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Micronas sells parts of its consumer division

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 09:05
Struggling chip vendor Micronas (Zurich, Switzerland) has agreed with Trident Microsystems to sell several product lines of its consumer division. The company is in the process of winding this division down.


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Toshiba says to buy out Panasonic LCD venture

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 08:39
Toshiba Corp. said it would buy out its liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture with Panasonic Corp for about 2 billion yen ($20.3 million), aiming to speed up decision-making and restructuring to turn around the loss-making venture.


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Hitachi executive charged in LCD price-fixing case

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 05:26
An executive at Hitachi Ltd.'s display subsidiary has been charged with involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) panels sold to Dell Inc, the U.S. Department of Justice said.


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Senators strike deal on patent reform

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 04:35
Three U.S. senators struck a compromise deal on patent reform including the controversial issue of patent infringement damages, but whether the rest of Congress—and the industry--will back it remains to be seen.


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IDT to cut costs, reduces forecast

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 02:30
Hit hard by the downturn, Integrated Device Technology Inc. (IDT) is taking steps to reduce operating expenses.


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Microchip, Chang headline 2009 ACE Award winners

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 01:05
Microcontroller and analog chip vendor Microchip Technology was presented the award for "Company of the Year," one of 11 winners of the 2009 EE Times ACE Awards. Morris Chang, founding chairman of TSMC, was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement Award."


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FSI cuts jobs, posts loss

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 23:52
Amid the downturn and ongoing losses, fab tool maker FSI International Inc. plans to take several cost-cutting measures, including layoffs.


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Vitesse cuts 12% of headcount

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 23:38
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. has implemented a reduction of approximately 12 percent of its worldwide workforce.


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Astronaut invokes 'Apollo spirit' for 'hard days ahead'

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 22:38
Kenneth Mattingly recalled the Apollo spirit of cooperation in the rescue of the Apollo 13 mission and encouraged engineers at the Embedded Systems Conference to apply the same determination to the current hard times.


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No April Fools: Conficker 2.0 worm set to strike

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 21:39
Malware known as Conficker 2.0 is poised to strike on Wednesday, April Fools Day, security experts warn.


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Speed multicore development with IMEC tools

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 20:00
IMEC is now licensing its impressive low-power multicore development tools.


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Altera CEO got $4.1 million in 2008

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 19:26
The Associated Press reported that Altera CEO John Daane pulled down a compensation package worth $4.1 million last year, an increase of 25 percent over 2007.


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Global IT spending to fall 3.8% in 2009

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 18:44
Businesses are cutting spending on IT at a faster rate than in 2001 when the Internet bubble burst, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday, as a global recession takes hold.


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Freescale rolls 45-nm comms processors

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 18:33
Freescale Semiconductor said it is sampling new communications processors based on its 45-nm process technology,


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New MEMS timing chip emerges

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 18:00
A maker of MEMS timing chips is taking aim at a new market: voltage-controlled oscillators.


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IC market: Recovery or head fake?

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 17:48
It's way too early to see a real recovery in ICs.


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Metrology specialist Semilab acquires AMS, QC Solutions

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 17:24
Semilab Co. Ltd. (Budapest, Hungary) has acquired two Massachusetts-based metrology companies, Advanced Metrology Systems and QC Solutions.


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