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Semiconductor revenue to fall 22 pct in 2009: Gartner

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by 22 percent this year, market research firm Gartner said Thursday.


Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.


Gartner said in a statement that semiconductor revenue is on pace to fall 11.4 percent this year

Semiconductor revenue to fall 11 percent: Gartner

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday.


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Semiconductor revenue forecast to fall 17 pct

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline 17.1 percent this year compared with last year, market research firm Gartner said Wednesday.


Chip sales down 25 pct in April: SIA

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global semiconductor sales declined 25 percent in April compared with a year ago but rose 6.4 percent over the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported Monday.


New 'electronic glue' promises less expensive semiconductors

New 'electronic glue' promises less expensive semiconductors

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an "electronic glue" that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies, including solar cells ...


Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Technology / Energy

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are ...


Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML  announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales

'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.


Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, still face risky times.

Taiwan's chip makers still face dangers: analysts

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, may have survived their worst crisis ever, but lacklustre sales and new rivals still make these risky times.


Light sensor breakthrough could enhance digital cameras

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New research by a team of University of Toronto scientists could lead to substantial advancements in the performance of a variety of electronic devices including digital cameras.


Employees at Hynix

SKorea's Hyosung group bids for Hynix: report

Technology / Business

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A minor business conglomerate in South Korea looks set to buy a major stake in the world's second biggest memory chip maker after becoming the only firm to submit a bid, a report said Tuesday.


Building a more versatile laser

Building a more versatile laser

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the drawbacks associated with using semiconductor lasers is that many of them can only produce a beam of a single wavelength, and can only send that beam in one direction at a time. ...


Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards

Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology announced a scientific advancement that could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to ...


Tessera wins patent dispute with chipmakers

Technology / Business

created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Tessera Technologies Inc. said Wednesday that it won a patent dispute over small-format semiconductor packaging products, with the International Trade Commission issuing a cease-and-desist order against rivals Motorola ...


Graphene -- the copy beats the original

Graphene -- the copy beats the original

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first artificial graphene has been created at the NEST laboratory of the Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM-CNR) in Pisa. It is sculpted on the surface of a gallium-arsenide ...