Intel's FinFETs are less fin and more triangle Reverse engineering and analysis consultancy Chipworks Inc. has posted microscope cross-sections of parts of the 22-nm Ivy Bridge processor from Intel that ... EE Times

Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secrets Beyond battery chemistry and electric propulsion and control, the Chevy Volt enhanced-range electric vehicle builds in flexibility, ruggedness, and diagnostics ... EDN

India PC Market Emerges Out of Slumber in Q1 2012: Sales Surge by 7.7% The India PC market shipments for Q1 2012 stood at 2.63 million units, representing a sequential gain of 7.7% over the previous quarter while the ... IDC

Wire bonder debuts with Cu wire optimization, automatic rethreading from ASM Pacific Technology The ASM iHawk Xpress Opto Wire Bonder from backend semiconductor assembly equipment supplier ASM Pacific Technology offers new innovations in transport ... ElectroIQ

GSA spies venture capital investment uptick in April Investment in semiconductor industry startup and private companies jumped up in April to $194.2 million, according to the GSA. The GSA monitors investment ... EE Times

Kulicke & Soffa expands Singapore HQ Semiconductor assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa broke ground on its Singapore global headquarters expansion, near the current leased headquarters ... ElectroIQ

Samsung Tops Handsets With 40% Android Share Samsung Electronics Co. sold more than 40% of all Android mobile phones in the first quarter as the South Korean manufacturer became the world's largest ... Bloomberg Businessweek

Dutch chip firm ASMI's founder open to break-up-reports Arthur del Prado, the founder of ASM International who holds about 20% of the Dutch semiconductor equipment maker, is open to splitting up the group, analysts ... Reuters

Taiwan to Nourish Development of Smart Electronic Industry To help Taiwan's semiconductor industry with industrial optimization and upgrading for a more sustainable growth, Taiwan's Cabinet has asked Ministry of Economic ... Taiwan Economic News

Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6%, wiping $10 billion off the electronics giant's market value, on a report that Apple placed huge chip orders ... Reuters

Sales of Mobile Phones Declined 2% in 1Q12 Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 2% decline from the first quarter of 2011, according ... Gartner

3.5D interposer technology could someday replace PCBs At the 15th Symposium on Polymers for Microelectronics, TSMC and Yole Developpement gave plenary presentations on the use of polymeric materials in ... ElectroIQ