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Printable semiconductors move a step closer
News If recent research projects bear fruit, it won't be too many years before magazines play videos and semiconductors roll out of inkjet printers. Together, all three of these could conceivably enable Xerox to make printable chips, as all three are...
[April 19, 2004, 11:35]
Philips Semiconductors Manufactures Innovative Inventory Management Processes
White Papers The introduction of RFID technology enabled Philips Semiconductors to reduce receiving and palletization cycles by 50 percent, reduce sorting and tracking turnaround times by 60 percent and improve delivery reliability and inventory turnover while...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Philips Semiconductors Uses TIBCO to Improve Its Supply Chain
White Papers Philips Semiconductors is a world leader in silicon systems and standard products for wireless communications, digital entertainment, computing, and automotive applications. The company still faces increased customer demands for faster time to market.
[June 9, 2007, 1:00]
Semiconductors set for healthy 2004
News China -- which currently accounts for over a quarter of the $60bn demand for semiconductors in the Asia Pacific region and which is expected to grow to over half the demand by 2008 -- will benefit from the pressure on original equipment...
[December 31, 2003, 10:00]
Printable semiconductors move a step closer
Talkback Dinesh Sharma's article about Printable Semiconductors really caught my attention. If the first step is printable I think the burning question that wasn't addressed is "what about the 2nd step? What will this mean to the circuit board industry.
[April 20, 2004, 21:16]
Philips Semiconductors Manufactures Innovative Inventory Management Processes With Help From IBM
White Papers Philips needed to improve inventory management for high-volume integrated circuits to respond quickly to customer demands, minimize waste and reduce errors. By infusing its supply chain with sense-and-respond capabilities, Philips enabled greater...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
CeBIT: Siemens semiconductors to be floated as 'Infineon'
News According to Siemens, Infineon's 25000 employees places it in 10th position among the largest worldwide semiconductor manufacturers by size. In the last financial year the division had a 1.2 billion Mark deficit despite a 6.7 billion Mark turnover.
[March 18, 1999, 14:25]
IBM deals focus on servers, services
News IBM announced a trio of deals on Wednesday that it hopes will make its servers, services and semiconductors more attractive to customers. The deals, while different in nature, will promote several areas of crucial interest for IBM, including its...
[January 23, 2002, 15:50]
Philips adds streaming media to DVD recorders
News Philips Semiconductors is adding broadband connectivity and streaming media capabilities to its reference design for DVD recorders, a sign that consumer electronics makers are becoming more interested in supporting the playback of digital media...
[April 9, 2003, 7:25]
Bumpy ride seen for chips
News Global sales of semiconductors are seen growing at a slower rate next year at 27 percent compared to 37 percent this year, research group Gartner said Tuesday. The research group projected European growth in semiconductors at 26 percent in 2001...
[November 14, 2000, 14:46]
Comdex 2001: Chipmakers embrace HyperTransport standard
News The HyperTransport standard for exchanging data between semiconductors is picking up speed. See Chips Central for the latest headlines on processors and semiconductors. More than a dozen companies have licensed the new standard, the HyperTransport...
[November 13, 2001, 16:43]
Next-gen phones and gadgets to spur economic growth
News The analyst firm is expected to predict that the chip market will grow 36.9 percent this year and 27.5 in 2001 at Gartner Dataquest's Semiconductors 2000 conference, held between 30-31 October in San Diego.
[October 9, 2000, 10:34]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Motorola Semiconductors — oops, sorry, Freescale — has announced a new magnetic memory chip. These past 20 years have seen intensive research and development in all areas of semiconductors, with thousands of innovations and many discoveries, but...
[July 14, 2006, 19:15]
Ericsson, STMicro form semiconductor joint venture
News Ericsson and STMicroelectronics have formed a joint venture to sell semiconductors and platforms to mobile manufacturers. By combining the complementary strengths and product offerings of Ericsson and ST in platforms and semiconductors, the joint...
[August 20, 2008, 13:36]
Chip market heats up in July
News In a sign of continued growth in the chip industry, global sales of semiconductors rose to $12.9bn (£8.21bn) in July, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Sales of optoelectronics semiconductors climbed 5.3 percent from June, and...
[September 3, 2003, 15:55]
Texas Instruments stands strong
News Texas Instruments on Monday reported strong third-quarter revenue growth, fuelled by rising demand for semiconductors. Semiconductors, which account for the largest portion of TI's revenue, reached $2.12bn in the quarter, up 16 percent from a year...
[October 21, 2003, 15:10]
Intel researches nanotubes for chip designs
News Intel is eyeing carbon nanotubes as a possible replacement for copper wires inside semiconductors, a switch that one day could eliminate some big problems for chipmakers. Under Moore's Law, chipmakers shrink the components inside semiconductors...
[November 13, 2006, 10:59]
EC approves Ericsson, STMicro joint venture
News The European Commission on Thursday officially approved an Ericsson-STMicroelectronics joint venture to provide wireless platforms for handsets and semiconductors for mobile communications. The 50/50 joint-venture deal was first agreed between the...
[November 27, 2008, 15:22]
England's ARM holds on to chip-licensing top spot
News ARM and Rambus retained their positions as the top two companies specialising in intellectual property for semiconductors. So-called IP semiconductor companies -- which earn their money by licensing designs and patents to chip businesses that in...
[June 19, 2003, 14:12]
Start-up breeds better chips
News If start-up Cambrios is right, semiconductors and other computer parts in the future won't be built. The Californian company is using methods that will allow researchers to build semiconductors or other components by combining inorganic substances...
[August 5, 2004, 11:10]
