The global market for semiconductors was $16.96 billion in November, down 22.5 percent compared to November 2007, according to 'actual' data from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization.

Two companies--Samsung and SanDisk--have separately rolled out solid-state drives (SDDs) for use in opposite ends of the spectrum.

Clean technology venture investments during 2008 in North America, Europe, China and India totaled a record $8.4 billion, up 38 percent from $6.1 billion in 2007.

While this year's Consumer Electronics Show will reflect the current economic downturn, there will still be plenty of news, products and pronoucements emanating from the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Energetiq Technology Inc. (Woburn, Mass.), a developer of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and deep ultraviolet (DUV) light source products, has raised additional capital in its Series C round of financing.

Amid a string of losses and layoffs, Tower Semiconductor Ltd. has nominated Amir Elstein to serve as its new chairman.

IC vendor Micrel plans to cut its workforce by 6 percent, the company said in announcing that it has revised its fourth quarter 2008 revenue and earnings outlook downward.

Market research group DRAMeXchange (Taipei, Taiwan) is predicting a decline in capital expenditure amongst global DRAM makers of 47 percent compared to the previous year.

Tabula Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), a fabless semiconductor company developing programmable logic devices, has not had much to say publicly about itself since its formation in 2003.

Energy harvesting radio technology targeted for future Mars missions could make use of a single-chip microtransceiver being developed at Kansas State University.

The general credit rating of the high-tech sector worsened in the second half of 2008 with semiconductor manufacturers leading the group down a path that could increase their lending costs. 2009 could be as bad if the economy does not improve, according to a ratings agency.

Logitech plans to cut some 5 percent of its global workforce and abandoned its fiscal 2009 targets after consumers cut back on Christmas spending, the world's largest computer mouse maker said on Tuesday.

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