Design > Semiconductors

Race to be leading chipmaker in developing markets

04 April, 2006

The heat is on chipmakers Intel and AMD to see who can make the biggest break into emerging markets across the global.


Twin processor package

03 April, 2006

Intel has showcased the Centrino Duo mobile technology for a new generation of laptops.


Jostling for position in Chinese semi industry

31 March, 2006

STMicroelectronics, a European semiconductor manufacturer, has reinforced its intention to strengthen its presence China.


Developing solutions for handset producers

24 March, 2006

Manufacturer of radio solutions and precision analog semiconductors, Skyworks Solutions has announced it is leveraging a bipolar field effect transistor (BiFET) process technology for its gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based products, enabling it to develop solutions for handset manufacturers.


Semiconductor sales hit peak

23 March, 2006

Worldwide sales of semiconductors of $19.66 billion in January were 7 percent higher than January of 2005 when global sales were $18.38 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of America reported recently.


Philips and Sunext combine on semi technology

16 March, 2006

Philips Electronics and Sunext Technology have completed transfer of Philips Optical Disc Drive (ODD) semiconductor technology and licensing to Sunext.


Intel reaches nanometer milestone

08 March, 2006

Intel announced a milestone in the development of 45 nanometer (nm) logic technology. Intel has produced what are believed to be the first fully functional SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) chips using 45nm process technology, its next– generation, high–volume semiconductor manufacturing process.


Gallium nitride film method beats the heat

03 March, 2006

A team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a method for growing crystalline gallium nitride films at lower temperatures than industry standards.


Helping to optimise light-emitting semiconductors

03 March, 2006

Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a fast laser technique for ‘seeing’ once-hidden electronic behavior in semiconductors, which eventually could be useful in more predictable design of optoelectronic devices, including semiconductor lasers and white light-emitting diodes.


Enhanced BiFET process for GaAs-based products

02 March, 2006

Skyworks Solutions, an american analog semiconductor producer, is leveraging a new bipolar field effect transistor (BiFET) process technology for its gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based products.


Semiconductor wafer developed

21 February, 2006

Group4 Labs has announced a gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond semiconductor wafer.


Developing single-chip RF circuits

14 February, 2006

Researchers are using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology to develop a single-chip RF circuit that integrates discrete functions to reduce weight and cost, according to a Frost & Sullivan report.


Semiconductor spin-off

16 December, 2004

The CSIRO ICT Centre has completed the spin-off of its compound semiconductor technologies to EpiTactix. EpiTactix has secured $5.2 million in start-up funding and support from a syndicate of investors, including the CSIRO and an AusIndustry R&D Start Grant.


Vacancies may lead to atomic circuits

05 November, 2004

David Muller, assoc prof of applied and engineering physics, inserts a sample into the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) in his Duffield Hall laboratory


Electronic advances - the transparent transistor

01 June, 2004

Engineers at Oregon State University have created what is claimed to be the first transparent transistor, a see-through electronics component that could open the door to many new products.


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