NXP enables mobile ticketing for smart mobile devices
Researchers in Germany have succeeded in wirelessly transmitting power from a portable transmitter module to electronics around the body.The transmitter provides an electric current of over 100 milliw ...
A team from Riga Technical University, Latvia has designed a "Human Motion Energy Harvester for Wearable Applications". The design consists of a jacket with an electrical generator. The team ...
RFID Market worth over USD70 billion across the next five years, says ABI Research
ISO/IEC wireless standard optimised for ultra-low power consumption and energy harvesting
Pilot project to focus on bi-directional data link between electric vehicles and the power grid
Hirosi and Micro Interconnects connect for design ins
Monnit launches OEMSensors.com with new, brandable wireless sensors
Eeeek! Microchip Technology acquires roving networks
As Discovery is retired, an icon mulls America's spacefaring future
Next steps for EMS providers: Expanding beyond manufacturing services
VLSI confab brings technology, circuits to the fore
Time for a return to the customer-backed JV foundry
SAN JOSE – Three things are clear about Oracle’s Java patent infringement suit against Google’s Android: It will likely drag on for years, it poses a great but remote risk to Android and Java develope ...
No fab for Qualcomm but firm mulls business evolution
Arms race in app processors drives mobile chip market
SAN FRANCISCO—The best thing about Freescale Semiconductor Inc.'s first quarter financial report Thursday (April 19) is that it suggests an end to semiconductor industry downturn, at least for Fre ...
Altera's sales slump on inventory glut, comms weakness
SAN FRANCISCO—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Thursday (April 19) reported that first quarter sales declined on both a sequential and annual basis and said it expects its second quarter revenue to b ...
SAN FRANCISCO—Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. Thursday (April 19) reported quarterly sales and profit that fell short of analysts' expectations and said it expects sales to fall significantly fur ...
SAN FRANCISCO— Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Chairman and CEO Rich Beyer plans to step down after the conclusion of a search for a new CEO, Freescale said Thursday (April 19). Freescale said Beyer info ...
SAN FRANCISCO--The first smartphone with Intel Corp.’s Atom inside has launched in India.The XOLO X900, born of a partnership between Intel and Indian mobile handset firm Lava International Ltd., will ...
LONDON – Qualcomm and Intel were the two market leaders in the 2011 cellular baseband market according to market researcher Strategy Analytics. The global cellular baseband processor market grew 15 pe ...
ASML: Push is on for 20-nm chip production in 2013
SAN JOSE – Google is expected to boost its support in Android for cores from MIPS Technologies, giving the company a badly needed boost in the hot smartphone and tablet sector. The Android native deve ...
LONDON – Microcontroller vendor Microchip Technology Inc. has acquired Roving Networks Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.), a supplier of WiFi and Bluetooth wireless modules for an undisclosed sum of money.Rovin ...
Source problems cause EUV revenue delay, says ASML
LONDON – A couple of set-backs for developers of sub 20-nm manufacturing processes in recent months have accentuated the need for EUV lithography to come good and are likely to drive demand for the te ...
Startup tips self-healing secure CPU built on Cortus
Soon to merge Lam, Novellus post sequential growth
SAN JOSE – Tim Leland, the guy I think of as Mr. Graphics at Qualcomm, pulled me aside as I was leaving the Linley Tech Mobile Conference yesterday. He wanted to make sure I understood that a core is ...
SAN JOSE – Tim Leland, the guy I think of as Mr. Graphics at Qualcomm, pulled me aside as I was leaving the Linley Tech Mobile Conference yesterday. He wanted to make sure I understood that a core is ...
Qualcomm engages other foundries amid 28-nm capacity shortage
Intel, Micron on sub 20-nm and insatiable thirst for memory
Analyst: Linear Tech's outlook signals IC recovery
Otellini: Ultrabooks to hit 'mainstream' price points
LONDON – LTE chipmaker Sequans Communications SA has been working with Chinese RF chip company Nationz on the development of dual-mode TD-SCDMA/LTE chips for LTE bands 7, 38, 39 and 40, specifically f ...
LONDON – Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., one of the world's largest suppliers of telecommunications and networking equipment, has recognized FPGA vendor Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Hillsboro, Ore.) ...
Intel: Ramp of 22-nm to hit 25% of production in Q2
LONDON – ASML Holding NV, the leading developer of lithography equipment, saw profits and sales fall on an annual basis but nonetheless gave an upbeat outlook for the remainder of the year.ASML (Veldh ...
LONDON – Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have discovered a semiconductor that can be created from graphene.Graphene, crystalline carbon in the form of a single sheet of atom ...
SAN FRANCISCO—Venture investment received by semiconductor companies totaled $28.9 million in March, down 82 percent from February and down 85 percent from March 2011, according to the Global Semicond ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), acknowledged Tuesday (April 17) that the foundry giant has experienced issues at the 28-nm node, ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) will offer only one process at the 20-nm node, a change from the multiple processes that the foundry giant has offered customers for ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Photovoltaic solar system provider First Solar Inc. said Tuesday (April 17) it would slash about 2,000 jobs and close manufacturing lines as part of a restructuring plan to reduce cos ...
Intel's Q1 beats estimates despite annual declines
Slideshow: Discovery takes victory lap before landing at Smithsonian
SANTA CLARA – A Google executive gave a rare peek inside the Web giant’s data center networks to show the OpenFlow standard it backs for software-defined networks is ready for commercial use. Google i ...
LONDON – ARM has announced the availability of Seahawk, a Cortex-A15 processor designed as a quad-core hard macro for implementation in the 28HPM process from foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturin ...
Rusnano helps close $79 million Quantenna investment