Researchers develop the first plastic superconductor 9 May 2001 The Bell Labs breakthrough was made possible by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, whose backgrounds range from experimental low-temperature physics to materials science and organic chemistry
Companies ink multiyear, multimillion dollar OEM agreement 9 May 2001, ASIC Design Services "Our customers continue to provide us with positive feedback about the results they achieve using Synplicity's Synplify products," said John East, President and CEO, Actel
ATC's optical fibre production to be trebled by early-2002 9 May 2001 "This is a really exciting development - it represents by far the biggest single capital expenditure since the inception of the plant," is Du Preez's comment about the Phase 2 expansion.
TI reveals high-performance 300 W digital audio amplifier 9 May 2001, Altron Arrow Raising the bar on digital sound quality, Texas Instruments (TI) has announced a new high performance digital amplifier. The chip is the first solution to operate at the sampling rate of 192 kHz with ...
Multisource sets up new network division 9 May 2001 Multisource, a specialised wireless telecommunications service provider, has established a new division to concentrate specifically on the provision of network services. This follows identification of ...
Fluke Networks buys Fotec 9 May 2001 Fluke Networks, a world leader in network analysers and cable and fibre-optic test tools, has acquired Fotec, a leading provider of fibre-optic test equipment and structured cabling education.
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BCcomponents upgrades capacitor specifications by 30% 9 May 2001, Electrocomp BCcomponents has announced upgraded specifications for its 198 PHR series snap-in electrolytic capacitor.
Roger Appelo, Product Manager at BCcomponents, explains, "The specifications of our products ...
Electronic News Digest 9 May 2001, Electronic News Digest Southern Africa
Altech posted record results for the year ended February 2000, surpassing four years of consistent growth. According to the company, its strategy of globalisation and telecommunications, ...
New management for Siemens Components 25 April 2001 Brown states that the future of the Siemens Components group also depends on the creative identification of applications for technological solutions
Inventors competition aims to boost SA entrepreneurship 25 April 2001 Catalyst Innovation and Deloitte & Touche says that they are also hosting a series of free workshops at universities around the country, aimed at assisting scientists to develop and commercialise innovative technologies
Thailand's electronics industry offers much to South Africa 25 April 2001 'The land of diversity and refinement' - as Thailand is known is producing high quality and competitively priced electronic items and components destined for global markets
Location-based services to show tremendous growth 25 April 2001 According to ABI, world LBS revenues will grow from approximately $1 bn in 2000 to over $40 bn in 2006, a compound annual average growth rate of 81%.
Actel FPGAs used in the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft landing 25 April 2001, ASIC Design Services Actel played a significant role in the recent Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker mission on 12 February, providing programmable logic that enabled mission managers to navigate the spacecraft ...
Business Briefs 25 April 2001, Electronic News Digest South Africa
In an initiative known as 'Project education connect', Enterasys Networks SA has announced that it will provide equipment grants to a total value of R40m, to a substantial number of South ...
