CES 2010 Coverage
TI to demo industry’s first contactless charging eval kit
Speeding the design of devices that can charge without wires, TI plans to demonstrate what it says is the industry's first contactless charging evaluation kit at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with Fulton Innovation. »
GENIVI to launch first open sourced IVI platform at CES 2010
The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive industry association driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, will unveil the GENIVI Platform version 1.0 at the International 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). »
NEC to highlight USB 3.0 technologies at CES 2010
NEC Electronics America will showcase its latest generation of universal serial bus (USB) technologies, along with other key technologies, at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. »
TDVision, CyberLink deliver HD stereoscopic video decoding solution
TDVision Systems Inc. and CyberLink, Taiwan, will showcase their full HD 3D solutions at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CyberLink's PowerDVD video player software, integrated with TDVision's 2D+Delta decoding technology, delivers full HD 3D video decoding capabilities that is compatible with NVIDIA 3D Vision. »
Visteon to unveil connected car demo at CES 2010
Automotive systems provider Visteon Corp. will unveil its connected car demonstrator that delivers a flexible approach to providing Internet access in motor vehicles, including via the use of embedded phones, tethered mobile devices or USB connectivity cards, reports iSuppli Corp. »
Valens to showcase HDBaseT-compliant chipset at CES 2010
Valens Semi announces the availability of the industry's first HDBaseT-compliant chipset and development kits. The company will showcase uncompressed HD multimedia distribution powered by the VS100 semiconductor product family at CES 2010. »
Quartics, DDD to demo 3D tech at CES 2010
Quartics and DDD Group plan to showcase their 3D technology -- that combines Quartics' Qvu video processor with DDD's TriDef 3D software -- for HDTVs and netbooks at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Quartics says the combined solution offers the first real opportunity for OEMs and ODMs to bring 3D to HDTVs... »
CES 2010 to address tech policies
Top policymakers will address key technology issues, including broadcast to cable, broadband to wireless and telecom to satellite at the 2010 International CES trade show, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Produced by CEA, CES 2010 is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. »
Touch user interfaces have made significant advances in the consumer electronics market particularly for mobile phones and notebook computers, opening the door for adoption in other applications including white goods, computer peripherals, medical equipment, and instrumentation. Synaptics made its debut in the home appliance market earlier this year with the launch of the Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner.
Smaller distributors were the only ones to post sales gains in 2009. Interestingly, two of the five distributors that posted growth last year -- Interstate Connecting Components and Sherburn Electronics -- derive 100 percent of their sales from interconnect products. Both of them also target the military/aerospace industry. Here are the top 10 sales leaders by ICs, passives/electromechanical devices, interconnects and computer products as well as sales growth.

NXP offers a low-power IC aimed at MPPT applications using PV cells or fuel cells.
C&K Components offers a series of low-cost, miniature slide switches. The OS Series of RoHS-compliant switches feature a new high-temperature option for lead-free soldering.