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Consumer Medical Devices Set for Stable Market Growth
The world market for consumer medical devices will enjoy steady growth in the years ahead as aging populations climb in number and diseases exacting their toll require observation...
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Micron's Profit Grows as DRAM Surges
Memory maker's profit given a one-time boost by Elpida acquisition while a surge in DRAM sales was driven partly by data center demand.
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Quantum Computer Built Using Microwaves
Scientists have moved a step closer to creating a practical prototype of a quantum computer using microwaves instead of lasers.
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ARM's Latest Design Center to Focus on FinFET IP
Processor licensor's latest design center, located in Northern India, cis being set up to focus on IP design for planar and FinFET CMOS.
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Deutsche Telekom Picks ULE for Home Gateway Trial
DECT-ULE, with its origins in cordless telephony, is stepping up as the means to connect appliances, sensors and energy meters to a home-gateway hub. Deutsche Telekom is planning to use the technology.
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Inventor Seeks to Cash-in Memristor Patents
Inventor puts portfolio of memristor IP up for sale or license. Focus is on crossbar arrays for processing rather than storage.
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ON Semi to Shutter Sanyo Plant, Cut Jobs
Chip maker to close back-end test and assembly facility, eliminate up to 900 jobs.
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Researchers Aim for Self-Learning Chips
Carnegie Mellon gets $2.6 million NSF grant to develop chips capable of machine learning.
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China’s Three Carriers Start Dash to Deploy 4G Infrastructure
China’s three state-owned telecommunications carriers are engaged in a heated race to deploy next-generation 4G infrastructure to snag as much data traffic now coursing...
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IBM Gives Process Boost to Chinese Foundry
XMC, a specialty foundry based in Wuhan, China, has signed a licensing agreement with IBM under which it will receive 65-nm RF and 45-nm low-power process technologies.
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Robot Renaissance Could Boost U.S. Electronics Manufacturing
A new generation of robotics technology has the potential to improve consumer electronics manufacturing and set the stage for a geographical shift in the electronics manufacturing base.
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Startup Appoints CEO to Drive OLED Displays
Well-connected inkjet printing equipment startup thinks it can help make flexible OLED displays happen, appoints industry veteran as CEO.
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TSMC Reports Record Q3 Sales
Sales stay strong in September for rival foundries TSMC and UMC.
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What Makes a Robot a Robot?
While the term "robot" may seem self-explanatory, not all robots meet the commonly agreed upon definitions for industrial robotics.
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MediaTek Takes ARM Cortex-A50 License
Taiwanese fabless chip company steps up to 64-bit with license for Cortex-A50 series processor cores from ARM.
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Sematech, Suss Microtech Investigating EUV Mask Defects
Chip maker consoritum to work with equipment vendor to develop EUV substrate and blank cleaning technologies.
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ASML, IMEC to Form EUV Lithography Research Center
Semiconductor equipment vendor ASML and nearby research institute IMEC are forming a joint research center at IMEC's campus that intends to work on patterning for single-digit nanometer nodes.
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Renesas Warms to FDSOI
As part of a group effort Renesas wants to try and help fully depleted silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process technology get off the ground.
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In First for Industry, LCD TV Panel Shipments Dip in Q3
For the first time ever, the global market for liquid-crystal display television (LCD TV) panels will decline in the third quarter compared to the second, a worrisome development...
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Monolithic 3-D Chip Integrates Logic Circuits with Memories
Researchers at Stanford University and Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories produced the first sequentially processed sub-50nm monolithic 3-D IC with integrated logic/non-volatile memory circuits and SRAM.
