Tech Talk - Solid State Technology

· SunPower, Heliovolt tout record efficiencies

· Princeton tips way to "melt" chip features

· TSMC announces entry into MEMS market

· Fujitsu tips method for estimating soft errors due to "cosmic rays"

· NIST: NIL actually improves nanoporous layers

· Spansion, IBM ink memory license pact

· Suss, Philips developing new nanoimprint tech

· IBM, Matheson to develop ≤32nm chip gases

· Intel, Cray to develop supercomputer chips

· Rohm, Nissan developing high-power chips

· AMAT alarm: Capex sliding back to "like 2003"

· Reports: China quake affects few chip firms

· AMAT tips SunFab service plan

· Report: China wooing 300mm fabs from Taiwan

· Hynix, ProMOS deepening tech partnership, add ownership stake

· Qualcomm, Foxlink expanding MEMS work

· DuPont expanding in China to chase PV growth

· SEMI: Wafer shipments flat in 1Q08

· Analyst: Big 4 still rule foundry roost, but Samsung moving up

· Chip heavyweights pin down 450mm date, tout "collaboration"

Business - Semiconductor Online

· Rensselaer Student Invents Alternative To Silicon Chip

· Method For Integrating Nanowire Devices Directly Onto Silicon Developed

· Modern Ceramics Help Advance Technology

· Rudolph Technologies Receives Multiple System Order For Inspection Modules

· National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's First Quad Multipoint-LVDS Transceiver

· Mattson Technology Sets New Standard With Photoresist Strip For BEOL And FEOL Applications

· Solar Semiconductor Announces Strategic Partnership With Motech Industries

· Shanghai Welltech Automation Designs Ramtron's Serial F-RAM Memory Into Smart Pressure Transmitters

· STMicroelectronics Reduces On-Resistance For Fast-Recovery MOSFETs

· Melting Defects Could Lead To Smaller, More Powerful Microchips

· Semtech DSL TVS Device Delivers Performance And Protection For Sensitive DSL Line Drivers

· Tundra Semiconductor's Serial RapidIO Switch Selected By VMETRO

· Microchip Technology Announces Serial EEPROM Family On Single I/O Bus

· ON Semiconductor Releases High Performance Single And Dual Frequency Crystal Oscillator Modules

· Intel, Samsung Electronics, TSMC Reach Agreement For 450mm Wafer Manufacturing Transition

· Credence Demonstrates Test Solutions For Consumer Semiconductor Industry At Semicon Singapore

· nLIGHT Extends Performance Of Long Wavelength Laser Diodes

· Graphene-Based Gadgets May Be Just Years Away

· Freescale Acquires SigmaTel For $110 Million

· Increasing Use Of Semiconductor Devices In End-User Segments Driving The Asian EDA Tools Market

News - Electronics Weekly

· IET/GSA Semiconductor Forum: Optimism for VC-backed chip start-ups

· NFC to be in 50 per cent of mobiles by 2010

· IET/GSA Semiconductor Forum: Is there a future for advanced analogue processing?

· Lumileds puts CAD files on line

· NXP offers high efficiency transistor for LTE basestations

· Atmel ARM9 microcontroller dissipates 80mW at 400MHz

· 3G iPhone, lithium-ion batteries in top 10 blogs

· SEC charges Broadcom co-founders for stock-options backdating

· Win an Apple iPod

· Freescale to close Tempe fab

· ON Semi to close fabs, lay off 400

· Avago claims RF amps as world's smallest

· NXP/Infineon merger talk won't go away

· Plextek sets up new business to target MoD work

· NXP names former Ericsson exec as CFO as it enters handset-focused venture with ST

· TI targets Energy Star with Irish power design buy

· IBM's next-gen Cell processor brings HPC to the masses

· Sunfilm to ramp tandem Applied thin film photovoltaic lines

· Electronics Weekly Semiconductor Financials

· O2 to sell Apple 3G iPhone in the UK in June

· MSI joins tiny PC bandwagon

· Tories place electronics and skills top of political agenda

· Synopsys donates VMM methodology library, apps to standards group

· Pace secures BT set-top box contract after Philips buy

· Outsourced chip design starts up 20%, Gartner reports

News - Controlled Environments

· Asia Pacific's Semiconductor Industry - An insider's view

· Technical Seminar on Advanced Interconnect Technology Announced

· IBM and Matheson Tri-Gas Announce Partnership

· Quantum Hall Effect Can Occur Without a Magnetic Field

· Nanotechnology KTN Appoints Staff Members

· Electronic Device Automation Leads Way for Lab-On-Chip Design

· Diffuser Models For Airflow Simulation

· Catching The Drift

· Airborne Security

News - Compound Semiconductor

· ">M/A-COM buyer plans communications sell-off

· ">End of the line for Tempe GaAs fab

· ">Hybrid cars drive TranSiC switch development

· ">Sprint deal sets up US rollout of WiMAX

· ">Emcore pockets its first significant CPV sales

· ">Aixtron sees soft landing after demand peak

· ">RFMD shelves transceiver development

· ">IPG back on track with diode laser ramp

· ">InP transistor shifts phase from test to telecom

· ">Nitride LED pumps polymer laser

Power Semiconductors - Power Electronics

· Controller Powers AMD's Turion Mobile CPU

· Position Sensing Technology Is Selected By Car Maker

· Expanded Amplifier Family Includes Class AB

· Class D Audio Amp Suits Portables

· Flywheel Stabilizers Power Satellites