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VIPER RF and WIN Semiconductors Corp. , have entered into an agreement under which VIPER RF will offer design support and specialised RF expertise to help customers develop chips using WIN Semiconductors' process technologies and design tools. VIPER RF is a UK microwave and RF consultancy and product-based company...

The Compex Wireless, the world's first wireless muscle electro-stimulator, which is used by HTC-Highroad, the cycling team of Mark Cavendish, the 2011 Tour de France sprint champion and recently crowned 2011 World Road Race Champion, employs Nordic Semiconductor’s Nordic nRF24LE1 proprietary 2.4 GHz System-on-Chips. Targeting professional athletes and serious...

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...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. announced that it has captured the market leader position in wireless networking with the acquisition of SiGe Semiconductor. Skyworks’ connectivity solutions can be found powering a variety of Internet access devices including smart phones, set-top boxes, gateways, BluRay® players, gaming consoles, tablets and personal computers, high-power...

electronica India 2011 & productronica India 2011, organized by Messe München International India Pvt. Ltd. , were a success when held at the Pragati Maidan exhibition centre in New Delhi, India. The event provided a key platform for companies in India, aimed at significantly helping and boosting business for...

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) released its August statics from its Global Semiconductor Funding, IPO and M&A Update, including: • In August, six semiconductor companies raised $65.3 M, down 20 percent from the $81.6 M raised in July 2011. August’s funding total decreased year-over-year (YoY) at a rate of...

Extending its lead in GaAs PHEMT technology, WIN Semiconductors Inc. has released a next generation 0.15 μm PHEMT process, named PP15-50/PP15-51. Win will spotlight this process, which is for high frequency power products operating at up to 6 V, at EuMW 2011 in Manchester. Win is exhibiting in booth...

Analog Devices Inc. , (ADI) a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and leading supplier of RF ICs, announced the introduction of two VGA products that feature new levels of integration and performance for designers of broadband communications systems. With unprecedented levels of integration, the ADRF6516 VGA...