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TriQuint Semiconductor , a leading RF product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced that it is restructuring its sales coverage and product distribution across Europe. This reorganization is designed to streamline European support to meet growing customer needs for cost-efficient, highly-integrated RF solutions that reduce manufacturing time. Redtree Solutions...

Nearly all major categories of MEMS have seen, or may soon see, applications in consumer products, reports In-Stat. As a result, the worldwide MEMS market in consumer electronics will grow from $727 M in 2006 to over $1 B by 2009, the high-tech market research firm says. MEMS will...

After five consecutive years of revenue growth that brought worldwide semiconductor revenue to a record $247.7 B in 2006, the cyclic history of the industry would suggest a reversal is overdue, reports In-Stat. But with an extended period of above average worldwide GDP growth ahead, continued semiconductor revenue growth...

No sooner has the market for consumer electronics devices incorporating Wi-Fi begun to gain real traction than another, based on high-speed connections via 3G cellular technologies or mobile WiMAX, is starting to take shape. According to a new study from ABI Research, portable consumer electronics—digital cameras, media players, portable...

Following an extensive study into the various high technology advanced driver assistance systems, the Strategy Analytics Automotive Electronics service report, “ADAS: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges,” reveals a current, low, one percent penetration rates for ADAS applications in light vehicle production—except for camera and parking assistance systems, which already stand...

The French armaments directorate (DGA) has selected EADS Defence & Security (DS) to carry out preparatory work for the development of an operational system consisting of army networks for latest-generation telecommunications, entitled Système Opérationnel Composé des Réseaux des Armées pour les TElécommunications Nouvelle Génération (SOCRATE NG). Within the scope...

The James Watt Nanofabrication Centre at Glasgow University, Scotland, has opened. Centred on the department of electronics and electrical engineering, the new facility will be the focus of interdisciplinary research at the nanometre scale and brings together many different research groups working in engineering and the physical and life...

DCN and Thales have finalised with the French government the agreement concerning the consolidation of their activities within the French naval defence sector. This major step is aimed at the constitution of a consolidated European naval defence industry in which DCN and Thales will have a major role to...

A group of major European players in the security sector has announced their intention to launch the European Organisation for Security— EOS—which is the private sector’s response in support of the European Commission initiative: European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF). The Organisation has two main aims: to promote...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €100 M framework contract with OHB-System AG of Germany to develop a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform for telecommunication missions. With this initiative, ESA is supporting European industry in broadening the product portfolio range on offer to the commercial telecommunication satellite...