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AMI Semiconductor Enters Collaboration Program to Develop Smart Power Technologies

AMI Semiconductor, a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC - Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics - to develop AMI Semiconductor's future Smart Power Technologies.

28 Jan 2008

Chip Simultaneously Captures Still Pictures While Generating HD Videos

Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high- definition video compression and image processing semiconductors, has introduced the A390, a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that simultaneously captures 8Mpixels still pictures while generating and compressing high-definition (HD) video in either1080p60 or 1080i60 formats.

28 Jan 2008

Innovative LaserStream Solution Enables More Precision Tracking

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced two new high-precision small form factor laser navigation sensors for corded and cordless PC mice.

28 Jan 2008

New Camera Destines to Push Boundaries of Creativity

Let your creative juices flow with Canon Australia's new EOS 450D digital SLR camera.

24 Jan 2008

Spire Dedicates 50,000 Square Foot Facility to Manufacture Solar Concentrator Cells

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor, will provide dedicated, large-scale contract design and manufacturing capabilities to manufacturers of solar concentrator cells within its 50,000 square foot facility in Hudson, New Hampshire.

From Veeco 24 Jan 2008

Carbon Nanotubes Absorbing More than 99.9 Percent of Light

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man.

24 Jan 2008

Northrop Grumman Awards Optical Filter Contract to PPGI

Photonic Products Group, Inc., announced today that its INRAD business unit received a follow-on production contract for proprietary ultra-violet (UV) waveband optical filter elements from Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division based in Rolling Meadows, IL. This award is the largest PPGI has received to date from this customer, covering monthly deliveries from February 2008 through July 2009 at double last year's production rate.

23 Jan 2008

New Solution Speeds Electromagnetic Simulation of Image Sensors by Up to 20 Times

Acceleware Corp., a leading developer of high performance computing (HPC) applications, and Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced a new hardware solution that enables up to 20-times faster electromagnetic simulation of optoelectronic devices such as CMOS image sensors.

22 Jan 2008

New Pump Laser Provides More than 1 kW of Pump Power

Avensys Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Avensys Corporation today announced that its R&D partner, ITF Laboratories Inc. (ITF Labs) has successfully passed all the Telecordia GR-1221-CORE qualification requirements and therefore added another key product to its high power end-coupled fiber combiner family.

22 Jan 2008

DMD Discovery Developer Platform Drives High Performance and Resolution

DLP(R) Technology from Texas Instruments (TI), is highlighting the latest Discovery(TM) 4000 development platform at the Photonics West Show this week -- Booth #5036. The Discovery 4000 enables extremely fast, high contrast and high resolution display applications with an optical semiconductor module that allows developers to manipulate light digitally.

22 Jan 2008

Featured Equipment

Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

These F-theta lenses by Avantier are designed for consistent spot size and uniform field curvature correction, ideal for high-resolution imaging applications.

From Avantier Inc.

Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

From Shanghai Optics