Power efficiency is the single biggest challenge facing the mobile handset industry, and collaboration and co-design are needed to enable the industry to deliver a 100X improvement in power efficiency for mobile devices, according to a keynote presentation at the International Solid State Circuits Conference.

Digi-Key Corp. has expanded its partnership with Avago Technologies US Inc. to supply its products in Europe.

The liquid dummy load is an intriguing solution, both literally and figuratively, to a common problem

C-MAC MicroTechnology has extended its agreement with CISSOID to integrate Vesuvio technology into high temperature DC-DC converter designs featuring their latest Magma and Hyperion semiconductor devices.

Laser Operations LLC, manufacturer of the QPC Lasers product line, announced new power and brightness records for lasers operating at eye-safe wavelengths between 1410 and 1550nm

Maxim Integrated Products announced the MAX16914/MAX16915 overvoltage-protection controllers for automotive and industrial systems that must tolerate high-voltage transient and fault conditions

Maxim Integrated Products announced the MAX16914/MAX16915 overvoltage-protection controllers for automotive and industrial systems that must tolerate high-voltage transient and fault conditions

Dialog Semiconductor announced it has purchased power management technology through an asset transaction from Diodes Zetex GmbH

Semtech launched the RClamp 2502L, a 2.5V device in SO-8 package that provides ESD, CDE and lightning protection

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has introduced a new family of flexible I/O expander ICs for use in mobile phone handsets and industrial and medical applications.