Technology News - Solid State Technology

· First issue for 450mm: Making 22nm-quality wafers is no slam dunk

· AMAT: 3Q was "trough," but 2009 recovery still tenuous

· TSMC approves capex, buyback plans

· IBM group builds 22nm SRAM cell

· MoSi-ing along to 32nm

· SEMI: Wafer shipments back on track in 2Q08

· Elpida eyes $5B DRAM JV in China

· KLA-Tencor pitches double-patterning with Prolith 11

· Analyst: DRAM oversupplies tipping into 2009

· Analyst: Soft 3Q for TSMC, no ASP bounce

· Report: Global solar cell market to quadruple by 2012

· Scientists tout flexible silicon-based "eye"

· Japan players bet big on emerging thin-film solar

· Sarnoff wields SOI in bid for back-illuminated image sensors

· Analyst: Next big MEMS market is cell phones

· PV market outlook: A contrarian's view

· Global Solar scaling CIGS heights

· Oerlikon announces deals with CMC Magnetics, Flextronics

· IMEC makes solar-cells by peeling Si foil layers

· Paper: PV demand pinching consumables supplies, too

Business - Semiconductor Online

· Mentor Graphics Eldo Adopted By TSMC For Cell Library Characterization Of 40 Nanometer Technology Node

· Crocus Establishes Prototyping Environment For Next Generation MRAM Technology

· Cost-Effective SoC From Freescale Promotes Adoption Of GPON

· Innovasic Semiconductor Announces Production Of Pin Compatible 80C186EB And 80C188EB Embedded Processors

· Pericom Expands DisplayPort (DP) And PCI Express (PCIe) Switch Families With Smallest Size And Lowest-Power Features

· Researchers Work Toward Plastic Spin Transistors

· American Semiconductor Earns Major Supplier Award

· Credence Unveils New High Density V/I Instrument For The Diamond Test Platform

· Numonyx And Hynix Extend Efforts To Introduce New, Innovative NAND Flash Memory Products And Technologies

· CHiL Semiconductor Receives ISO 9001: 2000 Certification

· eASIC Delivers 45nm Zero Mask-Charge New ASIC Family

· Applied Materials Awarded Multi-Year Solar Service Contract From Green Energy Technology

· ON Semiconductor Further Expands Discrete Packaging Portfolio With New Micro-Packaged Transistors And Diodes

· Bel Power Selects Microchip Technology's MCP6291 Op Amp And 8-Bit PIC Microcontroller For DC-To-DC Power Supply

· Vishay Releases Solid Tantalum Chip Capacitor With 63-V Rating

· RF Power Semiconductor Device Market For Wireless Infrastructure Faces Continued Slide

· Report: CMOS Power Amplifier Firms Step Up Challenge To GaAs

· STMicroelectronics, STATS ChipPAC And Infineon To Set New Milestone In Establishing Wafer-Level-Packaging Industry Standard

· A First In Integrated Nanowire Sensor Circuitry

· Engineers Conduct Comparative Analysis Of Equipment With Software For Wireless Accelerometer

News - Electronics Weekly

· Google aims for geothermal energy breakthrough

· Ericsson and ST create $3.6bn mobile chip venture, without NXP

· Motorola ups commercial Wimax deals to 21

· Altera teams with Mentor for avionics FPGA designs

· NAND flash market under pressure, says iSuppli

· How to design an energy efficient DC-DC converter

· Qualcomm describes new mobile display technology

· Freescale backs Mobile Linux with LiMo move

· Blu-ray DVD sales grow as disc prices fall

· Wireless light switch firm secures new funding

· US chip and PCB market figures buck downward trend

· TI claims small, fast voltage converter breakthrough

· Semiconductor hero Hogan dies at 88

· Premier Farnell CEO joins Emerson board

· BitWave raises $10m investment

· IBM works with AMD and Freescale to build first 22nm SRAM

· Vishay bids $1.6bn for International Rectifier

· Cadence withdraws $1.6b Mentor bid

· Intel pushes record Q2 PC processor shipments - IDC

· Low-cost digital DAC provides digital three-phase-waveform synthesis

· Piezoelectric driver finds buzzer’s resonant frequency

· Circuit adds functions to a monostable multivibrator

· Simple toggle circuits illustrate low power-MOSFET leakage

· Rambus lays off a fifth of its workforce

· The Electronics Weekly news roundup - MIPS layoffs, European chip sales, Nanotransistors

News - Controlled Environments

· SEMI EPWG Releases Report on Economics of 450 mm Wafer Transition

· West Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

· Recent Market Study Enhances ADC Lean Manufacturing Program

· EPA Nanotechnology Voluntary Program Risks Becoming a "Black Hole"

· Flomerics Software Used to Create First Real-Time Cooling Calculator for Data Centers

· FKI Logistex Completes Expansion Project For The Forzani Group

· Exhausting Your Options

· Yield Enhancement with Diffuser Technology

· Far From Nano: Hepa-Filtered Industrial Vacuums Help Solve Critical Safety Concerns

News - Compound Semiconductor

· Quantum dot laser emits twin peaks

· Bastani quits Anadigics after PA pullback

· Inverted metamorphic cell claims solar crown

· Cree's lighting strategy brings dazzling sales

· Showa Denko delays AlGaInP LED expansion

· MIT nears logic goal with transistor record

· Emcore confident despite solar curveball

· Sales dip shocks Anadigics into fab U-turn

· Silicon players come to Aixtron for LED entry

· BMW deal underlines IPG's processing power

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