August 19, 2008 - Technology News
Will memristors prove irresistible?
The transistor was invented in 1925 but lay dormant until finding a corporate champion in Bell Labs during the 1950s. Now another ...
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August 19, 2008 - Industry News
Numonyx to conquer flash memory industry
Since the spin-off of Numonyx BV, the chip industry has been curious about the Intel Corp. and STMicroelectronics joint venture. Questions ...
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August 19, 2008 - Technology News
IBM claims 22-nm SRAM success
IBM and its joint development partners Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Freescale, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba and the College of Nanoscale ...
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August 19, 2008 - Technology News
Green Engineering: Engineering the future
Gone are the days when design was, well, design. Today it's design-for-manufacturability, design-for-quality, design-for-cost, and yes, ...
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August 14, 2008 - Technology News
Video: Dell eyes solid-state drives for servers
Solid-state drives will be a good fit for some classes of PC servers, but engineers need to improve their performance and reliability while ...
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August 14, 2008 - Industry News
European chip equipment spend increasing, says SEMI
An estimated $2.53 billion will be spent in Europe on semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2008, according to the SEMI mid-year ...
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August 13, 2008 - Industry News
SSD makers finally see growth app
For some time, suppliers of solid-state drives (SSDs) have been searching for a high-volume market for their products. Notebooks, servers and ...
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August 6, 2008 - Technology News
Cheaper 'supermagnets' could drive future hybrid cars
Rare earth permanent magnets could enable smaller, higher-performance motors and power generators. The rub is that they require an expensive ...
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August 5, 2008 - Industry News
Automotive semi content to grow constantly, Semicast says
Despite the recent dent in automotive OEM's market expectations, the semiconductor content of light road vehicles will continue to grow...
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August 4, 2008 - Top Story News
Consolidation continues in contract manufacturing
The global electronics Contract Manufacturing (CM) industry is undergoing a period of deceleration and consolidation, phenomena that will ...
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August 1, 2008 - Technology News
Taiwan mulls 300-mm fabs in China
The Taiwan government is mulling over a plan to relax its semiconductor export control laws in China, according to a report from Forbes. ...
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August 1, 2008 - Industry News
TDK, Epcos merger forms passive components giant
Electronic component vendor TDK (Tokio) plans to merge its passive component business with its German competitor Epcos AG. The Epcos ...
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July 29, 2008 - Technology News
XMOS introduces development kit for software-silicon combination
XMOS Semiconductor Ltd. has introduced a development kit for its XS1-G4 programmable device. Designs are created using a C-based software development ...
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July 24, 2008 - Technology News
India targets 800 new board designs
Board designers here are anything but bored. Driven by OEMs handling multiple designs for both the local market and overseas customers ...
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July 23, 2008 - Industry News
Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs
Sony Ericsson is to cut 2,000 jobs over the next 12 months from its 11,900 workforce as part of a cost reduction programme following poor ...
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July 23, 2008 - Top Story News
Low-cost cars to gain market share
According to market researcher Strategy Analytics, the new segments low-cost and ultra low-cost cars will gain significantly market share ...
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July 16, 2008 - Technology News
Solar thermal technology heats up
Solar thermal technology that attempts to harness the efficient phase change from water to steam is emerging as the preferred alternative ...
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July 16, 2008 - Industry News
IBM to invest $1.5B in nanotechnology
IBM will invest $1.5 billion in nanotechnology chip projects, which include a research center in upstate New York at a site yet to be ...
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July 15, 2008 - Industry News
Choosing the right package yields tangible benefits
When creating a new integrated circuit, the initial focus is naturally on the design. When it comes to tape-out, then fabrication, multi-project ...
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July 15, 2008 - Industry News
Novellus posts loss vs year-ago profit
Chip equipment maker Novellus Systems Inc posted a quarterly net loss Monday due to charges and a persistent slump in the semiconductor ...
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July 14, 2008 - Industry News
VITA warns of confused board industry, destabilized chip industry
VITA has published a special addendum to its 2008 State of the VME Industry white paper, warning of destabilizing trends in the ...
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July 11, 2008 - Technology News
Sematech: 450-mm is progressing
International Sematech continues to move full speed ahead with its 450-mm programs, but the question is whether the industry can meet its ...
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July 11, 2008 - Industry News
Dow buys Rohm and Haas for $15.3 billion
In a blockbuster move within the materials space, Dow Chemical Co. will acquire Rohm and Haas for $15.3 billion in cash. Financing for the ...
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July 11, 2008 - Industry News
Solar cell production to benefit chemical, material suppliers
Consumption of chemicals and materials for amorphous silicon solar cell production is expected to reach $240 million in 2008 and $575 million ...
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July 11, 2008 - Industry News
Rambus sues Nvidia over memory patents
Rambus Inc. filed suit Thursday (July 10) against Nvidia Corp. for violating 17 of its memory patents. The suit, filed in U.S. District ...
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