Phil Hester, chief technology officer of AMD, sat down with our sister website in the US Electronic News/Electronic Business to talk about his company's ecosystem, why it changed its strategy and why Intel is going to be doubly challenged in the future. What follows are excerpts of that conversation.

Are you going to make a single chip phone solution? There are only three possible answers to this question: ‘Yes’, ‘No’, and ‘Maybe’. Below is STMicroelectronics’ answer to the question:

The Sky vs Virgin battle, which surfaced last month with Sky withdrawing its news service and other programmes from Virgin’s TV channels, is taking on an intriguing new technical direction.

Fortuitously, a number of technologies, including four-bit-per-cell flash memory, integrated RF/baseband chips and single-chip NOR/NAND combinations, are coming to fruition to help drive down the cost of mobile phones, just when low-cost is needed.

STMicroelectronics is working with China’s Academy of Sciences to develop processors, based on a core called Loongson-2E which has been developed in China

After the Ten Best Decisions Ever Made in the Chip Industry http://https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/david-manners-semiconductor-blog/2007/03/ten-best-decisions-ever-made-i.html and another long evening, here are the Ten Worst Decisions Ever Made In the Chip Industry.

If you will allow me, just a quick plug for NEPCON which this year falls between May 15th and 17th at Birmingham NEC. Electronics Yorkshire has arranged a series of seminars each day and have invited me to ramble on about China RoHS at 2PM Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Electronics Yorkshire support and assist the growth of the electronics sector ...

June is the date when the European parliament decides on roaming charges. Should they be capped or not?

The James Watt Nano­fabrication Centre at Glasgow University was opened last week with a funding boost for a research project on compound semiconductor III-V Mosfets

Semiconductor maker IDT (Integrated Device Technology) has unveiled what it claims is the first PCI Express-based (PCIe) system interconnect solution to predictably and efficiently manage all communications throughout the system while providing full-line rate throughput, reliability and high quality of service. The new devices are optimised to meet the capacity, scalability and predictable throughput requirements demanded by bladed system providers ...