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Semiconductor streamlining

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:26:13 +0000

Hitachi High-Technologies and Renesas Technology have agreed to a transfer of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment business of wholly owned Renesas subsidiary, Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, to Hitachi High-Tech Instruments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies.

Wireless deal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:44:20 +0000

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with LS Research, a wireless development company.

Taiwan ranks three in connectors

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:50:27 +0000

Taiwan is being recognised as the key manufacturer of ICT products, including personal computers, notebooks, monitors and motherboards, and has cultivated a strong connector industry, ranked at three in global production value.

Embedded takeover

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:55:19 +0000

Kontron has acquired Digital-Logic, headquartered near Solothurn in Switzerland.

LCD glass continues to be scarce

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:19:07 +0000

In its Quarterly LCD Glass Subsctrate Report, DisplaySearch says that TFT LCD glass tightness this year will continue as TFT LCD panel makers are increasing capacity use and demanding more glass substrate from suppliers.

Ultra-shallow junctions for sub-32 nm CMOS devices

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:22:18 +0000

IMEC has combined vapour-phase doping and sub-melt laser annealing to fabricate high-quality, defect-free, ultra-shallow junctions (USJs) with abrupt dopant profile.

Server shipments still down

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:41:08 +0000

In the second quarter of 2009, Asia Pacific continued its downward trend in server shipments with a 17.2% year on year decline, with shipments totaling 323,388 units.

Solar panel output trials

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:37:39 +0000

National Semiconductor and SunEdison, a solar energy services provider, have begun field trials to optimise the energy output of solar arrays.

Online resource for design engineers

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:34 +0000

An online technology resource and community for electronic design engineers has been launched at www.element-14.com.

GaN-on-Si program launched

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:51:45 +0000

IMEC has launched an industrial affiliation program to focus on the development of GaN technology for both power conversion and solid-state lighting applications.

Microcontrollers deal

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:26:47 +0000

Digi-Key Corporation has signed an agreement with Fujitsu Microelectronics of America, for the worldwide distribution of FMA's low-power, low-pin-count, 8-bit microcontrollers and digital touch-screen sensor ICs.

Tantalum production takes a dive

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:00:48 +0000

Demand for tantalum, of which some 75% goes into electronics and aerospace, is, this year, likely to be 40% lower than 2008, according to a report from Roskill Information Services in London.

Production up in 240 Hz panels

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:36:31 +0000

Double-frame rate (100 and 120 Hz) and quadruple-frame rate (200 and 240 Hz) LCD TV panels have quickly become integral to LCD TV panel makers' product roadmaps and shipment plans.

CMOS transceiver wins award

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:06:50 +0000

A high-speed, low-cost chip that facilitates short-range, multi-gigabit transfer of data has won Innovic’s International Next Big Thing Award - Innovation Excellence category.

LCD panel production at record levels

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:26:46 +0000

Production of large-area TFT LCD panels reached 46.7 million units, up 8% per month and 24% per year, according to the DisplaySearch Monthly TFT LCD Shipment Database.

Signal analysis downconverter

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:19:24 +0000

RF Engines has been contracted by Eonic of Delft in the Netherlands to develop a digital downconverter to be used in signal processing platforms.

Semiconductor firms 'integrate'

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:12:26 +0000

NEC Electronics, Renesas Technology, NEC Corporation, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric have agreed to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas. The business integration is expected to come into operation in April 2010.

Solar cells achieve new energy record

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:50:25 +0000

A team of Australian and US researchers has set a record for solar-cell efficiency.

LCD energy saver wins award

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:03:55 +0000

3M’s Optical Systems division has received the Alliance to Save Energy’s Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency award for its Vikuiti dual brightness enhancement films for LCD TVs and monitors.

Designers' forum

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:06:20 +0000

Microchip has opened registration for its Embedded Designer's Forum, a worldwide series of technical events focused on technologies that will help designers stay ahead.