RF & Microwave Industry News

EDI CON 2014 Announces RF and High Speed IC Design and EDA in China Panel

As a result of China’s relatively short-term experience in IC design, the country’s current state of indigenous IC design capability is limited by several factors including limited self generated core-IP and a generally weak knowledge of IC foundries and necessary EDA infrastructure. These new fabless IC design centers, many of whom have been in existence for less than 10 years, face a number of challenges specific to EDA use. Many enterprises have yet to establish proper CAD support departments and efficient EDA design flows. Young design engineers and CAD support teams often do not fully understand and utilize existing process design kits (PDKs) and parameterized active (transistor) and passive models. Investment in specialized EDA tools such as RF/microwave and high-speed circuit analysis, parasitic extraction, LVS/DRC and yield optimization is significantly lower than the level of investment made by design centers in North America and Europe.


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AMETEK acquires VTI Instruments

AMETEK Inc. has acquired VTI Instruments, a leading manufacturer of high-precision test and measurement instrumentation, for $74 million.  VTI, acquired from an investor group led by Merit Capital Partners and Alerion Capital Group, has annual sales of approximately $38 million. 


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RFMD earns Samsung's quality grand award as best quality supplier

RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced that Samsung has presented RFMD with its Quality Grand Award at a ceremony held last week at Samsung Electronics' smartphone manufacturing operations in Gumi, South Korea. The award recognizes RFMD's superior execution in product quality and customer satisfaction and was presented to RFMD on behalf of its Cellular Products Group (CPG) team. 


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Honeywell, Inmarsat finalize avionics design to bring faster in-flight connectivity to the world

The goal of delivering ‘home equivalent’ high-speed, consistent wireless internet connectivity for passengers and pilots on aircraft came a step closer today. In a joint announcement, Honeywell and Inmarsat confirmed that they have finalised the critical design review (CDR) of the GX Aviation aircraft avionics on schedule. It is anticipated that product certifications will be achieved later this year, followed by product introduction which is expected during the first half of 2015. 


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