EE Times Top10 women in microelectronics
(03:48 AM EST, 11/04/09)
EE Times has developed an international ranking that celebrates women business leaders in various microelectronics disciplines.

SRC expands R&D centers
(08:22 PM EST, 11/03/09)
The Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) has added a new center to its R&D efforts.

FEI sells SEM line, posts results
(08:10 PM EST, 11/03/09)
Phenom-World--a majority-owned subsidiary of NTS Group B.V. (NTS) of Eindhoven, the Netherlands--has acquired FEI Co.'s Phenom desktop scanning electron microscope line.

MagnaChip gains new owner, seeks comeback
(07:37 PM EST, 11/03/09)
Having emerged from a recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, South Korean chip maker MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd. is on the comeback trail.

Jury finds for TSMC over SMIC in trade secrets case
(07:02 PM EST, 11/03/09)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has won a jury verdict over China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. in a long-running trade secrets dispute between the two foundries, according to an attorney involved in the case.

Lenovo: Win7 beats Linux in netbooks
(05:52 PM EST, 11/03/09)
Improvements in Windows 7 will make it less likely notebook makers will adopt Linux-based operating systems, said a technology executive at Lenovo, but the notebook giant will evaluate new alternatives including Google's Chrome OS.

Solar cells spring from optical fibers
(04:40 PM EST, 11/03/09)
Solar cells are no longer confined to flat panels thanks to a new technique that turns optical fibers into long, thin solar cells.

Analysis: NSN restructuring reflects industry transformation
(12:46 PM EST, 11/03/09)
The cost-cutting measures at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) don't come by surprise: Also NSN's customers increasingly are under pressure. Other telecommunication equipment vendors will have to implement similar measures.

Is Nvidia devising x86 processor?
(12:30 PM EST, 11/03/09)
The rumors have once again surfaced that Nvidia Corp. may enter the x86-based microprocessor market.

Dolphin Integration opens competency center in Israel
(11:49 AM EST, 11/03/09)
EDA and IP company Dolphin Integration SA (Meylan, France) has created Dolphin Integration Ltd. in Netania, Israel, in a view to foster the company's product developments in advanced memories, analog and mixed-signal circuits.

Analysis: Reality check for Motorola
(11:48 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Motorola Inc. co-CEO Sanjay Jha is counting almost singularly on smartphone sales to help the company recover in the mobile handset market but this is a risky strategy that could backfire and result in a nasty pricing war among equipment vendors.

CSR in hiring push seeks R&D engineers, finance execs
(11:25 AM EST, 11/03/09)
CSR plc, a fabless chip supplier for applications ranging from Bluetooth to GPS communications, is making a major hiring push according to open positions listed at its website.

CIA expands investments in semis
(11:18 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Cambrios Technologies Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has received investments totaling $14.5 million in a first closing of its Series D financing round.

ST, LG Display define advanced interface standard for LCD TVs
(11:01 AM EST, 11/03/09)
STMicroelectronics NV and LG Display Co. have teamed to develop the iDP (Internal DisplayPort) interface standard in a view to facilitate interconnection and boost performance of high-refresh-rate LCD TVs.

Startup turns SD cards into game cartridges
(11:00 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Startup FXI Technologies AS hopes to bring the Nintendo game cartridge into the cellphone era with a vengeance when it releases in early 2011 mobile games packaged with their own acceleration hardware on microSD cards.

Micron offers NAND-DRAM memory in multichip package
(10:41 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Micron Technologies Inc. (Boise, Idaho) has introduced a multi-chip package (MCP) memory for smart phones, personal media players, and mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that includes a 4-Gbit NAND flash memory die and a 2-Gbit low-power DDR die.

Radisys, 6Wind, Aricent ready integrated ATCA platform for LTE market
(09:55 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Radisys Corp. has teamed with Aricent and 6Wind SA to deliver application-ready ATCA platforms for the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Evolved Packet Core.

Nokia Siemens Networks cuts thousands of jobs
(09:22 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Only two weeks after having published massive losses in its third quarter, network equipment vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has announced far-reaching restructuring plans.

Comment: ESIA exposes Chinese chip sales
(09:10 AM EST, 11/03/09)
My support and congratulations go out to the European Semiconductor Industry Association for breaking out the Chinese semiconductor sales figures in its monthly reports.

3Leaf links 32 AMD chips in one server
(08:00 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Startup 3Leaf Systems has released an ASIC that can link 32 Opteron processors into a single server and is working on a version that could do the same for 64 Intel Nehalem processors.

CSR, TSMC collaborate on 40-nm RF process
(07:14 AM EST, 11/03/09)
CSR plc, a fabless supplier of silicon for applications ranging from Bluetooth to GPS communications, has announced it is collaborating with foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) to develop a 40-nm low power RF manufacturing process.

AdaptivEnergy, GainSpan link on energy harvesting Wi-Fi nodes
(06:34 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Energy harvesting company AdaptivEnergy Inc. (Hampton Roads, Va.) and GainSpan Corp. (San Jose, Calif.), a developer of Wi-Fi sensor network technology, have entered into a technology development partnership.

Productronica to reflect crisis and turn-around, CEO says
(06:08 AM EST, 11/03/09)
When in mid-November electronics manufacturing technology fair Productronica will open its gates, many visitors will note that the event has shrunk significantly. Nevertheless, manufacturing experts and managers can expect food for thought and and insights in trend-setting technologies, the organizer promises.

Update: Apache job post points to an EDA IPO
(05:23 AM EST, 11/03/09)
Apache Design Solutions Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), a vendor of power and noise analysis EDA software, has posted a job opening on its website which indicates the company is considering an initial public offering of shares in the company.

Researchers detail new power management technique
(05:15 PM EST, 11/02/09)
University researchers have proposed a new power management technique that they say significantly reduces system-level energy consumption without negatively impacting the reliability of the system.

SoC startup obtains funding
(05:03 PM EST, 11/02/09)
Link_A_Media Devices Corp. has secured $18 million in series C funding.

Analyst raises chip market forecast on September strength
(12:56 PM EST, 11/02/09)
Bruce Diesen, analyst with Carnegie ASA (Oslo, Norway) has raised his forecast for the 2009 chip market. The market will still be down but the market shrink will be less than Carnegie previously predicted.

OLED project focuses on lighting, signage
(12:00 PM EST, 11/02/09)
A research project in Germany is intended to bring OLED-based large-area displays lighting applications closer to commercialization. The project focuses on materials, with longevity and efficiency being the central aspects.

September 'actual' chip sales narrow the gap on 2008
(11:25 AM EST, 11/02/09)
September's global market for semiconductors was $23.98 billion, down 8.7 percent from the $26.26 billion value for sales recorded in September 2008, according to "actual" data from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization.

Maxim sells RFID IP, takes stake in firm
(11:13 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Analog chip maker Maxim Integrated Products Inc. has sold some RFID intellectual-property (IP) to Intelleflex Corp.

Renesas to transfer fab tool unit to Hitachi
(10:44 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Seeking to cut costs amid a major merger, Japan's Renesas Technology Corp. has sold its IC-equipment business to Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

MIT develops AI-based 'driving buddy'
(10:36 AM EST, 11/02/09)
MIT researchers are collaborating with Volkswagen and Audi to develop an AI-based "driving buddy" that could help motorists avoid traffic jams or remind them to fill an empty gas tank.

Ireland key to Analog Devices re-org, promotions
(10:20 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Analog Devices Inc. (Norwood, Mass.) has created two groups as part of an organizational change. Both will be led by executives who began their careers with ADI in Ireland, where the company has had a presence for many years.

Ruiz resigns as Globalfoundries chairman
(09:31 AM EST, 11/02/09)
In the wake of allegations that he passed along confidential information, Globalfoundries Chairman Hector Ruiz has stepped down, effective immediately.

MIPS debuts new cores, instruction set
(09:00 AM EST, 11/02/09)
MIPS Technologies Inc. is upgrading two of its cores and introducing a new instruction set architecture to expand the company's relatively small presence in 32-bit microcontrollers and leverage its strength in wired consumer systems to attack sockets in wireless devices.

Q-Cells moves to end supply contract with LDK Solar
(08:54 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Embattled solar cell manufacturer Q-Cells SE has terminated a contract with Chinese wafer supplier LDK Solar. Q-Cells accused its former business partner of unspecified contract violations.

EE Times begins accepting ACE Award nominations
(08:43 AM EST, 11/02/09)
EE Times to start accepting submissions for ACE Awards.

Altera announces Cyclone IV FPGAs
(08:01 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Altera announced the newest Cyclone low-cost FPGA family, which adds support for mainstream serial protocols as well as a rich supply of logic, memory and DSP capabilities. The company also rolled out version 9.1 of its Quartus II design software.

Atheros targets cellphone with Wi-Fi chip
(08:00 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Atheros Communications debuts a Wi-Fi chip for cellphones that supports a single-stream version of the latest 802.11n standard, attacking giants such as Broadcom and Texas Instruments who have been winning sockets in handsets with .11g chips that have integrated Bluetooth and FM radio features.

China chip market growth below rest of Asia-Pacific, says ESIA
(07:23 AM EST, 11/02/09)
The September three-month average for chip sales in China was $4.07 billion up 8.3 percent from $3.76 billion in August 09, according to data released by the European Semiconductor Industry Association.

SEMI Europe launches new thrust for funding
(06:20 AM EST, 11/02/09)
Chip equipment vendors' organization SEMI Europe has rendered more precisely its demands towards the European Commission for better business conditions. For its European clientele, the organization demanded incentives comparable to those in the US and in Asia.

September averaged global chip sales show 8.2% growth
(05:40 AM EST, 11/02/09)
The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors rose to $20.64 billion in September, up 8.2 percent from an upwardly revised $19.07 billion in August, and down 10.1 percent from September 2008, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association.

Top vendors increase NAND flash market share, says research
(05:07 AM EST, 11/02/09)
The top three vendors of branded NAND flash memory increased their market share in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to DRAMexchange, a market analysis company.