Printed optoelectronics specialist Bioident Technologies Inc. said it has won a government research contract to develop handheld biosensors based on printed optoelectronics.
U.S. solar panel maker Evergreen Solar Inc. expects to be profitable in the first quarter of 2009 and is considering expanding into Asia under a plan to dramatically boost capacity, its chief executive said.
The sparks are expected to fly at the upcoming Semicon West trade show in San Francisco, as the industry is expected to debate 450-mm fabs, 3-D packaging and other hot topics.
U.S. communications regulators are considering auctioning a piece of the airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography.
The Silian Group is basing billion-dollar LED manufacturing plans on an acquisition that will see it control a key part of the sapphire substrate supply.
I have to admit I miss sitting down with a few hardened military designers who were hammering out a course into a new millennium where the term "wireless" would be ubiquitous in the commercial market. What a fast, strange trip
Despite recent reports that Samsung intends to increase its HSDPA orders from Infineon, the German chip maker had to lower his Q3 outlook for his communications branch.
Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. has rolled out the first members of its x86-based microprocessor line, build around its previously-announced 64-bit superscalar technology.
Orders for Japanese semiconductor-making equipment fell by almost half in April as memory chip makers remained cautious on capital spending after sharp price falls, an industry group said.
Combining a MOSFET with a HEMT and adding a state-of-the-art gate electrode makes for a MOS-HEMT that ticks most of the performance boxes for GaN power electronics.
