As their efficiencies rise and costs come down, LEDs are finding greater automotive use. But because of their compact packaging, heat rejection from the devices, and associated driver circuitry, is a major design issue.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Engineers will get an eyeful of the future of Internet-ready TV at the ARM Technology Conference next week. The chief architect of the Yahoo Connected TV group will talk about the Internet giant's pioneering effort to get eyeballs and revenue streams for its service that merges broadcast television and the Web.

SAN FRANCISCO—Chip makers Atmel Corp., Microchip Technology Inc., Skyworks Solutions Inc. and International Rectifier Corp. Thursday (Nov. 4) all reported sales for their most recently concluded quarters that exceeded consensus analyst expectations.

Molex Incorporated and Neoconix have developed a flexible copper high-density and speed (HD&S) interposer in a tool-less, easy-to-use configuration. Available now, Molex’s FlexBeam™ Tool-Less Copper Flex Interposer is a low-profile, flex-to-board interface that provides densities of 1.00mm (.039”) or less in a variety of pin-matrix configurations.

California Eastern Laboratories and LS Research have signed an exclusive global agreement to design, manufacture, and market transceiver modules for ZigBee and other low cost, low power IEEE 802.15.4 data transmission applications.

The GSM Association has announced the creation of the Mobile Services Initiative (M-Services), a global industry move to enhance benefits to consumers using GSM handsets The Association is hoping the move will mobilise the wireless industry, rallying the operator community to provide clear guidance to handset manufacturers and software developers on the needs of consumers of Mobile Internet services going forward.

LONDON – IBM is looking forward to improving its server computers within a few years through the use of phase-change memory (PCM), according to two separate reports that reference different senior executives with the company. This is despite review papers and discussion within a patent application that seems to acknowledge problems with the scaling of PCM.

GPRS (general packet radio service) is a new nonvoice service that is being added to existing IS-136 TDMA (time division multiple access) networks in the United States and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks in the United States and Europe. It provides for the transmission of IP packets over existing cellular networks, bringing the Internet to the mobile phone.

GPRS is a packet-switching data network that is overlaid on the existing cellular voice network, using the same radio frequencies and cellular towers. When combined with the existing Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), GPRS offers a complete voice and data solution with significant advantages over other solutions.

Global Positioning System (GPS) is a navigation system formed by 24-satellites placed in the Earth's six orbits and enables users to determine their position accurately from any location. The system was initially used by the military but was introduced to civilians in the 1980s [1]. Since then, GPS has become popular as a survival and navigation tool.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Engineers will get an eyeful of the future of Internet-ready TV at the ARM Technology Conference next week. The chief architect of the Yahoo Connected TV group will talk about the Internet giant's pioneering effort to get eyeballs and revenue streams for its service that merges broadcast television and the Web.