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Nanotube Memory Shows Universal Potential
Results for a 140nm nonvolatile memory based on a carbon nanotube layer have been reported at the VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposia.
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Research Team Demos Foldable Displays
The foldable tablet computer, smartphone and e-book could be just around the corner to judge from research presented by a team drawn from SEL in Japan and Nokia.
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Exclusive VideoTeardown: Blood Glucose Monitors
To get a look at the insides of glucose monitors, the IHS teardown team has selected the Bayer Breeze 2 and the OneTouch UltraMini.
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Altair Semi Raises $25 Million to Expand Single-Mode LTE Market Penetration
Fabless chip vendor to use funds to expand its operations, sales and customer support capacity in the single mode LTE market.
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ADI Moves BlackFin DSP to 40nm, Lower Power
An enhanced core at the heart of a Blackfin DSP built on 40nm silicon promises to provide better power efficiency and open up additional industrial and automotive audio and video applications.
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Flextronics to Build Avionics Units for Chinese Aircraft
Aviage Systems has selected electronics manufacturing services provider to manufacture its integrated modular avionics cabinet units for commercial aircraft programs in China.
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Intel Appeal of $1.4 Billion Fine Rejected
Intel has avoided paying a billion euro fine for anticompetitive behavior for five years but a court in Luxembourg has ruled that the European Commission was right to impose the fine.
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Power Management for Energy Harvesting in WSNs
Designers demand more power in their products to support increased functionality and to charge the battery from any available power source.
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SEMI Reports $10.15 Billion in Q1 Billings
Worldwide semiconductor equipment billings soared 39 percentin the first quarter compared to the first quarter of 2013, according to trade association SEMI.
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Wearable Shirt SOC Transmits Cardiac Signals to Remote Smartphone
University of Washington researchers have developed and integrated an electrocardiography SoC into a shirt along with electrodes, battery and antenna for constant remote monitoring of active cardiac patients.
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Flexible Plastic Logic Pursues Wearables Display Market
AMOLED displays with organic thin-film transistor backplanes are ready for the wearable equipment market and looking at the next challenge – foldables – says Plastic Logic.
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Qualcomm Revamps MEMS Display With Single-Pixel Color
Two years ago it appeared that the Mirasol MEMS display technology had missed its market opportunity and that Qualcomm would walk away from it. Now, a brighter Mirasol is back.
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Taiwan's Metanoia Wins Huawei VDSL2 Design Slot
A relatively unknown Taiwanese fabless chip company has got a design win for FTTD equipment with Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei.
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Microchip Expands SPI Serial Flash Memory Portfolio
Three new chips targeted at battery-operated accessories, portable medical devices, remotes, headsets and hearing aids.
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Self-assembly of Nanoparticles in Just a Minute
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have devised a technique whereby self-assembling nanoparticle arrays can form a highly ordered thin film over macroscopic distances in just one minute.
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TSMC's Sales Dip in May
Sales at foundry TSMC – often taken as a bellwhether of the chip industry – took a pause in May but rival UMC kept on growing.
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Wirelessly Recharging Implanted Devices
Researchers have developed wirelessly-recharging devices that can be embedded inside the human body.
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Analog Devices Offers $2 Billion for Hittite Microwave
Analog Devices' strategic turn towards industrial, communications and military markets has been underlined by an agreement to buy Hittite Microwave Corp. in a deal worth about $2 billion.
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ON Semi to Buy Aptina for $400 Million
Cash deal expected to strengthen firm's automotive, industrial offerings.
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ADAS Adoption to Spur Increase in Chip Sales
Automobiles are increasingly incorporating advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to increase vehicle safety—and that's good news for the semiconductor industry.
