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Semiconductor Equipment Orders Slipped in September
The semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio declined compared in September compared with August, the trade group SEMI said.
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Startup Uses Alternative Structure to Boost Lithium Ion Battery Performance
A Colorado-based startup is attempting to build a lithium ion battery with an anode made from a copper foam structure which is said to be safer, cheaper, faster-charging and more environmentally friendly than conventional batteries now on the market.
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Aluminum Studs Improve Efficiency of Solar Panels
Collaborative research at four global labs has yielded prototype solar panel designs that could operate up to 22 percent more efficiently by covering their surface with aluminum studs that bend and trap light inside the absorbing layer.
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Insights into Lithium Ion Battery Operation Show Irreversible Cracks in Electrodes
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are analyzing battery materials operation in real time using 3-D movies to gain insight into how to develop better lithium ion batteries.
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China Medical Electronics Set for Bustling Growth
China’s medical electronics market is set for strong double-digit-rate expansion by the end of 2013 and in the next few years ahead, propelled by demand for equipment in a country...
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Corning to Buy Samsung's Stake in LCD Glass JV
Corning will take over full ownership of a joint venture with Samsung Display that manufactures LCD glass in Korea.
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IBM Takes Broad ARM License at 32-bit
IBM is bowing, gradually, to the rising tide of processor licensor ARM.
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Cypress to Make Quantum Processors
Minnesota fab operates as quantum computing component foundry for British Columbian pioneer D-Wave Systems Inc.
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Did Apple Launch New iPad Mini Too Early?
Launching both the iPad Air and second-generation iPad mini in the fourth quarter may have been a mistake for Apple, which had success with a two-pronged launch strategy in 2012.
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XMOS Adds ARM to its Multicore Mix
Privately held XMOS Ltd. has broadened its xCore architecture to include ARM microcontrollers alongside its own real-time event-driven processors. That has been effected by bringing a Silicon Labs Gecko MCU die into the xCore components.
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ARM Tips Real-Time Architecture Upgrade
Release of ARMv8-R instruction set architecture targets automotive and industrial control markets.
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Broadcom to Cut Up to 1,150 Jobs
Fabless chip vendor cutting workforce, including former employees of Renesas Electronics, as part of global restructuring plan to reduce expenses.
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Intel Invests $65 Million in 16 Startups
Latest investments by Intel Capital focus largely on cloud, storage and high performance computing.
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Record Number of Licensing Deals Boosts ARM's Q3
Increase in licensing deals signed in Q3 point to ARM spreading its wings in server, networking and IoT markets as it reports another record quarter.
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Tablet Panel Shipments Reach Record Levels in August
Tablet panels recorded their best numbers yet in August when total shipments hit an all-time peak, boosted by demand for soon-to-launch new tablet products from the likes of Apple...
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After Solid Q3, TI Expects Sales Decline
Texas Instruments delivered sharply lower-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter, blaming seasonal sequential declines endemic of the global semiconductor industry over the last three years, as well as in its calculator business.
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Atomically Thin Device Exhibits Tunable Electrical Behavior
Northwestern University researchers have integrated two atomically thin materials to create a p-n heterojunction diode, among the most ubiquitous components of modern electronics.
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Europe Launches Billion-Euro Graphene Project
European Commission plans to spend big to try and gain a lead in the exploitation of a two-dimensional form of carbon. Airbus, Nokia, STMicroelectronics involved in 10-year project.
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Jury Finds Qualcomm Infringed Patents
A jury in U.S. federal court found that fabless chip giant infringes on patents held by little-known ParkerVision Inc.
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M2M: Market Opportunities Beyond Connectivity
Cellular network operators have a significant opportunity to expand their value proposition to customers by providing an array of machine-to-machine services.
