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KLA-Tencor Introduces 10th Generation E-beam Inspection System, Enabling 4Xnm and 3Xnm Production

Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) introduced the eS35 e-beam inspection system, capable of detecting and classifying smaller physical defects and more subtle electrical defects at significantly higher speeds. As the tenth generation e-beam inspection system from KLA-Tencor, the eS35 features improved sensitivity and advances in on-board review and binning, along with substantial throughput gains, to accelerate yield of 4Xnm and 3Xnm devices. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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NuSil Technology Broadens Reach in Electronics with SEMICON West Debut

NuSil Technology (www.nusil.com), a cutting-edge manufacturer of silicone-based materials for electronics and photonics is set to exhibit at SEMICON West in San Francisco, California. (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008)

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New Partner Joins Celtic House Venture Partners

Celtic House Venture Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre-André Meunier as Partner effective July 2, 2008. Pierre-André will lead the firm's investment activities in the Ottawa-Montreal region. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Northfield Automation Announces New VP of Operations and Director of Engineering

Northfield Automation Systems adds new VP of Opearations and Director of Engineering to help position the company for growth in the thin-film solar and flexible electronics industries. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Improved Vacuum Drying Time and Automation with the SVO-501 Make for Consistent Bake Out Results

To help customers tailor to their unique vacuum drying requirements, Cascade TEK improved the temperature uniformity and automated drying process of its SVO-501. These improvements increase ease of use and batch quality consistency. As well, Cascade TEK incorporated an optional touch screen data logger for the SVO-501, making real time data more accessible and easy to download. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Harris Stratex Networks Selects Kinaxis RapidResponse for Dynamic Global Demand and Supply Management

Wireless Provider to Use On-Demand Response Management Service to Improve Customer Order Management in the Face of Increasing Demand Volatility (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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New LinkSwitch®-II Design Ideas from Power Integrations Make Driving LEDs Simple : Highly accurate constant-current output regulation and integrated protection features ease development of efficient, cost-effective LED lighting fixtures

Power Integrations (Nasdaq:POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced a series of design ideas to help designers of LED driver circuitry benefit from the company’s recently introduced LinkSwitch-II family of AC-DC power conversion ICs. The new design ideas (DI-184, DI-185 and DI-186), demonstrate that LinkSwitch-II ICs are well suited for power supplies and ballasts driving high-brightness LEDs. The devices’ highly accurate constant-current performance and low external component count enable LED ballasts that are simpler to design, lower-cost, and more durable than existing converter technology. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Ecliptek Reduces Delivery Cycle Time on all EMO MEMS Oscillators

Ecliptek Corporation, a leading supplier of frequency products, is pleased to announce significant reduction of lead times for the EMO family of programmable MEMS clock oscillators, on production quantities up to 50,000 units. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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TriQuint Semiconductor Appoints New Vice President, Worldwide Operations

TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TQNT), a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, today announced that Steven R. Grant will join the company July 16, 2008, as Vice President of Worldwide Operations, reporting to President and CEO, Ralph Quinsey. Mr. Grant will be responsible for TriQuint’s global manufacturing including purchasing, manufacturing quality and supply chain operations. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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SensoTech's breakthrough Wireless Temperature Monitoring

SensoTech's breakthrough Wireless Temperature Monitoring and Recording system is a big hit with hospitals and health care organizations that are challenged with limited IT support or are looking for a fully web-based monitoring system without the associated risks of outside hosting. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)

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Sennheiser MX W1 Wireless Stereo Earphones Featuring Kleer Wireless Technology Now Available in the U.S. Market

Earphones deliver crystal clear CD-quality stereo sound. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)

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TriQuint Semiconductor's New HV-HBT Transistors Can Lower Costs of 3G/4G Mobile Infrastructure : New 2-Stage HBT Products Provide Complete RF Solution When Paired With TriQuint's High Power HV-HBT Family

TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TQNT), a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, today announced the release of two new HV-HBT (high voltage-heterojunction bipolar transistor) devices created at TriQuint’s San Jose, CA design center, formerly WJ Communications1. The highly efficient, highly linear devices expand TriQuint’s HV-HBT portfolio, and when paired with TriQuint’s high power HBT devices, provide a complete RF solution for 3G/4G high power amplifier (HPA) mobile infrastructure designs. Greater amplifier efficiency can enable lower initial base station costs, lower power consumption and lower operating costs. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)

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Bruker Announces Breakthrough in Analytical Performance with World's First Handheld XRF with Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) : Bruker's Innovative TRACERturboSD Offers Unprecedented Specificity and Speed

Bruker AXS today announced a technology breakthrough with the introduction of the new TRACERturboSD (TM), the world’s first handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) instrument that uses a Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) for dramatically improved speed, sensitivity and resolution. Bruker's industry-leading proprietary XFlash™ SDD, previously available only in high-performance laboratory XRF instruments, now offers unprecedented speed and analytical specificity when integrated into the novel handheld TRACERturboSD. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)

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International Test Solutions Names Jerry Broz as Vice President of Applications

Reno, Nevada based, semiconductor test company, International Test Solutions (ITS) names Jerry Broz, Ph.D. as Vice President of Applications. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)

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Freescale's New i.MX31 PDK & Application Processor in Stock at Newark : New technology enables enhanced multimedia in popular portable media

Committed to bringing design engineers the newest technologies first, leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, is stocking Freescale’s newly released i.MX31 Product Development Kit (PDK) and application processor. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2008)

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New RTXC? RTOS Delivers Big Features in a Small Footprint

Real-time operating system designed for new 32-bit microcontrollers that need high performance with minimal ROM/RAM utilization. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2008)

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SACHEM Launches New Products for High Purity Advanced Ceramic Powders : Avanta AC? Advanced Ceramics Solutions Offer Unique Advantages over Inorganic Bases in the Manufacture of Advanced Ceramic Nanoparticles

SACHEM has published a white paper titled “Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions as Enablers for Advanced Ceramic Nanopowders” online. This white paper outlines the challenges in manufacturing high-purity ceramic powders on a nanometer scale, as well as the advantages of SACHEM’s new line of products. Advanced ceramic nanopowders are critical to a variety of leading edge technology applications, ranging from electronics, superconductors, transparent conductive coatings and inorganic membranes for fuel cells. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2008)

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Transfer Engineering Provides NREL with a Unique Sample Transfer Station for Integration to an AFM Tool -- Transfer Stations for XPS and SEM Tools with "Sample Flip" Capability to Follow

Transfer Engineering and Manufacturing (TEAM) shipped the first of three UHV transfer stations to the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). This system contains a cassette for handling and positioning six unique sample platens that can be delivered one at a time to either a HV compatible portable POD or to a loadlock residing within a glove box for removal to an AFM system. The portable POD was manufactured by TEAM and shipped to NREL in 2006. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2008)

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Kebaili Corporation Introduces the Industry's First Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf MEMS Microhotplates for Chemical Sensor Applications

Kebaili Corporation a leading California based high-tech company in MEMS and nanotechnology, announced today the release of the KMHP-100 Series, the industry's first commercially available off-the-shelf MEMS microhotplates for researchers and scientists in chemical sensor research and development applications. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2008)

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TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System EDA Software Chosen by Inphi for Memory Interface Chip Design

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Inphi Corp. has selected Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS) software for the design of their commercially available DDR3 memory interface chip. (PRWeb Jun 23, 2008)

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Parature Releases Free White Paper on Improving Customer Service With Web-Based Support

White paper explores the benefits of on-demand service and support software. (PRWeb Jun 20, 2008)

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Huawei Technologies Joins HDP User Group International

The High Density Packaging User Group and its member companies are excited about the addition of Huawei Technologies and look forward to sharing knowledge in current and future projects that will benefit all. (PRWeb Jun 19, 2008)

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Kerk Motion Products Introduces its New Stainless Steel Spline Shaft Series

Kerk Motion Products introduces its new Stainless Steel Spline Shaft series, designed for light to moderate load applications, where low cost, low friction and long life are critical design considerations. (PRWeb Jun 18, 2008)

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TriQuint Semiconductor Reveals Gallium Nitride Products, Opens Industry's 1st GaN Foundry Service : TriQuint Introduces New High Frequency GaN Product Family, First GaN Foundry Service Opened for September Starts

TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, today released the first of its gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors for a wide range of high frequency applications including mobile base station, defense and space communications systems. TriQuint also announced opening the industry’s first GaN Foundry service for customers with circuit designs intended for production starts in September, 2008. (PRWeb Jun 18, 2008)

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Parature Best Practices Webinar Explores World-Class Customer Support Techniques

Industry Thought Leader Max Whitaker to Discuss Support Techniques for Gaming Organizations (PRWeb Jun 18, 2008)

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Veteran First Nano Enables Startup Carbon Nanoprobes to Accelerate the Commercialization of Nanotech Application

Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. (CN Probes) and First Nano have signed an agreement that enables CN Probes to finish development of their high-tech nano imaging platform. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008)

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BreconRidge Deploys Kinaxis RapidResponse to Support Demand Management

BreconRidge Corporation Enhances Customer Responsiveness with Response Management Service (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008)

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Zilliant Adds Pricing Veteran to Pricing Excellence Group

Pricing Leader Names Rafe VanDenBerg Director of Pricing Excellence. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008)

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WiMAX Forum® Certification Completes Long List of Industry Leading Accomplishments for Beceem's BCS200 2.5 GHz Chipset

Beceem, a leading supplier of high-performance Mobile WiMAX™ solutions, announced today that its BCS200 chipset was among the first group of products that have received the WiMAX Forum Certified™ seal of approval for 2.5 GHz equipment, putting the exclamation mark at the end of a long list of firsts for this chipset. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008)

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IP Cores, Inc. Shipped Ultracompact AES and AES/GCM IP Cores for Actel FPGA Supporting FIPS-197, IEEE 802.1AE MACsec and P1619.1 Standards

IP Cores, Inc. announces shipment of silicon IP cores supporting the security standards FIPS-197, IEEE 802.1AE and P1619.1 for Actel FPGA devices. Starting at 800 tiles for AES1-8E and delivering 11.2 Mbps on RTSX radiation-tolerant devices, AES and AES/GCM cores provide a compact and high-performance solution for an FPGA designer working on a secure communication solution. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008)

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Encirq DeviceSQL Embedded Database SDK, Optimized for Blackfin Processors from Analog Devices : DeviceSQL on Blackfin improves efficiency and performance while accelerating software development in a wide range of applications

Encirq and Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the availability of DeviceSQL, an embedded database SDK, optimized for developing applications on the ADSP-BF548 Blackfin processor from Analog Devices. DeviceSQL is an award-winning SDK that is used to build a variety of high-speed data management functions including embedded databases, data loggers, search engines, language tables and more. It makes it easy to build extremely fast, tight, reliable code for processing and managing data in set-top box applications, portable media players, automotive infotainment systems, home entertainment systems and more. DeviceSQL is shipping in millions of consumer electronics devices with proven performance in a wide variety of applications. (PRWeb Jun 16, 2008)

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Analog Devices Introduces High-Performance Analog Front End for 900 MHz Band RF Applications : The single-chip ADF9010 combines a leading edge I/Q modulator with a low noise synthesizer, including on-chip VCO, without compromising the performance of individual RF blocks; significantly lowers system costs and greatly reduces time-to-market

Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today announced the availability of the ADF9010, a fully integrated RF Tx modulator and Rx analog baseband for applications that operate in the 900 MHz frequency range, including RFID readers, industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band radio communications devices, professional mobile radios, cellular base stations and RF-over-coax applications. The ADF9010 integrates a high-performance Tx quadrature modulator with an integer-N synthesizer and on-chip low-phase-noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), maintaining superb RF performance and lowering system cost. When used in an RFID application, for example, the combination of integration and performance featured in the ADF9010 can result in a bill-of-material savings of as much as 50 percent and board space reductions up to 70 percent, as well as a substantial reduction in design cycle time as compared to a multiple discrete component approach. (PRWeb Jun 16, 2008)

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Cortina Systems to Acquire Storm Semiconductor, Expanding Its Infrastructure Leadership to the Digital Home : Together Cortina and Storm will Link Global Networks End-to-End from Central Office to the Home

Cortina Systems, Inc. (Cortina™), a fast-growing leader of intelligent communication solutions, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Storm Semiconductor, Inc., a privately held semiconductor company specializing in embedded network processing, triple play services and storage solutions for both small/medium businesses (SMB) and home networks. The combination of Cortina’s infrastructure footprint and Storm’s networking solutions for distributing digital multimedia content will create seamless connectivity from Service Providers to consumers. (PRWeb Jun 16, 2008)

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AMD Stream Processor First to Break 1 Teraflop Barrier : Next-generation AMD FireStream? 9250 Processor Accelerates Scientific and Engineering Calculations, Efficiently Delivering Supercomputer Performance at up to Eight Gigaflops-Per-Watt

At the International Supercomputing Conference, AMD (NYSE:AMD) today introduced its next-generation stream processor, the AMD FireStream™ 9250, specifically designed to accelerate critical algorithms in high-performance computing (HPC), mainstream and consumer applications. Leveraging the GPU design expertise of AMD’s Graphics Product Group, AMD FireStream 9250 breaks the one teraflop barrier for single precision performance. It occupies a single PCI slot, for unmatched density and with power consumption of less than 150 watts, the AMD FireStream 9250 delivers an unprecedented rate of performance per watt efficiency with up to eight gigaflops per watt. (PRWeb Jun 15, 2008)

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Kerk Motion Products' ScrewRail ® Saves Space and Reduces Costs

Kerk's ScrewRail for High Performance Motion Control. (PRWeb Jun 12, 2008)

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The Home Safety Council Honors Osram Sylvania as A Commendation Award Winner For Product Innovation

OSRAM SYLVANIA Recognized for Developing Products to Improve Consumer Safety (PRWeb Jun 11, 2008)

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Mirage Networks Releases Plug-and-Play NAC Appliance : New Appliance Deploys in Less Than an Hour

Mirage Networks, developer of patented, full-cycle Network Access Control (NAC) technology, today announced the introduction of a new appliance that brings complete NAC coverage in the form of a plug-and-play appliance. This new appliance, the MAX-500, gives customers everything they need in the industry’s most innovative deployment model. (PRWeb Jun 11, 2008)

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PDASmart Announces Plastic Lens Replacement Repair for the Microsoft Zune 80gb

PDASmart has developed a replacement plastic lens to replace broken glass in the 80gb Zune mp3 Players. Consumers can send their unit to them to install or buy the part seperately. Consider getting the Zune repaired and save the money. (PRWeb Jun 9, 2008)

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Helic Launches VeloceWired for Bondwire Design in the IC Flow

Helic S.A. announces today the commercial release of VeloceWired, a powerful IC package tool that accelerates bondwire design and simulation and enables optimization of high-speed lead-frame packages and co-design with analog and mixed-signal ICs. (PRWeb Jun 9, 2008)

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Total Phase Officially Supports Mac OS X

Total Phase is pleased to announce official support for the Mac OS X operating system for its line embedded systems development tools. By adding to the current Windows and Linux support, Total Phase becomes one of the only test and measurement companies to support all three major operating systems. (PRWeb Jun 9, 2008)

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