TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (Hillsboro, Ore.) has completed its acquisition of WJ Communications Inc., a supplier of radio frequency (RF) devices.

The IC prototyping service business is heating up as a result of soaring chip design costs and other factors.

Qcept Technologies Inc., a developer of wafer inspection systems, and the Electronics and Information Technology Laboratory of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-Leti) have joined efforts to investigate techniques for characterizing leading-edge semiconductor materials and processes such as high-k and

As part of the pre-DAC drum roll of product announcements, French Electronic System Level (ESL) company CoFluent Design has unveiled version 3.0 of CoFluent Studio, an ESL graphical modeling and simulation toolset leveraging Eclipse technologies. Its availability is expected in

On the eve of the Design Automation Conference, French design-for-manufacturing and layout EDA provider Xyalis has introduced an integrated environment dedicated to complex masks building.

The DFM market segment is loosing member companies through acquisition. The remain small companies will find it harder to succeed.

Investors looking to beton the global chip industry may want to put their money infast-growing analog chips, with the downtrodden computer memorymarket poised for only a modest recovery this year.

A high-speed memory interface is emerging to feed the next-generation graphics controllers expected to ship as early as June from Advanced Micro Devices and rival Nvidia Corp. Parts are expected initially to deliver a whopping 4 Gbits/second per pin, scaling

Mark LaPedus, semiconductor editor of EE Times, provides some insights in a video commentary on the Tower-Jazz deal.

Along with a number of display industry firsts at the Society for Information Display conference, manufacturers acknowledged the need to incorporate "green" technologies and production processes.

Renesas Technology Corp. is ready to start shipping system-on-chip ICs in the third quarter of 2008. The company is installing equipment for 45-nm production in its Naka-2 wafer fab in Japan, according to Matthew Trowbridge, CEO of Renesas Technology Europe.

Distribution giant Avnet Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ontrack Solutions Pvt. Ltd. of India.

Ofer Shofman, president and CEO of Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. (Yavne, Israel) is retiring from the company. Valor, a provider of design and productivity EDA software for the PCB industry, announced that the company's board of directors has appointed Dan

Expanding its efforts in an exploding market, Applied Materials Inc. has formed a new solar group.

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd.posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings Thursdayon robust demand for renewable energy sources, and said plansto raise its output of solar cells remain on track.

The IEEE 802.3ba group developing a spec to drive Ethernet at rates of 40 and 100 Gbits/second reports significant progress from its last meeting, but it may take at least another nine months to cook a standard that could be

See our slideshow from the floor of the 46th annual Society of Information Display conference this week in Los Angeles.