Industry News
AEEMA awards 2001
The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association annual excellence awards presentation, will be held next week, Wednesday 24 October, in Sydney's Australian Technology Park.
[ + ]Australia predicted IT growth
The Asia Pacific IT industry, and consequently electronics industry, is expected to register lower revenues due to the global economic downturn and terrorist attacks, with Australia expected to be one of the most affected countries.
[ + ]PSA upgrades chip production line
Peregrine Semiconductor Australia is to integrate a lithography, track and thermal system into its ultra-thin-silicon CMOS silicon-on-sapphire 0.25-micron process.
[ + ]Industry upturn in 2002
In the last week, the already depressed Australian electronics industry has been further hit by job losses across the country.
[ + ]Braemac to distribute Hitachi
Hitachi Australia has appointed Braemac to distribute its microprocessor and components lines.
[ + ]Bluetooth chipset for Qualcomm mobile phones
Qualcomm has announced the world's first Bluetooth version 1.1 compliant commercial chipset, the MSM5100 mobile station modem solution.
[ + ]Ericsson investing in 4G
Ericsson's head of research, Hakan Eriksson, has said that the company is maintaining its current research and development budget and is already planning for 4G phones which are expected to be introduced in Japan in 2010.
[ + ]Alcatel job losses
A rationalisation of Alcatel's submarine cable making operations has seen the loss of 320 jobs in Australia, as its Port Botany plant in Sydney is placed in neutral.
[ + ]Motorola plans further job cuts
Motorola has just said that it expects sales from ongoing operations in the fourth quarter of 2001 to be 0% to 3% higher versus the third quarter of 2001.
[ + ]Transforming a fluorescent glare into a guiding light
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has figured out a way to transform fluorescent tube fixtures in the ceilings of airports, museums, offices and factories into inexpensive data transmitters.
[ + ]Move toward plastic chips
Teams of researchers are working to find a way to use organic polymers as material for microelectronic production.
[ + ]40 Gbps transponders
Nine optoelectronics firms have entered an agreement to define a common standard for 40 Gbps transponder modules used in fibre optic telecommunications networks.
[ + ]Chip to handle 20 GHz processors
Intel is about to unveil a new design for the silicon and metal vehicles that connect the microprocessor to the rest of the computer.
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