December 3, 2008 - Technology News
Through-silicon vias, oxide bonding accelerate 3D IC development
As the costs and challenges of process nodes below 65 nm grow clearer, chip architects are paying more attention to an alternative: 3D die ...
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December 2, 2008 - Technology News
MEMS-based inertial sensor is not your grandfather's gyroscope
Gyroscopes have been around for 190 years, ever since Johann Bohnenberger built the first one in 1817. For the first 180 years, the ...
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December 1, 2008 - Technology News
MEMS-based inertial sensor is not your grandfather's gyroscope
Gyroscopes have been around for 190 years, ever since Johann Bohnenberger built the first one in 1817. For the first 180 years, the basics ...
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November 28, 2008 - Technology News
Power SOCs: A 'crazy' idea that just might work
Imagine a cell-phone battery that could supply unlimited power and still fit into its current form factor: the perfect solution to the biggest ...
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November 26, 2008 - Industry News
China chip market sales growth slows as fabless competition heats up
China's chip market is still strong, but its strength is beginning to wane on a changing market situation and increased competition in the ...
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November 25, 2008 - Industry News
China chip market sales growth slows as fabless competition heats up
China's chip market is still strong, but its strength is beginning to wane on a changing market situation and increased competition in the ...
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November 24, 2008 - Industry News
Lam cuts 600 jobs, capital equipment industry takes another hit
Lam Research Corp has become the latest capital equipment industry company to announce layoffs, this week stating it would cut 600 jobs. ...
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November 20, 2008 - Top Story News
Consumer spending damaging semi sales, growth to return in 2010, SIA reports
Consumers are firmly positioned in the driver's seat when it comes to worldwide semiconductor sales - and that's a negative in the current ...
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November 20, 2008 - Industry News
Bookings and billings at levels comparable to 2003, SEMI reports
SEMI today released its October book-to-bill ratio, showing a month-on-month gain amid the industry downturn, but also showing continuing ...
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November 20, 2008 - Industry News
Fear, negative momentum influence chip market, iSuppli says
Worldwide semiconductor revenue will decline in 2008 compared to 2007, according to the latest estimates from iSuppli Corp. The research ...
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November 19, 2008 - Technology News
Differential coupling
The best-performing, highest-quality, and likely also most expensive differential link you will ever encounter appears on the front panel ...
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November 18, 2008 - Top Story News
2009 equipment sales could hit lows not seen since 2003, Gartner warns
Gartner Inc lowered its capital and equipment spending forecast for the second time in as many months, warning that the next year could see a ...
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November 18, 2008 - Technology News
FPGA-based PXI modules improve test-system I/O performance
National Instruments has introduced a new generation of open, FPGA-based PXI modules. The company calls the FlexRIO family the industry's first ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
Engineer salaries: A look at global compensation
Engineers worldwide reported varying levels of job satisfaction as their salaries struggle to keep pace with inflation, according to a ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
Intel's warning sign; CE hot in cold economy; IBM becomes power overlord
Welcome to This week in gEEk, EDN's short review of the week's happenings. TGIF, folks, especially this week. What was known to be a ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
Microsemi bucks financial trends on strength from defense, medical markets
Offering a welcomed bit of good news, Microsemi Corp Thursday reported fiscal Q4 and full-year 2008 sales and income growth while projecting ...
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November 14, 2008 - Industry News
ST chief calls for retrenchment, green investment in face of financial crisis
Speaking before an invited audience at STMicroelectronics' annual Electronica party in here, ST President and CEO Carlo Bozotti ...
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November 14, 2008 - Technology News
Researchers explore nonvolatile resistive RAM as flash replacement
As the end of the road draws ever nearer for flash memory, researchers are leaving no stone unturned in their attempts to find an ...
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November 14, 2008 - Technology News
Energy scavenger achieves record power
Engineers and scientists have long had an intense interest in energy-scavenging devices that can extract small amounts of electrical ...
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November 11, 2008 - Industry News
Freescale, Motorola lay off on bleak cellular businesses
Both Freescale Semiconductor and its former parent company Motorola Inc have planned layoffs on September quarter losses, weak mobile sales, ...
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November 11, 2008 - Technology News
IBM intros 45-nm SOI foundry offering, maintains SOI competitive benefits to bulk CMOS
Maintaining that SOI offers significant performance improvements and power reductions when compared to bulk CMOS technology, IBM today ...
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November 11, 2008 - Industry News
Anadigics, Intersil cut jobs
Add two more companies to the growing list of reorganizations forced by the current economic conditions. Anadigics Inc and Intersil Corp today ...
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November 11, 2008 - Industry News
Nokia cuts R&D jobs
As forecasts for lower mobile phone sales in Q4 and 2009 continue to be made, Nokia today announced plans to cut more than 600 jobs and close ...
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November 6, 2008 - Industry News
Freescale, Samsung partner on LED display technology
With an eye on the European Union's ROHS electronics directive, Freescale Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics have collaborated to address the ...
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November 5, 2008 - Industry News
VC funding to semiconductor industry continues to decrease
Venture capitalists are investing less in fabless and IDM (integrated device manufacturers) companies because of higher design costs and ...
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