Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:17:00 EST

IBM Corp. this week reportedly cut over 2,500 jobs, according to a union.

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:28:00 EST

Ana Hunter, vice president of foundry services for Samsung Semiconductor, offered five reasons why the company thinks it can succeed in the high-end foundry market.

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:05:00 EST

IBM Research claimed the keystone achievement in on-chip optical communications, saying its 40-gigabit-per-second germanium avalanche photodetector completes what it calls its nanophotonic toolkit.

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:02:00 EST

Foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinhcu, Taiwan) and United Microelectronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) have reported on the impact of an earthquake that hit southern Taiwan at 8:18 am local time on March 4, 2010.

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:02:00 EST

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:24:00 EST

Freescale's low-cost hardware E-Reader controller--the i.MX508--combines an advanced ARM Cortex A8 applications processor with a hardware Visplex E-Ink display controller for faster page turns, integrated touch control and extended battery life.

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest worry for E Ink, maker of the Vizplex technology used in Amazon's Kindle and a host of other e-book readers, was the two dozen or so e-paper competitors looking to loosen its grip on the market.

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

A startup led by chip veteran Alex Lidow has officially announced its formation, disclosed its supply-chain partners and unveiled its first products in the emerging gallium nitride (GaN) arena.

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:01:00 EST

Startup Tabula made public details about its three-dimensional programmable logic architecture, which the company says will enable a new class of devices, 3PLDs, that offer the capability of an ASIC, ease of use of an FPGA and price points suitable for volume production.

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:14:00 EST

Angry workers at ST-Ericsson's site in Caen, in the French region of Normandy, have gone on strike to protest against the group's intention to close the site.

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:32:00 EST

An Intel Capital executive who helped organize the recently launched Invest in America Alliance is bullish on new opportunities for semiconductor startups and their potential to tap into funds VCs have been sitting on.

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:05:00 EST

Good times are here for the IC industry, according to Jim Feldhan, president of Semico Research, who predicts a two-year growth cycle for ICs.

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:12:00 EST

Chip design costs are expected to soar, but software--not hardware--is playing a much greater role in the problematic equation, according to the top executive of Mentor Graphics Corp.

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:52:00 EST

France has seen different forms of social discontent in the past week: Two bossnappings at Siemens Lyon, the occupation of premises at ST-Ericsson Caen and a letter to the press at Wipro-NewLogic Sophia Antipolis.

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:03:00 EST

Don't look now, but here comes the iPad knockoffs or copies from China!

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

At UBM TechInsights we are often tasked with proving patent infringement of a software algorithm as part of our IP Management Services. Our example algorithm is based on the ARM architecture.

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:16:00 EST

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:16:00 EST

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:15:00 EST

There are plenty of reasons why no one has stepped up yet to use an Intel Atom core in their SoC, but if Intel really wants to be in this business it should take off eventually.

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:25:00 EST

Several Taiwan vendors have ''suspended production'' of large-sized LCD panels in the Tainan Science Park, due to the earthquake that hit the island, according to iSuppli Corp.

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:50:00 EST

Japan's Elpida Memory has acquired from Spansion various NAND flash memory assets, including intellectual property, according to reports. Complete terms of the deal, including the purchase price, have not been revealed.

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:50:00 EST

Whether Apple can put a chill on iPhone imitators or set a new standard is one of the big questions for the smartphone sector in 2010 after Apple sued Taiwan smartphone maker HTC, the first shot in what could be the next big mobile patent war, according to a report from Nomura Securities.

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:08:00 EST

Plenty of money will be made selling stereo 3-D televisions over the next few years, according to two market research reports issued this week, but whether any of it funds research on the health impacts of broad use of such novel systems remains to be seen.

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:11:00 EST

Baolab Microsystems SL (Barcelona, Spain) is a startup company pioneering the creation of microelectromechancial systems (MEMS) within the back-end-of-line structure of CMOS wafers.

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:15:00 EST

A number of lobbying groups in Asia have come together to launch the "Samsung Accountability Campaign." The groups claim to have discovered an unusual cluster of cancers amongst Samsung fab workers.

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:38:00 EST

With NXP shutting wafer fabs ICH in Hamburg, Germany and ICN5 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and announcing plans to close ICN6 by early-to-mid 2011 the fab-lite movement is gathering pace at the chip company.

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:06:00 EST

The duo of SanDisk Corp. and Toshiba Corp. are looking to regain the process technology lead in NAND--again.