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Two-Antenna Quad-Beam 11-15 GHz Phased Array RFIC Targeted at Satellite Systems and Advanced Radars

Two-Antenna Quad-Beam 11-15 GHz Phased Array RFIC Targeted at Satellite Systems and Advanced Radars

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Jazz Semiconductor, a Tower Group Company, today announced that they have collaborated to develop a two-antenna quad-beam RFIC phased array ...


TSMC Unveils First Commercial 65-Nanometer Multi-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory Technology

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announced the foundry segment’s first functional 65-nanometer multi-time programmable (MTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) process technology.


Fujitsu Develops World's First Gallium-Nitride HEMT for Power Supply

Fujitsu Develops World's First Gallium-Nitride HEMT for Power Supply

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new structure for gallium-nitride high electron-mobility transistors (GaN)(HEMT) that can minimize power loss in power supplies, thus enabling reduced ...




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Chip sales down 25 pct in April: SIA

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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.


Semiconductor revenue to fall 22 pct in 2009: Gartner

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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.



The Wall Street Journal said Apple has been hiring new employees from the semiconductor industry

Apple 'to design own computer chips'

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Apple is building the capability to design its own computer chips in a strategic shift aimed at cutting its reliance on outside suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.


Toshiba to launch 32nm process NAND flash memory

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), ...


IBM Alliance Announces Availability of Advanced 28-Nanometer, Low-Power Semiconductor Technology

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, and STMicroelectronics have defined and are jointly developing a 28-nanometer, high-k metal gate (HKMG), low-power bulk ...


South Korea's anti-trust watchdog has said it has found no evidence that leading chipmakers colluded to fix prices

SKorea clears chipmakers of cartel charges

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South Korea's anti-trust watchdog said Monday it has found no evidence that leading chipmakers in South Korea and other countries colluded to fix prices.


'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

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


Scientists develop world’s smallest diamond transistor

Scientists develop world's smallest diamond transistor

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed the world’s smallest diamond transistor.


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US firm investing billions in crisis-hit chip industry

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Despite the economic slump that has battered the semiconductor business, a new player from the United States' Silicon Valley technology belt is investing billions of dollars in a bid to catch the next wave ...


Taiwan Memory Company is set to form a partnership with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc

Taiwan's TMC to team up with Elpida of Japan

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

Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), a new government-backed firm set up to consolidate the island's memory-chip industry, said Wednesday it will form a partnership with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc.


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Semiconductor sales down 28.6 pct in January: SIA

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor sales declined 28.6 percent in January from a year ago as the global recession continued to take a big bite out of the computer chip industry, an industry tracker said Monday.


NEC Develops a Three-Dimensional Chip-Stacked Flexible Memory

NEC Develops a Three-Dimensional Chip-Stacked Flexible Memory

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created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NEC Corporation announced today the development of chip-stacked flexible memory, which can be used to achieve a new system-on-chip (SoC) architecture. The new SoC's architecture consists of separate logic ...


Toshiba Develops World's Highest-Bandwidth, Highest Density Non-volatile RAM

Toshiba Develops World's Highest-Bandwidth, Highest Density Non-volatile RAM

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced the prototype of a new FeRAM -- Ferroelectric Random Access Memory -- that redefines industry benchmarks for density and operating speed. The new chip realizes storage of ...


Low-power 60GHz solution in digital 45nm CMOS

IMEC develops low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference, IMEC presents a 60GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45nm digital CMOS technology. These building blocks pave ...


NXP unveils world’s first fully integrated Doherty amplifiers

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today launched the world's first fully integrated Doherty amplifiers for TD-SCDMA and WCDMA base stations, expanding its extensive portfolio of ...




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