| Hisense phones to flaunt Qualcomm's MEMS displays
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2007-10-26 |
| Qualcomm MEMS Technologies and Hisense Communication announced they are collaborating to bring mobile phones with innovative MEMS displays to market by 2008 |
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| Seashells inspire ultrathin yet ultrastrong materials
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2007-10-22 |
| A University of Michigan engineering professor has succeeded in creating an ultrathin material as strong as steel by embedding nanomaterial in an organic polymer matrix, mimicking the way oysters embed calcium carbonate into an organic matrix to create seashells. |
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| Multibillion market awaits energy harvesting tech
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2007-10-12 |
| In application areas as diverse as aircraft construction, personal health care monitoring systems or burglary detection systems, energy harvesting is on the verge of developing a market with a multibillion dollar potential. |
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| Infineon, Hosiden co-develop silicon microphones
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2007-10-04 |
| Infineon Technologies and Hosiden announced they have partnered on silicon microphones activities. |
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| NXP allots $58.3M for mobile speaker facility in Austria
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2007-09-18 |
| NXP will invest $58.3 million in its Sound Solutions innovation and manufacturing activities in Austria to expand the automated mass production of its rectangular speaker generation for cellphones. |
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| MEMS finds niche in space exploration
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2007-09-17 |
| The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has started a program to develop MEMS technologies that reduce the size, weight and power of its radio transceivers |
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| Jazz fortifies post in analog, mixed-signal markets
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2007-09-14 |
| Jazz Semiconductorhas announced its Analog-Intensive Mixed-Signal initiative to strengthen its position in price/performance and power consumption for specialty CMOS technologies and quicken time-to-revenue for analog-intensive products. |
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| ADI sells cellular chipset business to MediaTek
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2007-09-12 |
| MediaTek has acquired assets related to the ADI Othello radio and SoftFone baseband chipset product lines, as well as certain cellular handset baseband support operations, for approximately $350 million in cash. |
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| Accelerometer slims down for consumer sensors
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2007-09-03 |
| By slimming down its MEMS accelerometer and adding smart-recognition functions, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. hopes to win design slots in a range of consumer gear |
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| Engineers in medical sector told to learn from nature
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2007-08-28 |
| Engineers need to understand the physics behind natural processes and mimic those forces to bring new technologies to life, a keynote speaker said at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society conference. |
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| MEMS pioneer draws up technology's course
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2007-08-16 |
| MEMS pioneer Kurt Petersen of SiTime shares MEMS' development since the 1980s as well as his thoughts on where it is headed in the future |
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| ULP apps close in on portables in power chase
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2007-08-03 |
| The worldwide market for DC/DC converters and regulators will grow from 12.3 billion units in 2006 to 18.6 billion units in 2011, at a CAGR of 8.6 percent per year, according to Darnell Group Inc.'s latest analysis report. |
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| Tiny MEMS mic increases handset options
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2007-08-01 |
| Akustica Inc. has unveiled a microphone that measures 1mm² and uses a MEMS diaphragm and on-chip complementary CMOS analog circuitry |
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| Bosch sees huge potential in tiny MEMS
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2007-08-01 |
| Bosch sensor engineering VP Horst Münzel and Bosch Sensortec general manager and CEO Frank Melzer recounted the history of MEMS development at Bosch and shared its plans for the technology in a conversation with EE Times |
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| Demand in car, CE markets to drive MEMS revenues
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2007-07-25 |
| Frost & Sullivan reported that revenues from the MEMS sensors market will reach $4.2 billion in 2012, due to demand from the automotive electronics and CE markets |
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