MOST companies announcing the availability of a new product send out a
press release to appropriate publications. In the case of Stanford Mi
crodevices (Sunnyvale, CA), their latest product introduction merits a
n elaborate North American tour, with stops scheduled at a dozen locat
ions throughout the United States and Canada. This tour, sponsored in
part by Microwaves & RF and Wireless Systems Design magazines, will in
troduce the company's X-Amps, a family of amplifier's for designers of
base-station infrastructure equipment for personal-communications-ser
vices (PCS), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and Person
al HandyPhone System (PHS) bands.