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The Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component service predicts slower growth ahead for CMOS silicon-on-sapphire RF switches in the report, “Peregrine Shipment Milestone Reflects Softer Handset Demand, RF Architecture Shifts.” CMOS silicon-on-sapphire RF switches are used in antenna switch modules for cellular handsets. In September 2009, Peregrine Semiconductor announced...

The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), which make up 42 percent of the world’s population, will have 139 million broadband connections at the end of 2009, according to a report recently published by Strategy Analytics. By 2013, the number will exceed 300 million. DSL will continue to...

Growing interest and investment in and funding for improved building energy management will help fuel demand for products and applications using IEEE 802.15.4 semiconductors. Over the next five years, 802.15.4 chipset shipments will underpin a host of wireless sensor networks (WSN) across home, building and industrial building automation, as...

ANSYS Inc. , an innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced its Ansoft Academic Product bundle. The portfolio is designed for teaching and academic research related specifically to radio frequency (RF) microwave, signal integrity (SI) and electromechanical systems engineering. The bundling concept offers...

The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. The program, funded by the American Recovery and...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has launched a new family of 20 Gbps Clocked Comparators that offer a unique combination of low propagation delay for low input overdrive while minimizing propagation dispersion and power dissipation. The HMC874LC3C, HMC875LC3C and...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (M/A-COM Tech), a supplier of semiconductors, active and passive components and subassemblies for radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave applications, announced that it has been listed among the top 25 largest semiconductor manufacturers in New England, based on number of employees. The list was compiled...

Mimix Asia , a supplier of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) for microwave and millimeter-wave applications, introduced a 7 to 13 GHz GaAs MMIC 6-bit phase shifter with LVCMOS/TTL compatible digital control. Identified as XS1000-BD, this device has digitally controlled 6-bit operation and a least significant bit (LSB) of...

Ducommun Inc. announced that its Ducommun AeroStructures Inc. (DAS) subsidiary has definitized a follow-on contract with The Boeing Co. to provide fuselage skins for the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft through the fourth quarter of 2010. Boeing produces the C-17 Globemaster III in Long Beach, CA for the...

DragonWave Inc. , a supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, announced that Videotron , a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., will be deploying the Horizon Compact packet microwave solution to deliver high capacity backhaul for its HSPA network, bringing consumers and small...