19 November 2003: Feature Articles

• Datatec finalises MBO of two of subsidiary's divisions
• RS Components donates R1,9m worth of equipment to Central Johannesburg College
• 'Power Assist' set to stimulate new generations of tools and appliances
• 'Products of the Year - 2003'
• First exclusive computer theft survey
• World's first commercial optical processor revealed
• Are hotspots really that hot?
• Ericsson Power Modules and Unique Memec ink Pan-European power module distribution agreement
• Industrial audits identify improvement opportunities
• ISIS focuses on telecommunications
• Spescom provides free-space optics links in city centre

5 November 2003: Feature Articles

• Tailor-made supply chain management = 'logistics on demand'
• Company expands capabilities to support power supply market
• Design drives new generation LEDs
• Strong growth predicted for linear market
• WPA - will it plug 'wireless' security holes?

22 October 2003: Feature Articles

• On the threshold of maturity, Bluetooth market comes into its own
• ADEC 2003
• Bekithemba acquires the business of Parsec Components
• EBV-Electrolink enters into sub-agency agreement with Spectron Electronics
• Poynting Innovations receives SPII Award
• Vektronix gets gold at ADEC

8 October 2003: Feature Articles

• Mobile radio - big earning from exports
• IT industry must put needs of customers first
• Light at the end of the tunnel for women's handbags

24 September 2003: Feature Articles

• South Africa's 'information dirt-road'
• ASICs and processors not the only kinds of silicon shaped by Moore's Law
• Avnet Kopp consolidates leadership in supply of analog devices through the acquisition of ADP
• 5700 programmable chips enable revolutionary 'self regenerating electronic tissue' display
• Grintek expands into high-tech avionics communications
• Industrialists commit to high value-added manufacturing

10 September 2003: Feature Articles

• Structured ASICs to experience 145% CAGR over five years
• Super fast Linux supercomputer goes online
• Team to use dead-reckoning algorithm-enabled GPS in unmanned vehicle challenge

27 August 2003: Feature Articles

• New multichannel distributor helps increase efficiency and drive down costs
• High speed photography comes of age for realtime industrial applications
• Spescom MeasureGraph awarded LeCroy distributorship
• Technical training - a new venture for Keops Altech
• How flies can teach us to communicate efficiently
• Local manufacturers buy more pick-and-place machines
• Wireless OS turf war ensues over consumer and enterprise users

13 August 2003: Feature Articles

• New search facility on dataweek.co.za
• THRIP awards confirms encouraging growth in programme
• Electronic perception technology brings 'projection keyboards' and other sight-enabled capabilities to wireless and embedded systems
• It is now or never for the ADEC 2003 exhibition
• DiskOnChip doubles Flash storage density
• Milestone for Landis+Gyr in eThekwini
• Stiffy disk replacement device simply plugs into USB
• Test & Measurement Conference 2003

30 July 2003: Feature Articles

• Intel to develop 802.16a silicon for 'last mile' wireless broadband solutions
• Connectivity can be enhanced through a municipal-wide wireless infrastructure
• Fiji island resort gets high-speed Internet access
• Microchip Technology ranked number one in 8-bit microcontroller shipments
• Mirror TV reflects new consumer trends
• The Kelvin probe has revealing ways

16 July 2003: Feature Articles

• Bureaucracy could take the sizzle off 'hotspots'
• A fresh look at design re-use
• Profile on Telbit - a designer, developer and manufacturer of electronic equipment
• University buys LabVIEW-based design and prototyping suites
• London's BT Tower an architectural landmark
• Quality Technologies - reliable local source for transformers and coils for all applications
• The smart way forward for microchips

2 July 2003: Feature Articles

• 6 million gate design accelerated 16-fold with help of hardware acceleration
• Aberdare Cables signs distribution agreement with Draka NK Cables of Finland
• Launch of Dataweek e-mail newsletter
• Seminars held on CPLD/FPGA synthesis and simulation

18 June 2003: Feature Articles

• The dti launches BEE company database for ICTE sector
• SA wants world's largest radio telescope
• Grintek Telecoms embraces ISO 9001:2000

4 June 2003: Feature Articles

• Coral-i awarded training grants by ISETT SETA for IBEET initiative
• First centre to promote power electronics in Europe is founded
• Changes to the EMC legislation in South Africa
• High-speed leads growth in global amplifier market
• WLAN industry continues to experience stellar growth

21 May 2003: Feature Articles

• 'Intelligence' by the metre - chip network developed for textile surfaces
• Mobile - a five-point plan to choosing the right supplier
• Opportunities in wireless specific IC market
• Wi-Fi, UWB and Powerline ICs taking over home entertainment

7 May 2003: Feature Articles

• Export development programme for electronic components and systems successfully launched
• Unique human-size robot functions as a caretaker or house sitter
• Wireless solutions for everyone from Trinity Telecomms
• Bare LCD display drive in embedded applications

23 April 2003: Feature Articles

• New joint venture semiconductor company launches
• Company now offers passives directly
• Joint effort brings new circuit design educational tools
• NTT DoCoMo to market 'Wristomo'
• Single chip GPS device for accurate location sensing
• Consortium announces milestone for Linux, embedded, and C/C++ software development
• Grintek Telecom receives award
• Knowledge-base and communications tool
• Letter from Oz: Insight into the Australian market
• Taiwan's 'best-flat panel display'

9 April 2003: Feature Articles

• Poynting - antennas for Africa and the rest of the world
• Parsec is ISO 9001:2000 compliant
• Single/multilayer high-density thin-film interconnects integrate conductor patterns and other passive components in custom resistor solutions
• Webb to distribute military components
• 'Fortune' magazine names QNX founders 'heroes of manufacturing'
• ADEC 2003 Expo - space at a premium
• PMRA 2003 Expo - making air waves
• University program expanded to include FPGA synthesis solution and ASIC prototyping software

26 March 2003: Feature Articles

• Import tariffs on production material are stifling the growth of local PCB manufacturers
• Trends in the electronics markets from a distribution perspective - East, West or South is best?
• MultiMediaCards
• The answer to better industry forecast and adjustment could lie in 'electronics flow wheel model'

12 March 2003: Feature Articles

• ADEC expo ... 12 years later
• EPP project 2003-2006: Export promotion programme for electronic components and systems
• Neurological biosensor chip directly measures electrical activity in living cells
• 'Fashionable' phone category created
• Current thinking on brain wave recording turned on its head

26 February 2003: Feature Articles

• The 'Analog Challenge' - where Europe's biggest analog specialist sees the market going
• Need cables, looms, connectors, accessories? - Omnilyne provides a cost-effective solution
• Scientist claims US ignored his method of detecting concealed weapons of mass destruction
• Time for the clockless computer chip

12 February 2003: Feature Articles

• Parts of British industry seriously underestimate the implications of lead-free ruling
• The year in review - and 2003
• Good news for the South African technology industry
• Prospects for the electronics industry 2003 - EBV
• Top international science and technology groups establish 'Global Alliance' for global good
• Comment from ADEC
• KH Distributors - a Top 300 empowerment company
• Outlook 2003 - more than just a program
• Superb growth forces Elonics' move to larger premises
• The electronics industry in 2003 - Parsec's view
• Watts Current!

29 January 2003: Feature Articles

• Grintek Telecom gets licensed to automate services
• 3G coming, ready or not
• Innovation to leapfrog Moore's Law - 'virtual' microcontrollers to hotrod electronic systems
• Catalyst Semiconductor expands in South Africa
• High-speed FPGA development board aids product development
• Webb and Radio Waves roll on