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Sivers IMA is expanding its radar sensor portfolio by launching a 77 GHz radar sensor.

National Instruments (NI) announced Q4 revenue of $333 million, up 11 percent year-over-year. The company's total orders were up 13 percent for the quarter with orders under $20,000 up 5 percent year-over-year; orders between $20,000 and $100,000 up 13 percent year-over-year; and orders above $100,000 up 36 percent year-over-year. In Q4 2014, NI recognized $7 million in revenue from its largest customer, compared with $4 million recognized in Q4 2013.

Keysight Technologies Inc. introduced N1930B Physical Layer Test System (PLTS) 2015, the latest release of its premier signal integrity test software for designing and validating high-speed digital interconnect.

Anritsu Co. introduces a unique capture and playback function for its MS2830A and MS269xA Spectrum/Signal Analyzer families that brings the most challenging RF environments from the field into the laboratory or production line.

Remcom announces PinBuilder™ electromagnetic model automation for XFdtd® EM Simulation Software. PinBuilder, which automates the creation of pin-field breakout models for XFdtd simulations, will be available in the software later this year.

Carousel Industries, a leader in unified communications, managed services, data solutions and visual communications,announced that Tim Kennedy has been appointed to the CompTIA Telecom Advisory Council. CompTIA is a non-profit trade association focused on the IT industry, and its Telecom Advisory Council is a 19-member strategic think-tank dedicated to identifying industry trends while furthering ideas and initatives relating to the ongoing convergence of IT and telecom.

Tracking rail carts with GPS and cellular could bring value to the rail sector; however, penetration rates on rail carts are currently very low (globally less than 50,000 in 2014), and growth is not forecasted to be very strong over the next 5 years, or even the next 10, according to ABI Research. Therefore, for the time being at least, it looks like RFID will dominate this sector.

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced its new HyperLynx® Alliance developed with key industry partners, integrating tools, data and methodology to accelerate new technology adoption.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced an all-new insight seminar series to help engineers hone their test and measurement skills. The series includes two free seminars, one focused on advanced measurement theory and techniques, the other on core benchtop-instrument measurements

Qorvo, the company that resulted from the recent merger of RF Micro Devices Inc. and Hillsboro, Ore.-based TriQuint Semiconductor, has hired a new corporate vice president and general counsel.