August 12, 2010 - Industry News
TI purchases Spansion Fabs
Texas Instruments has announced it will purchase two semiconductor wafer manufacturing plants and equipment in Japan from a unit of Spansion. ...
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August 10, 2010 - Industry News
CMOS' future depends on statistics
Nanotechnology evokes images of carbon nanotubes, buckyballs and similar. But Professor Asen Asenov, leader of the Device Modelling Group at the ...
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August 4, 2010 - Top Story News
Research to Develop Integrated SiP Solutions
What is claimed to be the largest research project in Europe to research and develop highly integrated electronic system-in-package (SiP) ...
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June 15, 2010 - Industry News
Are we heading for over capacity again?
The semiconductor industry is probably the one sector that defies conventional economics by continually failing – or at least being unable ...
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June 8, 2010 - Technology News
How cool is that? Liquid cooling
Liquid cooling is making a comeback as electronic equipment generates more and more heat. Put a billion transistors on a chip and what do you get? ...
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June 8, 2010 - Industry News
Electronics business booming, but industry remains cautious
After the uncertainty of the last few years, the semiconductor industry has bounced back with enthusiasm. Not only are manufacturers showing more ...
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June 2, 2010 - Industry News
Electronics industry reluctant to believe in the strength of recovery
Global semiconductor sales for March 2010 reached $26,533 billion, closing the quarter at $69,181bn, according to figures released by Future ...
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June 1, 2010 - Industry News
European semiconductor sales 'through the roof'
Bookings and billings in the European semiconductor distribution sector 'went through the roof' in the first quarter of 2010, according to ...
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May 27, 2010 - Technology News
Research uses 'void' to remove friction in MEMS devices
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hope to overcome the forces of friction endured by accelerometers, gyroscopes ...
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May 27, 2010 - Industry News
Multisensor MEMS to undergo 'colossal' growth
Multisensor MEMS packages - or multiple MEMS sensors contained in a single package - will experience explosive growth in automotive and consumer ...
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May 25, 2010 - Technology News
The future's bright ... the future's programmable logic
In the 1990s, programmable logic was being touted as the technology of the future. The ability to do with it almost what you wanted was seen as the ...
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April 28, 2010 - Industry News
Photovoltaic market growth faster than expected for 2010
Strengthening conditions in the global photovoltaic market in late 2009 are carrying over into 2010, according to market analyst iSuppli. The ...
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April 13, 2010 - Technology News
System pulls its weight
Making accurate nonlinear measurements in power amplifier test. With pressure for 3G coverage increasing and the imminent introduction of ...
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March 22, 2010 - Industry News
US Chip Industry Works to Level Global Playing Field
The chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, John Daane, addressed Washington in a "State of the Industry" presentation to ...
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March 9, 2010 - Industry News
Putting pieces together
Since Gordon Moore postulated his famous Law in the 1960s, the semiconductor industry has managed to adhere to its spirit: double the ...
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February 24, 2010 - Industry News
Back to front
No longer the 'back room boys', pcb designers are now among the first to be consulted on new projects. The pcb designer's image is changing, ...
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February 18, 2010 - Industry News
Microelectronics project to enhance lithography based yield
Eight leading institutions have launched a joint microelectronics research project in which they aim to develop innovative design methods and ...
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February 17, 2010 - Industry News
Asia-Pacific chip sales leading indicator up
Economic research firm e-forecasting.com announced that the Asia-Pacific semiconductor chip sales leading indicator went up in December by 3.4 ...
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February 16, 2010 - Industry News
Still trying to get the hang of it
Hit hard by the recession, the semiconductor industry lost $40billion in 2008 and 2009, according to research company Gartner. But, in a recent ...
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February 12, 2010 - Technology News
IEEE publishes new test and debug standard
The IEEE Standards Association has announced the ratification of the new IEEE 1149.7 test and debug standard. Created to expand and improve JTAG ...
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February 10, 2010 - Industry News
Semiconductor industry set to boom
The global market for semiconductors is set for two years of growth at more than 20% per annum, according to bullish forecasts from Malcolm Penn, ...
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February 10, 2010 - Technology News
Massively parallel computing systems are coming, but what issues need to be solved?
Embedded designers will only be able to exploit the potential of multicore processor architectures if the applications software takes advantage of ...
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February 3, 2010 - Technology News
MOSFETs deliver 'industry leading' ratings says ON Semi
ON Semiconductor has announced the launch of 12 new 100V N channel power mosfets with what it claims are 'industry leading' ratings to ...
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February 1, 2010 - Technology News
Counterfeit identification menu expanded
A micro imaging specialist has announced it has developed new analytical techniques that provide 25 distinct characteristics to distinguish ...
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January 26, 2010 - Technology News
What happens to a process technology when it falls behind the leading edge?
Almost inevitably, the focus falls on the 'bleeding edge' when discussions turn to fabrication technology. And it's no surprise; the 'bleeding ...
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