Top 20 Semi Manufacturers From IC Insghts
IC Insights reports that most large memory and foundry companies performed extremely well in 1H10, with most of them strong double digit growth rates.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:47:00 GMT

Cambridge researchers test iPhone 4 for 'death grip' (video)
PA then found that when used in the so-called ?death grip?, ?the iPhone 4?s performance was significantly worse than other smartphones?
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:17:00 GMT

DRAM Market Tops $10bn In Q2, says DRAMeXchange
The Q2 DRAM market was worth $10.7bn, according to DRAMeXchange, a 15.2% increase from Q1?s $9.3bn.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:12:00 GMT

Record Margin For Samsung Semis; On-Track For $15bn Capex Spend
Samsung Electronics had Q2 revenues of $32bn for a net profit of $3.6bn and an operating profit of $4.2bn.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:49:00 GMT

Why do engineers have a downer on twitter?
Is the twitter feed so annoying to engineers because it has become hi-jacketed by corporate releases and website news feeds?
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:24:00 GMT

Semi Shortages Hit Tier One Telecoms OEMs
The components shortage is hitting the telecommunications industry with complaints about lack of supply of key components affecting the financial performance of Tier One OEMs
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:24:00 GMT

Supertex cuts stand-by with novel shunt regulator
An unusual switching capacitive shunt regulator from Supertex can cut mains stand-by power to less that 20mW. It replaces the traditional Zener diode with a mosfet switch in a capacitively...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:55:00 GMT

Mobile phone market growth slows, but don't panic
The 13% growth figure was lower than the 17% average over the previous two quarters. ?But it is still well above the -8% annual rate recorded in the recession of Q2 2009,? said Joy
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:08:00 GMT

iPhone jailbreaking is 'okay under EU law'
Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers that owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws, says a legal expert.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:57:00 GMT

ST gives dual-core Cortex-A9 processor DDR3 interface
?This is the first device in the recently announced SPEAr1300 family and others will follow shortly,? said Loris Valenti, general manager of STMicroelectronics? computer systems division
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:52:00 GMT

Cost-cutting BT sees profits climb
Despite falling revenue, BT saw its profits climb to £375m for the first three months to 30 June, up 38 % compared to the same period last year.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:50:00 GMT

China's LED market benefits from government support
Local governments in China subsidize at least 70% of the cost, or $1.5m on average, for each purchase of a machine that performs Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD), a process used in the manufacturing of LEDs
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:32:00 GMT

Smart meters: Fun is the key to energy savings
In-home energy displays may fail to meet their objectives unless an element of fun is introduced, claims engineering services firm Aricent. It is assumed that once consumers have energy displays...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:00 GMT

Jha Turns Round Motorola Handset Business
Q2 earnings at Motorola suggest that Sanjay Jha has turned around the company?s handset business. Jha expects the unit to make a profit in Q4.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Audio chip cuts out noise in smartphones
National Semiconductor has added a noise reduction circuit to its analogue audio chip for minimising background noise in smartphones
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:00 GMT

Renesas Forecasts Losses; Cuts 5,000 jobs; Going Fabless At 28nm Node.
Renesas is expecting a loss for the twelve months to March 31 2011 and will not pay any interim or final dividends. It will go to foundry for 28nm and better processes, and is looking to cut costs by $1.2bn between now and the end of March 2013.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:18:00 GMT

Synopsys offers hi-fi audio on 40nm ICs
Synopsys has added 40 and 55nm hi-fi audio intellectual property (IP) portfolio, with a dynamic range of 96dB. The firm already offers audio blocks between...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37:00 GMT

Updated: Intel shows silicon laser chip for 50Gbit/s links
The work started four years ago with the Light Peak project and it has developed a prototype silicon-based semiconductor laser which Intel claimed could form the basis of 50Gbit/s optical links in computers
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:03:00 GMT

4G spectrum auction lined up for late 2011
The long-awaited auction for so-called 4G mobile licences will take place at the end of 2011, communications minister Ed Vaizey has announced.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:37:00 GMT

TSMC Has Record Q2 Profit
TSMC had a record Q2 profit 0f US$1.3bn on sales of US$3.2bn and has increased capex to $5.9bn from $4.8bn. It projects Q3 sales of US$3.4bn to US$3.7bn.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:00 GMT

Flash Propels Toshiba To Record Calendar Q2
Higher sales and stable pricing of NAND flash chips helped propel Toshiba to calendar Q2 sales of $16.7bn with a record Q2 operating income of $335m and a net profit of $5.3m.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:53:00 GMT

Xilinx and ADI offer SDR platform for 4G mobile
ADI has embedded transceiver components into a development platform which can be used to evaluate DPD algorithms running on Xilinx?s Virtex-6 ML605 evaluation kit
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:57:00 GMT

Telecoms Infrastructure Capex To Re-Start Growth Next Year
Spending on telecommunications infrastructure equipment is set to grow next year on the back of 4G investment after two years of decline, according to iSuppli.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:57:00 GMT

Logarithmic pixel gets clear pictures in poor light
Researchers at the University of Oxford have invented a logarithmic camera pixel for wide dynamic range imaging. Applications for the CMOS device are expected in...
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:53:00 GMT

UK Tops European VC Investment League
The UK is leading the way on VC investment. according to a Dow Jones VentureSource report, which says 32% of all European VC investment went into UK companies in Q2.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:42:00 GMT

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