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| Irish researcher claims junctionless transistor |
2/22/2010 |
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The breakthrough is based on a control gate around a silicon wire that measures just a few dozen atoms in diameter. The gate can be used the squeeze the electron channel to nothing without the use of junctions or doping. The development, which could simplify manufacturing of transistors at around the 10-nanometer era.
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| Infineon ask ITC to block Elpida DRAM import |
2/22/2010 |
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Infineon Technologies North America Corp. have alleged in their complaint, filed on Feb. 19, 2010, that Elpida has engaged in unfair trade practices by making for importation into the U.S., and selling after importation, certain DRAM semiconductors and products that infringe four of Infineon's patents.
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| Intel to target 11nm with EUV |
2/22/2010 |
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At 11-nm, Intel reiterated its concept of a ''complementary'' or mix-and-match strategy, in which 193-nm immersion could work hand-in-hand with EUV or maskless lithography to enable advanced chip designs.
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| Caltech discovered low cost/high efficiency solar cell |
2/22/2010 |
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Solar cells based on the technique could potentially be very inexpensive to manufacture since only 2 percent of the materials are expensive semiconductors while the remainder is made from inexpensive plastic.
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| LED backlight price continues to fall |
2/19/2010 |
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LED backlight costs are falling faster than conventional LCD backlights, with LED backlight unit for 40 inch full HD LCD TVs to reach USD 100 in Q4 2010.
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| MIT researcher develop energy-harvesting systems |
2/19/2010 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) researchers have develop an energy-harvesting systems that could replace batteries in electronic devices that need to work for long periods of time.
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| AT & T to offer Android Phone |
2/18/2010 |
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AT&T set a March 7 release date for the Motorola Backflip, which will become the first Android-powered smartphone to run on AT&T's 3G network.
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| Silicon revenues declined 41% in 2009 |
2/16/2010 |
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Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments hit rock bottom in the first quarter of 2009, but a strong recovery was noted in each subsequent quarter of 2009
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| Qimonda test equipments up for Auction |
2/16/2010 |
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Qimonda automatic test equipments, assembly and packaging and test and measurement instruments will go under the hammer this week at Munich Germany.
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| NEC to unveil quad-core Cortex-A9 processor |
2/15/2010 |
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NEC Electronics looks set to grab a share of the lead in terms of high performance ARM processors at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week with a quad-core Cortex-A9 design.
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| Nanya has 42nm DRAM in qual. |
2/12/2010 |
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Nanya and Inotera will use 42nm process to produce 2GB double data rate 3(DDR3) DRAM chips. The cutting-edge process, he added, is an ideal solution for building lower power-consumption, higher-efficiency and larger-capacity circuits on smaller chip dies than last-generation process.
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| Toshiba to build $8.9billion NAND fab. |
2/12/2010 |
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When fully facilitized the wafer fab is expected to double Toshiba's NAND production capacity from about 260,000 wafers per month to 500,000 wafers per month.
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| Intel to push on new low power silicon technology |
2/12/2010 |
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Inclusion of III-V materials is a 2015 transistor option that could deliver either three times the performance of silicon at the same power consumption, or deliver the same performance as silicon at one-tenth the power consumption.
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| Motorola to split into two companies |
2/12/2010 |
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Motorola Inc. is moving forward with a plan to separate the company into two independent, publicly-held entities. One will include the company's mobile devices and home businesses. The other will include its enterprise mobility solutions and networks businesses.
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| DDR3 prices rose |
2/11/2010 |
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In terms of market dynamics, DDR3 is still in tight supply due to aggressive migration plans by PC-OEMs. Hence, DRAMeXchange projects that the contract price of DDR3 will continue to rise, while that of DDR2 will likely decline.
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