| HP details silicon photonics road map
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2008-05-16 |
| HP has outlined its goal to use silicon photonics to connect blades, boards, chips and eventually cores on the same chip at HP Labs's first annual Photonic Interconnect Forum this week. |
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| DriveCam's monitoring systems reduce driving risks
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2008-05-15 |
| DriveCam's pattern recognition systems detect risks in driving, reduce vehicle damage, workers' compensation and personal injury costs. |
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| Qualcomm, Foxlink to build mirasol fab in Taiwan
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2008-05-07 |
| Qualcomm and Foxlink have partnered to build a dedicated fabrication plant at Lungtan's Science Park in Taoyuan, Taiwan to manufacture next generation mirasol displays. |
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| Dark days loom as solar industry faces polysilicon shortage
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2008-05-05 |
| The booming global demand for solar energy has brought forth shortage of polysilicon used to make PV cells, says iSuppli. |
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| Analysts debate prospects of MEMS accelerometers in cellphones
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2008-05-05 |
| Industry analysts are divided over how quickly motion-sensing MEMS devices, such as accelerometers, will see volume uptake in cellphones, despite the rapid penetration of MEMS-based silicon microphones and RF switches into the handsets |
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| Epcos gains NXP's RF-MEMS unit
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2008-05-02 |
| Epcos has acquired the RF-MEMS unit of NXP Semiconductors in line with the company's strategy to transform itself from a manufacturer of discrete components to a systems provider |
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| MRAM is fit for space mission
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2008-04-16 |
| Headed for orbit with the launch of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's SpriteSat is MRAM technology, taking the place of both SRAM and flash memory. |
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| MEMS markets up for major boom
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2008-04-14 |
| According to Wicht Technologie Consulting, the current $2.5-million market for MEMS oscillators will grow to $140 million by 2012, and thereafter MEMS oscillators could also begin penetrating the $1-billion market for mobile handset timing chips |
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| CMOS harmonic oscillator eliminates quartz crystals
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2008-04-08 |
| Mobius Microsystems Inc. has unveiled its CMOS Harmonic Oscillator (CHO) technology that eliminates the need for quartz crystals in many applications. By integrating an oscillator onto an ordinary CMOS chip, the company claims to have removed the last moving part from electronics circuitry. |
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| TI, India medical school team on health care monitoring
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2008-04-07 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. has entered a collaborative agreement with Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, to develop semiconductor technologies that will help improve the quality, comfort and accessibility of health care. |
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| MEMS market to hit $9.7B in 2012
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2008-04-04 |
| IC insights forecasts that worldwide sales of MEMS-based semiconductor sensors and actuators are expected to increase at a CAGR of 19 percent between 2007 and 2012, reaching $9.7 billion in five years compared to $4.1 billion in 2007 |
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| iSuppli acquires PV, MEMS research specialist
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2008-04-03 |
| iSuppli has acquired German market research firm Wicht Technologie Consulting, which specializes in photovoltaic technology, MEMS and nanotechnology |
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| Applied Materials still top IC gear supplier
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2008-03-24 |
| Market research group VLSI Research has released figures about IC manufacturing equipment suppliers worldwide. The top ten IC manufacturing equipment suppliers recorded combined revenues of $33.5 billion last year, a 10 percent increase over the previous year. |
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| Long way to go for Brazil's chip biz?
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2008-03-21 |
| The birth of the Brazilian semiconductor industry has been protracted and difficult, but even as the infant takes its first steps, it is facing an uphill battle. |
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| MEMS face quartz-crystal giants
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2008-03-17 |
| MEMS represent the final frontier in microminiaturization-downsizing this necessary mechanical reference signal from the millimeter scale of quartz-crystals to the nanoscale of ICs |
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