ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform support vessel, under construction in Norway, to operate at the highest energy efficiency level to minimize emissions.
AZZURRO Semiconductors, a pioneer and leader in GaN-on-Si technology has won two new members to its advisory board: the former CTO of Agilent Dr. Roland Haitz as well as former Siemens and Infineon top executive Dr. Karl Platzoeder.
Nowadays, when companies are looking to replace hard disk drives (HDDs) with solid-state drives (SSDs), they most often choose lower-cost multi-level cell (MLC) SSDs instead of single-level cell (SLC) SSDs. Unfortunately, a traditional MLC SSD has three major technical shortcomings: a shorter lifespan, slower reading and writing speeds, and higher power consumption...
Quanmax, a leading embedded computing technology leader, announced the newest addition to the QDSP series: QDSP-2060. The QDSP-2060 is equipped with the Intel Huron River platform which provides better computing performance with the high integration of the 2nd Generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors and QM-67 chipset for variety of industrial applications...
Industrial Automation may increase productivity and reduce costs for end customers, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to develop large projects when different technologies are required. That's why more and more businesses are working to develop relationships that can deliver a platform approach – thus reducing end customer's interoperability risks.
All utility businesses - whether it is water, electricity or gasoline - face one common challenge while maintaining their service quality: the maintenance of complex utility lines, and related management and monitoring work. Utility lines may stretch more than several thousand kilometers...
Nvidia and ZTE have announced the ZTE Mimosa X, the first smartphone to be powered both by the Nvidia Tegra application processor and its Icera modem, which came to Nvidia through its Icera acquisition in mid-2011.
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Ramtron International Corporation.
LSI Corporation announced an expansion of its long-term strategic relationship with ARM, a leader in microprocessor intellectual property (IP). The agreement will lead to new product solutions designed to address critical customer needs for accelerated performance as applications such as mobile video and cloud computing dramatically increase network traffic.
