[Web Exclusive] When is it the right time to cash in the chips?
For those companies whose mainstream business is the design, development, manufacture and marketing of chips, their lifeblood and corporate longevity comes from the creation of innovative products aimed at burgeoning and booming application areas. However, what about those companies that have semiconductor interests but it isn't their core activity? For them, the investment risk and roller-coaster revenues can become a fiscal ball and chain.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Automotive-grade RGB colour sensor
Avago Technologies' novel RGB (red, green, blue) analog-output colour sensor meets the specifications of the Automobile Electronics Council AEC-Q100 Stress Test Qualification for ICs. Components meeting these specifications are considered suitable for use in the harsh automotive environment.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Czech government okays industry integration via e-business
Epicos and the Association of the Defence Industry of the Czech Republic (AOP) announced the official approval of a four year Offset project to integrate 80 Czech Republic companies into the two leading international e-business platforms for the Aerospace and Defence industry.
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Paul Whytock
[Web Exclusive] Wi-Fi advance offers active RFID, location services
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is one of the fastest-growing wireless technologies. It brings the benefits of both barcode and wireless technology to asset management, product tracking, shipping and transportation ID, inventory control, and location detection. Now, designers can turn to a Wi-Fi active RFID tag chip from G2 Microsystems.
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Louis E. Frenzel
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing claims their new Continuum Software Architecture will reduce development, integration, life-cycle maintenance, and support costs.
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Paul Whytock
