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Concilium supports high-school science students
5 August 2009, Concilium Technologies
The Kutlwanong sponsorship will play a complementary role in Concilium’s overall educational sponsorship drive

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Advanced optical materials improve solar absorption
5 August 2009
The CSIR's novel selective solar absorber comprises carbon nano-particles embedded in a NiO (nickel oxide) matrix on an aluminium substrate

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Cable Guard system prevents cable theft
5 August 2009
An 8 ton truck, an 8 ton double differential mechanical horse, and a model 428 Caterpillar 4-wheel drive backactor excavator all failed to remove the cable

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Appointments
5 August 2009
Warren Botten has been appointed the new sales manager for PHD Powerhouse Distributions.       Tellumat has appointed Eugene van der Watt as business development manager for its electronics manufacturing ...

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Electronics news digest
5 August 2009, Electronic News Digest
Overseas    Business    Cypress Semiconductor announced that revenue for the 2009 second quarter was $155,8 million, up 12% from $139,3 million for the prior quarter, and down 26% from $209,6 million for ...

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Controlling individual bits in quantum computers
5 August 2009
Optical lattices use lasers to separate rubidium atoms (pictured in red) for use as information ‘bits’ in neutral-atom quantum processors – prototype devices that designers are trying to develop into ...

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Plasma transistor enables sharper video displays
5 August 2009
Plasma is a partially ionised gas in which a certain proportion of electrons are free rather than being bound to an atom or molecule. Usually the plasma is confined in micro cavity sections such as ...

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New development in printable batteries
5 August 2009
Batteries have traditionally been bulky and heavy devices. This could now be set to change, thanks to a new cutting-edge battery developed by the Fraunhofer Institute. The characteristics of the battery ...

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YESTech ships 1000th inspection system
5 August 2009, Test & Rework Solutions
YESTech has announced the sale of its 1000th system to Teledyne Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) in the USA, a full service electronic contract manufacturing supplier. Teledyne EMS, providing ...

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LEDs look to be industry's shining light
22 July 2009
Researchers at Seoul National University developed a new and simple white LED that is the first to achieve stable white light emissions using a single molecule

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SAMES no longer manufacturing in SA
22 July 2009
The company has decided to cease wafer production at its Koedoespoort plant and move the wafer manufacture to a plant in China

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New benchmark for embedded MPUs
22 July 2009
CoreMark provides a starting point for measuring a processor’s core performance and basic pipeline structure, and can be used to evaluate processors ranging from 8-bit microcontrollers to high-end 32-bit devices and architectures

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Appointment
22 July 2009
Michael Baker has joined Actum Electronics as a sales executive. Michael has many years’ experience in the consumer electronics industry, including holding senior sales positions at Philips and Sony. ...

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Electronics news digest
22 July 2009, Electronic News Digest
South Africa    Actum Electronics recently moved premises to Unit A8, The Stables, 13 Third Road, Linbro Park. The company’s new telephone number is +27 (0)11 608 3001, and the new fax number is +27 (0)11 ...

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Fledgling graphene circuits
22 July 2009
The scale of efforts around the development of graphene-based materials encourages the belief that graphene will evolve as a replacement to many existing material platforms. While this is not expected ...

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Saab wins order to supply vehicle electronics
22 July 2009
Defence and security company Saab has been awarded a contract by Denel Land Systems to develop and supply fire control computers for use on the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) New Generation ...

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Becker Electronics achieves ISO 9001 certification
8 July 2009
The Becker Electronics team believes that quality is critical in every aspect of its business

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FTDI distributes through Electrocomp
8 July 2009, Electrocomp
FTDI are specialists in converting legacy peripherals to universal serial bus (USB)

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Flaw discovered in transistor noise theory
8 July 2009
Findings indicate that unforeseen problems could crop up as transistors grow smaller and run on less power

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Moore's Law faces bleak future
8 July 2009
While further advances in shrinking process geometries can be achieved after the 20 nm to 18 nm nodes, Moore’s Law will no longer drive volume semiconductor production

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