From 'Apple faces patent claim over iPod touch sensor technology', in January, to 'Intel targets WiMAX with software radio device', in December... we bring you the Top 10 news stories of 2007.
Not necessarily the most important stories, or the most ground-breaking, but simply the most read news articles on the Electronics Weekly website, over the course of the year. And leading the way is a Qualcomm mobile graphics technology news piece, from October...
- Qualcomm to put Xbox 360 graphics in mobiles
(2 October 2007)
AMD has licensed the graphics processor technology behind the Xbox 360 to mobile phone chipset supplier Qualcomm.
- Electronics Weekly salary survey 2007
(15 May 2007)
If you want to earn the maximum amount of money working in the electronics industry then be an executive manager, working in the components sector, based in London.
- Intel targets WiMAX with software radio device
(11 December 2007)
Intel has developed a test chip for software defined radio that can handle WiFi, WiMAX and DVB-H digital TV in one chip.
- Apple faces patent claim over iPod touch sensor technology
(22 January 2007)
Southampton-based touch sensor chip firm Quantum Research Group is taking legal action against Apple over the capacitive sensing technology used in iPod Click Wheels.
- Sensor firm warns Apple over iPhone
(19 February 2007)
"We will be looking very carefully at the iPhone," is the warning to Apple from Southampton-based touch sensor specialist Quantum Research, which already has one lawsuit proceeding against Apple for patent infringement, and is prepared to bring another.
- Fab for sale: Freescale tells East Kilbride staff
(10 July 2007)
Freescale Semiconductor management told 1,250 workers at its East Kilbride site last Friday that the company is looking for a buyer for the fab, according to reports.
- Nokia offers battery replacement after 'incidents'
(14 August 2007)
Nokia is offering to replace specific phone batteries after some "dislodge" during charging.
- LEDs set to light up cars in daylight
(17 December 2007)
The use of LEDs as an alternative to incandescent light bulbs, halogen and xenon lamps in cars is set to increase rapidly, according to market watcher IMS Research.
- Motorola plans tiny display projectors for mobiles
(31 July 2007)
Motorola is planning to design tiny display projectors in its mobile phones and has signed a deal with US-based Microvision to develop the miniature laser-based display systems.
- Norway's RoHS to restrict gallium arsenide
(1 August 2007)
Tough new RoHS rules in Norway will hit electronics suppliers with gallium arsenide (GaAs) likely to be on the restricted list.