A number of factors are likely to have contributed to soft January chip sales according to Bruce Diesen, an analyst at Carnegie Group.
Bluetooth low energy enabled iPhone applications for mobile health
CEVA Inc is announcing a new family of "universal advanced communications engines," called CEVA-XC4000.
Audio company Harman International has developed an infotainment platform that connects cars to the outside world by means of the LTE mobile radio technology. The platform provides the missing link in ...
The first Ivy Bridge chip targets a range of desktop, notebook, embedded, and single-socket server systems with up to 8 Mbytes cache.
MANHASSET, NY -- HiSilicon, a China-based company, and European R&D consortium IMEC have signed a strategic research collaboration to develop RF transceiver architectures for next-generation mobil ...
The Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM SA) has launched a four-year, 14.2 million euro ($18.8 million) project that aims to develop highly efficient, long-lasting, inexpensive, and
BARCELONA – 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 here. All three are ...
Future televisions will be smarter, more intuitive, and feature even more technically logical advanced displays, according to a panel of experts at the International Solid State Circuits Conference.
The fourth version of the popular Bluetooth technology is first seen on the iPhone 4S. If you asked any user, most of them would be happy with Bluetooth 2.0.
Accomplished under SRC's Focus Research Program, the demonstration of terahertz speeds on standard CMOS opens a door for a new slew of consumer devices that can see through solid objects.
SAN FRANCISCO—Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Monday (Feb. 27) unveiled what the company calls the first single-layer touchscreen sensor to support multi-touch capability, offering a dramatic reduction in ...
A robot helping in the household no longer is a dream of the future. ARMAR, the humanoid robot, can understand commands and execute them independently. For instance, it gets the milk out of the fridge
In the war between parasite and host, the parasitic wasp and the pea aphid are locked in a battle for survival. New research shows that this cunning parasite sniffs out differences between protected a
By training birds to ‘get rhythm’, scientists uncover evidence that our capacity to move in time with music may be connected with our ability to learn speech.
Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it is just bacteria trying to get ahead in life. Many sea creatures glow with a biologically produced light. This phenomenon, known as bioluminescence, is obse
Humans aren't the only species that like to get busy with a glass of bubbly. Turns out, the common baker's yeast has indulged in a frenzy of amorous frolicking in the fermentation vats of winemakers f
You probably know your blood type: A, B, AB or O. You may even know if you're Rhesus positive or negative. But how about the Langereis blood type? Or the Junior blood type? Positive or negative? Most
The Montreal Protocol led to a global phase-out of most substances that deplete the ozone layer, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). A happy side-effect of the gradual ban of these products is that th
Neither births nor deaths stop the flocking of organisms. They just keep moving, says a theoretical physicist. The notion, he says, has implications in biology and eventually could point to new cancer
For decades, scientists have understood that there is a genetic component to intelligence, but a new study has found both that most of the genes thought to be linked to the trait are probably not in f
Most Neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago, new research suggests. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable Neanderthal population for hundreds of thousands of year
Uncertainty affects the accuracy with which measurements can be made in quantum physics. To reduce this uncertainty, physicists have learned to "squeeze" certain measurements. Researchers ar
Researchers have developed a relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods to self-assemble into aligned and ordered macroscopic structures. This technique should enable more e
Wonder material graphene has been touted as the next silicon, with one major problem -- it is too conductive to be used in computer chips. Now scientists have given its prospects a new lifeline. Scien
For the first time, researchers have developed crystalline materials that allow an optical fiber to have integrated, high-speed electronic functions. The potential applications of such optical fibers
Scientists have developed a "biological computer" made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering images encrypted on DNA chips.
Scientists have found an iron-based superconductor that operates at the highest known temperature for a material in its class. The discovery inches iron-based superconductors closer to being useful in
Researchers have developed a new nanotechnology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components using the wonder material graphene.
Researchers in California report that they have significantly enhanced polymer solar cells' performance by building a device with a new "tandem" structure that combines multiple cells with d
Carbon nanotubes and graphene consist of just a couple of layers of carbon atoms, but they are lighter than aluminium, stronger than steel and can bend like spring-coils. Physicists have been studying
A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers, the ingenious layering and folding proces
The electrostatic motor, used more than 200 years ago by Benjamin Franklin to rotisserie a turkey, is making a comeback in a promising new design for motors that is light, soft, and operates without e
AUSTRALIAN startup Fumunda Marine is attracting attention from the global scientific community after developing an underwater alarm to protect whales from entanglement in shark nets.
New law pushes responsibility and costs for detecting and replacing counterfeit electronics down to defense subcontractors and, potentially, commercial suppliers.
Telecom operators successfully complete next generation Wi-Fi hotspot trials
Many experts think graphene could change the face of electronics -- especially if the scientific community can overcome a major challenge intrinsic to the material. Oxidation could be the answer.
THE TEAM at Electronics News would like to invite readers within the Australian electronics industry to enter their projects into the 2012 Future Awards program.
RESEARCHERS say people with high-level spinal cord injuries will be able to use an iPod or iPhone connected to tongue controls to operate a computer and manoeuvre their wheelchairs.
Multi-standard transceiver for sensor networks sets record for low power
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 ISSCC.
The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using increasingl
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is running a free online course in electronics from 5 March 2012.
Mentor Graphics Corp announced the expansion of support for UVM, a standardized methodology for IC design verification.
Green Hills, Jungo bring connectivity to automotive infotainment
Engineers have developed a one-step, low-cost method to fabricate a polymer that is rainbow-colored, reflecting many different wavelengths of light when viewed from a single perspective. The colors wo
Smart appliance shipments to exceed 24 Million units by 2017, but high prices remain a barrier
Cognovo Ltd is planning to demonstrate carrier aggregation communications in real-time on an LTE Advanced baseband at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Scientists have developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes that produce light in the ultraviolet range. The work is a step toward biomedical devices with active comp