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Capacitorless DRAM scalable beyond 30nm 3/18/2010
Using 3D transistors similar to FinFETs, the two companies have demonstrated behavior similar to the floating-body effect in SoI planar transistors. IS claims the effect is strong enough and has the right characteristics to implement a capacitorless, one-transistor DRAM that can meet DDR3 voltage, power, and performance specs at and beyond the 50nm half-pitch.
Prices help smartphone sales in Asia 3/18/2010
The growth will be driven by strong demand in China and India and this will present a challenge to the traditional smartphone vendors and an opportunity for competition as well as opening up a large grey market. Smartphone shipments to Asia will be feature an average selling price of under $120 before subsidies or taxes.
Nanya and Inotera to expand with hiring 3/17/2010
Inotera is shifting from 70nm-class trench directly to 50nm stack, and expects to convert all of its chip production (130,000 wafers a month) to the more advanced process in the fourth quarter.
Intel offers SSD option to netbooks 3/17/2010
The SSD is loaded with the operating system and favorite applications to take advantage of the speedy performance, which Intel claims is nearly 4x faster than a 7200RPM HDD.
Subscribers call for iPhone to broaden support 3/17/2010
"It befuddles my imagination to figure out why Apple refuses to do things that would further please customers," "why [Apple] takes such an exclusionist attitude about relationships with the outside world."
FCC calls for support on smart grid communciations 3/17/2010
The FCC plan lays out six broad goals including a target that "every American should be able to use broadband to track and manage their real-time energy consumption."
IC Insights projects 27% jump in semi market 3/16/2010
Therefore, with only a moderate seasonal increase forecast for the IC market in the second half of this year, IC Insights believes its 27% growth forecast for 2010 still can be considered conservative.
Semi companies raising prices due to shortage 3/16/2010
''In short, near-term business conditions are robust, end demand appears strong, particularly in Asia where signs of a broader economic recovery are apparent, and visibility is robust through 2Q,'' according to a report from FBR.
Researchers upgrades lithium ion battery 5X capacity 3/16/2010
Nanocomposites aim to boost the capacity of lithium ion batteries by five-times by hanging nanometer-sized silicon particles on trees of carbon black that self-assemble into porous micron-sized spheres, which increase an electrode's surface area with interconnected internal channels.
Google defiance on China "Search" laws? 3/16/2010
A key issue is whether Beijing, angry and embarrassed by Google's public defiance, would allow the company to continue running other operations, including advertising and a fledgling mobile phone businesses in China if Google.cn closes. China promotes Internet use for business and education but bars access to sites run by human rights and political activists and some news outlets. Officials, who defend China's controls by pointing to countries that bar content such as child pornography, are stung that Google has drawn attention to how much more pervasive Chinese limits are.
AMD to produce netbook class processor in 2011 3/15/2010
On the face of it this make sense. Bobcat was supposed to have power efficiency in mind and AMD has claimed that it will burn the same amount of juice as an Intel Atom ie 10W-15W.
Google Chrome, too expensive to penetrate 3/15/2010
Google's requirements for systems using Chrome include relatively high performance graphics, accelerometers and other sensors. "PC OEMs say the hardware requirements—still under NDA--will make the systems actually more expensive than a Windows device, yet they don't have anywhere near the applications support
3G Internet and modem to gain ground 3/15/2010
This is likely to be good news for Qualcomm, Icera and ST-Ericsson who are all suppliers of 3G modem ICs. Shipments will continue to soar during 2010 but price erosion will also be savage.
China's PV initiative runs into grid road block 3/15/2010
Chinese grid companies are currently quite unwilling to purchase the electricity generated by PV as there is uncertainty about the quality of the electricity and the impacts on the grid."
National Semi reports strong sales up 5% 3/12/2010
National Semiconductor reported sales of $362 million in the quarter, up 5 percent from $345 million in the previous quarter and up 24 percent from $292 million reported in last year's third fiscal quarter.
Samsung researching High-K dielectric for semiconductor chips 3/12/2010
Samsung Electronics is reportedly exploring an alternative in high-k dielectrics: It is looking at gate-last technology
GlobalFoundries to spend $2.5 Billion in 300mm Fab 3/12/2010
GlobalFoundries Inc. is planning to spend $2.5 billion to increase its 300-mm wafer manufacturing capacity by 50 percent in 2010
Rambus wins patent suit against Nvidia 3/11/2010
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office upheld Rambus's patent-infringement case against Nvidia.
GlobalFoundries to start 22nm process at Dresden Fab 3/11/2010
GlobalFoundries Inc is starting work to help develop 22-nm CMOS process and will run the process in volume.
SMIC to cut 10% of work-force 3/11/2010
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC), China's top foundry chipmaker, plans to downsize 10% of its workforce in a move to accelerate its progress towards profitability.
Microsoft search engine market share up 11.5% 3/10/2010
Microsoft Bing continued to gain market share, growing to 11.5 percent of the U.S. search market in February, up from 11.3 percent in January.
Winbond to raise price on NOR Flash 3/10/2010
Winbond Electronics is looking to raise prices for NOR flash memory by 5% to reflect tight capacity according to industry sources
Taiwan motherboard makers see weak February shipment 3/10/2010
Taiwan first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have all seen on-month drops in their February 2010 revenues.
Cisco unveils new CRS-3 routers 3/10/2010
Cisco Systems announced its next generation core router which can route 100 Gbit/second streams an throughput of up to 322 Terabits/second.
HP offers a Window 7 powered tablet PC 3/9/2010
HP said it is ready to ship a Windows 7-powered Tablet PC that will offer a more complete computing experience than Apple's iPad.
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