Here are a selection of articles that appeared in the latest EE Times Europe print edition: March 17 - April 6, 2008. Click on the headline to see the full story.

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Fragmented ESL sees slow progress

Numerous developments in electronic system level (ESL) design were on show here at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe conference and exhibition. However, ESL remains a fragmented collection of initiatives, standards and internal and third-party tools that offers multiple approaches to higher levels of abstraction.

Filtronic sale is new dawn for GaAs in Europe

The prospects for European owned gallium arsenide (GaAs) device development and production changed significantly this month when RF Micro Devices (Greensboro, N.C.), the world's leading maker of GaAs RFICs, completed the acquisition of Filtronic's compound semiconductors division for £12.5 million (about $25 million).

EU project targets 0.5-THz SiGe bipolar transistor

A European consortium from industry and academia has been formed to develop advanced silicon-based bipolar transistors with a maximum operating frequency of 0.5 Terahertz targeting millimeter wave and terahertz communication, radar, imaging and sensing applications.

Telematics heralds self-driving car

The integration of consumer electronics presently poses huge challenges to semiconductor vendors and automotive electronics architects. Open platforms and standard interfaces would mean a great leap forward, says Marc de Jong, NXP Executive VP and General Manager Automotive and Identification. The perspective: In the long run, today's telematics, navigation and driver assistant functions will be combined to create a self-driving car.

Energy-tech: a target for VC money

Venture capital is flowing to firms whose technologies are targeting renewable energy, power generation, storage, and distribution markets

U.S. VC's tap Europe's entrepreneurs

Europe's strength in wireless technologies and the growing appeal of Central and Eastern Europe continues to pull in corporate venture capital, primarily from the U.S. Intel Capital, the venture capital division of Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.), for instance invested $639 million in companies worldwide in 2007 with Europe accounting for roughly 25 percent.

Futuristic view of the beautiful game

The decision by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which sets the laws for Association Football, not to sanction any more experiments in the use of technology to help on-pitch officials is seen as a blow to making the game more tech savy.