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Monthly Archives: July 2009

DRAM Market Rating to Positive

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Amid a shortage of DDR3 memory and a resulting rise in pricing, iSuppli Corp. has upgraded its rating of near-term conditions for DRAM suppliers to positive. iSuppli had maintained its negative rating since September 2008 until it upgraded the condition to neutral two weeks ago.  

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NASA Student Airborne Research Program Takes Flight

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in NASA’s Earth Science research. The students represent 26 colleges and universities across the U.S. and nine foreign countries.

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NASA Increases Value of Engineering Support Contract

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

NASA has increased the maximum ordering value of the Multidisciplinary Engineering and Technology Support, or METS, services contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc. of Greenbelt, Md. The maximum value increased by $40 million to approximately $339 million. The ordering period remains from Feb. 5, 2005, through Feb. 4, 2010.

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So much going on at DAC this year…

Friday, July 24, 2009

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), (read additional info at, Electronic Products) announced today that it will feature 29 companies exhibiting at this year’s conference for the first time. The new exhibitors include companies ranging from providers of design tools and data management solutions to product development experts and placement firms. Companies include: Achilles Test Systems, Agnisys Inc., [...]

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European Commission and EPA Launch Joint ENERGY STAR Effort

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

On July 1st, a joint effort by the European Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) went into effect where computers and office imaging equipment (e.g., printers, copiers) bearing the ENERGY STAR logo will be governed by the same set of specs in both the U.S. and Europe. According to EU Energy Commissioner Andris [...]

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Premier Farnell announces $30,000 scholarship opportunity to EE students

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Don’t miss out on this great scholarship opportunity that Premier Farnell (a leading multi-channel, high service distributor) and its companies (Farnell, Newark, Premier Electronics, Farnell-Newark CPC, and MCM)  are offering. They announced a $30,000 USD scholarship opportunity that will be shared amongst 12 Electrical and Electronics Engineering students (more details below).  Applications are now being [...]

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IMEC shows optimizations for next-gen transistors at SEMICON WEST 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

If you plan to attend SEMICON WEST 2009 which is being held till tomorrow at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, you might want to consider visiting the IMEC booth #2115 to find out about the latest developments on next-generation transistors. IMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and [...]

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