Leveraging its homegrown ARM-based Sheeva CPU processors, Marvell Technology Group's co-founder and CEO has a clear vision: Enabling the next billion users of connected devices.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has forged a contract with the Electric Power Research Institute as a step toward its goal of developing national standards for tomorrow's smart electric grid.

Microchip Technology acquired a privately held security and life-safety IC provider R&E International. Financial terms of the acquisition, which occurred March 31, were not disclosed.

A multimillion-dollar competition designed to promote a new generation of fuel-efficient vehicles has attracted 111 teams developing 136 vehicles.

Taiwan's Elan Microelectronics has filed suit against Apple in U.S. federal court, alleging infringement of two touchscreen technology patents by Apple products including the MacBook, iPhone and iPod Touch, according to various published reports.

Solar Thin Films, Inc. and its subsidiary, KRAFT Elektronikai Zrt. of Budapest, Hungary, have agreed to acquire BudaSolar Technologies Co. Ltd., (Budapest, Hungary).

A reader argues that the U.S. natural gas pipeline network is the "real" smart grid.

Q-Cells SE (Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany) and LDK Solar Co., Ltd., (Xinyu City, China) are forming a joint venture to focus on large PV systems and market development in Europe and China.

AsusTek and Intel share their experience with WePC.com, an early experiment in how social networks can become an input for the product design process.

SpectraWatt Inc.--the solar-cell spin-off of Intel Corp.--has moved its operations from Oregon and will establish the company's first factory and its new headquarters at the Hudson Valley Research Park in Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

Semiconductor Research Corp.'s Focus Center Research Program and Carnegie Mellon University have developed simple design elements called "logic bricks" for use in IC design libraries.

Amid a DDR3 memory push, Micron Technology Inc. said that it plans to raise $450 million through the sale of common stock and convertible senior notes. What is Micron up to?

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Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $255 billion in 2008, down 5.4 percent, or a decrease of $14.5 billion from 2007 revenue, according to the final market share analysis by Gartner, Inc.

European telecommunication equipment provider Nokia Siemens Networks plans to take over large parts of Nortel Networks, writes <i>Wall Street Journal</i> in its online edition The move would strengthen the group's position in North America.


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Independent semiconductor market statistician Mike Cowan has revised his 2009 semiconductor annual market estimate to $182.1 billion, which would be equivalent to a market contraction of 26.8 percent. Cowan is predicting that March 2009 sales will come in at $16.93 billion, which would be 32.8 percent down on sales recorded by WSTS for March 2008.

A research note from Deutsche Bank has cast doubts over the ability of early adopter Verizon Wireless to launch a 4G Long-Term Evolution network in up to 35 markets in the U.S. by the end of next year using datacards, and suggests handsets may be even longer delayed.

Cellphone sales in the first quarter fell by more than 50 million handsets, or 18 percent, putting world No. 1 maker Nokia on course to report its worst results in seven years.

Intel's chairman Craig Barrett is as unsure as everyone else about when the market for semiconductors will pick up.