A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from Otellini presenting Intel's case for the defence and the semiconductor industry facing a huge slowdown in capex, to the OLED display market jumping to $4.5bn in value, and the hoary old chestnut of a proposal to merge Europe's Big Three semiconductor companies...
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Friday 14 March 2008
Philips further shrinks share in LG Display
The move, which will see Philips sell some 23 million shares in LG Display, will raise approximately $1 billion.
Thursday 13 March 2008
European experts deride hoary semiconductor proposal
That hoary old chestnut of a proposal that Europe's Big Three semiconductor companies should merge has arisen again, only to be greeted with derision by Europe's leading semiconductor analysts.
Russian IPTV operator opts for UK technology
Mirifice has signed an agreement with Comstar, Russia’s largest broadband and Internet TV operator, to deliver its MiriMON real-time monitoring system on to the operator's digital TV boxes.
Wednesday 12 March 2008
PicoChip, BitWave to demo software defined radio board for femtocells
Next quarter, PicoChip and BitWave of Boston will demonstrate a software defined radio (SDR) board for performing both the RF front end and baseband processing functions for a femtocell.
Powerchip Semiconductor breaks ground for 300mm memory fabs
Powerchip Semiconductor of Taiwan has held a groundbreaking ceremony for two 300mm memory fabs which will cost US$8.2bn
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Semiconductor industry faces huge slowdown in capex - SEMI
The semiconductor industry is facing a 'huge slowdown in capex' in 2008, according to a report from SEMI, the trade body for the semiconductor production equipment manufacturing industry.
Micro LEDs operate from tiny amounts of power
The Tyndall National Institute in Cork is developing micro LEDs that operate from tiny amounts of power.
Otellini to present Intel's case for the defence
Fresh from Intel's two-day analyst conference in Santa Clara last week, CEO Paul Otellini is today answering a different set of questions when he presents Intel's case for the defence in the anti-trust investigation being pursued by the EC against Intel.
SADP most cost-effective for 32nm process node - Applied Materials
Self-Aligned Double Patterning (SADP) may be the most cost-effective answer to production tools for the 32nm process node and for continued scaling down to the 22nm node, according to a statement from Applied Materials, the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductor production equipment.
Monday 10 March 2008
OLED display market will jump to $4.5bn
The OLED (organic LED) market is due to enter a phase of high growth driven largely by the Active Matrix (AMOLED) market, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts.
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