People with depression suffer a number of symptoms -- including anxiety, memory issues, and sleep disturbances. Now researchers have found that the brains of depressed people show hyperactivity; The f
Facebook joins W3C to combat browser fragmentation
Bacteria have evolved different systems for secreting proteins. One, called a type VI secretion system, is found in about a quarter of all bacteria with two membranes. Despite being common, researcher
Xilinx to highlight 7 Series FPGAs and 100G technology at OFC 2012
BARCELONA -- Massive. That's the first word that comes to mind for a first time vistior to Mobile World Congress, the world's largest exhibition dedicated to the cellular industry.Here are a few image ...
SAN FRANCISCO—Technology licensor Rambus Inc. has begun searching for a new CEO to replace Harold Hughes, who plans to retire, the company said Monday (Feb. 27). Hughes, who took over as Rambus CEO in ...
A new study provides further evidence of a relationship between melting ice in the Arctic regions and widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere. The study’s findings could improve
Silicon Labs takes Cortex-M3 route for 32-bit MCUs
After 35 years, a giant fossil penguin has finally been completely reconstructed, giving researchers new insights into prehistoric penguin diversity.
The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn't available, energy is generated by breaking down ca
A curious correlation between the mass of a galaxy's central black hole and the velocity of stars in a vast, roughly spherical structure known as its bulge has puzzled astronomers for years. Astronome
A couple of weeks ago the folks from Blue Pearl announced that the latest generation of their EDA tools boast a plethora of SystemVerilog and FPGA enhancements (Click Here to see that announcement).We ...
Scientists have found that an emerging class of long-lasting flu vaccines called "universal" vaccines could for the first time allow for the effective, wide-scale prevention of flu by limiti
Freescale Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, and LSI Corp are competing head-to-head with new integrated 28-nm base station processors as the Mobile World Congress opens.
Scientists have created a new way to overcome many of the issues associated with bringing high-speed digital communications across challenging terrain and into remote areas, commonly referred to as th
The ecology of fear, like other concepts from predator-prey theory, also extends to parasites, new research suggests. Raccoons and squirrels would give up food, the study demonstrated, if the area was
A new study provides further evidence of a relationship between melting ice in the Arctic regions and widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere. The study’s findings could improve
BARCELONA – The mobile industry took a few small but significant steps toward the holy grail of a unified technology at the Mobile World Congress here. Qualcomm and HiSilicon announced multi-mode chip ...
Researcher observed the dwarf galaxy I Zw 18, and found that much of what is known about galaxy formation and evolution might need substantial revision.
MWC: Intel chip sets targets high, low smartphone chip sets
BARCELONA—A senior Intel Corp. executive has admitted that its next-generation Ivy Bridge microprocessor will be launched in June, some eight to 10 weeks later than previously expected. Sean Maloney, ...
Scientists have demonstrated a new kind of detector for sound at the level of quietness of quantum mechanics. The result offers prospects of a new class of quantum hybrid circuits that mix acoustic el
For the past decade, scientists have been pursuing cancer treatments based on RNA interference -- a phenomenon that offers a way to shut off malfunctioning genes with short snippets of RNA. However, o
BARCELONA— Global mobile carrier Orange has announced it will be putting out its own branded Intel Atom powered cell phone, dubbed the Santa Clara.The phone, based on Intel’s Atom Z240 Medfield platfo ...
Elpida files for bankruptcy protection after bailout fails
MANHASSET, NY -- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) are demonstrating what they claim is the industry’s first commercial-grade, produc ...
IT SEEMS it’s not just the Japanese LCD manufacturers like Sharp and Sony who are suffering from low demand: South Korea-based Samsung has announced it will spin off its loss-making LCD business.
DRAM maker Elpida Memory is in trouble, failing to obtain financing for 92 billion yen worth of bonds and loans due by April.
RESEARCH at Stanford School of Engineering have found a way to weld together meshes of nanowires with light.
GRAPHENE now has a role as a nano-technology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components.
FOXCONN Technology has raised its Chinese workers’ salaries by 16 to 25 percent.
Australia has the sunshine and the innovation to make solar work, but political and funding problems are hampering the industry's ability to capitalise on renewable energy trends, writes the Saint.
NATIONAL Instruments has released its 2012 Automated Test Outlook, which looks into the latest test and measurement technologies and methodologies.
ELEMENT14’s online poll of its global electronics community has revealed interesting trends about the future of electronics design engineering.
HARVARD researchers have developed a bulk-machined MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) process, termed Printed Circuit MEMS (PC-MEMS), for creating mesoscale machines up to several centimetres in di
Patents are being acquired by companies in an escalating battle for offensive and defensive dominance.
EMSc has opened a dedicated Powerstar office in Australia to develop its presence in the Asia Pacific and boost take-up of its voltage optimisation solution.
DNA strand sequencing can now be done at home and in the office, with electronic sequencers having been miniaturised to the size of a USB memory stick.
THE strong Aussie dollar has been blamed for many things, such as dropping exports, the higher costs of doing business locally, and Toyota’s job purge.
PCB design is getting tougher. So how are Australian designers coping?
STARTUPS and innovative enterprises in South Australia have lost a valued supporter, with Innovate SA confirming it will cease to be funded after 30 June 2012.
Xilinx plan to strut their stuff at Embedded World 2012
Tensilica has produced a core it claims is useful for LTE Advanced handsets
SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung gave an early peek at its first quad-core mobile application processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference here. The unannounced chip is Samsung’s first to u ...
CEVA launches new low-power DSP cores for the broadest comms standards
Arrow to deliver Micropelt’s thermoharvesting power module
Market for transparent conductors in PV apps to reach $300M in 2016
January chip sales fell 15% year-on-year, says analyst
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Eyal Waldman is a pusher.The chief executive of Mellanox Technologies wants to drive server makers to adopt this year his 40 Gbit/s Ethernet controller, which also handles 56G Infin ...
I/O, I/O it's off to work we goHere you will find a compilation of EE Times' coverage of MEMS, sensors and actuators; as well as relevant snippets and lists. It will develop as we go along like a kind ...
SAN FRANCISCO--Samsung touted its new 32-nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) process at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference here Tuesday (Feb. 21), showing features it hopes might win customers ...
Thermal Diffusivity Sensors: Temperature Sensors that Scale
LONDON – Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has achieved the first commercial implementation of resonant clock mesh technology licensed from startup company Cyclos Semiconductor Inc. Cyclos (Berkeley, Calif. ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Experts agree printed circuit boards and processors will eventually need optical interconnects. But just when and how the industry will get there is still unclear.The International Tec ...
Excessive power consumption has become the chief roadblock to further scaling of semiconductors, threatening to stall advancement in all electronics sectors—everything from further miniaturizing mobil ...
Tabula’s next-gen FPGAs to use Intel’s 22nm process featuring 3-D tri-gate transistors
Altera demos first FPGAs to interoperate with 100-Gbps optical module
Sound enhancing technology boosts mobile sounds by doubling air volume in loudspeaker
Wireless will redefine the home audio market as we know it
At the fourth MOST Forum on March 20, 2012 in Stuttgart/Esslingen (Germany), the MOST Cooperation (MOSTCO) will again participate as knowledge partner and exhibitor to showcase the latest technology h ...
ISSCC: SanDisk set to show highest density NAND flash
SAN FRANCISCO – Medical electronics researchers showed advances in self-propelled implants and body area networks at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.Stanford researchers described tw ...
Glasses-less 3-D, free-viewpoint coming to future TVs
LONDON – YouTube has a video that shows the results of a number of "tug-of-war" matches between MEMS electrothermal actuators belonging to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ...
PORTLAND, Ore.—The world's first integrated voltage regulators can be located on the bottom of a 3-D chip stack, according researchers at IBM and Columbia University, who recently demonstrated a silic ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Smart Storage Systems officially debuted as a standalone company focused on solid-state drives for business systems, rolling out its latest product, the Optimus Ultra a high-end ser ...
LONDON – Fabless chip company Dialog Semiconductor plc has reported strong financial results for fourth quarter, as expected, and has forecast a strong first quarter of 2012.Dialog (Kirchheim-unter-Te ...
ConEd Solutions partners with Viridity on road to 'smart grid'
Analyst: Mobile MEMS market rising to $6bn in 2016
Panasonic's waterproof Android Eluga smartphone unveiled
SAN FRANCISCO—EDA and IP vendor Synopsys Inc. said Wednesday (Feb. 22) it closed the $523 million acquisition of long-time rival Magma Design Automation Inc. and revealed that Rajeev Madhavan, Magma's ...
SAN FRANCISCO—Shipments of graphics chips declined 10 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011, continuing a new seasonal trend hat has taken shape since the financial crisis of 2008, accord ...
SAN FRANCISCO—Engineers from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. took to the podium to provide details of their respective 19-nm NAND flash chips in presentations at the Inte ...
SAN FRANCISCO – The International Solid-State Circuits Conference is always a global smorgasbord of the latest in semiconductor design, and the 2012 version here was no exception.True there were no he ...
RFID chip lets readers talk first for use in retail apps
LONDON – APIC Corp. (Culver City, Calif.), a supplier of photonic ICs to the U.S. military, has announced that a research team under the leadership of APIC chairman and CEO Birendra "Raj" Du ...
New tablets to feature MIPS for both applications and baseband processing
SAN FRANCISCO—The top executives at analog chip makers Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) and Avago Technologies Ltd. sounded a note of cautious optimism, with both saying they see signs of improved business i ...
LONDON – Genusion Ltd., a fabless Japanese memory IP company, has announced that is has licensed its B4-flash non-volatile memory technology to Rohm Group and Rohm subsidiary Lapis Semiconductor Co. L ...
Cree to hold 'iconathon' to hone energy-efficiency logo
Microsoft begins aggressive new Windows Phone campaign
In Part 3 of his look at the future of computing, processor expert Russell Fish III analyzes the problem of the "parallelism wall."
Qualcomm chooses MasterImage 3D for development tablet
Counterfeit parts are increasingly finding their way into mission critical military and healthcare equipment, with the number of fake electronic parts soaring dramatically over the past couple of year
SAN FRANCISCO—Micron Technology Inc. has increased its stake in Inotera Memories Inc., its Taiwanese joint venture with Nanya Technology Corp., according to a regulatory filing made by Inotera this we ...
APS, a semiconductor equipment vendor, has filed a patent infringement suit against Intel, IBM, and Micron Technology claiming that they willfully infringed on an atomic layer deposition patent held b
SEMI book-to-bill improves for fourth straight month
ISSC highlights sensors and semiconductor technology in medicine
Konica Minolta IJ Technologies Inc has announced that is has developed a silicon MEMS-based inkjet printhead for printed electronics applications.
MANHASSET, NY -- STMicroelectronics announced it has shipped two billion MEMS sensors to date which confirmed its top position in micro-electromechanical systems devices for consumer and portable appl ...
Renesas Mobile Corp announced what appears to be one of the first integrated multimode LTE baseband processors for mobile devices.
BARCELONA – Ericsson played the standards game for a winning hand in LTE, according to a missive from an ABI Research analyst here at the Mobile World Congress. They are neither the first nor the last ...
Cymer Inc is expected to reveal that it has made significant progress in the development of a power source for EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography over the past few months.
HTC unveils One series with dual and quad core phones
Tower Semiconductor Ltd has said it has signed a binding memorandum of understanding with an unnamed Indian infrastructure company, to build and operate a 300-mm wafer fab in India.
BARCELONA—A senior Intel Corp. executive has admitted that its next generation Ivy Bridge microprocessor will be delayed by around eight to 10 weeks to be launched in June.Sean Maloney, executive vice ...
A potential merger between Micron Technology Inc and Japan's Elpida Memory Inc would dramatically redraw the DRAM landscape, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli.
BARCELONA – In a surprise announcement the night before the Mobile World Congress opens here, Huawei Devices showed what it claims were the world's fastest handsets and tablets, using a new quad-core ...
Tabula becomes the second programmable logic startup confirmed to be using Intel's Custom Foundry division for foundry work.
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