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Hon Hai Cornered by Own Success
After years of double-digit growth, the Taiwanese EMS provider is casting a wide net in search of new revenue.
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MEMS and Sensors: Big Bucks From Little Devices
An IHS Electronics360 webinar highlights the opportunities for MEMS, the market for which is expected to grow twice as fast as the overall semiconductor market over the next four years.
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Tight-lipped Hon Hai Plays it Close to the Vest
EMS provider Hon Hai is unusually secretive for a Taiwanese public company, a fact analysts say doesn't help its stock price.
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New Manufacturing Method Could Boost Phase Change Memory
A new technique developed by Chinese researchers could reduce the costs associated with manufacturing phase-change memory, potentially increasing its prospects as a future replacement for flash memory
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Microsemi Licenses Security IP from Cryptography Research
Chip vendor to use CRI's secure semiconductor intellectual property tools to create tamper-resistant semiconductors for government applications.
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NXP Teams with TTTech on Automotive Ethernet Switches
Chip vendor to work with networking solutions provider on Ethernet switch that will support OPEN Alliance BroadR-Reach Ethernet PHY technology.
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Senate Votes to Ensure Helium Supply
Bill would enable Federal Helium Reserve to continue selling helium—a gas used critical to semiconductor manufacturing—to private entities.
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Ams-Taos is Top Supplier of Light and Proximity Sensors
The Austrian-American firm Ams-Taos in 2012 was the No. 1 maker by a wide stretch of light and proximity sensors used primarily in mobile handsets to respond to changing light and...
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Commercial Expected to Lead PV Storage Market by 2017
Global installations of photovoltaic storage systems for the commercial segment are expected to increase by a factor of 700 in coming years.
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Entegris, Sematech Team on Next-Gen Process Development
Process materials vendor, industry consortium to jointly develop advanced nanoscale particle removal processes and cleaning technologies.
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India Green Lights Two 300-mm Chip Fabs
India's long-running endeavor to establish a domestic semiconductor industry gets a boost from the government's approval of two chip fabs, one involving IBM and one involving STMicroelectronics.
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TI Defines New Data Converter Category
New type of data converter uses coils and springs as contactless inductive sensors.
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Video Teardown: Inside a Smart Electricity Meter
This Electronics360 smart meter teardown includes a video interview with Andrew Rassweiler of IHS Cost Benchmarking Services plus a teardown report of the AEM ENERLUX M Single-Phase Electronic Electricity Meter.
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Wireless Connectivity Enables Smart Devices
Advancements in wireless connectivity are driving smart devices to the next level, enabling them to communicate with a centralized hub or with one another.
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Spansion Licenses ARM Processor Cores
Move is part of a broader strategy by Spansion to expand from memory chip supplier to SoC vendor.
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High-Value MEMS to Preserve Stable Growth
The market this year for high-value microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors looks set to continue the stable growth exhibited in 2012 as revenue expands 6.3 percent by...
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IPTV Defies Drop in US Pay-TV Market to Gain Subscribers in Q2
Amid a plunge in subscribers for cable and satellite providers, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) was the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to achieve growth in the second quarter...
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Qualcomm Riding High With Buybacks, Diverse Deals
Fabless chip giant recently announced $5 billion stock repurchase program among other deals made in the past several months.
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Lower Cost iPhone Won't Spur Increase in Sales
As expected, Apple introduced a new flagship iPhone as well as a lower-cost model targeting the midrange smartphone market.
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Intel Launches Low-Power Processors for Wearables, IoT
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, delivering his first Intel Developer Forum keynote, announced a family of SoCs that are small, energy efficient.
