| Malaysia foundries zero in on MEMS, analog
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2008-06-25 |
| Apart from large, foreign-owned fabs that have laid the groundwork for semiconductor manufacturing in Malaysia, local foundries are also finding their own niches in the IC market. |
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| Analyst anticipates steady growth for MEMS players
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2008-06-13 |
| Over the past year, there have been major changes in the rankings of MEMS foundries, according to market research group Yole Developpement with several new players entering the field such as Texas Instruments and TSMC |
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| ST strives to zero in on more markets
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2008-06-05 |
| STMicroelectronics is gearing toward high-value applications by renewing its efforts in creating analog ICs, MEMS, power semiconductors and proprietary processes fit for energy, healthcare, automotive electronics and multimedia |
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| Nanotube fab looks forward to multiple chip apps
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2008-06-04 |
| The first foundry offering carbon nanotube thin films to fabless chipmakers will soon be available, whose thin films will be on variety of substrates like displays, touchscreens, solar cells, sensors and MEMS devices |
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| Toshiba develops cost-competitive MEMS
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2008-06-03 |
| Toshiba Corp. has announced two optimized packaging technologies for MEMS semiconductor packages that achieve significant cost reductions |
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| MEMS makeover consumer electronics apps
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2008-06-02 |
| Motion sensing technologies for mobile and gaming devices come in a variety of flavors, ranging from IR sensors and inertial sensors to combo devices that integrate accelerometers and gyros. Thanks to the Nintendo Wii and Apple iPhone--and the limitless imagination of designers--motion sensing technologies are enabling a host of novel applications. |
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| Coming soon: Picoprojectors
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2008-05-27 |
| Microvision will ship limited quantities of its picoprojector engine toward the end of this year, with volume quantities following in 2009 "as the supply chain starts to build up." |
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| MEMS displays outdo LED, OLED counterparts
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2008-05-26 |
| The new line of Qualcomm's colorful displays offer two advantages over LEDs and OLEDs: they consume very little power and are readable under outdoor ambient lighting conditions. |
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| TSMC ventures into automotive silicon market
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2008-05-20 |
| TSMC is in European talks to enter the safety-critical automotive silicon market. Infineon, which claims to be number two in automotive silicon, is one way TSMC could make its move. |
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| MEMS evolution: coming full circle
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2008-05-16 |
| Marlene Bourne shares how the commercialization of MEMS devices and the innovation it has brought amaze her. The different applications of MEMS, its market needs, its evolution and future are discussed here |
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| 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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| MEMS gear up for medical mission
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2008-03-03 |
| Microelectromechanical-system-based inertial and motion sensors are finding slots in medical applications, with demand fueled by implantable devices that must be highly reliable and very small, as well as by handheld devices for home monitoring and diagnostics. |
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| Freescale MRAM lifts off to space
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2008-02-28 |
| MRAM products from Freescale Semiconductor have been selected for use in a magnetometer subsystem from Angstrom Aerospace, which will be launched into space on board the Japanese research satellite SpriteSat. |
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| GPS goes beyond navigation to video games
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2008-02-28 |
| By combining GPS and a digital compass with accelerometers, HP Lab's Mediascape platform lets gamers 'become a mouse and a gamepad,' said Patrick Goddi, a senior researcher at HP Labs. |
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| Yole sees increasing WLP adoption in ICs
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2008-02-26 |
| Yole Dveloppement released an analysis on the adoption of WLP in semiconductors based on the idea that WLP technology can be implemented in the most cost sensitive applications. |
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| MEMS shrink digital projector to pico unit
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2008-02-18 |
| Microvision Inc. showcased a prototype of its pico projector, which uses MEMS to downsize a digital projector to a palm-size, battery-powered unit |
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