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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:00 GMT
Credit Crunch: Semiconductor gloom amid economic gloom
Recently we highlighted a series of stories that indicate points of light for the semiconductor industry, amid the wider gloom of a global downturn. Here is a companion article that confronts the bad news emerging as economic conditions tighten.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:20:00 GMT
Samsung mass produces 256Gbyte flash drive
Samsung begins mass producing 256Gbyte solid state drives for PCs.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:13:00 GMT
IBM starts to make a brain
IBM and university researchers will try to simulate and emulate the human brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:00 GMT
2008 a good year for UK VC high-tech investment
The UK high-tech venture capital market has had a good year, according to Ascendant the technology-focussed investment group with, so far, £765m invested in 197 deals by 212 investors.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT
UWB pioneers Staccato and Artimi to merge
Two UWB pioneers, Staccato Communications and Artimi, are to merge, with the combined entity being known as Staccato Communications.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:33:00 GMT
Falling confidence hits chip sales, says NXP
NXP said it expected a 15% to 25% sequential sales decline in the fourth quarter on a business and currency comparable basis
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:00 GMT
Analysis - Intel sees $1bn+ fall for Q4
Intel says it will now make between $8.7bn to $9.7bn in revenues in Q4 rather than the $10.1bn to $10.9bn it thought it would be making a couple a weeks ago. The shares sank to an 11 year low of $12.50.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:29:00 GMT
Cree claims white LED record
Cree is claiming a efficacy record for a white power LED. In the lab, a packaged 1x1mm die produced 173 lm of 4,689K white at 350mA and room temperature.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:00 GMT
Amino buys Swedish set-top box firm for £2.5m
The purchase of Tilgin which is based near Stockholm will bring to Cambridge based Amino an MPEG-4 HD IPTV set-top box business
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:28:00 GMT
Polymer display firm MED goes into administration
The Edinburgh-based company, which has developed a microminiature display using polymer OLED technology, has said that its cash resources will be exhausted by mid-December and it has been seeking new funding
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:00 GMT
ARM makes big push on SoC market
The aim, said ARM, is to allow participating companies to license a package of ARM technology, which includes processor, graphics, fabric and physical IP
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:00 GMT
Semiconductor growth to return in 2010 - SIA
Consumers are firmly positioned in the driver's seat when it comes to worldwide semiconductor sales - and that's a negative in the current economic environment, according to SIA.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:00 GMT
Video - Electronica 2008 - Murata cycling robot
One of the highlights from the show floor of Electronica 2008 was the performance of the Murata Cycling Robot, 'Murata Boy' as he is known. Check out our seven minute video of the cycling action.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:24:00 GMT
Video - Electronica 2008 - Agilent DDR3 testing
In another video filmed down on the show floor at Electronica 2008, we have a detailed introduction to Agilent's DDR3 system for testing and debugging DDR3 designs.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:20:00 GMT
Bookings and billings at 2003 levels - SEMI
SEMI releases its October book-to-bill ratio, showing a month-on-month gain amid the industry downturn, but also showing continuing year-on-year declines.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT
Video Electronica 2008 - Intro
Out and about among the A, B and C Halls we bring you a demonstration of Murata's famous cycling Robot, motion sensors in action from Analog Devices, Agilent's DDR3 application to test and debug DDR3 designs and even an appearance by Marilyn Monroe for a DigiKey Red Corvette give away.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:00 GMT
China's fabless companies struggling - iSuppli
China's semiconductor sales revenue in 2008 is expected to rise 6.7 per cent to reach $81.7bn, up from $76.6bn in 2007, says US analysts iSuppli.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:30:00 GMT
Ericsson shows 320Gbyte optical system for IPTV networks
Ericsson is aiming to address the growing need for high bandwidth data links in network infrastructure with the introduction of a packet data comms system using optical transmission technology
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:27:00 GMT
Another 2001? No way - Future Horizons
Future Horizons, Europe's leading semiconductor analyst company, reckons that 2009 will see a two per cent contraction in market size, but no re-run of the disastrous downturn of 2001.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:12:00 GMT
Transmeta to be acquired by start-up for $256m
Per its acquisition by Novafora, a four-year-old developer of video processors, Transmeta may not enter into any future licensing transaction prior to closing of the deal without Novafora's consent.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:03:00 GMT
ON Semi backs out of bid for Atmel
Microchip ends its $5 per share offer, but says it intends to evaluate its potential alternatives for pursuing an Atmel acquisition without ON Semi.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:19:00 GMT
Spiral Gateway to spin second IC
Spiral Gateway, the Edinburgh dynamically reconfigurable processor company, is to run its next IC on a multi-project wafer (MPW) at TSMC in April.
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:31:00 GMT
Nanobamas - Putting the Obama into carbon nanotubes
Nanobamas are 0.5mm portraits of Barack Obama, each made of approximately 150 million carbon nanotubes by Professor John Hart of the University of Michigan.
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:41:00 GMT
Qualcomm switches to LTE - is this the end of Wimax?
Qualcomm’s decision to stop development of UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), its own attempt to set the next mobile phone standard, and concentrate on 3G LTE (long term evolution) will dismay Wimax proponents
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:20:00 GMT
Intel quad-core Nehalem processor breaks record
Intel's Core i7 quad-core processor, which is the first member of a family of Nehalem processors, achievd a score of 117 for the SPECint_base_rate2006 benchmark test that measures the performance of a processor
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