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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Energy-efficient ceiling fan is Live EDGE contest winner

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Promising up to a 66% reduction in fan input power over currently available products, a ceiling-fan design dubbed MyFan by electronic designer John Noble was today announced as the winner of Premier Farnell’s 2007 Live EDGE Electronic Design for the Global Environment challenge Malaysia. The ceiling fan combines an electronically commutated motor and controller, an aerodynamically efficient blade design, and [...]

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Simulation technology

Friday, January 25, 2008

At the University of Texas, a team of engineers has developed a new methodology (FPGA-Accelerated Simulation Technologies – or FAST) that produces simulators that are orders of magnitude faster than comparable simulators. While Intel and AMD’s fastest true cycle-accurate x86 simulators run at 1Khz to 10 Khz, it is impractical to use real program runs to [...]

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Audio system helps keep customers staying longer

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The Soundog, a 4-inch tabletop audio box, makes it possible for customers to hear the sound coming from TV sets stationed around a bar or restaurant. The wireless audio technology has unleashed a new way for sports enthusiasts to enjoy sporting events in a bar or restaurant setting – seeing the game while simultaneously hearing the [...]

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Free webcast from Agilent EEsof EDA-Designing for Yield in Advanced RFICs

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

What:   A webcast on Designing for Yield in Advanced RFICs – Tools for Success. It prepares design teams for the migration to advanced CMOS. Ian Rippke an expert in RFIC design, specifically SiGe and CMOS power amplifiers., will cover a fully detailed RF DFY flow using Agilent’s GoldenGate simulator. Attendees will discover a full DFY flow [...]

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RoHS Under Review: IPC Urges Commission to Aim for Science-based Regulations with Thorough Consideration of Life Cycle Impacts

Monday, January 21, 2008

The Government Relations and Environment, Health and Safety Committees of IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries have submitted comments to the European Commission reviewing the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.  With the threat of an expansion in scope of RoHS including additional substance restrictions, the elimination of existing technology exemptions, and the inclusion of [...]

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Electronic Products Magazine announces its 32nd Annual Product of the Year Awards

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

The 2007 Product of the Year Awards were announced in the January 2008 issue of Electronic Products (http://www.electronicproducts.com/ShowPage1.asp?FileName=poy.jan2008.html). 2007 marks the 32nd anniversary of Electronic Products’ “Product of the Year” Awards, which began recognizing the best products in the industry in 1977. The editors of Electronic Products—a leading trade publication for electronic design engineers— evaluated [...]

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CES and chips

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

I believe that most visitors coming out of CES will remember the HD TV products that feature the best image quality,  the cell phones with the most features in the smallest packages, or the fashionable laptops with the furry covers.  However less glamorous but equally as important are the components that make these wonderful consumer products we [...]

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