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European researchers have developed a groundbreaking middleware platform that could lead to thousands of new applications in a range of industries. Beginning with in-car electronics, the platform can access the functionality, but hide the unde... [Source: physorg.com / 07-03]

Texas Instruments' four new processors, the TMS320C6742, TMS320C6746, TMS320C6748 and OMAP-L138 are stated to be designed with unmatched connectivity options and fixed- and floating-point capabilities. [Source: TMCnet / 07-03]

EETimes - Canon plans to cut about 700 jobs from its lithography stepper division, according to reports. [Source: EEScoop.com / 07-03]

EETimes - Global chip sales in May are believed to have increased by a seasonally adjusted 2 percent on the previous month, according to analysts at Carnegie Group (Oslo, Norway). [Source: EEScoop.com / 07-03]

A report from the UK government shows that LED lighting, and dedicated LED luminaires in particular, will have the lowest life-cycle impact of all ultra-efficient lighting technologies. [Source: LEDs Magazine / 07-03]

A further $50 million investment in solid-state lighting programs was announced, along with a new set of rules covering the efficiency of fluorescent and incandescent lamps. [Source: LEDs Magazine / 07-03]

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:SIMO) (the Company), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets semiconductor solutions for multimedia consumer electronics, today announced that Micron Technology, Inc. has validate... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 07-03]

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Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, today introduced SmartRA (Scalable Memory Redundancy Technology), a memory redundancy analysis (RA) option for its V6000 [Source: Business Wire / 07-03]

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Philips Lumileds today announced immediate availability of its breakthrough LUXEON Rebel phosphor converted amber (PC Amber) LED. The new LUXEON Rebel sets performance standards for [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Avago Technologies today announced a new miniature PCS duplexer that has been specifically designed for use in UMTS Band 2 handsets. The ACMD-7407 duplexer, which is the [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) announced that it has taken delivery of a Tesla electric vehicle (EV). As part of IXYS's global initiative to [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) and International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE: IRF) today announced that they have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve certain disputes [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a leading [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Wolfson Microelectronics plc (Wolfson or the Company), a leading supplier of mixed-signal semiconductors for consumer electronic products, is pleased to [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced it has expanded its presence in India with the appointment of CoreEL as its [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Today The SDR Forum (www.sdrforum.org), a non-profit member consortium dedicated to promoting the success of next-generation radio technologies, announced its 64th General Meeting, to [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) provides the industry's smallest power management solution for the designers of 3G handsets and wireless datacards. The FAN5902, RF Power [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Intel Corporation's largest technical conference returns to San Francisco on Sept. 22-24. Registration is now underway for the Intel Developer Forum, featuring 3 days of vision, [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

In the true spirit of environmental consciousness, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' customer Innovative Energy Systems (IES) has developed a clean energy solution that [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced one of the industry's [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

N-trig and Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) today announced they have reached an agreement to co-operate on N-trig's next-generation chipset, to be developed [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC) today announced that the DAC community, through a month-long online vote, selected Power Scavenging: Waste Not, Want Not as [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, video and Internet connectivity applications, today announced [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Silicon Motion Technology has obtained validation for its new flash memory controllers that support Micron's 34nm multi-level cell (MLC) flash product family, according to the company. The validated Silicon Motion products include SM2682/SM2682LT SD controller... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) has adjusted upward its capex budget for 2009 by 50% to NT$3 billion (US$91.66 million), which will be utilized for purchases of new test equipment and clean rooms to meet the need for growing 12-inch wafers, according to t... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

The Computer History Museum (CHM) announced that The Silicon Engine, a new exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit (IC), opens today. The exhibit presents the history and innovations of the IC and is part of the Salute to the Semico... [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 07-02]

Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today rolled out the MIC3230/31/32, a new family of dedicated high brightness LED drivers. These devices are the first in a new series of high... [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 07-02]

Ramtron International Corporation (NASDAQ: RMTR), the leading developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, today announced the availability of its 8-Megabit (Mb) F-RAM memory in a strea... [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 07-02]

Most Taiwan chip resistor makers have reached utilization rates of 80-90% to build up their inventory levels with the expectation of increased demand in the second half of 2009, according to industry sources. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

The supply of Intel's entry-level G31 IGP chipset, which currently accounts for 50% in Intel's total shipments to the channel, has fallen far short of demand, according to sources at motherboard makers. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

Taiwan-based electronics cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics has stepped into medial applications, having its subsidiary Digio2 International produce components for remote medical care devices, according to the company. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

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Elpida Memory has stated that its current relationship with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) remains the same, despite its exit from PSC's board of directors. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced the successful completion of its first 45nm GP (generic process) yield lot. The China-based foundry signed an agreement with IBM to license its low-power and high-performance bulk CMOS ... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

LED IC player Grenergy, a subsidiary of IC designer Anpec Electronics, is eyeing the LED lighting market and has set up a new company, Ecolighting, to develop LED lighting modules and lamps. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics has decided to cancel plans to expand surface-mount device (SMD) LED capacity since the company's current utilization rate for SMD LEDs is only 80% due to fierce competition from China makers, according t... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-02]

Thanks to IC Insights for this one - the top ten semiconductor companies for 2008. Here they are:  ... [Source: David Manners / 07-02]

The June contract price did not fluctuate since some contract deals between PC OEMs and DRAM vendors are conducted either in monthly basis or quarterly basis. DRAMeXchange believes that DDR3 contract price in July will increase 5%~10% due to the aggressive CUL... [Source: DRAMeXchange / 07-02]

KLA-Tencor - KLA-Tencor Announces Analyst Briefing at SEMICON West 2009 [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 07-02]

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RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, today announced it has entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laborat... [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 07-02]

Freescale - Enabling slimmer laptops with brighter screens and extended battery life, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are rapidly replacing cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) as the dominant backlighting technology for liquid cr... [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 07-02]

Microsemi - Microsemi Introduces Power MOSFET With Highest Voltage in Superjunction Technology [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 07-02]

Linear Technology - The LTC2656 is a family of octal 16-/12-bit rail-to-rail DACs with a precision integrated reference. The DACs have built-in high performance, rail-to-rail, output buffers and are guaranteed monotonic.The LTC2656-L has a full-scale output of... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

Linear Technology - The LTC4269-2 is an integrated Powered Device (PD) interface and power supply controller featuring 2-event classification signaling, flexible auxiliary power options, and a power supply controller suitable for synchronously rectified forwar... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

Lattice Semi - Frontier - One of the most common questions that programmable logic designers face today is how to connect unique, disparate modules in their system. That is to say, Block A needs to talk to block B and vice versa. What bus should I choose? [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

Lattice Semi - Frontier - Board design engineers are faced with a dilemma for each new microprocessor based system design that they encounter: how to integrate more processor power management function with the least amount of risk. How can we implement voltage... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

Microchip - App Notes - IEC Compliant Active-Energy Meter Design Using the MCP3905/6 [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

Peregrine Semiconductor - Peregrine Semiconductor and MagnaChip Complete Final Qualification on UltraCMOS(tm) Technology Transfer [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

NXP - Products - Low-power dual 2-input NAND gate; open drain [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-02]

The latest intellectual property (IP) from Toshiba Electronics Europe's ASIC & Foundry Business Unit wi... [Source: Press Releases / 07-02]