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| U of Michigan achieves ultra bright OLED |
7/17/2008 |
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By fabricating a tandem system of grids and micro lenses on a white OLED, the device can achieve a brightness of over 70 lumens per watt, compared with 15 lumens for incandescent bulbs.
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| Intel beats analysts' expectations |
7/16/2008 |
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Intel, the world's No. 1 semiconductor company based on sales, posted a 25 percent surge in profit for the June-quarter on record shipments of mobile microprocessors and chipsets. Net income rose to $1.6 billion, or 28 cents per share, compared with $1.3 billion, or 22 cents per share.
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| Photovoltaic cars race from Dallas to Calgary |
7/16/2008 |
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The 24 teams racing from Dallas to Calgary are mostly from American universities and colleges, but they also include Canadian entries such as Eclipse VI from Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS; Montreal) and Schulich 1 from the University of Calgary.
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| SEMI president predicts equipment sales to fall |
7/15/2008 |
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While this drop follows 6% market growth in 2007, SEMI believes the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry will experience a rebound with annual growth of 13% in 2009, and 6% in 2010.
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| 10 Gbit/second Ethernet ramps up |
7/15/2008 |
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"What is interesting to note is the number of startups that are currently playing in this space, with some actually surpassing sales of 10GE chips compared with established companies," said Aileen Arcilla, a senior analyst for semiconductors at IDC.
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| Gartner cuts forecast for handsets |
7/15/2008 |
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Gartner now predicts the market will grow by 10-11 percent in 2008, having forecast growth would be between the 10 and 15 percent range just two months ago.
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| Rush iPhone buyers frustrated |
7/14/2008 |
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AT&T Inc, the sole U.S. carrier for the iPhone, blamed problems synchronizing the phone with Apple's iTunes online music and software store, saying it was probably caused by too many people trying to access iTunes at the same time.
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| AMD takes big write off |
7/14/2008 |
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AMD will take an $880 million impairment charge because the digital TV and handheld business unit it acquired with the former ATI Technologies has not been performing as expected, the company said in a statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Rambus sues Nvidia for Patent Violation |
7/11/2008 |
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Rambus Inc. filed suit against Nvidia Corp. for violating 17 of its memory patents,the lawsuit alleges at least six of Nvidia's product lines infringe the Rambus patents
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| Motorola global ranking falls to fifth place |
7/11/2008 |
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Shipments of Motorola handsets in the second quarter of this year may lag behind those from LG Electronics and Sony Ericsson, which will push down the global ranking of the US handset vendor to the fifth place.
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| TSMC Reports Flat June Sale |
7/11/2008 |
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TSMC announced that its unconsolidated June sales were US$938 million, a decrease of 1.7% from May 2008
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| Qimonda to unveil GDDR5 Chip |
7/10/2008 |
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Qimonda hopes to gain an edge over the competition through its early adoption of GDDR5 technology for graphic memories.
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| Siemens to axe 16,750 jobs world-wide |
7/9/2008 |
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Siemens AG plans to cut around 4 percent of its workforce worldwide as part of an overhaul and as a result of the global economic downturn.
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| Fujitsu unveil 256-Mbit FCRAM |
7/8/2008 |
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Fujitsu Microelectronic has introduced a 256-Mbit consumer FCRAM featuring low power and high throughput for digital consumer electronics products.
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