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| World's smallest microcontroller has broad applications |
6/11/2004 |
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"The 6-pin devices provide a cost-effective replacement for many discrete logic or mechanical functions, substantially reducing component count and board space while giving engineers additional design flexibility"
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| Intel to experiment WiMAX in two Chinese cities |
6/11/2004 |
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"Digital technology, the expansion of wireless networking and the convergence of computing and communications will continue to enhance the way business is transacted, allow access to new markets and boost commerce globally,"
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| Microsoft puts bet on distributed storage |
6/11/2004 |
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Researchers are now writing their first paper on the project and expect to prototype the software across a cluster of tens of systems within about a year. If successful, the project could be transferred into a future generation of Microsoft's storage virtualization products.
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| Xilinx end production contract with IBM |
6/11/2004 |
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Xilinx did not cite a reason for parting with IBM, though company officials have acknowledged that IBM has had trouble attaining sufficient yields for its first 90-nm products, the Spartan-3.
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| LCD is ready to replace the tube at homes |
6/10/2004 |
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The consumer market is already hungry for bigger and better display technologies, judging from the cooing crowds admiring the crystal-clear pictures of the jumbo HDTV (high-definition TV) format 47-inch LCD panel of CMO and the 46-inch LCD panel of AUO.
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| Ratailers touting correct gateway to home entertainment |
6/10/2004 |
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With networking technology within the home finally ready for prime time, electronics vendors are looking to either bring intelligence into home entertainment devices, or turn PC-like devices into home entertainment hubs.
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| SIA up growth estimate to 28.6 percent |
6/10/2004 |
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"The industry is experiencing substantially stronger than expected growth in 2004 as a result of underlying strength in a broad range of end-use markets," said SIA President.
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| Elpida to build mega DRAM fab |
6/10/2004 |
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The 300-mm fab, slated to be in built in Hiroshima in southwestern Japan, would be twice the size and manufacturing capacity of any of the largest current-generation facilities, the reports said.
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| Fab business reaching record |
6/9/2004 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced that their net sales in May reached a record high of NT$21.72 billions, representing 29.2 percent increased the same period of last year. Not far behind is United Microelectronics Corp. announced their May’s revenue hit NT$ 9.6 billion.
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| TI gets Samsung contract to supply handset chips |
6/9/2004 |
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"[The Samsung deal] is a nice opportunity. I certainly hope that it will be a door opener-type of opportunity," Ron Slaymaker, VP and manager of investor relations at TI said on the update's conference call.
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| iSupply forcasts downturn in 2006 |
6/9/2004 |
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iSuppli Corp. expects that that new semiconductor capacity coming on line later this year and next year will drive the chip industry from an undersupply state, as it is presently, to an oversupply position in less than two years.
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| Custom IC market will continue to grow |
6/9/2004 |
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The customer-specific, MOS cell-based market will continue to find use across a wide spectrum of applications, ranging from relatively low volumes of high-complexity and high cost products, to high and very high volumes of lower-complexity and low cost products.
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| Gelsinger: Tools need to address yield problem |
6/9/2004 |
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"Our tools don't need to optimize for speed or logic functionality. They need to consider yield and bit splits, parameters and variations, leakage power, the distribution of that across the die, "
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| EDA tool consortium announces standard |
6/9/2004 |
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It has produced a first draft of its standard for encapsulating and describing hardware intellectual property and put the standard out for review by a newly enlarged membership.
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| Hypes at Computex boosted DRAM prices |
6/8/2004 |
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The price rise, however, reflects optimism among module makers and distributors. An analyst said that the spot prices will fluctuate in a narrow range between US$4.50 and US$5 in next few days or weeks.
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| Dataquest prdicts continue growth in Semi |
6/8/2004 |
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That growth is expected to hit 24.7 percent this year, followed by 13.8 percent in 2005. The market then is expected to drop 2.2 percent, followed again by an 8.9 percent pickup in 2007 and an 11.8 percent hike in 2008.
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| Freesacale offers radio chip at 2.45GHz |
6/8/2004 |
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Freescalehas launched two low-power, 2.45-GHz integrated radios — one for proprietary applications, the other with a full Zigbee protocol and network stack, IEEE 802.15.4 compliance and support for star and mesh topologies.
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| Cellphone TV endorsed by Samsung |
6/8/2004 |
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DMB, now coming online in Korea and Japan, is a multichannel broadcasting service with high-quality video. In principle, DMB will allow subscribers to watch television, listen to music, receive text messages, play videogames or cruise the Internet on their cell phone screens.
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| Tessera appoints new board member |
6/7/2004 |
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Nothhaft was chairman, president and CEO of Concentric Network Corp. from 1995 to 2001; Nothhaft guided the company through its successful IPO and merger with NextLink in 1999.
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| Freescale to revolutionize UWB with home products |
6/7/2004 |
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Freescale said its products address the demand for low power, cost effective UWB solutions for application such as media players, digital cameras and camcorders. The product families will also be designed to integrate sophisticated power management tools to help extend battery life.
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