Industry News
Acer is now Benq
The company formerly known as Acer Communications and Multimedia has changed its name to Benq.
[ + ]Chip sales continue recovery
The semiconductor market was slightly up in October 2001, for the fourth month in a row, but sales for the whole of 2001 will still fall short of last year, according to figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association.
[ + ]IT services spending to be $1700 billion by 2005
Worldwide IT services revenue is projected to reach $1100 billion in 2001, a 7% increase over 2000, according to Dataquest.
[ + ]Intel transistor raises speed limit
Intel has unveiled a design for transistors which it says will operate at speeds hundreds of times faster than today's production devices.
[ + ]Crystal growth yields more precise semiconductors
Traditionally, scientists grow quantities of single-crystalline semiconducting materials by immersing the tip of a pencil-shaped starter crystal in a melt of the same composition.
[ + ]NetComm purchases Mike Boorne Electronics
NetComm has acquired the assets of Mike Boorne Electronics for $1.5 million in shares and options.
[ + ]Post-election agenda for AEEMA
A principal objective will continue to be building up political and bureaucratic support for policies and programs that enhance value-adding in the ICT, electronics and electrical manufacturing industries.
[ + ]Recovery predicted for 2002
Semico Research, a US semiconductor research group, is predicting the world chip market will grow 21% in 2002.
[ + ]Photon switch for more powerful computers
Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a switch involving the manipulation of a photon that may lead to the creation of an optical transistor for more powerful computers.
[ + ]Chip sector begins to grow
Orders for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment rose in October 2001, according to data released by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
[ + ]IEEE publishes wireless personal area network standard
The IEEE have just published P802.15.1 D0.9.2 Draft Standard for Part 15.1: Wireless medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications for Wireless Personal Area Networks 2001.
[ + ]Key defence associations merge
The Defence Electronics and Systems Association (DESA) and the Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Systems Research Forum (C3IRF) have formally agreed to merge.
[ + ]Hewlett Packard shuts Sydney plant
Hewlett-Packard has closed its assembly plant in Sydney as part of its consolidation of manufacturing centres throughout Asia-Pacific.
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