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

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Jul 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 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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Jul 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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

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Jun 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 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 ...

Chip sales down 25 pct in April: SIA

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Jun 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 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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May 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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

Apple 'to design own computer chips'

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Apr 30, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 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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Apr 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 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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Apr 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 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 ...

SKorea clears chipmakers of cartel charges

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Apr 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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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Apr 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 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

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

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

US firm investing billions in crisis-hit chip industry

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Apr 09, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 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's TMC to team up with Elpida of Japan

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Apr 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 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.

Semiconductor sales down 28.6 pct in January: SIA

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Mar 02, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 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

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Feb 10, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 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

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Feb 09, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (8) | 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 ...

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

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Feb 09, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 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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Jan 27, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 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 ...