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Long term chip trend is up "Remarkably positive"...
(Electronics Weekly (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Long term chip trend is up
"Remarkably positive" European growth rates in September for a number of the main semiconductor product categories have been reported by WSTS. European semiconductor sales in the past nine months have increased by 3.2% compared to the same period in 2010.
www.wsts.org
Japan creates 'super' display firm
Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba have all signed definitive agreements with the public-private partnership company INCJ to integrate their small- and medium-sized display businesses to create a "super" LCD supplier called Japan Display. The plan to merge was announced in August as a move to counter fierce competition from Taiwanese and Korean competitors. The new company will begin operations in the Spring.
www.incj.co.jp/english
GaN-on-Si RF process for comms
North Carolina-based Nitronex has developed a 48V RF GaN-on-Si process. Called NRF2, the firm is claiming "more than one million hours [114 years] mean time to failure at an operating junction temperature of 230°C using a 10% drift failure criteria". Production is on 100mm substrates and applications are seen in military communications, cable TV and point to point microwave.
www.nitronex.com
Optical interconnect for cloud
Molex says it has demonstrated the industry's first single chip CMOS photonics-based 100Gbit/s optical interconnect. The target application will be next-generation cloud computing and data centres. The silicon photonics-based active optical devices comprise four 28Gbit/s transmit and receive channels powered from a single laser for an aggregate data rate of more than 100Gbit/s.
www.molex.com
Non-touch field-sensing chip
Plessey has released an electrostatic field-sensing chip for security, switching and gaming applications. Called PS25401, the new chip can detect movement through walls, said Plessey, and can drive a relay "to act as a simple non-touch electric switch. It can also be used to replace, or as an adjunct to, a passive infra-red (PIR) sensor."
www.plesseysemi.com
Intel has 16% of chip market
Intel will have sales of $49.7bn in 2011, up from $40.4bn in 2010, giving it 15.9% of the total semiconductor market, says IHS iSuppli, and a 6.5% market share lead over second-placed Samsung. The third biggest chip company this year is TI, with 8.4% growth helped by its acquisition of National.
www.isuppli.com
Cree release 80l/W module
Cree has announced commercial availability of an LED lighting module which is capable of delivering 80-lumens-per-Watt system efficacy combined with CRI greater than 90. The LMH2 is available at 850 and 1250 lumens and in colour temperatures of 2700K, 3000K, 3500K and 4000K with more than 90 CRI.
www.cree.com
Synopsys buys chip design firm
Synopsys has agreed to acquire Magma Design Automation, the California-based chip design software firm. The purchase reflects a change in scale for developers of design tools for next generation chips at the 20nm process node and beyond.
www.synopsys.com
European passives deal
Avnet Abacus has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with Murata covering its ranges of passive components. A particular interest are Murata's ceramic components.
www.avnet-abacus.eu
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