Industry News

EB establishes new office in Shanghai

EB (Elektrobit) has expanded into the People's Republic of China with the formation of EB Automotive Software (Shanghai) Ltd., the legal entity in Shanghai. This new global hub will particularly help EB to support the company's growing automotive customer base in China and neighboring markets in Central Asia.


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LTCC materials system from Ferro Electronic Materials helps reduce power use

Ferro Electronic Materials expands its low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) portfolio, which includes industry-leading A6M and A6S,with a new line of cost-effective matched materials that offers better performance over a greater range of frequenciesand easier manufacturability than market alternatives. The company will introduce its new L8LTCC product line in booth 9-212 at SMT Hybrid Packaging 2012, to be held May 8-10 in Nuremberg, Germany.


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Huawei climbs to number two spot in wireless equipment

Wireless equipment vendors performed well in the fourth quarter of 2011. While finishing strong in the last quarter of every calendar year is typical for vendors in this market, Huawei exceeded expectations and overcame Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to grab second place in the market. As usual, Ericsson was the market leader, with approximately US$3.5 billion in wireless network equipment sales during 4Q2011.


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Tektronix delivers Thunderbolt technology test solution

Tektronix Inc. announced a comprehensive test solution for Thunderbolt technology.  Thunderbolt is a new, high-speed, multi-protocol I/O technology designed to provide headroom for next generation display and I/O requirements.  The new solution for support includes a 20GHz DSA70000 Series Oscilloscope, 12.5 Gb/s BSA Series BERTScope, and a DSA8300 Series Sampling Oscilloscope.


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Analog Devices acquires Multigig for high-speed clocking technology

Analog Devices Inc. announced that it has acquired Multigig Inc., a small, privately-held San Jose, California, company specializing in highly innovative high-performance clocking technology. The acquisition will enhance ADI’s clocking capabilities in stand-alone and embedded applications, and will strengthen ADI’s industry-leading position in delivering high-speed data converters and signal processing solutions for our customers.


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