• Top 10 global wireless predictions for 2006
• Wireless LAN market to reach $5 bn by 2006
• Zetech wins sales award

16 November 2005: Feature Articles

• Analog power IC market to boom
• New Monitoring Act now law: guide available
• Products of the Year
• Wireless solutions to dominate SA's broadband market

19 October 2005: Feature Articles

• Training institute supports comprehensive access to telecom skills
• 60th anniversary of CSIR: renewed focus on research and innovation
• T&M 2005 Conference and Exhibition highly successful
• Mesh wireless broadband solution maximises mobile performance
• Strong growth to continue for MCU market
• Uptake of high definition TV dependent on optimal price-quality balance

5 October 2005: Feature Articles

• Diamond lenses can increase optical data storage
• Photons from flexible plastics
• R&D in telecommunication under the spotlight at Satnac 2005
• GPS receivers helped plot Katrina's course
• MB Silicon Systems appointed Power Integrations distributor
• RS takes proactive route with RoHS directive
• Webb strengthens wireless data antenna offering

2 November 2005: Feature Articles

• Loadtech strengthens ties with Vishay Tedea Huntleigh
• Marantz Business Electronics and Zetech confirm partnership
• Process control market grows semiconductor revenue

21 September 2005: Feature Articles

• SA mobile data market to grow significantly
• Companies collaborate on advancement of 'cognitive radio'
• Local company develops weapons analysis system for navy

7 September 2005: Feature Articles

• Prepayment electricity metering manufacturers set up industry association
• ZigBee and Z-Wave square off in wireless residential control market
• Acterna appoints Comtest as its southern African representative
• Award winners to exhibit magnetic test bench at DSEI
• Fusing ad hoc and peer-to-peer
• SA's broadband access set to scale new heights - BMI-T
• Wireless technology - where to from here?

24 August 2005: Feature Articles

• Moving towards broad-based Black economic empowerment
• US IT infrastructure said to be highly vulnerable to attack
• Productronica rings bell for the last round of transitions to lead (Pb)-free
• RFID patent consortium: a positive step for the industry

10 August 2005: Feature Articles

• SARL calls on the PLC industry and ICASA for more transparency

27 July 2005: Feature Articles

• Bendable electronic paper retains colour image without power
• Thales Advanced Engineering designs, builds and installs image transmission system for navy and airforce
• Time now ripe for video blogs: Internet giants to cash in

13 July 2005: Feature Articles

• New approach in nano-electronic design could enable low-cost, high-yield fabrication
• ADEC Road Show on track
• Cable/satellite decoder design receives a design award
• New display innovation in watch technology

29 June 2005: Feature Articles

• Nanotechnology combined with superconductivity could pave the way for 'spintronics'
• SA telecom users start to reap the benefits of true competition

15 June 2005: Feature Articles

• CSIR antenna gives 40 years top satellite support
• Hybrid technology driving X-by-Wire to broaden automotive markets

1 June 2005: Feature Articles

• Support centre pioneers Business Development Services accreditation programme
• Despite 'competition' SA mobile call costs are still excessive
• Opinion: time for a new numbering system from EPC?
• Higher qubit rates will make quantum cryptography more viable for large-scale applications
• New digital audio projectors spawning new chip opportunity
• Production Logix - premier electronic contract manufacturer
• Self-replicating robot created

18 May 2005: Feature Articles

• New product development initiative calls for entries of prototypes
• Actel at the forefront in the dawn of a new era for FPGAs
• Avnet buying Memec
• SA telecommunications - a storm in a teacup?
• AAD hosts the first ARM technology seminars in SA
• PCC offers practical Profibus and ASi course training

20 April 2005: Feature Articles

• New Fluke distributor launched to the trade
• Better QoS essential for the long-term success of voice/video/data over IP
• Demand for storage never stops
• Siemens expects much more from mobile and wireless

6 April 2005: Feature Articles

• Chain reaction
• Innovation more important than ever in platform era
• RoHS: the good, the bad and the ugly
• A global heavyweight in light aircraft avionics

4 May 2005: Feature Articles

• The zero-defect initiative: sounding out hardware and software
• Tomorrow's chips naturally

23 March 2005: Feature Articles

• Service excellence makes the difference for Actum Electronics

9 March 2005: Feature Articles

• World's first continuous laser from standard silicon a major advance
• Scientists build the world's smallest non-volatile flash memory cell
• Teams build robots that walk like humans

23 February 2005: Feature Articles

• Opportunities for partnering with Australian companies
• Automotive networking standardisation efforts need to continue
• Power surge for analog markets
• Who needs transistors?

9 February 2005: Feature Articles

• ADEC and the electronic components industry in 2005
• EIF: Telecoms regulations changes helpful, ICT Charter must move forward
• 2005 - a tough but optimistic year ahead
• Databeans 2005 forecast: semiconductor markets - worldwide
• Kreon growing exponentially in engineering, software development as well as systems skills
• Industrial semiconductor market growing at 8% per year
• Is radio spectrum a scarce resource?
• SAVANT establishes awareness of South Africa's ICT and electronic sector
• Siemens helps prepare youth for future in ICT industry

26 January 2005: Feature Articles

• 'Measure with confidence' says new Fluke distributor
• New African ICT association established
• South Africa's new product designers awarded
• After record 2004, another semiconductor slump for 2005
• Ultrawideband? - Show me the money
• An update on the state of the electronics industry in South Africa - Part XV
• SA corporates to leap into VoIP