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| MEI metal lift-off system enhanced wafer yield |
3/24/2014 |
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MEI's FluidJet batch wet processing system eliminates device damage, while using 80 per cent less chemical than current single wafer processing solutions. In addition, FluidJet enables highly efficient, easily obtained gold and metal reclaim, reducing waste and downtime.
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| Delay of the 64bit mobile AP impacted DRAM market |
3/21/2014 |
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If semiconductor makers convert their production lines from mobile DRAMs to DRAMs, the prices are forecast to drop further. Last month the DRAM contract price fell by about 12% from the previous month.
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| LED lighting propelled several technologies |
3/21/2014 |
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If LEDs are to be used as a source for lighting, more is involved than the LED dice themselves. An LED-powered lamp or luminaire (i.e., fixture) requires phosphors, optics, a heat sink for thermal management, and driver electronics, as well as packaging for all of these parts.
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| Amazon is due to introduce gaming devices |
3/21/2014 |
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If Amazon does choose to pursue gaming in a serious manner, it could solve the chicken-egg problem of attracting both game developers and a buying audience at the same time.
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| Drones can be hacker's powerful weapon |
3/21/2014 |
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Installing the technology on drones creates a powerful threat because drones are mobile and often out of sight for pedestrians, enabling them to follow people undetected.
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| Micron to sub-out more DRAM packaging |
3/20/2014 |
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Micro is undertaking validation at a number of backend service firms in Taiwan, with the process slated for completion at the end of the first quarter.
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| Apple Q2 sales might suprise you |
3/20/2014 |
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Apple will likely sell 42 million iPhones during its fiscal second quarter. That figure would represent somewhat modest but surprising growth over the same quarter last year, when Apple sold 37.4 million iPhones.
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| Google introduced Android Wear |
3/20/2014 |
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The mobile revolution's shift toward wearables has long been anticipated. In 2012, Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps predicted that wearable devices would intensify the platform wars and that Google might win.
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| ChromeBook- what scares Microsoft most |
3/19/2014 |
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Chromebooks are ready for mainstream adoption. They're starting to make many of us realize how non-essential a $1000 laptop is becoming. And they can compete with most of the cheaper laptops.
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| Toyota settles for $1.2B |
3/19/2014 |
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The four-year criminal investigation focused on whether Toyota was forthright in reporting problems related to unintended acceleration troubles.
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| Vanguard acquired Sumpro 8" fab. |
3/18/2014 |
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The capital expansion project comes after the company signed a deal to acquire an 8-inch fab and related equipment from Sumpro Electronic, a subsidiary of Nanya Technology, for NT$2.18 billion.
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| EU wants a standard charger to reduce waste |
3/18/2014 |
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The call for a common charger is expected to simplify the use of radio equipment (including mobiles), possibly cutting tens of thousands of tonnes of electronic waste annually while also reducing manufacturing costs.
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| Court dismissed Macronix's infringement case against Spansion |
3/18/2014 |
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The battle began last summer when Spansion filed complaints against Macronix, alleging that the company had violated its patents with Macronix NOR Flash and XtraROM memory products. Further, Spansion has committed to moving against any memory company or system vendor that "misuses its technology without getting consensus from the company.
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| Microsoft to help Vietnam to enhance cybra security |
3/18/2014 |
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Microsoft will provide technological support in aid of the country's IT infrastructure modernisation, network security and cloud computing development. The firm will also give the ministry access to its cybersecurity reports to raise security levels where necessary.
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| Police arrested former SK Hynix employee |
3/17/2014 |
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Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday arrested former SK Hynix employee Yoshitaka Sugita on charges of stealing trade secrets. The trade secrets were allegedly stolen by Sugita when he was employed by the SanDisk-Toshiba joint venture, and the information was passed to SK Hynix, his next employer.
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| LTE deployment will boost RF ICs in China |
3/17/2014 |
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"For the foreseeable future the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China, will dominate this market and remain the most important region and focus for high power RF amplifiers and RF power devices for wireless infrastructure."
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| New memory is 16nm gate length |
3/17/2014 |
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The memory's architecture uses low-access voltage and minimises drain current during programming, contributing to a decrease of the programming power compared to one-transistor NOR memories.
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| Rest of the world cannot escape China's pollution |
3/14/2014 |
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Air pollution is becoming one of China’s biggest exports and reaches as far as the U.S. West Coast. The report cites a study from the University of California, Irvine that is the first to quantify how much of the pollution reaching the American West Coast is from China.
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| New thin LED is only 3 atoms thick |
3/14/2014 |
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"We are able to make the thinnest-possible LEDs, only three atoms thick yet mechanically strong. Such thin and foldable LEDs are critical for future portable and integrated electronic devices,"
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