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Europeans HD-ready, but also HD-dumb
The key obstacle to "reaching orbit" in high-definition television (HDTV) in Europe, after this year's successful "liftoff" from extensive, expensive and popular HD World Cup coverage, is the education of a viewing public still unclear on the concept.
2006-09-09 07:00:00.0
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BBC video project could reverse 'Immaculate Reception'
With the help of new 3-D video technology developed by the BBC, one of the great sports mysteries ever could be solved.2006-09-08 12:00:00.0
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IMEC set to report on improved FinFETs
European nanoelectronics research institute IMEC is expected to report on its work improving FinFETs at somewhere close to the 25-nanometer process node at the forthcoming International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 11 to 13, in San Francisco.2006-09-08 09:00:00.0
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Qimonda plans to pitch a 58-nanometer DRAM
Engineers from Qimonda AG, the memory making spinoff from Infineon Technologies, are set to report on a 58-nanometer DRAM manufacturing process technology at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) due to be held in San Francisco, Dec. 11 to 13, 2006.2006-09-08 09:00:00.0
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Siemens manager Ganswindt leaves company
Siemens Corporate Executive Committee member Thomas Ganswindt is leaving the company. Ganswindt was responsible for the ailing business fields communications and IT Services.2006-09-08 09:00:00.0
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Wireless infrastructure "wrong playing field" for GaN - Analyst
RF power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure sector may not be the best opportunity for companies developing and making devices using Gallium Nitride (GaN) process technology, a researcher at ABI suggests.
2006-09-08 08:00:00.0
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3G mobile operators lose tax rebate ruling
The chances that the U.K.'s mobile phone operators could claim back a potential �£3 billion windfall from the government was dealt a likely fatal blow after a European Court ruled that they should not be allowed to reclaim VAT on their purchases of 3G phone licenses.
2006-09-08 07:00:00.0
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Qimonda to report as part of phase-change memory team
Results of research conducted in partnership by IBM Corp., Qimonda AG and Macronix International Co. Ltd. on the topic of phase-change random access memory are set to be announced at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) due to be held in San Francisco, Dec. 11 to 13, 2006.2006-09-08 07:00:00.0
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Frontier, S3 collaborate on mobile TV platform
Frontier Silicon and Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) are joining forces to develop a reference design for multi-standard mobile DTV, enabling handset manufacturers to rapidly deploy mobile devices based on both DVB-H and T-DMB standards.
2006-09-08 05:00:00.0
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Infineon ex-CEO Schumacher wins compensation case
Infineon's former CEO Ulrich Schumacher has prevailed in a lawsuit about compensations for its ousting two years ago. The semiconductor manufacturer now has to pay about €2.7 million ($ 3.43 million) to Schumacher.2006-09-08 04:00:00.0
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Hackers winning DRM 'arms race'
Everyone wants digital rights management technologies that protect copyrighted content from hackers, but a panel of experts concluded that nobody wants to pay for them.2006-09-08 04:00:00.0
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Firms join multi-processor debugging effort
Analog Devices, NEC Electronics, Tensilica, and Texas Instruments have joined the Nexus 5001 Forum, a 22-company effort to address multi-processor debugging of embedded systems through adoption of the Nexus standard. 2006-09-08 04:00:00.0
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Nokia provides DVB-H technology to Vietnam
Nokia and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) signed a contract to launch commercial mobile broadcast TV services based on Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) technology in two key Vietnamese cities by end-2006.2006-09-08 03:00:00.0
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Software broadens TI's DaVinci application spectrum
With an all-software offering, Texas Instruments promises to turn a DaVinci platform into a multi-purpose converged TV set top box with applications ranging from video telephony to IPTV.2006-09-08 02:00:00.0
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IBC panel debates broadcast vs. broadband-based
Many broadcasters have launched HDTV programming and some are even dabbling with mobile TV. Still unclear is whether broadband Internet will be friend or foe.2006-09-07 19:00:00.0
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RTOS said to optimize ARM11 MPCore
Japanese embedded software developer eSol has introduced a real-time operating system and set of integrated tools for use with ARM11 MPCore multicore processor designs for the automotive, mobile, enterprise and embedded markets. 2006-09-07 19:00:00.0
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Hackers winning DRM 'arms race'
Everyone wants digital rights management technologies that protect copyrighted content from hackers, but a panel of experts concluded that nobody wants to pay for them.2006-09-07 16:00:00.0
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Stockholders approve Alcatel-Lucent union
Stockholders of Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies approve their merger, as expected. 2006-09-07 15:00:00.0
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Xyratex expands Asian data storage operations
Xyratex, a specialist developer of enterprise and data storage process technology, has acquired Jastam Trading Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, for about $1.5 million.
2006-09-07 13:00:00.0
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Samsung set to discuss polymer resistive memory at IEDM
Researchers from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. are scheduled to discuss a development in resistive memory based on polymer materials at the forthcoming International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 11 to 13, in San Francisco. 2006-09-07 13:00:00.0
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TI adds mobile TV features to Hollywood chip
Texas Instruments Inc. is adding two features to its mobile broadcast TV product not normally associated with handheld video viewing. 2006-09-07 11:00:00.0
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Intel likely to spare Israel job cuts, say observers
The planned job cuts looming over Intel have also cast a shadow over the Israeli market, but there are, as yet, no signs of depression. Most observers here believe Intel will spare its Israel operations from the worst of the cuts.
2006-09-07 10:00:00.0
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LG Electronics completes Russian 'all-goods' plant
LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday (Sept. 6) it has completed construction of a large-scale complex of facilities to produce a broad range of "white" and "brown" electronic appliances in Russia, which it hopes will provide a springboard for LG brands to grab the top position in Russia and the CIS nations.2006-09-07 07:00:00.0
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Spansion to use Discretix's security IP for handsets
Spansion Inc. has embedded Discretix’s CryptoFlash security technology into the memory supplier’s security processor for devices targeted at mobile handsets.
2006-09-07 07:00:00.0
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Maxwell brings ultracap-based starter system to vehicles
; Energy storage specialist Maxwell Technologies and German automotive electrics and electronic supplier Kromberg & Schubert have signed a memorandum of understanding to use Maxwell's ultracapacitors into a highly efficient low-cost engine starting system for automobiles.2006-09-07 06:00:00.0
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PCB technology startup raises $8 million
Startup company Printar Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) has raised $8 million from Dor Ventures, d-Partners and Apax Partners venture capital companies. Printar, which employs around 50 workers, develops and supplies digital printing equipment for the PCB industry. 2006-09-07 06:00:00.0
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Femtocell developer UbiquiSys raises $12 million
UbiquiSys Ltd, the developer of the ZoneGate femtocell 3G access point for the residential market, has raised $12 million in first round fundraising from three leading venture capital firms.
2006-09-07 06:00:00.0
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MIT project maps wireless usage in Rome
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Laboratory will launch the SENSEable City Consortium, a major research initiative aimed at bringing together city and public administrators, network operators, electronic hardware and software producers and urban hardware manufacturers in MIT's research environment.
2006-09-07 06:00:00.0
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Autodesk snags French engineering software firm for $33 million
CAD giant Autodesk has signed a definitive agreement to acquire French structural engineering software firm Robobat for $33 million in cash. 2006-09-07 05:00:00.0
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Dialog Semi joins forces with Bsquare
Dialog Semiconductor Plc and embedded software provider Bsquare have signed a joint technology partnership agreement to develop, market and deliver mobile applications reference boards for developers and manufacturers of smart phones, PDAs, navigation systems and other portable applications. 2006-09-07 04:00:00.0
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Analyst suggests ST as buyer of Intel's NOR business
Doug Freedman, an analyst with American Technology Research, has postulated that STMicroelectronics NV could be working on a deal to acquire the NOR flash memory business from Intel Corp.2006-09-06 13:00:00.0
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer
David Milne must be a big fan of James Clerk Maxwell. Wolfson Microelectronics, where Milne is CEO, has offered to fund a $20,000 annual prize without getting their name on it. 2006-09-06 12:00:00.0
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French contactless chip firm gets new CTO
Inside Contactless SA, a developer of contactless semiconductor chips, has appointed Eric Alzai as chief technology officer. Bruno Charrat, former CTO, has moved to become chief scientist and vice president of the near field communications product line. 2006-09-06 11:00:00.0
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Nova Measuring Instruments to auction patents
Israel semiconductor metrology and process control supplier Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. has invited 100 companies to submit bids to license some of its patents.2006-09-06 11:00:00.0
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Handset vendors lead chip purchases higher
Among the top-10 chip buyers, phone makers Nokia and Motorola will increase their semiconductor spending by the highest percentage. On the other side, Siemens is reducing its chip purchases.2006-09-06 11:00:00.0
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Data acquisition is applied to power engineering
The RTSoft Company has developed a new version of a multi-purpose pickup mneasuring unit for measuring parameters of transient electromechanical systems suich as frequency, current, voltage, and power. 2006-09-06 10:00:00.0
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Russian DSP approaches 22.4 GigaMACs
Modul Scientific & Technology Center has placed into production its domestically designed and built 1879VM2 digital signal processor. The processor is an improved version of the L1879VM1 and is part of a new generation of the company's NeuroMatrix 1879VMx signal processors.
2006-09-06 10:00:00.0
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Spansion, Saifun expand flash agreement
Flash memory supplier Spansion Inc. has extended a licensing and product design agreement with Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.2006-09-06 10:00:00.0
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Solidar modernizes lighting fixtures
Russian households have historically had inefficient lighting systems. Practically all of the owners have switched from filament lamps to more efficient gas-discharge ones.2006-09-06 10:00:00.0
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Cellular use in Russia surpasses 100 percent
The rate of cellular telephony penetration in Russia surpassed 100 percent in July, at least as judged by the number of SIM cards sold.2006-09-06 09:00:00.0
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Siemens opens biometry center
Siemens today (September 6) inaugurated its Biometrics center in Graz, Austria. The new competence center is set to develop products based on biometric processes that will be sold worldwide. In addition, the center will carry out basic research. 2006-09-06 09:00:00.0
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Inside raises $25 million for U.S., Asia expansion
Inside Contactless SA, a developer of contactless semiconductor chips, has closed a funding round of $25 million led by Granite Global Ventures (GGV). EuroUS Venture joined in as a new investor and existing investors contributed half of the total amount of this round led by Sofinnova Partners, now the largest shareholder.2006-09-06 09:00:00.0
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Intel advertises jobs while planning massive cuts
Intel is still hiring, according to the company's job bank, which was brimming with job openings. Despite a major restructuring that includes about 10,000 job cuts, you can still get a job at Intel. 2006-09-06 07:00:00.0
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X-Fab completes merger with 1st silicon
Mixed-signal devices foundry X-Fab has completed the merger with Malaysian counterpart 1st Silicon. The merged company operates under the umbrella of Belgian holding X-Fab Silicon Foundries N.V. which holds 58 percent of the shares.2006-09-06 06:00:00.0
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ARM propels Samsung's Blue-ray disc player
ARM has made another strong play into the consumer electronics sector with the announcement by Samsung Electronics that its BD-P1000 -– the first commercially available Blu-ray disc player on the market—uses the Jazelle acceleration technology licensed from the Cambridge, England based company.
2006-09-06 05:00:00.0
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Sony pulls emergency brake on Playstation roll-out
Sony will delay the sales launch of its Playstation 3 gaming console in Europe until March 2007: The volume production of the blue laser diodes required for the integrated Blu-ray disk drive does not ramp up fast enough, the company said.2006-09-06 05:00:00.0
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European group claims EUV breakthrough
Three of the participants in the More Moore project, a European Commission funded initiative for the development of Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography (EUVL) in Europe, have created a photoemission electron microscope capable of measuring features as small as 20-nm without destroying the sample.
2006-09-06 04:00:00.0
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ASML raises guidance for Q3 2006
Lithography equipment specialist ASML Holding NV has raised its bookings outlook and said it expects Q3 2006 unit orders to be substantially higher than previously indicated because of strong demand from several memory makers, both DRAM and NAND/Flash.
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2006-09-06 04:00:00.0
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Comment: Worst is yet to come from Intel
Intel's plan to layoff 10,500 workers in coming months is just the beginning of more bad news for the troubled semiconductor supplier.2006-09-05 18:00:00.0
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NXP to invest $300 million in India
NXP Semiconductors India, formed from the semiconductor business of Philips Electronics India Ltd., has announced a planned investment of about $324 million to set up an R&D facility and sales team in the sub-continent.2006-09-05 17:00:00.0
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Intel to slash 10,500 jobs, trim capex
Embattled Intel Corp. has outlined anticipated cost-cutting measures, including plans to cut 10,500 jobs through layoffs and attrition. 2006-09-05 16:00:00.0
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U.S. to use NXP chip for e-passports
The U.S. will use NXP's chip technology for its e-passport program.2006-09-05 14:00:00.0
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Esterel acquires design code from Thales, Diehl
Esterel Technologies has taken an exclusive source code license for the Image Embedded Graphical Display Design Environment software developed jointly by Thales Avionics SA and Diehl Aerospace.
2006-09-05 12:00:00.0
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Wolfson agrees to fund $20,000 annual Maxwell prize
Wolfson Microelectronics plc, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and The Royal Society of Edinburgh have come together to create a $20,000 annual award for exceptional electronic and electrical engineers whose work has benefited society.2006-09-05 12:00:00.0
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Handset market relocates to emerging countries
Since in the industrialized countries the markets are largely saturated, mobile handset vendors have to focus more and more to emerging nations. Nevertheless, the market will grow at a somewhat slower pace than in the past, according to a recent study from Frost & Sullivan.2006-09-05 10:00:00.0
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Aspex supports high-definition video processing
Fabless processor company Aspex Semiconductor Ltd. (High Wycombe, England) announced the introduction of the Accelera video encoder, which can compress high definition video data streams and supports the MPEG-2, H.264 and VC-1 standards.
2006-09-05 09:00:00.0
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ST signs up China's Konka to make high-definition TV
European chip designer and maker STMicroelectronics NV has said that China's Konka Group Co. Ltd. has agreed to mass produce LCD integrated digital televisions (iDTVs) based on ST's DTV100 design.2006-09-05 09:00:00.0
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Filtronic, Powerwave revise terms of acquisition
Filtonic plc and Powerwave Technologies, Inc. have revised the terms of their previously agreed transaction whereby the U.S. group would acquire the bulk of Filtronic’s wireless infrastructure division in a deal valued at about $336 million.
2006-09-05 08:00:00.0
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New oxide materials make transistors shrink
In a joint effort, researchers from Augsburg University in Germany and the Penn State University in the U.S.A proved that it is possible to implement High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) using oxides instead of semiconductor materials. The usage of oxides could help to overcome barriers on the way to ever-smaller transistor geometries.2006-09-05 08:00:00.0
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CellMetric debuts at IBC with mobile TV emulator
Privately held CellMetric (Cambridge, England) will launch itself and its first products — a range of network emulators to help operators deploying digital terrestrial and mobile TV systems — at the IBC exhibition and congress, which opens September 8 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2006-09-05 07:00:00.0
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Applied Materials bets on solar cells as growth engine
Applied Materials enters the rapidly growing market for PV solar photovoltaic equipment. The company offers technology and services that could help cell manufacturers to make the transition to much larger installations. 2006-09-05 06:00:00.0
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LG advances Polish LCD TV investment
LG Electronics Inc. has brought forward by six months plans to commence production at its third liquid crystal display (LCD) TV production line in Poland, citing faster-than-expected growth of the flat panel display (FPD) TV market in Europe.
2006-09-05 05:00:00.0
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Philips to build power LED fab in Singapore
The lighting division of Royal Philips Electronics will invest in the setting up of a high power LED production facility in Singapore. Initial production is expected to start in Q1 2007, ramping up to double Philips' total power LED production capacity by the end of 2007. 2006-09-05 04:00:00.0
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Joint venture to invest in European battery manufacture
An investment of around $15 to 20 million is to be made for the production of lithium batteries at the first Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions (JCS) European HEV lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant.2006-09-05 03:00:00.0
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Intel may delay fab projects, says report
As part of its major cost-cutting efforts, Intel Corp. could delay a pair of new 300-mm fab projects in Europe and the United States, according to online reports.
2006-09-04 14:00:00.0
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European chip market flat in July
European sales of semiconductors in July were $2.78 billion, up 0.8 percent from $2.75 billion in July 2005, according to the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association. European sales stood in contrast to global July sales, which were up 8.1 percent at $18.18 billion. 2006-09-04 12:00:00.0
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Korea's August IT exports reach yearly high
South Korea's exports of information technology products amounted to $9.85 billion in August, a 13.3 percent rise over $8.70 billion a year ago, owing to a recovery in shipments of mobile phones and the continued brisk mood in the semiconductor, display panel and digital TV sectors, the Ministry of Information and Communications said.2006-09-04 12:00:00.0
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Magnetron sputtering improves productivity in solar cell production
With a new coating method, scientists from Berlin-based Hahn-Meitner research institute promise to achieve better yields and higher quality in the production of thin-film solar cells. The research group presented its results at the Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC) presently held in Dresden. 2006-09-04 11:00:00.0
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Israeli Wimax startup targets 2007 IPO
Wireless broadband startup company Runcom Technologies Ltd. (Rishon Letziyon, Israel) has said it is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in mid-2007, but declined to comment on speculation that it could be a takeover target for Fujitsu Ltd.2006-09-04 10:00:00.0
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Hot technologies at the IFA
Before setting off to go to Berlin for the IFA show our German editor picked some of the hot spots at the show. 2006-09-04 09:00:00.0
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ErSol to build solar cell fab
Photovoltaic company ErSol Solar Energy has commissioned technology concern M+W Zander to do all the planning work necessary for building a new fab for poly- and monocrystaline silicon solar cells. Zander also hopes to get also the order to eventually build the fab.2006-09-04 09:00:00.0
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With NXP in, is Crolles 2 out?
Philips Semiconductors, reborn as NXP Semiconductors, is reviewing whether it should extend its involvement in the Crolles 2 Alliance, according to Frans van Houten, chief executive officer of NXP.2006-09-04 09:00:00.0
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Actel adds Nordic FAE
Actel Europe has brought in Rouzbeh Hosseinalikhani as a field applications engineer for the Nordic and Baltic countries. Based in Sweden, he will report to Göran Rosén, Actel’s Nordic sales manager.2006-09-04 08:00:00.0
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ST's Bozotti hints at memory partnership to come
European chipmaker STMicroelectronics NV has a number of strategic partnerships in place with its peers but its chief executive has hinted at another deal being worked on in the area of memory. 2006-09-04 08:00:00.0
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ST, Hynix prep 8-Gbit NAND flash entry
European chipmaker STMicroelectronics NV and South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. are close to catching up with leaders in the NAND flash market with the introduction of 4-Gbit and 8-Gbit NAND flash memories made on a 70-nanometer process at a 300-mm wafer fab in Wuxi, China.2006-09-04 07:00:00.0
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Austriamicrosoystems introduces low-power ADC
Austriamicrosystems has expanded its portfolio of analog-digital converters (ADCs) with a new high-performance device for extremely low power consumption. The product is targeting at battery-operated devices and portable data acquisition systems.2006-09-04 07:00:00.0
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Xilinx adds DTE to European channel
Xilinx has expanded the distribution agreement it has with Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. which covers North American and Asia Pacific to include the U.K. and Ireland. 2006-09-04 06:00:00.0
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Aftermarket services enter the contract manufacturing picture
When Microsoft Corp. launched the long-awaited Xbox 360 game console, the headlines were all about competitive posturing vs. rival manufacturers and whose chips were on the motherboard.2006-09-04 06:00:00.0
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Listen to the anti-RoHS
Anyone who has seen a melting glacier, traveled in smog-ridden Athens, Bangkok, London or Shanghai, and experienced the awful sights of an electronics products dumping ground in a developing country cannot but wish that governments throughout the world would do more to protect our environment. 2006-09-04 06:00:00.0
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Foxconn sues Chinese journalists over iPod report
Two journalists from China have had their assets frozen and are being sued for $3.7 million after writing a report critical of work conditions in a factory that makes Apple's iPod.2006-09-04 05:00:00.0
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Frontier Silicon integrates more functions on DAB chip
With a new highly integrated device, chip maker Frontier Silicon is aiming at the DAB radio receiver market. 2006-09-04 05:00:00.0
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Conergy opens Singapore subsidiary
Photovoltaic systems provider Conergy AG has opened a branch office in Singapore. The office in the city state is set to become the central subsidiary from where the Hamburg, Germany, based company plans to launch its expansion into the Asia-Pacific markets.2006-09-04 04:00:00.0
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Philips semi, reborn as NXP, targets HDTV
NXP's corporate coming out party included the launch of a high-definition TV reception chip aimed at grabbing a share of the consumer electronics market.2006-09-04 04:00:00.0
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