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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:08:00 GMT
ST-E coy on 28nm
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, as of now, where this is coming from.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:32:00 GMT
Steve Appleton
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.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:46:00 GMT
Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in plane crash
The company said "Steve's passion and energy left an indelible mark on Micron, the Idaho community and the technology industry at large"
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:40:00 GMT
AMD goes to 28nm for 2013 PCs, laptops and tablets
2013 will see AMD move to 28nm and integrated graphics for almost all of its PC and tablet processor range. Desktops get 28nm 'Kaveri' ...
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:31:00 GMT
Major smartphone firm adopts NFC, says Inside Secure
The smartphone will run on "one of the most widely used mobile operating systems under license". It will use the firm's MicroRead NFC controller chip and Open NFC protocol stack software
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:07:00 GMT
Comment: CES 2012 looked like the car show of the future
The year 2011 marked a major success for the global auto industry. Auto markets around the world began to stabilize in the first half of the year, only to see their sales quickly accelerate in areas like the United States and China during the second half. The final result was that 2011 as a whole ended up being the best year for car sales since 2008.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:06:00 GMT
LED lighting to be a $10bn power supply market in 2016
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
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:02:00 GMT
Avago demos 25G serdes cores in 100G backplane push
Achieving CEI-25G-LR compliance it is intended for Asic design in data networking applications and supports the push for 100G Ethernet infrastructure
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:01:00 GMT
Microsemi teams with Trinamic for motor control design
The design platform is built around microsemi's SmartFusion FPGA evaluation kit and Germany-based Trinamic's motor control daughter board kit
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:34:00 GMT
Strong semi growth - except for DRAM, says ESIA
European semiconductor sales in December amounted to $ 2.8bn - 5.5% down on November, reports the European SIA citing WSTS figures.
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:33:00 GMT
Job of the Week: Cisco Hardware Leader
Cisco is recruiting a Hardware Leader - the job functions are Principal Engineer, Project Leader, and Team Leader. Based in Slough, it is a permanent full-time role and the salary and benefits are negotiable.
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:00 GMT
China Mobile director Madam Li Mofang honoured by IET
Madam Li Mofang receives the honour in recognition of her outstanding work in engineering, particularly in China and the world of mobile telecommunications
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:24:00 GMT
Defence Minister opens TRaC’s test facility in Dorset
The test house plans to consolidate and expand its EMC and environmental test services at this single location
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:00 GMT
Cellergy cuts its supercapacitor leakage
Super capacitor manufacturer Cellergy has launched a lower-leakage range. "The 12mm square CLC range offers 50% lower leakage than the current CLG...
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32:00 GMT
Renesas says debug support is key for Eclipse C/C++ tools
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
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT
Thinnest 1.5A diode yet
NXP is claiming a first, with a Schottky diode only 0.37mm thick. "It is the smallest plastic package on the market and...
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:36:00 GMT
Comment: India's panel price crash could spark solar revolution
Solar power has always had a reputation for being expensive, but not for much longer. In India, electricity from solar is now cheaper than that from diesel generators. The news - which will boost India's "Solar Mission" to install 20,000 megawatts of solar power by 2022 - could have implications for other developing nations too.
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:00 GMT
Wolfson intros low noise MP3 audio chip for smartphones
The WM1811 has a 2W stereo Class D speaker driver and Class W headphone driver
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:02:00 GMT
Manchester University improves graphene off state
Astonishing conductivity helped the discoverers of graphene win the Nobel prize in physics in 2010. Now a way to switch off the easy flow of electrons in this form of carbon is bringing superfast graphene computers closer.
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01:00 GMT
eoSemi gets $2.3m investment for quartz replacements
“An endorsement of the progress made by our team towards bringing that technology to market,” said eoSemi CEO Ian Macbeth
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01:00 GMT
Eurotech wins €4m embedded computer deal in Japan
Deliveries will begin in second half of 2012 and will be completed in about 3 years
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:00 GMT
Qinetiq supplies electric drive for US tank tests
BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman, recently awarded $450m to develop the US Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), have gone to QinetiQ for a hybrid-electric track drive. Called E-X-Drive, "the transmission...
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:03:00 GMT
FTDI adds touch capability to its open source platform
The Vinco Touch Key applications board, which the supplier calls a shield mates with the Vinco motherboard, and incorporates a STMicroelectronics STMPE821 8-channel general purpose input/output (GPIO) capacitive touch key controller IC
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT
LeCroy adds automotive test kits for MOST and BroadR-Reach
"These standards have emerged in response to the rapidly increasing customer demand for devices connected to video displays and car infotainment systems," said the firm
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:59:00 GMT
Intel's wireless chips denied latest processes.
Intel’s move on the wireless market may fail for the same reason that its X-Scale and ASIC ventures failed – because it’s not putting its wireless parts on advanced processes.
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