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Spreadtrum Communications Inc. , a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, announced that it has completed a majority acquisition of WCDMA solutions provider MobilePeak Holdings Ltd. on September 30, 2011. The acquisition of MobilePeak allows Spreadtrum to enter...

The world economy may be teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession, but business is booming for wireless infrastructure vendors, according to ABI Research. “Base station installations in 2011 will total at least 10 percent more than anyone expected just one year ago and we also see increases...

The voting membership of the IEEE annually elects officers that serve on the top-tier IEEE governing bodies. The IEEE Board of Directors has nominated Roger D. Pollard and Peter W. Staecker as candidates for 2012 IEEE President-Elect. In addition, 38 other candidates are running for various offices in technical...

Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging Moeness G. Amin, Villanova University, Editor. Through-the-wall radar imaging allows police, fire and rescue personnel, first responders, and defense/special forces to detect, identify, classify, and track the whereabouts of people and moving objects within buildings, tunnels, etc. Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging examines this technology from the algorithmic,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the industry's first MIPI M-PHY compliance test software package for transmitter validation. Agilent’s U7249A software, designed to run on the company's Infiniium 90000 Series oscilloscopes, provides a wide range of tests to meet the physical-layer requirements of the MIPI Alliance's M-PHY Specification v1.00 and M-PHY...

Microsemi Corp. launched the first in a family of complete SATA storage systems for secure embedded defense applications. The compact MSM37 and MSM75 solutions are each packaged as a single 32 x 28 mm 522 plastic ball grid array (PBGA) and provide up to 75 gigabytes (GB) of NAND...

Park Electrochemical Corp. announced the appointment of William L. Pappani as Vice President of Business Development and Planning for the company. Pappani will report to Brian Shore, Park’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Park Electrochemical Corp., Pappani was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer...

COM DEV USA LLC. , a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd., announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply equipment for a military communications satellite. Valued in excess of $5 M, the contract is a follow-on order for an additional flight set of equipment on a...

Semiconductor materials, devices and ICs are essential components of today's microwave and millimetre wave subsystems for many applications, such as telecommunication, defence, automotive, space and imaging systems. These devices and ICs require not only different technological processes, but also advanced modelling, simulation and characterization in order to predict the...

EuRAD 2011 is the eighth in the conference series. The event continues to be at the forefront of radar application, design and implementation and reflects current activity across the broad area of radar and related disciplines. In general, the European radar industry is evolving and encompassing new applications in...