EE Times Semiconductor News

Salary survey, Analog Devices lead weekly story ranking

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:20:00 EST

Here are the top five online stories for the week beginning Sunday, Nov. 29, as ranked by EE Times readers, up to and including Saturday, Dec. 5. The ranking is based on the number of reader "views" or "hits" on a particular article.

Researchers develop microfluidic liquid antenna

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:26:00 EST

Liquid antennas housed in microfluidic channels encased in plastic enable conformable, ultra-reliable radio frequency (RF) antennas according to North Carolina State University and University of Utah researchers.

Court orders Apple to pay Opti $22 million

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:57:00 EST

A U.S. federal court has ordered Apple to pay $21.7 million in royalties and interest to technology licensor Opti for unintentionally infringing one of Opti's patents, according to a statement issued by Opti.

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NEC

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Winners, losers in netbook processor market

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:31:00 EST

There has been a ton of hype in the broad netbook and mobile Internet device (MID) processor market.

PicoChip, Lime team on femtocell reference design

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:53:00 EST

Lime Microsystems and PicoChip Designs have announced they are collaborating to develop a reference design for 3G and 4G femtocells.

October 'actual' chip sales up 14% on a year ago

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:26:00 EST

October's global market for semiconductors was $22.05 billion, up 13.8 percent on the $19.38 billion sales recorded in October 2008, according to "actual" data from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization.

Samsung plans to rival TSMC in foundry, says report

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:51:00 EST

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to double its production of chips for others, so called foundry production, every year until it rivals market leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., according to a Chosun Ilbo report that referenced an un-named company spokesman as its source.

Panelists question fabless model viability

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:40:00 EST

Is fabless still fabulous? In a panel session at the IP-ESC 2009 Conference this week in Grenoble, France, panelists discussed the evolution of semiconductor business models and confronted views on whether the fabless model is dead or alive and kicking.

IP developer sets up advisory board

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 04:08:00 EST

Evatronix SA has set up a technical advisory board to help it take the right direction for product development and use of available technology.

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Fri, 4 Dec 2009 04:08:00 EST

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On Semi emerges from Freescale's shadow

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:06:00 EST

Several years ago, Motorola Inc. spun off two of its chip units: Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and On Semiconductor Inc. One is struggling and its future is unclear. The other appears to have put its troubles behind it.

Acer rises in rankings amid PC rebound

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:39:00 EST

Market research firm revised its 2009 PC sales forecast thanks to better-than-expected third quarter shipments and said Taiwan's Acer moved into the No. 2 position in global PC sales in the third quarter.

Report: FTC to expand Intel probe

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:39:00 EST

Intel Corp.'s legal woes continue. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expanding its probe against Intel, according to BusinessWeek and other outlets.

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NEC

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Marvell tops analyst estimates

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:29:00 EST

Chip maker Marvell Technology Group reported revenue for the quarter ended Oct. 31 that exceeded analysts' expectations and the company's own revised sales target for the period.

Mentor, Magma beat targets; outlooks disappoint

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:31:00 EST

EDA vendors Mentor Graphics and Magma Design Automation reported quarterly revenue which exceeded Wall Street estimates and their own sales targets, but both offered outlooks for the current quarter that fell short of analysts' expectations.

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NEC

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Avago posts loss, sales down

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:25:00 EST

Following its initial public offering (IPO), Avago Technologies Ltd. said revenue was $428 million, an increase of 18 percent compared with the previous quarter, and down 4 percent from the same quarter last year.

Cree buys IP, claims LED records

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:06:00 EST

Cree Inc. has acquired a portfolio of patents related to ''semi-insulating'' silicon carbide (SiC) material and power device technology from Daimler AG.

Motorola invests in touchscreen firm

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:51:00 EST

The touchscreen frenzy continues, as Motorola Inc. has made an investment in Sensitive Object Inc.

Is design and reuse an impossible dream, ask panelists

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:03:00 EST

A panel session at the IP-ESC 2009 Conference this week in Grenoble, France, examined IP design and reuse from a business and technology perspective and urged IP and SoC providers to reach compromises.

Presented By: NEC

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:03:00 EST

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Analog Devices' CEO:'Our enemy is us'

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST

Leading analog chip vendors have all recently come out with "better than expected" quarterly results. Analog Devices CEO Jerry Fishman talked to EE Times of the market, the company's recent reorganization and what it takes to navigate the company in a global recession.

Remaking Freescale is a 'work in progress'

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:55:00 EST

Freescale Semiconductor Inc. executives said they are moving quickly towards returning the company to long-term viability. Here are some factors that could potentially derail or delay that objective.

Osram introduces first OLED lighting panel

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:15:00 EST

Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany) has said it is introducing its first OLED lighting panel, a unit called Orbeos.

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NEC

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AMD co-founder joins board of Scottish startup

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:55:00 EST

John Carey, co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in 1969 and lead investor in Integrated Device Technology Inc. in 1980, has joined Elonics Ltd. (Livingston, Scotland) as a non-executive director.

ASML, ST intensify work on 28-nm patterning

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:09:00 EST

ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) has announced a project with STMicroelectronics to accelerate 28-nm and 22-nm manufacturing process node development.

ST reorganizes regional structure

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:26:00 EST

STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) has announced changes in its global sales and marketing organization, consolidating ST's regions in Asia to two: Greater China & South Asia, Japan & Korea, with effect from Jan. 1, 2010.

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Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:26:00 EST

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SpringSoft, Magma cross-check their 65-nm EDA tools

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:32:00 EST

SpringSoft and Magma Design Automation have completed cross-tool validation using TSMC's 65nm interoperable process design kit (iPDK).

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NEC

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