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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:08:00 GMT
Why Intel bought Infineon's mobile chip business
It is likely that Infineon is well placed for the next big battle which will be influenced by a change of the fundamental design of mobile phones
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:51:00 GMT
Globalfoundries tapes out ARM Cortex A9 on 28nm
This is being seen as the next step on the foundry’s route to full production of 28nm system-on-chip devices next year
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:33:00 GMT
ZnO nano-wires make FETs force sensitive
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have used nanowires to make force sensors and force-based digital logic. The sensors replace the conductive gate of a FET with a ZnO nanowire...
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:14:00 GMT
High brightness LEDs get power driver
Guest columnist Jeff Gruetter, product marketing engineer for power products at Linear Technology outlines why high brightness LEDs require high performance LED drivers
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:05:00 GMT
Samsung, Toshiba challenge Apple's iPad
Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have both unveiled tablets computers at the IFA electronics show in Berlin to rival Apple's iPad.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:51:00 GMT
India wants access to Skype, Google and BlackBerry
India plans to extend its crackdown on Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry services to other communication service providers, including Skype and Google.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:05:00 GMT
Opto, Sensor/Actuator and Discrete market to grow 29%.
The market for opto, sensors/actuators and discretes (OSD) will grow 29% this year to reach $49.8bn, says IC Insights.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT
Spansion, Elpida prototype 4Gbit trapped-charge memories
Elpida and Spansion have produced prototype 4Gbit trapped-charge flash memories made using the Spansion Mirrorbit technology. Sample chips are scheduled for Q4 and mass production for Q1 2011.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:56:00 GMT
Wireless charger standard released
The Wireless Power Consortium has launched version 1.0 of its interoperability standard to promote wireless charging for portable devices. Branded Qi ...
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:58:00 GMT
Comment: UK to increasingly supply SoC functional blocks
Future World Symposium: One trend that we can confidently say will continue up to and far beyond 2020 is that an increasing number of functions will be integrated onto a single chip.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:53:00 GMT
IBM: ‘World’s fastest computer chip’
IBM has announced a 5.2GHz four-core 45nm processor with 1.4 billion transistors, claiming it to be the world's fastest microprocessor. Dubbed z196,...
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:00 GMT
Stonesoft launches secure mobile authentication for Apple and Android
Network security supplier Stonesoft has made its MobileID authentication software token available for five new mobile platforms to allow access to mission-critical systems.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:44:00 GMT
Kit for speedy femtocell designs
The reference design from Lime Semiconductor features a multi-band RF receiver which can operate WCDMA band 1/2 and band 5
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:35:00 GMT
Norwegian researchers find flaw in quantum cryptography
Norwegian security researchers have claimed they can crack quantum cryptography, which could make the highly secure encryption technique vulnerable to hackers.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:11:00 GMT
HP and Hynix to manufacture universal memory chip
Hynix said today that it will develop and manufacture memristors with HP. The products will be ReRAMs (Resistive Random Access Memory).
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:58:00 GMT
Future World Symposium - Navigating technical and non-technial barriers
What will the next ten years look like? Who will be shaping the future? What will our electronically enabled industries be capable of and how must organisations work together to deliver the potential? What are the barriers, both technical and non-technical, that lie in our way and what hazards must we navigate?
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:44:00 GMT
Tektronix completes Arbor acquisition
Tektronix has been on the acquisition trail for the last year or so as it looks to expand its test systems in areas such as network security, RF, video and benchtop instruments
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:37:00 GMT
Motorola handset division to spin-out in Q1 2011
Two years and a turnaround since first being mooted for spin-off, Motorola’s handset division will be demerged in Q1 2011 with a cash cushion of $3.5bn.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:08:00 GMT
Sony to challenge Apple's digital media dominance
Sony is to challenge Apple's digital media dominance with a new music and video subscription service.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:20:00 GMT
FM and TV active antenna chip for car windows
Atmel has introduced a chip for active printed window aerials in cars. A cut-down version of its existing ATR4252, the 4253 is claimed to be the smallest...
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:56:00 GMT
HP pays $55m to settle US overcharging and bribery claims
HP has agreed to pay $55m to settle a US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into claims the supplier overcharged the government on multiple federal contracts.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT
Intersil signs Avnet Memec in Europe
In June, Intersil's CEO Dave Bell told Electronics Weekly that the semiconductor industry is clearly on a full recovery path from the 2008-9 downturn
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:32:00 GMT
EC to give €1.8m to help terminated NXP workers
The EC is to give €1.8m to a programme aimed at finding employment for 512 people made redundant by NXP. The money comes from the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:13:00 GMT
Rice University and Privatran developing sub-10nm memory technology
Privatran, a Texas start-up, is using technology developed at Rice University in Texas to develop memories using 5nm nanowires, according to Nano Letters.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:34:00 GMT
Is this the first car sat-nav device running Android?
As you would expect, running an Android OS, the device will be a mobile internet terminal when it ships in November
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