Falling demand for CRT-based televisions is being blamed by Sony for the loss of up to 650 jobs in South Wales
Monthly Archives: June 2005
Imperial develops scavenging circuit
Imperial College has a novel semiconductor structure to extract the power of a capacitive energy scavenger
ESL design gaining traction
Electronic system level approach to design has firmly established itself, with Asic and SoC designers taking note
Flash devices at 4bits/cell by 2006
Co-developers of the 4bit-per-transistor flash memory technology announced by Saifun last week expect to have commercial parts...
Huawei eyes Europe to increase share
Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is looking to increase its telecoms market share outside China as it gains the trust of operators. “We know we’re small and need time to gain the trust of telcos,” said Huawei spokesman Richard Lee, speaking at the Paris/Beijing joint launch of the firm’s ME60 multi-service control gateway for IP networks. “We only expect a little ...
Outsourcing to provide significant market opportunities
Despite significant restructuring following the downturn in 2002 and 2003 the European contract electronic assembly industry remains one of the most important sectors within the electronics market
Point tools in decline, says de Geus
Developing point tools is no longer the business of the EDA industry, according to the founder of Synopsys
UK needs CEOs for start-ups
What is holding back UK venture capital investment in semiconductors is not technology, or money, but management expertise and willingness to get involved, according to venture capitalist Quester. “With all our university relationships we have technology stacked up against the walls, there is no shortage of technology, and no shortage of money, but there’s a shortage of people who are ...
e2v wins CCD deal for EU probe
Chelmsford-based e2v Technologies to supply 1.5Gpixel CCD image sensors for the European Space Agency’s GAIA mission
Government urged to clarify strategy
The electronics industry’s two largest bodies have called on the Government to make clear its intentions and priorities for supporting the electronics design sector. Engineering body the IEE and industry organisation Intellect have called on the DTI to end a period of uncertainty over its intentions for supporting the UK’s electronics design community. The electronics organisations fear that the Government ...