STMicroelectronics is offering NAND flash memory devices fabricated in 90nm process technology

Renesas Technology has a range of low cost 32-bit Risc microcontrollers, dubbed the SH/Tiny family, that offer 64k and 128k high-speed embedded flash memory in

Ipswich-based CIP has released a dual-channel version of its all-optical 2R regenerator for 40Gbit/s optical networking

Cable & Wireless has reorganised into two business units and is doing away with the position of group chief executive. The firm said current group chief executive Francesco Caio will continue in the role until the start of the new financial year and then step down. The firm said there would be a “significant reduction in scope and role of ...

Only Sweden, Denmark and Germany in Europe are investing enough money on research and development for their manufacturing industry to remain globally competitive, according to KPMG

Cree and Kansai Electric have demonstrated a 110kVA silicon carbide (SiC) three-phase inverter, breaking their own 12kVA record

The project comes under the European Union IST (Information Society Technologies) 6th Framework Program and is called Chameleon-RF. A number of partners are involved in the research: Philips Electronics, austriamicrosystems, MAGWEL, IMEC and the universities of Lisbon, Bucharest and Delft

Contract epitaxial wafer maker IQE has won a five year contract to manufacture wafers in an outsourcing move by the customer. The deal is with a “major US based chip manufacturer”. “IQE will become solely responsible for all of the production, development and logistics of the customer’s epi based products,” said the firm. Beginning from the start of this year, ...

Filtronic has posted a pre-tax loss of £5.6m for the interim period to November 30, 2005. Following the results, Professor John Roulston, chief executive officer of the firm, resigned from the company. Chairman Professor David Rhodes has taken on the CEO position. However, the firm was upbeat about its compound semiconductor foundry at Newton Aycliffe, saying that it will reach breakeven at the end ...

Cambridge-based Camcon Technology has gained a European patent for its Intelligent Valve Actuation (IVA) technology which allows electrical operation of internal combustion engine valves without resorting to cams. “If all goes to plan, in two years we should have a running pre-production engine,” company founder Wladyslaw Wygnanski told Electronics Weekly. The firm’s basic technology is a high-speed bi-stable electromagnetic actuator. ...