Printing memory onto flexible plastic substrates has been demonstrated by partners Thin Film Electronics and InkTec Co. Ltd.

The three-month moving average of sales of semiconductors in Europe for February was $2.11 billion, down 36.1 percent on the same period a year before and the biggest fall among the four geographic areas tracked by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization.

The three-month average of worldwide sales of semiconductors declined by 30.4 percent to $14.17 billion in February, compared to $20.3 billion in February 2008, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which referenced World Semiconductor Trade Statistics as its source.

At trade shows these days, everyone wants to know the number of attendees. This tends to drown out a somewhat more important issue: the quality of the show. But when we walk into unexpected encounters with people we've never met before at a trade show, we are always reminded of one thing: This is why we travel.

Silicon wafer supplier MEMC Electronic Materials cut about 200 manufacturing employees last week as a cost-cutting move, according to a regulatory filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

IBM cut its offer for Sun Microsystems Inc. to $9.55 a share after a thorough vetting and may soon unveil details of its largest-ever takeover, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

An institutional shareholder fund has filed suit in Delaware's Chancery Court against fab tool maker Axcelis Technologies Inc.

Ohio State University researchers are developing a technique for mass production of computer chips made from graphene.

Micron Technology Inc.'s quarterly net loss narrowed slightly on cost-cutting but sales dropped sharply as manufacturing overcapacity continued to hurt average selling prices at DRAM suppliers.

Photos from the 2009 EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards presentation are now available on the EE Times Image Gallery.

Viruses can be used to assemble tiny batteries that can then be printed on plastic films, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers claim.

Clearwire Communications, LLC will set up a beta WiMax network in Silicon Valley geared for use by mobile systems and applications developers only.


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