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Industry News Rosenberger of North America LLC and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Rosenberger to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent at its Santa Rosa, CA, cable assembly shop. Upon completion of the sale, Agilent will obtain these products and...

Wavesat announced they are working with Texas Instruments to develop a 5.8 GHz Mini-PCI module and reference design. The product will be commercially available by Q4 of 2006 from Wavesat. The 5.8 GHz Mini-PCI design is a development platform supporting OEMs efforts to design WiMAX-compliant wireless systems for the...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Xpedion Design Systems Inc. announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Xpedion, a privately held company that provides software for wireless and high speed digital circuit and systems design in the communications industry. The transaction is subject to standard closing conditions....

The RF to Light 100 jumped 5% last week, YTD 0% at 2124 with market sectors RF semiconductors and RF components both up 8%. # 2 chip maker Texas Instruments reported strong growth in sales of wireless chips (up 27%) with the help of its customers Nokia, Motorola and...

NEC Corp. has signed a global framework contract with Telenor , the Norwegian fixed and mobile telecommunications operator, for the supply of a long-haul, large capacity telecommunication backbone, SDH microwave communication systems (the 3000/5000 Series), point-to-point access microwave radio systems (the Pasolink Series) and related services such as installation...

The industry's first comprehensive training center for configurable processor technology has been opened in Hsinchu, Taiwan by ARC International . Hsinchu is the capital of the country's multi-billion dollar semiconductor industry and the training center features senior instructors from ARC International and partner companies. They will guide customers and...

RFI-Wireless , the business arm of RFI Global Services who provide test and product approval services to the wireless and electronics sectors, has announced its collaboration with UCONNECT , Denmark. Located in Aalborg, UCONNECT is an independent international consulting company providing consulting expertise in sales, business development and product...

LTX Corp. , a provider of semiconductor test solutions, announced that it has completed the relocation of its Westwood, Massachusetts corporate headquarters to a new facility in Norwood, Massachusetts. LTX’s new 56,000 square foot facility is located in a 49 acre research and development office park less than two...

The Micromanipulator Co. , a leader in analytical probing equipment for the semiconductor industry, announced that Flywheel Ventures , a New Mexico-based venture capital firm, has acquired a majority interest in the company for an undisclosed amount from its current owner, the California Institute of Technology ("Caltech"). In addition...

Under exacting demands from customers, wireless systems providers are developing integration solutions to reduce the size, power consumption and cost of their systems. The trend now is that many of the non-semiconductor devices will be replaced by either software radio algorithms,1 or by miniature passive devices fabricated using silicon-based...