Russian chipmaker Angstrem received the final semiconductor equipment shipment from AMD in June and is expecting to begin production of 0.13 micron chips in autumn.
Merchant demand for four-inch GaAs bulk wafers will decline by over 20 percent by 2009, with demand shifting to six-inch material, according to market research group Strategy Analytics, which also suggests six-inch substrates will account for 76 percent of total
A solid-state, white-light source that is said to be brighter on a per-watt basis than incandescent bulbs has been described by a University of Michigan researcher.
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. has said that its Acriche LEDs are based on different technology to that coverd by the patent of Nichia Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) over which it is being sued in multiple jurisdictions.
SunPower Corp, maker of photovoltaic solar panels, Thursday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by lower silicon costs, and again raised its forecast for full-year earnings.
LETI, the electronics research laboratory that is part of CEA, France's atomic energy commission, has placed another order with Vistec Electron Beam GmbH (Jena, Germany) for a cell projection upgrade of its SB3054 variable-shaped electron beam system, which was delivered
Continuing on its buying spree, On Semiconductor Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. for $115 million in stock.
Intel Corp.'s strong second quarter results indicate continued strength in the computer market but also reflect benefits from the company's two-years long cost-cutting program in addition to gains at the expense of rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which is struggling
An effort to create a standards group to define a Gbit/second version of WiFi is getting significant push back from a separate group that sees conflict with its work in the 60 GHz space at an Ethernet standards meeting in
Programmable chipmakerXilinx Inc. Wednesday posted a slightly lowerquarterly net profit due mainly to restructuring charges butsales of new microchips rose 15 percent.
