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Chip Sales up for 5th Straight Month in July
July chip sales totaled $25.5 billion, the highest total of any month so far in 2013, according to the semiconductor industry association.
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Medical Display Market Set to Grow 30% Over 5 Years
The market for medical-grade displays is set to grow rapidly over the next five years thanks to several factors, according to IHS.
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Microsoft to Buy Nokia’s Handset Business in $7.2B Deal
Deal seen as last ditch effort by Microsoft to prop up Windows Phone operating sytem.
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Proximity Sensors Enabling Gesture Recognition Primed for Robust Expansion
Nimble sensors that track hand movements in conjunction with touch screens are headed for explosive growth as devices like smartphones, tablets, PCs and other gear increasingly...
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Samsung in Mass Production of 20-nm DDR4 Chips
Samsung said it has commenced mass production on next-generation DDR4 DRAM chips.
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Flexible Displays Poised for Explosive Growth
After more than a decade of development, flexible displays are finding their way out of research labs and into products.
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EMS Provider Plexus Expands its Footprint in Mexico
Electronics manufacturing services provider Plexus Corp. announced it would begin manufacturing operations in Guadalajara, Mexico after a new 265,000 sq. ft. facility is built next year.
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Slow Demand Led to Oversupply of Large LCD Panels in the First Half of 2013
There’s a glut of large-sized liquid-crystal display panels as a result of sluggish demand in the IT and TV sectors driven in large part by low demand in China.
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GlobalFoundries to Build $15B Fab in Upstate New York: Could it be for Apple?
Earlier this week, the Malta NY Town Board approved the request by GlobalFoundries to build a second, much larger semiconductor fabrication facility that some speculate could be for Apple products.
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EDA Leader Synopsys Posts Solid Quarterly Growth
Synopsys reported third quarter FY 2013 revenue of $482.9 million, an increase of 8.8 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
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GainSpan Samples Wi-Fi/ZigBee Combo Chips for Internet of Things Market
GainSpan is sampling its new GS2000 chips and modules, claimed to be the industry’s first single chip solution that is bringing together two IEEE low-power standard wireless technologies.
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Li-ion Battery Growth is Boon for Chip Makers, "Authentication" ICs
The surging Li-ion battery market offers a growth opportunity for a subset of chip companies that provide battery charge management components that includes protection against counterfeit batteries.
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Environment and Health Sensors in Smartphones Set for Mighty Growth
First came microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors that automatically adjusted the orientation of a cellphone’s display no matter how it was held. Then arrived optical...
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EMS Provider Nistec Takes Ownership Stake in PCB Maker Eltek
Nistec Ltd., an Israeli provider of electronic manufacturing and design services is taking a majority stake in Eltek Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of advanced flex-rigid printed circuit boards, in a deal valued at $4.2 million.
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Egyptian Crisis Could Inflate Prices for Countless Products, Hindering US Economic Recovery
The escalating unrest in Egypt could potentially impact the cost of countless everyday consumer products that are made from crude oil—potentially impeding the U.S. economic recovery.
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Despite Challenges, Industrial Semiconductor Market Has Positive Q1
Worldwide industrial electronics chip revenue in the first quarter reached $7.71 billion, up 1 percent from $7.63 billion in the final quarter of 2012.
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Maxim buys Volterra to expand power management offerings
Maxim is buying power management chip maker Volterra Semiconductor in a deal valued at $605 million.
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Low-Cost Chinese Suppliers Threaten Shakeup in Pneumatic Components Market
The global market for pneumatic valves and actuators, worth nearly $8 billion in 2012, is undergoing a competitive shakeup as low-cost Chinese suppliers continue to expand into the U.S. and Europe.
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Researchers build a simpler resistive memory
A UC Riverside team of researchers has developed a next-generation memory device that is smaller, operates at a higher speed and offers more storage capacity than flash memory.
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LED Oversupply Likely to Continue as Suppliers Add Production Capacity
Despite a major surplus in the LED market, suppliers are increasing their capital spending and production to cash in on an expected boom in the lighting business.
