Exar, a provider of high performance analog mixed-signal and data management products, has announced the XRP2523, a next-generation single channel switch for USB VBUS power distribution applications. The XRP2523 is compliant with the latest USB 3.0 specification as well as the established USB 2.0 specification...

Mentor Graphics recently announced a new formal-based technologies in the Questa Verification Platform that provide mainstream users with the ability to more easily perform exhaustive formal verification analysis. The new Questa AutoCheck technology delivers fully automated formal checking analysis, while the Questa CoverCheck tool provides 100% code coverage closure...

iWatt, a provider of digital-centric power management integrated circuits (ICs) has launched two new products that the company says will raise the bar for no-load standby power consumption and efficiency for 12W to 24W power adapter and charger applications...

Orbotech Pacific Ltd., the Asia Pacific subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd., a leading global provider of yield-enhancing and production solutions for printed circuit boards (PCBs), is presenting the Company's latest digital production tools and value-added customer support services for creating a new PCB world at TPCA show in Taipei, Nangang Hall, 1F, Booth No. I116.

Orbotech Ltd., a leading global provider of yield-enhancing and production solutions for printed circuit boards (PCBs), recently announced the introduction of Sprint 120, the company's latest generation of inkjet printers.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $50 million from Formosa Plastic Group of Taiwan for four gas-insulated switchgear substations to supply power to a new steel complex being built by its subsidiary, Hung Nghiep Formosa Hà Thĩn Steel Corporation, in Vietnam. The orders were booked in the third quarter.

Apple has introduced an all-new version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro featuring a Retina display and all flash storage in a new compact design. At 0.75-inch and 3.57 pounds, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is 20% thinner and almost a pound lighter than the current 13-inch MacBook Pro.

Apple has introduced iPad Mini, a new design that is 23% thinner and 53% lighter than the third-generation iPad. The new iPad Mini features a 7.9-inch multi-touch display, FaceTime HD and iSight cameras with 10 hours of battery life. Apple also announced the fourth-generation iPad featuring a 9.7-inch Retina display with new Apple-designed A6X chip and FaceTime HD camera...

Altera recently announced it is shipping in production all three of its 28-nm FPGA families, including Stratix V, Arria V and Cyclone V devices, with the latest shipment of the largest Cyclone V FPGA in its low-cost, low-power product family.

Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia and communications technologies company, observes that the growth in performance of mobile GPUs, such as its PowerVR IP cores, is driving future generations of silicon process and packaging technologies, as well as SoC (system on chip) processing performance across a growing range of markets.