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Superior process technology will drive ST's digital business, says CTO

STMicroelectronics will have a $3bn digital IC business next year based on superior IC process technology, says the company’s CTO and CMO, Jean-Marc Chery.

At ST’s investor day in London yesterday, various analysts questioned the value of ST investing in advanced process technology nodes when the company…

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NASA, Google buy controversial D-Wave quantum computer

Are quantum computers about to revolutionise our lives? You might think so now that Google, together with NASA, has bought one from the only organisation that sells them, D-Wave of Burnaby, Canada. However, questions remain over just how D-Wave’s quantum computers work and whether they would beat…

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Positive market trends continue, says ST CEO

“The positive bookings trend continues,” STMicroelectronics CEO Carlo Bozotti told the company’s investor day in London this morning.

“We have achieved good point of sales results from our distributors,” said Bozotti, “we are encouraged and motivated by the more positive business environment since the beginning of the year.”

ST…

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Micron to have lion's share of 2.5/3D packaging patents

When Micron completes its takeover of Elpida, expected to happen  in Q3, it will have the largest collection of 2.5D and 3D packaging patents in the world, reports Yole Developpement. Yole lists the top holders of these patents as:

IBM                             74

Samsung                   71

Micron                       70

TSMC                        61

Hynix                          56…

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Rutronik builds distribution business links in China

Rutronik has joins China Electronics Distributor Alliance (CEDA) after approval by the CEDA executive board members.

The German component distributor established set up in 2011 its Asian headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiaries in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Taipei.

CEDA is a government-supported organisation is seen as influential in…

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European semi sales soar in Q1

Q1 semiconductor sales were 16% up on Q4, reports DMASS (Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists) – very much against the seasonal trend which expects Q1 to be down on Q4.Although the Q1 figure is five per cent down on Q1 last year, the q1-on-Q4 figure is…

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America II targets social networks with new website

America II Electronics, the independent distributor of semiconductors and electronics components, has stepped up its online presence with the launch of a re-designed global website.

The website will offer an improved part search, a BOM (bill of materials) upload tool and what the distributor calls localisation capabilities.

There is…

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