TDK has claimed a breakthrough in the development of blue laser technology which could lead to recordable Blu-ray optical discs with a capacity of 200Gbyte

Researchers at the University of Southampton have produced silicon bipolar transistors which are "fastest in the literature”

Sweden-based Integritouch has developed a capacitive touch switch technique for displays that requires no additional conductive layers

Mirifice, whose technology ensures the quality of a TV signal, has signed up a US Internet protocol TV operator as a customer and is moving out of the SETsquared incubator offices in Bath into offices which will allow it to more than double its size

Agilent Technologies and National Instruments have formed closer links which will see the firms co-ordinating test system software and hardware introductions

Semiconductor firms are working with Internet software specialists to open up the market for Internet protocol TV (IPTV) systems. With 22Mbit/s broadband download speeds, video firms see the potential to replace broadcast TV with web-based services. According to Keri Waters, director of strategic marketing at H.264 video decoder firm Micronas, there are development cost challenges to be tackled if the ...

Design firm Plextek expands its activities into manufacturing services and wins its largest ever order worth $50m from US firm LoJack

RF device maker SiGe Semiconductor has won $19.5m in funding as the firm targets significant future growth

Italian design house Accent has opened a sales office in the UK, to service what it describes as "one of its most important and fastest growing markets"

Epitaxial wafer maker IQE is pushing ahead with revenues and moving into gross profitability as it releases its interim results. The firm, which makes products from III-V substrates to III-V and Si based epiwafers, saw interim revenues increase 30 per cent from the second half of last year and over 50 per cent from the same period a year previously ...