A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from HP Labs memristors and femtocell booms to Icera HSDPA/HSUPA RF chipsets and Saft Li-ion batteries in space...

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Friday 2 May 2008

HP nano device implements memristor
HP Labs makes a nano-scale device which stores data, explains previous anomalies in nano-device characteristics, and may be able to act as a synapse in analogue neural networks. It is also the first physical implementation of the memristor, claims HP.

picoChip braced for femtocell boom
picoChip of Bath, the WiMAX and femtocell chip specialist, is shipping increasingly significant numbers of WiMAX ICs, but expects those shipments soon to be swamped by femtocell chip shipments.

Icera ships HSDPA/HSUPA RF chipset
Icera Semiconductor launches its first complete wireless chipset today, incorporating the RF front end chip which it acquired with its recent purchase of Canadian RF chip specialist house Sirifics.

Thursday 1 May 2008

Appeals court sides with Rambus in Samsung case
Rambus Tuesday announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a ruling vacating the order of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and instructing that Samsung Electronics' claims against the company be dismissed.

Icera wins baseband design-in
Icera Semiconductor, the Bristol wireless chip start-up, has achieved its first design win for a baseband in a wireless handset and is looking to raise another $60m in capital funding this year.

Wednesday 30 April 2008

Government skills policy damaging electronics, says Lord Leitch
Lord Leitch has told MPs that failures in electronic, electronic engineering and management skills are damaging UK competiveness.

Graphene to replace ITO in LCDs?
The University of Manchester has a graphene-based transparent conductor for LCDs that out-performs ITO (indium tin oxide), and could cost less.

Apple 3G iPhone build expected to drive NAND
Apple may build 3 million 3G iPhones by June, with at least 10 million phones built by year end, according to proprietary checks by researchers at Lehman Brothers.

Tuesday 29 April 2008

Saft Li-ion batteries in space
In the week where 27 of its lithium ion cells were launched into space aboard a European satellite, Electronics Weekly talks to French firm Saft about batteries in space.

Spansion, IBM sign cross-licensing agreement
Flash maker Spansion today announced it has entered into a seven-year patent cross-licensing agreement with IBM, one that could see the two companies advance Big Blue's recently announced Racetrack technology.

Monday 28 April 2008

USB sampling scope hits 12GHz
Cambridgeshire-based PC scope maker Pico Technology has released a 12GHz sampling oscilloscope that plugs into a PC USB port.

Samsung, Sony to invest $1.8b on LCD line
Reaffirming their liquid crystal display (LCD) panel manufacturing alliance, Samsung and Sony have plans to jointly construct a third flat-screen factory in South Korea, according to filings with the Korea Stock Exchange.

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