On This Day May 12, 1996 - IBM and Sears signed a deal to sell Prodigy to an investment group called International Wireless. The two companies cofounded the online company in 1984 and invested more than $1 billion in the venture.
Tough year ahead for semiconductor industry The outlook for the semiconductor industry for the remainder of the year is not encouraging given the seemingly imminent recession in the US ... The Edge Daily
Multi-Chip Packages Today’s advanced devices require advanced solutions. Multi-Chip Package (MCP) solutions from Numonyx deliver customers the valuable space ... Numonyx
Small firms hold key for chip manufacturers While the opportunity bucket for Indian semiconductor suppliers predominantly includes large MNCs such as the Nokias and Ciscos, the ... Howrah News Service
Samsung Still Keeps Dominance in TVs, Chips Uncertainties were unexpectedly high in Samsung Electronics’ global TV and semiconductor businesses, in which the South Korean technology has ... Korea Times
NXP's Claasen: 50 IC companies are still too many The IC industry will shrink from 450 companies to at most 50, with two to three large specialists in each application domain, according to Theo ... EETimes
AMD's New Roadmap: Can It Find the Way? Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010 ... Seeking Alpha
Pinto: Grid Parity Coming Soon Depending on where you live in the world, grid parity for solar energy is coming soon or has already arrived, according to Mark Pinto, ... Semiconductor International
Fujitsu climbs volcano to test chips The top of a dormant volcano in Hawaii might seem like an unlikely place to work on improving the reliability of computer chips, but that's ... Computerworld New Zealand
Boffins aim to mass produce nanowire circuits An international team of scientists has developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that ... IT News
Applied Materials Ships 200th Producer APF System Applied Materials, Inc. announced the shipment of its 200th Applied Producer APF® system. Providing customers with a unique family of CVD1 ... Applied Materials
Indium Corporation Announces Promotion Indium Corporation announces the promotion of Karl Pfluke to the position of Senior Account Manager for the Metals & Chemicals Business ... Indium Corporation
Who will buy Jazz Jazz Technologies Inc., which is on the block, has yet to announce a buyer. Earlier this year, foundry specialist Jazz said that it had ... EETimes
Quote of the Day “When you tell a customer to move her mouse to the top of the screen, and she picks up the mouse and puts it at the top of the monitor, you know it's going to be a long hour.” Tim Hapy of Wizard Electronics on computer support
Test Your Knowledge Which one of the following is not in the same time zone as Italy: France, Germany, Libya, Greece Answer: Greece (1 hour ahead of Italy)
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