Intel has unveiled a design for transistors which it says will operate at speeds hundreds of times faster than today's production devices.

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 has acquired the assets of Mike Boorne Electronics for $1.5 million in shares and options.

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.

Semico Research, a US semiconductor research group, is predicting the world chip market will grow 21% in 2002.

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.

Palm and Handspring have both denied that they are in merger talks.

Orders for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment rose in October 2001, according to data released by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.

Solectron is to close its manufacturing plant in Sydney in 2002, laying off 490 people.

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.

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 has closed its assembly plant in Sydney as part of its consolidation of manufacturing centres throughout Asia-Pacific.

An important agreement just signed by the Australian Communications Authority and the New Zealand communications regulator will allow electrical and electronic equipment to be traded freely between Australia and New Zealand.

Novell Australia has cut 22 staff, after a removal of duplicated roles following its acquisition of Cambridge Technology Partners.

Amendment 1 to IPC-A-610C has just been released by the IPC.