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$3.5 million in prizes at stake as human-robot teams attempt simulated disaster response The international robotics community has turned out in force for the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals, a competition of robots and their human…

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS 3D NAND technology uses floating gate cells and enables the highest-density flash device ever developed—three times higher capacity1 than other NAND die in production. Enables gum stick-sized SSDs with more than 3.5…

MALVERN, Pa. — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced 16 new 10 A to 30 A FRED Pt® Hyperfast and Ultrafast recovery rectifiers in the low-profile SMPD (TO-263AC) package. Combining extremely fast and soft recovery…

The IPX2 Current-to-Pressure (I/P) Transmitter is approved to work with either instrument air or natural gas as a supply medium. When an I/P transmitter is installed on a natural gas line and used for the supply medium, liquid slugs can…

Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to amplify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just 3 cents a lens. Wei-Chuan Shih, assistant professor of…

Ellsworth Adhesives, a global distributor of adhesives, specialty chemicals and dispensing equipment, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at multiple Design2Part shows this year. The first show is in Schaumburg, Illinois on…

A bridge to the IoT era, latest device delivers low power consumption, exceptional sensitivity and high output power SHENZHEN, China - Freescale® Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) is extending wireless capabilities to many of its popular…

New Scalable Platform Combines Programmable Precision Analog and Digital Logic with High Performance ARM-Cortex M3 and 8051-Based MCU Sub-Systems, Delivering Unmatched Time-to-Market, Integration, and Flexibility for 8-, 16- and 32-bit…

Munich and Hanover, Germany – On occasion of the Hannover Messe, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced its new XMC4800 series of 32-bit microcontrollers with on-chip EtherCAT® (Ethernet for Control Automation…

CHANDLER, Ariz., — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Hong Kong Electronics Fair the release of its second generation multizone audio…