Industry News
Advantech acquires Priority Electronics
Advantech is pleased to announce the acquisition of Priority Electronics Pty. Ltd. and the new name change to Advantech Australia Pty Ltd. [ + ]
Motorola semiconductor unit to cut 4000 jobs
Motorola in the US has said it would cut up to 4,000 jobs from its semiconductor manufacturing division as a cost-cutting move. [ + ]
Alstom appointed Australian distributor for Ferraz Shawmut
Alstom has been appointed as the Australian distributor for the recently formed Ferraz Shawmut. The company will offer both Gould Shawmut and Ferraz, including the union of two fuse brands. [ + ]
Silicon chip design to speed rollout and lower cost of wireless networks
Researchers at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have created the first all-silicon chips for the part of wireless networks that receives radio signals from mobile handsets. [ + ]
256 kMRAM universal memory chip unveiled
Motorola Labs, partnering with the DigitalDNA Laboratories of the Semiconductor Products Sector, has disclosed an industry milestone in developing MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory). [ + ]
Maxim agrees to acquire assets of Dallas Semiconductor for $2.37 bln
Maxim Integrated Products has agreed to buy Dallas Semiconductor Corp for about $US 2.37 billion in stock to add power-management and communications chips. [ + ]
Fairchild Semi plans to buy Intersil discrete power unit
Fairchild Semiconductor International has agreed to buy Intersil Corp's discrete power business for $US 338 million in cash, increasing Fairchild's market share in chips that manage power consumption in personal computers and other devices. [ + ]
Semi fabrication technology set to overcome 2GHz problems
New semiconductor fabrication techniques that will allow manufacturers to surmount the 2 GHz performance barrier are among the key microprocessor technology developments to watch in 2001, according to a forecast by Steve Leibson, Vice President and Chief Analyst at Cahners MicroDesign Resources (MDR). [ + ]
Micro-electromechanical devices breathe life into microchips
Imagine a single microchip in a computer, car or plane with actual, microscopic moving parts that allow these revolutionary chips to easily perform the work of a hundred traditional microchips. [ + ]
Circuit Components Closing
Circuit Components Pty Ltd registered their business name in 1958. Now, with much regret, the company is closing down on February 9th. [ + ]
Omnitech secures smartcard contracts in Brazil & China
Australian electronics concern Omnitech Holdings announced it had secured multi-million dollar contracts in Brazil and China. [ + ]
Federal Govt to provide $36 million to establish new ICT CRCs
The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, welcomed the Government's announcement that $36 million will be provided to establish two new Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) in information and communications technologies (ICT). [ + ]
Protel enters strategic partnership with Amtel
Protel International has announced a five year OEM agreement with California based semiconductor manufacturer Amtel Corporation. [ + ]
Philips forms strategic alliances
Philips Components has announced alliances with several technology companies, namely Cambridge Silicon Radio, Intersil Corp, Silicon Wave and WIDCOMM. [ + ]
Solectron Corp completes buy-out of NatSteel Electronics
Solectron, a provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain services, said its tender offers to acquire all of NatSteel Electronics' shares and bonds closed with tendered shares of 99% of the issued share capital and tendered bonds of 99%. [ + ]
