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Plugging efficiency gap in power design
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMTIncreasing the efficiency of electrical circuits in motor control, power supply units and lighting could yield an energy saving of 1, 150TWh by 2020 – equivalent to 30% of the requirementeditorial@electronicsweekly.comGood design adds value in a downturn
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTIf the UK is to thrive as one of the centres of electronics development, it will be by designing high-margin, value-added products that more than offset the high costs of operating hereeditorial@electronicsweekly.comPower management ICs under pressure in 2009
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTGlobal sales of power management and driver ICs reached almost $13bn in 2008, but IMS expects this to fall by nearly $400m in 2009editorial@electronicsweekly.comRF-based TV remote runs forever on single cell
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT“For RF remote controls equipped with the communication controller, a single watch type battery can outlast the life time of the remote, ” claimed GreenPeakeditorial@electronicsweekly.comUK nanotechnology group targets sustainable design projects
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe first focus on the initiative is to promote research projects investigating the use of nano-enhanced materials for transport applicationseditorial@electronicsweekly.comBBC and PURE join Internet media services group
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTAn Internet industry forum including the BBC and PURE has the aim of developing open standards to support the growing use of web-enabled media deviceseditorial@electronicsweekly.comEconomic slowdown bites in the UK distribution market, says RS
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:53:00 GMTElectrocomponents, owners of online and catalogue distributor RS, has warned of weakening demand in the UK market with sales falling by 6% in the last three monthseditorial@electronicsweekly.comASML cuts 1, 000 jobs, lowers guidance
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:42:00 GMT"Never before have we witnessed such a sharp and sudden fall-off in lithography system demand, triggered by an unprecedented mix of falling end-demand for semiconductors, weak memory prices and restricted access to capital for our customers, " said Eric Meurice, president and CEO of ASML.editorial@electronicsweekly.comQimonda saved from the brink with government bail-out
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:28:00 GMTThe financing deal ends a week long stand-off between the State of Saxony and Infineon, which potentially had Qimonda’s long term independence hanging in the balanceeditorial@electronicsweekly.comIBM claims graphene field-effect transistors at GHz frequencies
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:06:00 GMTWith a top-gate design and a gate length 150nm, IBM achieved a cut-off frequency of 26 GHz for its graphene transistors.editorial@electronicsweekly.comSpecialist distributors can weather the downturn
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTDespite the financial turmoil in global markets, it can be business as usual for specialist distributors with RF and microwave capabilities, writes Howard Venningeditorial@electronicsweekly.comGoogle mobile bid to benefit from Samsung Android phone launch
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:32:00 GMTSamsung looks like being the next company to support Google’s bid to enter the mobile phone marketeditorial@electronicsweekly.comUS proposes son of Sematech
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:03:00 GMTA second Sematech is being proposed by the US technology industry. This time it is not a bid to save the chip industry, but a bid to give it a car industry for when the automotive world goes electric.editorial@electronicsweekly.comThe Electronics Weekly news roundup - Microsemi investment; Apple Imagination; Qimonda squabbles
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:42:00 GMTA pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from Android phone OS tempting ARM, and Apple taking a 3.6% stake in UK graphics firm Imagination, to Laird cutting over 4, 500 jobs, and Infineon and the State of Saxony fighting over Qimonda aid proposals...editorial@electronicsweekly.comMarket slowdown hits mobile radio market, says SRT
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:24:00 GMTThe business has suffered from a lack of orders, including from certain Far East customers, and a delay in receiving licence and royalty payments, said Bath-based SRTeditorial@electronicsweekly.comPanasonic makes $4.5bn move for Sanyo
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:03:00 GMTThe companies have entered into what they call a capital and business alliance agreement with "the prospect of organisational restructurings of both companies”, said the companieseditorial@electronicsweekly.comAlcatel-Lucent sells Thales stake for €1.57bn
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:22:00 GMTDassault, perhaps best known for its Rafale fighter, is paying around €1.57bn for the 20.78% stake. It already holds just over 5% of Thales shareseditorial@electronicsweekly.comLED technology - OLEDs (Organic light emitting diodes)
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:10:00 GMTOrganic light-emitting diodes - OLEDs - emit light when a current flows through them. Unlike conventional LEDs, OLEDs are made from layers of plastic and other organic (carbon-based) materials.editorial@electronicsweekly.comInterview - Microchip executive vp Ganesh Moorthy
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:58:00 GMTMicrochip executive discusses support for embedded developers, general-purpose versus application-specific products, trends in embedded-processor integration, and software.editorial@electronicsweekly.comInfineon and State of Saxony fight over Qimonda aid proposals
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:41:00 GMTInfineon and the State of Saxony are having a right old ding-dong over the proposed aid, offered by Saxony, to Infineon's 77 per cent owned DRAM maker subsidiary Qimonda.editorial@electronicsweekly.com
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