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Siemens is a leader in European patent applications
26 July 2006
The focus is on patent quality

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Energy solutions provider expands in South Africa
26 July 2006, Uniross Batteries
Uniross is now recognised as the leading rechargeable battery company in Europe, Africa, and Australia, and is considered to be a world leader in the industry

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Analog IC markets prosper in 2006
26 July 2006
Databeans expects that analog will be much stronger for 2006, with the increased demand coming from portable consumer electronics, 3G handsets, and network upgrades

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Appointments
26 July 2006
Johnny Pollard and Mark van der Westhuizen recently joined STMicroelectronics as field sales engineers for South Africa.          Webb Industries has appointed Bulelwa Xaluva as HR manager and Ishmael Makuya ...

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Altron CFO a Businesswoman of the Year finalist
26 July 2006
Diane Radley, chief financial officer of Altron, has been named as one of the three finalists in the corporate category of the Businesswoman of the Year Award. The award recognises South Africa's leading ...

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Fusion mixed-signal FPGA scoops prestigious Electron d'Or award
26 July 2006, ASIC Design Services
Actel's Fusion programmable system chip (PSC) has won the French electronic industry's annual Electron d'Or award for Best Innovative Programmable Logic Product of the Year. Commenting on the award, ...

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Siemens wins huge wireless module order from Norway
26 July 2006
Siemens' Communications Group and Norwegian service provider, Telenor Cinclus, have signed a contract for the delivery of 680 000 wireless modules. According to Siemens the contract is worth an amount ...

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Local contract manufacturer sets up prototyping department
26 July 2006, Microtronix Manufacturing
Getting prototypes out of most production houses has always been a challenge - as most engineers will confirm. The problem is that most companies are able to produce prototypes and smaller runs fairly ...

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38% of global electronics output now produced in Asia Pacific
26 July 2006
Electronics output in the Asia Pacific increased to 38% (compared to only 20% in 1995) of the global total in 2005 according to the latest figures from a report published by Reed Electronics Research ...

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Hot record for 'frozen chip'
26 July 2006
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz, by cryogenically 'freezing' the circuit ...

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Electronics News Digest
26 July 2006, Electronic News Digest
Southern Africa    Sentech has already started digital terrestrial television (DTT) test transmissions and has announced that it is set to spend close to R1 bn over the next five years on upgrading its ...

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SA electronics companies profile: Central Circuits
26 July 2006
Central Circuits (www.circuits.ccza.com) was formed in 1994 and occupies a modern 3000 m² production facility in the Highveld Techno Park in Centurion. The company employs a workforce of some 55 highly ...

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South Africa in danger of becoming a 'technology outpost'?
12 July 2006, SA Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)
The SAIEE has a multifaceted programme in place that includes bursaries and mentorship workshops

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Polymer-based 'muscle-actuator' technology lauded
12 July 2006
EPAM could serve as a mass alternative to existing linear actuator technologies

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Dataweek Reader Survey
12 July 2006, Technews Publishing
Dear Dataweek Reader,    The 12 July issue of Dataweek posted out recently contained a 'sealed' envelope containing a 'Reader Survey' concerning the Dataweek electronics magazine. Unfortunately the 'reply-paid' ...

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Innovative low-breakdown voltage antifuses enabled through new thin film
12 July 2006
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (www.sandia.gov) have developed what they say is an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-manufacture class of dielectric films that have the capability of enabling ...

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Wireless wallport solution said to overcome shortfall of wireless transmission in the home
12 July 2006
Digital home networking firm, Ustec (www.ustecnet.com), has announced that it has been granted a US patent for a wireless wallport that it believes will vastly improve the performance and reliability ...

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SA firsts: the cellular MemoCam at Securex
12 July 2006
Apart from Securex being SA's largest security trade show, a big attraction is that a multitude of South African security industry firsts are announced there. One of the unique 'firsts' seen at the show ...

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Pressure sensors market to double by 2011
12 July 2006
Sensors are typically identified in relation to the type of energy they have been designed to detect or monitor. Examples are numerous, and would include temperature sensors, magnetic sensors, motion ...

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Temperature sensor IC market heats up
12 July 2006
Market intelligence supplier, Databeans, has just released its first market report on the market for temperature sensor ICs, titled '2006 Temperature Sensors'. In this study, it discusses trends and ...

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