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ELC restructures itself
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14/05/2008
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| The Electronics Leadership Council (ELC) has announced the second phase of its development as an industry leadership body. Eight new members have joined the Council – all chairs or CEOs of major UK electronics companies. |
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Prism keeps the train rolling!
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14/05/2008
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| Prism Electronics’ receives rail signalling pcb assembly order to support South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup infrastructure. |
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HP buys EDS for $13.9bn
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13/05/2008
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| HP is to buy computing services company EDS for $13.9billion. The deal will create an organisation with the ‘muscle’ to rival IBM. |
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Synopsys donates verification methodology
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13/05/2008
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| Synopsys is donating its complete implementation of the VMM verification methodology for SystemVerilog, including the VMM Standard Library and VMM Applications, to Accellera, the design standards organisation. |
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TI buys Irish power specialist
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13/05/2008
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| Texas Instruments has acquired Ireland based Commergy Technologies, a power supply reference design provider specialising in energy efficient and compact architectures. |
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Sagentia looks on the bright side
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09/05/2008
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| Sagentia develops ‘breakthrough’ lighting technology with performance improvements beyond those of existing technologies. |
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Semis sales holding up
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09/05/2008
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| Worldwide sales of semiconductors of $63.4bn for the first quarter of 2008 were 3.8% higher in the first quarter of 2007, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. |
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Modulator to cut power consumption
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08/05/2008
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| With the number of basestations predicted to grow dramatically over the next few years, attention is turning to the efficiency of the power amplifiers deployed within them. And Cambridge based Nujira is looking to solve the problem with a power modulator that may increase efficiency significantly. |
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Vancouver Airport to enhance Tarsier system
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08/05/2008
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| Vancouver International Airport is to deploy cameras in order to enhance its Tarsier runway debris detection system. The Tarsier system, developed by Qinetiq, uses millimetre wave radar as its primary sensor to provide round the clock runway debris detection. |
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450mm wafers in 2012, say partners
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06/05/2008
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| Intel, Samsung and TSMC have reached agreement on the need for industry wide collaboration to target a transition to 450mm wafers starting in 2012. The transition, says the group, will enable continued growth of the semiconductor industry and help to maintain ‘a reasonable cost structure’ for future ic manufacturing and applications. |
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Concentrated power
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06/05/2008
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| Mercury Computer Systems has unveiled its smallest embedded system. Although measuring 4 x 5 x 6in, the PowerBlock 50 system is capable of delivering in excess of 100GFLOPs. |
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DMASS reports weak Q1/2008
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06/05/2008
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| DMASS reports a weak first Q1/2008, with EMEA semiconductor distribution sales declining 7.9% compared to Q1/2007. |
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Methanol fuel cell efficiency boosted
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06/05/2008
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| New materials that enable the manufacture of cheaper and more efficient methanol fuel cells have been developed by a researcher from the University of the Basque Country. |
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Nanotubes form sensitive sensors
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06/05/2008
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| Researchers in the University of Warwick’s Department of Chemistry have found a way of producing carbon nanotubes such that they instantly form a highly sensitive ready made electric circuit. |
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Qimonda enters solar cell joint venture
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06/05/2008
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| Qimonda and German solar company Centrosolar are to build, equip and operate a silicon solar cell manufacturing plant in Portugal. Qimonda will have a 51% holding in the joint venture, which will make an initial investment of €70million. |
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Semis sales have good and bad news
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06/05/2008
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| According to WSTS, Global semiconductor sales amounted to $25.5billion in March 2008, exceeding Gartner’s expectations by about $1bn. Whilst sales in the first quarter of 2008 reached $63.4bn, a decline of 5.1% compared with the fourth quarter of 2007, they were 3.8% more than in the first quarter of 2007. |
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Collaboration develops better transistor switching
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02/05/2008
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| In its first collaborative work with Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, researchers at the Advanced Technology Institute of the University of Surrey have show that superior transistor switching performance can be achieved by making the conduction channel in the transistor very thin. |
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