| EDA tools add MEMS capability
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2007-07-02 |
| By integrating its tools with existing EDA tool sets, SoftMEMS claims to be uniquely positioned to enable EEs to co-design electronics-with-MEMS chips from the comfort of their familiar EDA platform |
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| Growing MEMS popularity puts TeraVicta in the spotlight
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2007-06-21 |
| For TeraVicta Technologies Inc., it has been quite a journey, six years to be exact, before they were able to roll out their first MEMS product (a 7GHz, single-pole double-throw switch). But the timing couldn't' have been perfect |
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| Experts see potential for nanotech, MEMS in energy harvesting
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2007-06-19 |
| Though still at the research phase, using nanotechnology and MEMS technology in energy harvesting applications shows huge potential, experts at the Sensors Expo said |
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| Automotive, CE apps drive MEMS sales
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2007-06-11 |
| Yole has identified key trends in the growth of inertial MEMS sales, among which are the stabilization of the automotive market and a boom in consumer applications |
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| Gaming platforms: A goldmine for designers
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2007-06-08 |
| Chip and software designers have an opportunity to be part of the multi-100-million gaming platform shipments, as platforms respond faster to user demands by converging on interactivity, connectivity and information display. |
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| Wii outsells PS3 in Japan, 5:1
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2007-06-08 |
| Despite record-high sales it posted in the last fiscal year, Sony Corp. has little to smile about as Nintendo Co.'s Wii game console outsold Playstation 3 by more than five times in Japan last month. |
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| 'Fab Club' welcomes two European members
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2007-06-04 |
| Three companies, two of them based in Europe, join the Fab Owners Association (FOA) bringing the number of semiconductor and MEMS manufacturing facilities owned by member companies to over 60 |
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| TSMC partners with foundry R&D firm
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2007-06-04 |
| TSMC is collaborating with R&D foundry SVTC Technologies in an attempt to fast-track new ideas in chip design and manufacturing from concept through to mass production. |
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| MEMS chips integrate more intelligence
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2007-06-01 |
| According Freescale, its ESC-capable combo MEMS sensor for vehicles will capitalize on two trends driving MEMS development: integration of multiple sensing elements and integration of more intelligence |
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| IBM gets on the road to 3D packaging
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2007-06-01 |
| News that IBM Corp. this year will sample its first commercial devices to make direct metal connections between chips marks a small but significant milestone on the road to 3D packaging. |
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| Qualcomm proposes 'finer-grained' metrics for 3G handsets
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2007-05-24 |
| With the influx of new 3G handsets, Qualcomm says users should be able to make cellphone purchase decisions based on finer-grained metrics that go beyond today's ubiquitous talk and standby times. |
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| Analysis: MEMS making inroads in industrial automation
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2007-05-23 |
| MEMS-based sensors and actuators are on a slow but steady climb into taking a key role in the industrial automation sector, new analysis from Frost & Sullivan revealed |
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| ST, SAES team on multi-axis MEMS gyroscopes
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2007-05-18 |
| The SAES Getters Group and STMicroelectronics (ST) have signed a co-operation agreement that will support development and production of next-generation MEMS gyroscopes |
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| ST to explore fuel cell, plastic electronics markets
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2007-05-15 |
| STMicroelectronics said it expects to bring samples of micro-fuel cells to market in 2009 and to sample biochemical sensors and electronics-on-plastics in 2008. |
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| Study: MEMS market poised for solid growth
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2007-04-27 |
| Yole Developpement reports that the global MEMS market reached almost $6 billion in 2006, and is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 14 percent |
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