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Graphene chip production advances
Ohio State University researchers are developing a technique for mass production of computer chips made from graphene.
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Micron net loss shrinks, sales plunge 29%
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.
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Slideshow: ACE Awards Presentation
Photos from the 2009 EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards presentation are now available on the EE Times Image Gallery.
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MIT harnesses viruses to print 'green' batteries
Viruses can be used to assemble tiny batteries that can then be printed on plastic films, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers claim.
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ESC panel debates how to spend $1 trillion
During an event at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) here, panelists were asked to debate the ''winners and losers'' in the U.S. stimulus package.
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GE, Intel create home health-care venture
General Electric Co.
and Intel Corp. have joined forces to develop devices
to help doctors monitor patients' health remotely, an area they
believe could become a multibillion-dollar business.
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Design-for-ebeam firm closes $9 million in funding
Design and software startup D2S said it closed $9 million in Series B funding from investors including Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Advantest and Cadence Design Systems.
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Analyst sours on Infineon, ST but touts ARM
Infineon Technologies AG, STMicroelectronics NV and ASML Holding have had their equity ratings lowered to "sell" from "hold" by an analyst who warned the companies' operating positions are becoming dire due to deteriorating demand. The analyst, however, confirmed ARM Holding's "buy" rating.
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Applied claims victory in suit
In an oral decision issued this week, the European Patent Office (EPO) revoked a patent issued to the University of Neuchatel over solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.
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For sale: Qimonda's U.S. fab
Qimonda AG's North America unit announced the appointment of advisors to assist in the sale of their semiconductor manufacturing assets in Sandston, Virginia.
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Soitec plans to park workers, cut wages, stop bonuses
Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer and substrates supplier Soitec SA (Bernin, France) has announced that it is planning to cut its workforce by roughly 10 percent, although this could include transferring some workers to a local R&D initiative.
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Renesas pilots patent program
Renesas Technology Corp. is piloting a cross-functional program to align its work in patents with the company's R&D units and overall business goals and could generate dozens of new patents it could assert with potential competitors and partners.
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Design-for-e-beam startup raises $9 million in Series B
E-beam design-for-manufacturing startup Direct2Silicon Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has announced that it has raised more than $9 million in its Series B round of financing.
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Japan's Elpida open to TMC buying 10% stake
Japan's biggest PC chipmaker,
Elpida Memory, said it was open to Taiwan's state-led
semiconductor firm taking a stake of about 10 percent, helping
boost chip shares for the second straight day on Thursday.
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Chip industry may have hit 'local bottom,' says VC
With chip inventories at record lows, the semiconductor industry may have it at least a "local bottom," according to venture capitalist Dave Epstein.
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Video: Engineers lack voice in patent debate
The current debate on patent reform is out of touch with the needs of working inventors, in part because engineers lack a strong voice in Washington D.C., said Steve Perlman, a serial entrepreneur and keynoter at the Intellectual Property Symposium.
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Advances in wireless, sensors, MEMs set to boost energy harvesting
A confluence of the development of wireless and lower power electronics, along with advancements in sensors and MEMS, is fundamentally changing today's energy harvesting market.
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Micron still in talks with Taiwan Memory
U.S. chipmaker Micron
Technology Inc. said it is still exploring a potential
role in a Taiwan-government funded memory chip company,
following the news that the technology of rival Elpida Memory
Inc of Japan was selected for the venture.
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