| MEMS tech brings inroads in consumer devices
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2008-11-13 |
| As MEMS technology steadily gets integrated into cellphones, digital cameras and other consumer devices, it could soon make a giant step toward the so-called "lifestyle products," where MEMS chips could provide more manageable interfaces |
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| MEMS chips up for innovation despite slowdown
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2008-11-12 |
| MEMS chips are still being immersed into diverse consumer applications, according to the MEMS Executive Congress, hosted by the MEMS Industry Group last Nov. 5-7 in Monterey, California |
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| Bozotti cites key points for ST's rehabilitation
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2008-11-04 |
| After STMicroelectronics reported a Q3 net loss of $289 million, Carlo Bozotti, president and CEO of ST, stressed four key priorities for the group. |
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| Big players move into MEMS mic space
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2008-11-03 |
| Once the darlings of startups, the MEMS microphone has a new entrant: Analog Devices Inc. has announced a major thrust into the fledgling MEMS mic market |
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| Future casts a dreary outlook for industry
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2008-10-31 |
| For most observers, currently the financial crisis looks like the toughest challenge for the semiconductor industry. But there are others, and some with similar impact. |
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| MEMS gear up for mobile offensive
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2008-10-16 |
| Out-of-the-box thinking is necessary if a mobile phone design will highlight the ubiquitous services that future subscribers are going to expect. Many industry observers believe the next wave of enabling technology will come from MEMS design |
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| MEMS market seeks more effective fab practices
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2008-10-08 |
| When Freescale shifted a MEMS process from Sendai, Japan, to its Oak Hill fab earlier this year, the company was not successful in making an impact on a new business strategy to join its second internal source |
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| For now, CMOS is still irreplaceable
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2008-10-06 |
| Dennis Buss, chief scientist at TI, gave a retrospective look and a prospective analysis of the semiconductor industry as Moore's law is expected to stagnate toward the end of the next decade. |
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| Accelerometers find place in consumer apps
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2008-10-03 |
| However, recent trends have helped reshape the role of accelerometers in mobile phones and consumer electronics applications. |
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| Image sensors to end remote control era?
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2008-10-03 |
| In pursuit of a more intuitive user interface for increasingly complicated consumer electronics products, Panasonic and Hitachi independently showed off at CEATEC Japan similar "spatial hand gesture user interfaces" for their TV sets. |
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| Analyst: Fabless model is 'stressed out'
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2008-09-17 |
| In a report, analyst Doug Freedman wrote that the "fabless business model seems to be getting stressed out" and that the Nvidia-TSMC relationship "sounds problematic" and "needs to evolve." |
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| Bluetooth: Embracing the medical challenge
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2008-09-16 |
| Technologies such as sensors, MEMS, ADCs, MCUs and short-range wireless communication transceivers combine to create the medical device node. The medical device node can easily transfer various physiological parameters from a remote medical device to a mobile phone, a PC, or any Bluetooth-enabled host |
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| MEMS wear sophistication well
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2008-09-16 |
| Engineers must take a holistic rather than a piecemeal approach when integrating MEMS into larger electronic systems |
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| Cleantech investment boom begins
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2008-09-16 |
| According to a report by CleanEdge Inc., total revenue of the biofuel, wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and fuel cell markets is expected to top $250 billion within the decade, up from $77 billion last year. |
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| Tegal secures products, IP for 3D packaging, MEMS
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2008-09-04 |
| Tegal Corp. has signed an agreement with AMMS and Alcatel-Lucent to acquire products and the related intellectual property, directed at advanced 3D wafer-level packaging applications. |
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| CE, wireless devices drive market growth for MEMS
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2008-09-03 |
| Driven by new demand from consumer electronics and wireless applications, the global market for MEMS will expand to $8.8 billion in 2012, up from $6.1 billion in 2006, forecasts iSuppli Corp |
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| 3D-TSVs spark packaging revolution
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2008-09-01 |
| Chips face the so-called "More-than-Moore" 3D integration route in order to pursue the continued aggressive scaling demanded by the historical law. 3D integration with through-silicon vias (3D-TSV) will accelerate the consolidation happening in CMOS wafer fabs and the shift toward the fabless foundry model. |
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| TSMC ups budget for 40nm, MEMS
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2008-08-15 |
| The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd has approved a $795 million capital spending plan that covers the foundry's push into 45-/40nm CMOS processes and MEMS |
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| Olympics ushers in new MEMS era
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2008-08-12 |
| The 92,000 red, green, blue, yellow and white dots seen at the opening of the Beijing Olympics were the effects created by spectators waving MEMS-equipped electronic toy torches known as 'Waving Torch |
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| Will the Waving Torch make its way to the Olympics?
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2008-08-07 |
| Will the Chinese Olympic Committee allow spectators to use the Waving Torch—a replica of the Olympic Torch designed to spell out messages in midair when spectators wave them rapidly back and forth |
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| KLA-Tencor to buy microelectronic biz of Vistec
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2008-08-06 |
| KLA-Tencor has entered into an agreement to acquire the Microelectronic Inspection Equipment business unit of Vistec Semiconductor Systems. |
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| Asia Pacific Microsystems, UMC seal MEMS deal
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2008-07-23 |
| Asia Pacific Microsystems Inc. (APM) has reached an alliance agreement with semiconductor foundry UMC for 8-inch MEMS wafer fab capacity |
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| Chip industry preps for 'More than Moore' era
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2008-07-21 |
| Chip and semiconductor equipment makers are at a crossroads as they face an era that might be called "More than Moore." |
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| USDC switches name to FlexTech Alliance, expands mission
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2008-07-11 |
| The U. S. Display Consortium (USDC) is expanding its mission to support the emerging flexible, printed electronics market—subsequently changing the organization's official name to the FlexTech Alliance to reflect this new activity and opportunity. |
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| Industry giants see more businesses in VC
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2008-07-09 |
| In these cost-cutting corporate times, are electronics industry giants looking to outsource R&D to the venture market? |
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| Cypress sells MEMS subsidiary to Dainippon Screen
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2008-07-03 |
| Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (DNS) of Kyoto, Japan today announced that DNS has acquired Silicon Light Machines (SLM), a Cypress subsidiary. |
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| MEMS market hits $6B, 14% CAGR
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2008-06-30 |
| A new report from Research and Markets found that worldwide MEMS market topped $6 billion, and is growing at a CAGR of 14 percent |
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| ST, Debiotech deliver prototypes of disposable insulin nanopump
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2008-06-26 |
| Debiotech and STMicroelectronics have delivered the first evaluation prototypes of a miniaturized insulin-delivery pump. |
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| IEEE confab sees Istanbul as 'Prime' location
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2008-06-26 |
| The IEEE furthered the trend for international congresses and exhibitions in Turkey when it selected Istanbul as the site for Prime '08, its fourth conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics. |
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| Bright future for solar cell market, says report
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2008-06-25 |
| Worldwide investments in the production of photovoltaic cells will rise to the same level as those for semiconductor manufacturing by 2010 due to booming demand for solar energy, according to iSuppli. |
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