Notebook market revenue declines
12 November, 2009
In the second quarter of 2009, the value of the total notebook PC market was $30.0 billion, up 10% but down 5% over the year, according to a new report by DisplaySearch.
Chip plant opens in Texas
11 November, 2009
Texas Instruments has opened a manufacturing facility in Richardson, Texas, believed to be the world's only production facility to use 300 mm silicon wafers to manufacture analog chips.
Education kits
10 November, 2009 | Supplied by: Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Agilent has introduced a range of integrated curriculum-based solution kits for educators teaching analog-electronics, digital systems and RF-communication classes.
Sun rises on solar partnership
10 November, 2009
A partnership between Tokyo Electron (TEL) and Oerlikon Solar will make inroads into the Australian solar market and will introduce thin film photovoltaic technology.
Semiconductor streamlining
09 November, 2009
Hitachi High-Technologies and Renesas Technology have agreed to a transfer of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment business of wholly owned Renesas subsidiary, Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, to Hitachi High-Tech Instruments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies.
Wireless deal
06 November, 2009
Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with LS Research, a wireless development company.
Taiwan ranks three in connectors
05 November, 2009
Taiwan is being recognised as the key manufacturer of ICT products, including personal computers, notebooks, monitors and motherboards, and has cultivated a strong connector industry, ranked at three in global production value.
Embedded takeover
04 November, 2009 | Supplied by: Kontron Australia Pty Ltd
Kontron has acquired Digital-Logic, headquartered near Solothurn in Switzerland.
Opportunities for nanomaterials as conductive coatings
01 November, 2009 by NanoMarkets
Recently completed market analysis conducted by NanoMarkets and published in its recent study ‘Conductive Coatings Markets: 2009 and Beyond’ indicate that the fastest growing opportunity in the conductive coatings market is in the area of nanomaterials.
Server shipments still down
30 October, 2009
In the second quarter of 2009, Asia Pacific continued its downward trend in server shipments with a 17.2% year on year decline, with shipments totaling 323,388 units.
GaN-on-Si program launched
21 October, 2009
IMEC has launched an industrial affiliation program to focus on the development of GaN technology for both power conversion and solid-state lighting applications.
Online resource for design engineers
21 October, 2009
An online technology resource and community for electronic design engineers has been launched at www.element-14.com.
Tantalum production takes a dive
20 October, 2009
Demand for tantalum, of which some 75% goes into electronics and aerospace, is, this year, likely to be 40% lower than 2008, according to a report from Roskill Information Services in London.
Microcontrollers deal
20 October, 2009
Digi-Key Corporation has signed an agreement with Fujitsu Microelectronics of America, for the worldwide distribution of FMA's low-power, low-pin-count, 8-bit microcontrollers and digital touch-screen sensor ICs.
Wireless white paper
19 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Soanar Limited
Lantronix has published a free white paper entitled The Freedom of Wireless.
