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Chip Sales Hit Alltime High in Q3

The Semiconductor Industry Association reported that chip sales for the third quarter and for the month of September each set new records, largely on strength in the Americas region.

Exclusive Video Teardown: Apple iPad Air

IHS teardown analysis concludes that Apple's profit margin on the iPad Air is higher than the previous generation of the tablet.

Implantable Nanotube-Based Sensors to Monitor Inflammation for a Year

Researchers develop a subcutaneous sensor to help measure nitric oxide in the body.

Qualcomm Buys Network-on-Chip Technology

Qualcomm snaps up interconnect IP technology and developer team to help with multicore moves after ARM signs licensing deal with rival.

Heads Up! Here Come Automotive HUDs

Head-up displays, first developed for military applications, are expected to be in more vehicles in coming years.

Intel Launches LTE Modem with Samsung Design Win

Intel pushes forward with LTE modem IC and prepares for further steps in 2014.

Internet Re-org Could Improve Network

An Internet focused on data rather than location would be more efficient and more resilient, according to researchers in Europe.

Robust Growth in August Recorded for Global Flat-Panel TV Market

The worldwide market for flat-panel-display televisions (FPD TV) grew in the double digits during August, powered by rising shipments from Chinese manufacturers for that country’s...

Global PC Market Set to Contract Again

Despite a sequential increase in mobile PC shipments in the third quarter, beleaguered PC market almost certain to contract in 2013 for the second straight year.

Semiconductor Materials Vendor ATMI Seeks Buyer

Provider of specialty materials used in chip manufacturing confirms hiring of Barclays Capital as its financial advisor to help the company explore strategic alternatives.

Smart Meters: Smart Move for IC Vendors?

Replacing electric meters with more sophisticated units is a huge opportunity, but also a long process.

Apple Still on Top of Tablet Heap

Despite a decrease in shipments and market share, Apple Inc.'s iPad retained its position as the top selling tablet in the third quarter, according to IHS.

Russian Chip Firm Opens MRAM Fab

Crocus Nano Electronics expected to turn out 500 wafers per week by end of 2014.

Optical Pulse Can Change Metal to Semiconductor

MIT researchers have demonstrated that they can control the band structure of a material with an intense optical pulse, a find that could enable the creation of materials that could be "tuned" in real time.

Qualcomm’s Entry into Set-Top-Box Chip Market Poses Big Challenge to Incumbents

Qualcomm, a titanic force in semiconductors for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, is muscling its way into the chip market for set-top boxes (STB), hoping not only to expand its...

Apple's Margins Fall on Higher Costs, Lower ASPs

Despite shipping a record number of iPhones in its fourth fiscal quarter, Apple Inc.'s gross profit margins continued to slide as it grappled with higher costs and lower average selling prices.

Common Blue Dye Probed as Material for Quantum Computing Technologies

Researchers at the London Center for Nanotechnology and the University of British Columbia believe a simple blue dye molecule has potential as a medium for quantum technologies.

Good and Bad News for Mobile PCs in Q3

The worldwide mobile PC business delivered mixed results in the third quarter as shipments attained the largest sequential growth in eight straight quarters but continued to decline in...

If Google Glass Is a Hit, Can Contacts Be Far Behind?

Even before Google Glass becomes available by year-end, several groups of researchers are already working on active contact lens devices they say will eventually combine functionality with comfort and style.