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| India will Auction 3G Licenses |
8/28/2009 |
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A specially constituted group of ministers in India has targeted Indian rupees 250 billion (US$5 billion) as the minimum revenue from a proposed auction of 3G and WiMax licenses in the country, according to media reports.
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| Asustek expects third-quarter revenues increase 20% |
8/27/2009 |
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Asustek Computer expects its consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2009 to increase by more than 20% sequentially as the company's shipments are picking up in China, Russia and some countries in Eastern Europe, according to president Jerry Shen, speaking at August 25 investors conference.
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| MIT's robotic fish can monitor the underwater target |
8/26/2009 |
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Robotic fish could swim in schools of hundreds to perform surveys, environmental monitoring, reconnaissance and other underwater tasks, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers who recently displayed prototypes.
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| Corsair introduce new 256GB SSD |
8/26/2009 |
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Corsair has introduced a new Extreme Series X256 SSD to its ever-expanding solid-state drive offering. As its name indicates, the Extreme Series X256 SSD packs a capacious 256GB of storage.
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| PerkinElmer licenses solidsate photomultiplier technology |
8/25/2009 |
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Medical technology provider PerkinElmer has taken a license to use the solid-sate photomultiplier technology developed the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. The technology can be used to improve nuclear diagnostic processes and design highly sensitive laboratory equipment.
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| Engineer claims $60 million bonus from Atmel through the court |
8/25/2009 |
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Dr. Andreas Paul Schueppen, a former employee of Atmel Germany GmbH, is preparing for his first day in court in a case filed against his former employer in which he is claiming he is owed 42 million euro (about $60 million) as an "inventor's bonus."
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| Nokia plans to enter netbook market |
8/25/2009 |
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Broadening itself beyond its core mobile phone market, Nokia this morning announced plans to enter the world of PCs with a netbook that will use Intel Atom processors.
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| Intel has acquired RapidMind |
8/24/2009 |
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Intel has acquired RapidMind, a provider of software tools that allow development of C++ code for use on multiple processors.
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| Deutsche rates a "buy" on STEC |
8/21/2009 |
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We estimate the enterprise storage opportunity for SSDs will be roughly 300-600K units, significantly higher than STEC’s current 53K unit run rate. As NAND prices decline, we see growth opportunities in the server segment, where 20M HDDs ship annually.
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| Controller ready for 32nm NAND Flash |
8/21/2009 |
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Phison Electronics has said that its new NAND flash controller chips for USB flash drives and memory cards are all ready to support Toshiba's 32nm process technology. The Taiwan-based controller IC designer is preparing to go into mass production at any time.
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| Ambient light sensor help save power |
8/21/2009 |
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The iPhone uses an ALS to reduce power demands and eke out battery life by adjusting the display lighting for ambient-light conditions.
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| DOJ dropped probe on flash anti-trust |
8/20/2009 |
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The two flash market leaders, Samsung with 37% market share, and Toshiba with 34.5% market share, have confirmed that they have been informed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) that the two-year investigation has been dropped.
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| Smartphones to get better Nand storage |
8/20/2009 |
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Memory chip makers are about to offer more sophisticated flash drives for smartphones similar to the technology that will be comparable to the solid-state drives found in laptops today.
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| Scientist made headway on Polymaer semiconfuctor |
8/20/2009 |
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University of Washington researchers said their plastic circuit was created by solution casting of a newly developed plastic that conducts electricity and holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics.
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| Automobile semiconductor market to grow in Asia |
8/20/2009 |
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"By the end of 2009, Databeans expects the automotive semiconductor total available market to be just over $15 billion, thanks to emerging markets in Asia and recovery in established regions such as the US and Western Europe."
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| PSC to increase DDR2 production on price hike |
8/19/2009 |
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DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has increased production to 80,000 wafers per month, up from 40,000 units in the second quarter, according to industry sources. The chipmaker is moving to scale up monthly production further to 100,000 units later this year.
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| Hints of recovery seen from supply chain |
8/19/2009 |
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One leading indicator that is closely followed by electronics industry analysts is IPC’s PCB book-to-bill ratio. The ratio has been climbing steadily for the past five months and climbed above parity (1.0) in May. In June it jumped to 1.12, a very encouraging sign of expected growth in North American PCB sales for the remainder of 2009.
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