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Infineon Introduces New OptiMOS(tm) 40V and 60V Devices Setting Highest Standards in Power Density and System Efficiency: 45 Percent Lower Figure of Merit than Alternative Devices

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:22 +0000

Infineon - Today at the Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC) 2012, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX/OTCQX: IFNNY) introduced...

Cadence Collaborates With Samsung Foundry to Deliver Design-for-Manufacturing Solution for 32-, 28- and 20-Nanometer Chip Design

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:21 +0000

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Critical DFM Technology Integrated Into Samsung Foundry's Advanced-Node Flow, Establishes World-Class Infrastructure for ASIC and SoC Design

Inphi to Present at Stifel Nicolaus 2012 Technology & Telecom Conference

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:20 +0000

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leading provider of high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets,...

Broadcom Introduces World's First Microwave Outdoor Unit on a Chip

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:13 +0000

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Combines functionality of up to 10 standard products
Single chip solution for both microwave split-mount and full/all outdoor units
Dramatically reduces size, complexity,...

Toshiba Announces Family of Ultra-Efficient, High-Speed, Low Voltage MOSFETs for Synchronous Rectification in Switch Mode Power Supplies

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:11 +0000

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today announced a new family of ultra-high-efficiency,...

Analog Devices' Highly Integrated Synchronous Regulator Reduces Board Space and Enables Highly Efficient Power Management

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:06 +0000

Business Wire: Semiconductor - ADI's new ADP2164 is a 6.5-V, 4-A output highly integrated DC-to-DC regulator featuring a high conversion efficiency of greater than 96 percent in a small compact 4mm x 4mm 16-lead QFN package.

Ramtron Announces Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Date

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:05 +0000

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of ferroelectric-based low-energy memory and integrated semiconductor products, plans to report financial...

Rambus Acquires Unity Semiconductor

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:04 +0000

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the world's premier technology licensing companies, today announced it has acquired privately-held Unity Semiconductor, an innovative memory technology company...

STACKPOLE'S RNS SERIES SUPER MINI METAL FILM RESISTORS OFFER VERY HIGH POWER TO SIZE RATIO

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Releases - Stackpole's flameproof RNS Series is ideal for existing designs that require downsizing or added features. It is also a popular choice for new designs that...

IBOCO introduces newly designed DINOSAUR series of flexible duct: The DN Series

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:58:57 +0000

Releases - The IBOCO Corporation has announced a newly designed version of its popular DINOSAUR series of flexible duct. The new version of DINOSAUR duct permits cable to be added or removed even more...

Rexchip posts revenue growth in January

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:53 +0000

DigiTimes - Rexchip Electronics, the Taiwan-based production subsidiary of Japan's Elpida Memory, has reported revenues for January 2012 grew 35.1% sequentially and 7.4% from a year ago to NT$2.31 billion...

Steve Appleton

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:38 +0000

Electronics Weekly - Micron CEO Steve Appleton who died at the weekend was unique. No other semiconductor CEO started his career as working as a production machine operator.

ST-E coy on 28nm

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:37 +0000

Electronics Weekly - ST-Ericsson has let a few deadlines slip on its new product roadmap as it struggles to make sales from its 'legacy' products. It needs a 28nm-class process for the new products, but it is unclear,...

AMD goes to 28nm for 2013 PCs, laptops and tablets

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:36 +0000

Electronics Weekly - 2013 will see AMD move to 28nm and integrated graphics for almost all of its PC and tablet processor range. Desktops get 28nm 'Kaveri' ...

Microsemi teams with Trinamic for motor control design

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:35 +0000

Electronics Weekly - The design platform is built around microsemi's SmartFusion FPGA evaluation kit and Germany-based Trinamic's motor control daughter board kit

Avago demos 25G serdes cores in 100G backplane push

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:34 +0000

Electronics Weekly - Achieving CEI-25G-LR compliance it is intended for Asic design in data networking applications and supports the push for 100G Ethernet infrastructure

LED lighting to be a $10bn power supply market in 2016

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:12:46 +0000

Electronics Weekly - The report predicts that the rapid uptake of LED lighting will result in a potential market of four billion power supply units by 2016, worth $10bn

Keil MDK-ARM supports Freescale MQX

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:12:44 +0000

ARM - Dev Tools - ARM(r) announces the immediate availability of Keil(tm) MDK-ARM(tm) (Microcontroller Development Kit) support for the Freescale MQX real-time operating system (RTOS) and software...

Microchip Launches Technical Training Series in China That Shows How to Easily Move Applications Among 8, 16 and 32-bit

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:12:43 +0000

Microchip - Microchip Launches Technical Training Series in China That Shows How to Easily Move Applications Among 8, 16 and 32-bit

FCI Electronics Discover fciconnect.com New Look and Feel!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:12:42 +0000

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Micrel Launches IC Family That Reduces Switching Regulator Output Ripple and Harmonics by 60db at High Frequencies

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:12:37 +0000

Marketwire - Networking - Ripple Blocker(TM) Technology Family Delivers Unmatched Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR) From DC to 10MHz in 65 Percent Less Space Than Discrete Solutions

Crystalline materials enable high-speed electronic function in optical fibers

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:18:26 +0000

PhysOrg.com - Scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with Penn State University have, for the first time, embedded the high level of performance normally associated with chip-based...

Multiple Chip Architectures Pursue the $14 Billion Small Cell Market

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:13:19 +0000

In-Stat Market Alerts - Mobile data usage nearly doubles each year, but mobile operators cannot increase expenditures at that rate. At the same time, data rates (a key metric of perceived quality) are affected by...

January Recap: Standards Releases

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:48 +0000

IPC Blog - IPC-4103A, Specification for Base Materials for High Speed/High Frequency Applications IPC-9850A, Surface Mount Placement Equipment Characterization New release announcement options: You can...

Cooper Lighting's Halo Product Named Electronic House 2012 Product of the Year

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:47 +0000

Cooper Industries plc - Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, is pleased to announce that its Halo H4 LED...

Staying Cool

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:46 +0000

Molex - As system designers browse through connector catalogs and interconnect websites for mezzanine solutions, we tend to expect their considerations to be focused on signal density, high-speed signaling...

Get ready for the OMAP 5 platform

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:45 +0000

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[Weekly info]Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies, Semiconductor Industry Loses Great Talent

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:27:45 +0000

DRAMeXchange - The DRAM industry received tragic news today - Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Semiconductors, passed away at 51 in a small plane crash in Boise, Idaho. In light of Appleton's death, Micron COO...

[Weekly info]4Q11 Sales Ranking of Branded NAND Flash Manufacturers

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:27:44 +0000

DRAMeXchange - Suffering from the stir of the European sovereign debt storm in financial markets, concerns towards the uncertainty of global economic recovery, 4Q hot-season restocking demand was weaker than...

Engineers build first sub-10-nm carbon nanotube transistor

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:27:41 +0000

PhysOrg.com - (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have built the first carbon nanotube (CNT) transistor with a channel length below 10 nm, a size that is considered a requirement for computing technology in the next...

ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk with Tim Cook

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:44 +0000

MacRumors - There had been some interesting claims last year that Apple had been actively testing an ARM (A5) based MacBook Air. The ARM processor is the same one that is used in the iPhone and iPad....

Linear Technology offers high-speed amplifier for applications requiring zero output swing

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:41 +0000

ElectronicsTalk - Linear Technology has introduced the LTC6360, a low-noise, high-speed amplifier that can drive to 0V while maintaining high linearity on a single 5V supply.

MagnaChip Increases Volume Production of GMT's Power Management IC for LCD TV

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:39 +0000

TMCnet - MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation has increased the mass production of the power management ICs or PMIC from Global Mixed-mode Technology or GMT. The Korean-based designer and manufacturer...

KEMET's CEO Discusses F3Q12 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:33 +0000

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Cadence Design Systems' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:32 +0000

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ARM Holdings plc's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:31 +0000

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Novellus Sees Improving Trends

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:30 +0000

Zacks Analyst Blog - Novellus' Q4 missed the Zacks Consensus, although guidance was significantly stronger than expected due to improving prospects at both logic and foundry customers.

International Rectifier's CEO Discusses F2Q12 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:28 +0000

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Novellus Systems' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:27 +0000

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Microchip Technology's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:26 +0000

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Intersil's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:25 +0000

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QUALCOMM Incorporated's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:24 +0000

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Broadcom's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:17 +0000

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Pericom Semiconductor's CEO Discusses F2Q2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:16 +0000

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AMD Eyes ARM Alliance in War on Intel

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:00 +0000

Wired News - Could the low-power-chip design that's used in your iPhone someday show up inside the chips built by Intel-rival Advanced Micro Devices? Definitely maybe. Or as AMD's brand new Chief Technology...

IPC RELEASES PCB INDUSTRY RESULTS FOR DECEMBER 2011

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:28:56 +0000

Electronics.ca - IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries(r) announced today the December findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

Engineer's wife 'ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:13:08 +0000

Computerworld - The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas.

New Chip by STMicroelectronics for Storage on Portable Devices

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:13:01 +0000

StorageNewsletter.com - Voltage-level translator compliant with SD 3.0

TI Extends Family of GaN FET driver ICs with New Gate Driver

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:12:51 +0000

PowerPulse.Net - Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced a low-side gate driver for use with MOSFETs and Gallium-Nitride (GaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs)

Cymer's EUV Power Source Roadmap Slips

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:12:50 +0000

Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community - Amid record sales for the fourth quarter, Cymer Inc. disclosed that it has delayed the shipment of its 20 Watt extreme ultraviolet (EUV) power source upgrade unit by nearly a quarter. The upgrade...

LDRA Tool Suite Supports Direct Integration with Altera Nios II Embedded Design Suite

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:12:49 +0000

FPGA Blog - Earlier in the week, LDRA announced that they have enhanced the LDRA tool suite to support direct integration with Altera's Embedded Design Suite (EDS) for Nios II soft core processors. The...

Semiconductor industry loses great talent

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:12:48 +0000

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AMD CEO battle plan lacks details: analysts

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:12:47 +0000

Reuters: Internet News - Advanced Micro Devices' new chief executive was praised by Wall Street analysts for his aggressive plan to fight bigger rivals and tap new opportunities, but lack of details left...

Everlight reports 2011 revenues down

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:24 +0000

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight reported 2011 total revenues of NT$16.238 billion (US$552 million), down 3% on year. 2011 total pre-tax profits reached NT$1.597 billion, with EPS...

Taiwan DRAM makers post mixed January results

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:23 +0000

DigiTimes - Revenues at Nanya Technology registered a 28% sequential increase in January 2012 while Inotera Memories' grew 0.2% on month. Powerchip Technology, however, saw its January sales decrease about...

Silicon Motion 3-bit per cell controller sales receive boost in 4Q11

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:20 +0000

DigiTimes - Silicon Motion Technology saw sales of 3-bit per cell (TLC) NAND flash controllers grow substantially to account for almost 50% of its overall controller revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011,...

Global 4Q11 NAND flash market registers 8.6% decline, says DRAMeXchange

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:18 +0000

DigiTimes - The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$4.89 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 8.6% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics remained the...

Strong semi growth - except for DRAM, says ESIA

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:17 +0000

Electronics Weekly - European semiconductor sales in December amounted to $ 2.8bn - 5.5% down on November, reports the European SIA citing WSTS figures.

Selecting External Components for an Automotive Remote Antenna Regulator and Current-Sense Amplifier

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:14 +0000

Maxim - Application Notes - This application note helps system designers choose the correct external components for use with the MAX16946 remote antenna regulator and current-sense amplifier (CSA), ensuring that automobile...

Stabilize Your Transimpedance Amplifier

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:13 +0000

Maxim - Application Notes - Transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) are widely used to translate the current output of sensors like photodiode-to-voltage signals, since several circuits and instruments can only accept voltage...

ADP2164, 6.5V, 4 A, High Efficiency, Step-Down, DC-to-DC Regulator

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:12 +0000

Analog Devices - New Products - The ADP2164 is a 4 A, synchronous, step-down dc-to-dc regulator in a compact 4 mm × 4 mm LFCSP package. The regulator uses a current mode, constant frequency pulse-width modulation (PWM) control...

Power Management TPS51650 Dual Channel (3-Phase CPU / 2-Phase GPU) SVID, D-CAP+ Step-Down Controller for IMVP-7 Vcore

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:11 +0000

TI - New Products - The TPS51650 and TPS59650 are dual-channel, fully SVID compliant IMVP-7 step-down controllers with two integrated gate drivers. Advanced control features such as D-CAP+ architecture...

Fairchild Semiconductor Highlights Sustainable Energy Solutions at APEC 2012

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:10 +0000

Engineering Connections - New, innovative power electronic technologies are required to help sustainable energy manufacturers reduce cost, improve efficiency and improve reliability. Semiconductor companies such as...

Introducing New KOAXXA RF Interconnects, Fully Redesigned RF Products Offering Flexibility and Value

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:09 +0000

Tyco Electronics - TE Connectivity announces its next generation of RF products -- the KOAXXA RF interconnects product family. This new offering from TE premieres today with the launch of the KOAXXA SMA product...

Maxim to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:08 +0000

Maxim - Maxim to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

Do you want to be a Sponsor of Tomorrow?

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:13:07 +0000

Intel Newsroom - We are looking for highly motivated Graduate Engineers to support our semiconductor operations at our Leixlip campusIntel Ireland's Fab 24 facility is one of Intel's most technologically advanced,...

Micron Technology CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Airplane Crash

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:59 +0000

BusinessWeek.com -- Technology - Steve Appleton, who took charge of Micron Technology Inc. at 34 and went on to become the memory- chip industry's longest-serving chief executive officer, died after crashing an experimental...

Tektronix Wins Two Best in Test Awards From Test & Measurement World

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:56 +0000

Marketwire - Networking - World's First Mixed Domain Oscilloscope Captures Prestigious Industry Award Recognition for Significant Contribution to the Test Industry

Micron Technology Appoints Mark Durcan as Chief Executive Officer, Director

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:53 +0000

GlobeNewsWire: Semiconductors - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), today announced the appointment of D. Mark Durcan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Mr. Durcan will also serve as a Director on Micron's...

Micron Technology Announces Update

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:48 +0000

GlobeNewsWire: Semi and Semi Equip - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), announced earlier today that the company is deeply saddened by the death of Chairman and CEO Steve Appleton in a small plane accident in Boise. Mr. Appleton...

Technology CEO Council Mourns Loss of Steven R. Appleton

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:43 +0000

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - The Technology CEO Council released the following statement on the passing of Steven R. Appleton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Micron Technology, Inc.:

"Steve Appleton embodied...

New DC Cabling Solution by Amphenol, Powered by Ampt, Reduces Costs of PV Systems

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:41 +0000

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Amphenol Industrial, a global leader in interconnect systems, announces availability of an active trunk and drop cabling solution, in conjunction with Ampt, an innovative designer of active...

TriQuint Foundry Supports Sarda Technologies' Entry into Global Smartphone & Mobile PC Market

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:27:50 +0000

Business Wire: Hardware - TriQuint Foundry Services supports start-up Sarda Technologies as it offers new high-efficiency DC-DC converter switches for smartphones and mobile devices to the global marketplace.

Demand for automotive MEMS grows

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:12:39 +0000

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - The global market for automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors and actuators grew 16 percent to $2.2 billion and will grow another 7 percent in 2012, according to researcher...

Semiconductor market to slow this year, iSuppli says

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:43 +0000

Computerworld - Semiconductor industry revenue will grow at a slow pace this year due to struggling economies worldwide, lower spending and sluggish demand for products, research firm IHS iSuppli said in a...

Thinnest 1.5A diode yet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:36 +0000

Electronics Weekly - NXP is claiming a first, with a Schottky diode only 0.37mm thick. "It is the smallest plastic package on the market and...

Renesas says debug support is key for Eclipse C/C++ tools

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:35 +0000

Electronics Weekly - The supplier is tapping in to the design momentum which has built up behind the Eclipse C/C++ development toolkit (CDT). But Renesas believes there has been the lack of generic debug support

Panelists: Bridging the Gap Between Analog and Digital Design

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:04 +0000

Industry Insights - Analog and digital designers have lived in separate worlds for a long, long time. They use different methodologies and tools, and while digital design is heavily automated, analog design is...

Whitepaper: Verification Performance is More Than Raw Simulation Speed

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:03 +0000

Industry Insights - RTL and gate-level simulation have been the workhorses of the IC verification environment for 25 years, and they're orders of magnitude faster than they used to be. But as chip complexity skyrockets...

NXP gives sneak peek at new engineering workbench app

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:02 +0000

EETimes - Semiconductor company NXP has expanded its mobile app efforts by launching a new iPad app meant to help engineers put together projects, store and easily share them.

ARM tips 'gods and giants' roadmap

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:01 +0000

EETimes - Processor and related IP licensor ARM Holdings plc has disclosed the names, but little else, on the roadmap of cores it is working on in 2012 and revealed a gods and giants theme. The roadmap...

Novellus Sees China, Wafer-Level Packaging, 3D NAND as Market Drivers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:58 +0000

Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community - China may make "a major thrust" in leading-edge capacity, said Novellus CEO Rick Hill. Revenues this year and next will be driven by wafer-level packaging and 3D NAND, two areas of focus by...

Soitec Completes Acquisition of Altatech

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:57 +0000

Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community - Soitec said it has completed its acquisition of equipment vendor Altatech Semiconductor. The equipment group will support Soitec's initiatives in LEDs and the manufacturing ramp up of its Plug&Sun...

McClean: U.S. Vendors Control Half of IC Market

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:56 +0000

Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community - Korea slipped past Japan for the first time, and U.S.-based chip companies continued to hold slightly more than half of worldwide semiconductor revenues, reported IC Insights in the 2012 edition...

STATS ChipPAC throws in towel on Thai plant

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:55 +0000

Electronics News - AU - THE floods in Thailand have claimed another semiconductor victim, with STATS ChipPAC deciding to abandon its assembly operations in its damaged plant.

STMicroelectronics Develops 40W LED Flash for Smartphones

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:54 +0000

LEDinside - STMicroelectronics has developed a new chip to boost light output from LED-based flashes available in smartphone cameras.

Professional cameras use a xenon strobe light to produce a brief...

Everlight Receives Taiwan Excellence Awards 2012 for LED Designs

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:53 +0000

LEDinside - Recently, with the outstanding designs of its LED lamps evaluated in a contest among 1,145 products from 426 manufacturers of various industries, Everlight has won the Taiwan Excellence Awards...

Texas Instruments TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC RFID Mini-Transponders

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:52 +0000

EDA Geek - Texas Instruments introduced the TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC glass encapsulated mini-transponders. The TI devices are the industry's smallest half-duplex radio frequency identification mini-transponders....

Kemet acquires Niotan

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:06 +0000

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AMD's CEO prepares chipmaker for a fight

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:04 +0000

Reuters: Technology News - Advanced Micro Devices' new chief executive delivered an enthusiastic pitch in his debut before Wall Street analysts, saying he was getting the struggling...

Intel CFO faces fewer worried investors

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:29:59 +0000

Reuters: Internet News - Intel Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith likes the questions he is receiving from Wall Street these days a lot more than the concerns many investors voiced last year...

FST, SAS, Wafer Works expected to benefit from closure of Sumco silicon wafer factories

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:50 +0000

DigiTimes - Japan-based Sumco will reorganize its business operations closing a 12-inch and an 8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer factory in Japan. The closures are expected to benefit Taiwan-based wafer...

LED lighting penetration rate to reach 10% in 2014

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:48 +0000

DigiTimes - The global lighting market output value reached US$92.2 billion in 2011, according to studies. Growth of the market was only 1% compared to 2010 due to economic woes in Europe and the global...

Chip demand picking up, say Taiwan IC designers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:47 +0000

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have recently landed an influx of short lead-time orders from clients that had been keeping inventory lean due to the uncertain market outlook, according to industry...

Upstream suppliers of passive components cautious about expansion

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:46 +0000

DigiTimes - Under uncertain demand, Taiwan-based suppliers of passive component materials are tending towards a cautious approach regarding capacity expansion in 2012, according to industry sources. The...

Taiwan analog IC firms gearing up for switch to 8-inch wafers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:44 +0000

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based fabless analog IC firms are all expected to carry out their transition to 8-inch wafers in 2012, according to industry sources. The move will help improve their cost structures...

Sumco to close plants, cut workforce

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:43 +0000

DigiTimes - Japan-based Sumco, the world's second-largest supplier of wafers used to produce semiconductors and solar cells, has unveiled measures to realign its manufacturing operations for a better cost...

AUO signs OLED technology cooperation pact with Idemitsu Kosan

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:41 +0000

DigiTimes - AU Optronics (AUO) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japan-based Idemitsu Kosan for the development of OLED technologies and related applications, according to AUO.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon on track for Voice over LTE

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:32 +0000

CNET News.com - The company has hooked up with Ericsson to enable support for both voice and data on LTE "4G" networks.