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IDC cuts the forecast about 2012 semiconductor market growth

Published:2012/7/20 0:59:00 Author:Ecco

Market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) made a report about forecast for 2012 semiconductor market growth on July 19. The report indicated that the market will be cut by macroeconomic uncertainties such as the ongoing Eurozone crisis, lower global GDP growth and slowing in emerging markets. ...   (View)

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Only six chip firms plans to expand capex in 2012

Published:2012/7/19 2:50:00 Author:Ecco

The market analysis company IC Insights Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.) has made a report about the chip-making companies. The report indicates that only six of the top 35 chip-making companies are planning to increase capital expenditure in 2012 compared with 2011. The six companies ar...   (View)

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ASML is preparing to push its next generation EUV machines

Published:2012/7/18 22:47:00 Author:Ecco

According to Eric Meurice, CEO of lithography equipment vendor ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands), the company is preparing to push its next generation extreme ultra violet (EUV) lithography machines. What’s more, the throughputs can reach expects of customers. EUV lith...   (View)

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Chip sales is forecasted to be slowed in June

Published:2012/7/18 2:38:00 Author:Ecco

According to Bruce Diesen, an analyst at Carnegie Group (Oslo, Norway), the three-month average basis of worldwide semiconductor sales were likely about $24.55 billion in June, up slightly from $24.4 billion in May, but down from May on a seasona...   (View)

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ST-Ericsson grows revenue but fails to shave net losses

Published:2012/7/18 1:30:00 Author:Ecco

ST-Ericsson, a mobile chip designer, has grew its revenues but failed to shave net losses in its most recent financial quarter. The company is in the trouble to face the predicating flat sales for the coming quarter because of global economic and industry conditions. According to a statement, ST-Ericsson focused on improveme...   (View)

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France is considering ways to Internet tax

Published:2012/7/17 1:48:00 Author:Ecco

The Agence France-Presse (AFP) report indicates that the French government is considering ways to tax Internet based companies that contrive to sell products and services in France without paying much to the government. So the tax is the needed. Yves Le Mouel, head of the French Telecommunications Federation (FFT), made a report which indicated that Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon have annual sales of f...   (View)

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Tablets is expected to surpass notebooks in 2016

Published:2012/7/16 22:20:00 Author:Ecco

The market analysis firm NPD DisplaySearch forecasts that the sales of tablet computers will surpass those of notebook computers in 2016. The shipments of notebook computer ar...   (View)

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The new x86, Power, Sparc chips will be displayed at Hot Chips

Published:2012/7/16 2:29:00 Author:Ecco

It is good news for engineers that new x86, Power and Sparc microprocessors will be displayed at the Hot Chips conference next month. The event will cast a wide net that includes chips for cellular base stations and 3-D stacks. (View)

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Near-field counters are the key to wireless transmissions

Published:2012/7/16 1:21:00 Author:Ecco

The Invisible Waves product line is expanded to two units which include RF-id SOLO and RF-id STATION. Near-field frequency counters are the keys to wireless transmissions. To the different units, one is used ...   (View)

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AL5801 linear LED driver allows for simplification of auto interiors

Published:2012/7/13 3:18:00 Author:Ecco

The AL5801 linear LED driver allows designers to simplify automotive interior, signage, and general lighting control circuits by adding two additional components. By integrating a 100V rated N-channel ...   (View)

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Microlink 85 provides data logging, control, and real-time data

Published:2012/7/13 1:54:00 Author:Ecco

Microlink 851, a new kind of versatile software, provides data logging, control and real-time data acquisition for Ethernet and Internet networks. The features of Microlink 851 include frequency counting, 32 digital inputs and outputs, event counting and an extensive range of analog...   (View)

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Cryptography Research signed with Discretix on DPA

Published:2012/7/12 3:31:00 Author:Ecco

According to Security R&D and licensing company Cryptography Research Inc. (CRI), it has signed with Discretix Technologies Ltd.to make an agreement. The agreement allows Discretix to develop products incorporating differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasures for use by CRI's licensees. ...   (View)

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The new 40W desktop adapter is designed for power Ultrabooks

Published:2012/7/12 2:10:00 Author:Ecco

Here is a new small, energy-efficient and lightweight adapter PSA40W for mobile devices that require battery charging, such as Ultrabook and Netbook comp...   (View)

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Applied cuts annual sales target

Published:2012/7/11 3:20:00 Author:Ecco

Applied Materials Inc., a semiconductor production equipment vendor, announced on July 10 that they would cut its sales outlook for its fiscal year 2012 until October. The company now expects sales to be below its fiscal 2012 target of betw...   (View)

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Tri-source energy harvest control IC is developed by MIT

Published:2012/7/11 1:11:00 Author:Ecco

According to the researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the control circuitry for an energy harvesting platform has been developed. The platform works with natural light, heat and vibrations. It is useful to combine solar, thermal and vibration energy sources as they are intermitten...   (View)

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First 450-mm fabs is predicted to operate in 2017

Published:2012/7/10 3:08:00 Author:Ecco

According to Christian Dieseldorff, a senior analyst with the fab tool vendor trade group SEMI's industry research and statistics group, the first production semiconductor fabs with 450-mm wa...   (View)

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EUV startup is seeking $5 million

Published:2012/7/10 1:45:00 Author:Ecco

Zplasma Inc. (Seattle, Wash.), an extreme ultraviolet light source company, is seeking $5 million in venture capital or strategic corporate investment. The company has been in talk with many companies in the EUV lithography sector, including light source suppliers and leading lithography equipment maker ASML. (View)

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MEMC pushes SOI wafers for FinFET over oxide

Published:2012/7/9 4:26:00 Author:Ecco

MEMC Electronics Materials Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri), a silicon wafer supplier, has pushed an introduction of FOX-Si. It is a form of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer to facilitate the creation of FinFETs with oxide dielectri...   (View)

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16-Mbit, 64-Mbit rad-hard MRAMs are pushed by Aeroflex

Published:2012/7/9 2:23:00 Author:Ecco

Aeroflex Inc. has pushed a kind of three magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) components made using a manufacturing license from Everspin Technologies Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.). Aeroflex Inc. is a company to p...   (View)

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Russian component market will grow 9.5％ in 2012

Published:2012/7/6 2:40:00 Author:Ecco

Association of Suppliers of Electronic Components (ASPEC), a trade association for Russian distributors, made a report about the Russian electronics component market. They predicted that the market will grow to $2.6 billion with increasing 9.5 percent in 2012. The Russian components market wa...   (View)

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