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IBM demos 100-GHz graphene transistor
A 100-GHz transistor has been demonstrated by IBM Research.
Magnetism seen as key to superconductivity
Magnetic spin excitations that couple electrons may be the key ingredient for superconductivity.
ESC speaker to describe emerging bio-ASICs
The future of medical electronics could turn on the arrival of a new class of nanoscale chips that can monitor and deliver personalized therapies to human cells, according to a Berkeley researcher who will discuss the latest work in one of several sessions on medical electronics at the Embedded Systems Conference in April.
Full-year chip sales fell 9% in 2009, says SIA
Global semiconductor sales were $226.3 billion in 2009, a decline of 9 percent from 2008 when sales were $248.6 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The full-year decline was as had been expected in the last month but much less than had been predicted in the first months of 2009.
Point/Counterpoint: Apple's iPad, dud or must-have?
Now that the decibel level has finally diminished, it's time to take a hard look at Apple Inc.'s latest attempt to influence the direction of consumer electronics and, to a large extent, the way we live: the iPad.
Report: Smart meters rise to 212 million in 2014
Deployments of smart electricity meters worldwide will rise from 76 million in 2009 to reach about 212 million in 2014, according to a new report from ABI Research.
Analyst rails against the fab-lite
The fabless chip vendors and pursuers of fab-lite manufacturing strategies are about to get a shock, according to Malcolm Penn, principal analyst with Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England). Some companies could under-perform, others could be driven out of business in a market that should be booming for them; and all because they have lost control of manufacturing.
ESC: Saluting the unsung hero of product development
Test engineers should get as much credit as product designers, but they don't. Here's to the test engineer, whose daily challenges and strong will make them a valuable addition to the product development cycle.
Future Horizons sees 30% chip market boom
The worldwide chip market is set for two years of more than 20 percent growth and could even hit more than 30 percent growth in a single year, according to Malcolm Penn, the principal analyst and founder of the U.K. market analysis company Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England).
Earnings roundup: ST, IDT, RF Micro post profits
STMicroelectronics, Altera and Integrated Device Technology became the latest chip makers to deliver quarterly numbers that beat consensus analyst expectations, while RF Micro Devices came up slightly short on revenue.
Top 10 growth markets for ICs
So what are the top-10 growth categories for 2010?
TI Q4 net soars on higher analog IC demand
Texas Instruments Inc.'s net income rose sharply in the fourth quarter on benefits from higher analog demand, improving manufacturing utilization as well as lower overall costs and the company sees sales rising sequentially in the traditionally slower first quarter.
ISSCC 2010 goes beyond just "more and better digital"
There's lots of interesting analog design, topology, and performance at big solid-state event
Five trends in IC manufacturing
During an event, Bill McClean, president of IC Insights Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.), outlined five trends--and predictions--in the IC supply base.
IEEE creates Web portal on smart grids
The IEEE has launched a new Web site that consolidates information about smart electric grids from it various societies. The portal is one of many activities from an IEEE smart grid initiative coordinating the organization's work on the transition to digital, networked power systems and services.
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