Open Kernel Labs has gained a further US$7.6 million in venture funding. The company is a spin-out organisation of NICTA, Australia's Information and Communications Technology research centre of excellence.

NIL Technology and IMS Chips have started a collaboration to combine their capabilities related to electron beam lithography.

To explore solutions to overcome the scaling limitations of conventional flash memory, IMEC, a European research organisation, has started research activities on resistive RAM (RRAM) cells.

According to Comtest, it is the first laboratory in Australia to achieve NATA accreditation to the Minimum Efficiency Performance Standard AS/NZS 4665 for External Power Supplies.

Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Leadis Technology, a fabless semiconductor company that specialises in designing and developing analog and mixed-signal semiconductors.

The Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane laboratories of EMC Technologies have recently been appointed recognised test laboratories by YUV Rheinland.

Taiwan’s manufacturers of solar cells used to generate electricity reported more than doubled revenues in the third quarter of 2008.

NanoMarkets analysts have released an updated report of the conductive silver inks market.

University of Sydney scientists have developed a photonic integrated circuit that can not only increase internet network speeds making them 60 times faster but can act as traffic monitors to keep the speed high and error free.

Rapid transfer of a high-definition movie from a PC to a mobile phone — plus a host of other media and data possibilities — is approaching reality.

IMEC and Plextronics, a company specialising in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics, have signed an agreement to collaborate on materials and inks for organic solar cells.

Researchers in China and Britain have made a type of nanometre-sized rotor with an off-centre axis of rotation.

Kontron has won a further multimillion-euro order, this time from the Walloon Transport Company in Belgium.

The Australian government's recently announced 10% investment allowance for capital equipment purchases — including manufacturing-related products and equipment — could act as an incentive to buyers.

The international TETRA community will meet in Munich for its world congress 26–29 May.