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Europe’s Imec signs on for R&D center in Taiwan | Network World

The Belgian researcher, Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (Imec), on Wednesday singed an agreement to co-fund a new research center in Taiwan that will focus on electronic designs, components and technology solutions, particularly in semiconductors.

Chip makers to raise spending in 2010, SEMI says | Network World

Spending on plants and equipment used to make semiconductors will likely rise 64 percent next year, with more than half of all spending coming from six chip makers. But 2010 spending will remain far below 2008 levels, an industry group said.

Chartered Semiconductor cuts 600 staff as downturn worsens | Network World

Singaporean contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor will lay off 600 workers as the company grapples with sinking demand for semiconductors, executives announced Friday.

Wall Street Beat: Clouds loom for IT despite holiday break | Network World

The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is bringing momentary relief to weary IT investors, but forecasts of flat sales or absolute declines for semiconductors, mobile devices and online commerce mean that it will be a while before the clouds lift from the tech sector.

Holiday electronics sales strong, says SIA | Network World

Sales of semiconductors in November indicate that consumer products such as LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs, digital music players and other devices sold well during the holidays, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Monday.

Chinese chip-equipment maker faces US lawsuit | Network World

A legal battle is shaping up in California involving a Chinese startup that makes equipment used to produce semiconductors.

Trade agreement could help delete counterfeit chips | Network World

The planned international trade agreement to fight piracy and counterfeiting could help reduce the distribution of fake semiconductors, analysts said Wednesday.

Infineon-Siemens joint venture gets green light from EU | Network World

The European Commission gave German technology companies Infineon and Siemens the go-ahead Thursday to form a joint venture to produce bipolar high-power semiconductors, concluding that their combined strengths won't distort the market.

Nvidia buys PortalPlayer to reach new business sectors | Network World

Nvidia Corp. wants to expand from its core success in selling graphics cards for desktop PCs, so the company announced Monday it will buy PortalPlayer Inc., which makes semiconductors and software for digital music players and other devices.

Four Taiwanese chip makers gain approval for China plants | Network World

Four Taiwanese chip assembly companies have won preliminary government approval for investments in China, including a joint venture with Europe's NXP Semiconductors.

NXP to exit chip alliance, forge closer ties with TSMC | Network World

NXP Semiconductors, one of Europe's largest chip makers, has decided to drop out of a multiyear research alliance and plans to work more closely with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the Dutch company said Tuesday.

Infineon designs dual-band, single-chip UWB system | Network World

German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG has designed a core transceiver for a new generation of system-on-chip semiconductors that will allow consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones and PCs, to send or receive data at high speeds over the airwaves, the company said Wednesday.

Japanese chip makers tie on advanced production | Network World

Four of Japan's biggest chip makers will work together on development of manufacturing technology for next-generation semiconductors, the companies said Tuesday.

No need for alarm over chip inventory spike: iSuppli | Network World

Inventories of semiconductors used in all kinds of electronics gadgets soared faster than expected during the first three months of the year, but there's no reason to be alarmed about a chip glut, market researcher iSuppli said Tuesday.

Top Via execs indicted for industrial espionage | Network World

The Taipei District Public Prosecutors Office has accused the chairman and the CEO of Via Technologies, a leading vendor of PC chipsets and other semiconductors, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, a company executive confirmed on Monday.

Better security: New VoIP system adds authentication, improved tracking | Network World

With headquarters in Singapore, Chartered Semiconductors Manufacturing's U.S. sales, marketing and engineering teams log a lot of international miles and even more international calls. Trying to manage all those calls through the company's two PBXs in California and Texas was proving to be an auditing and security nightmare for Ron Yan, the company's IT manager in Milpitas, Calif., so he turned to VoIP.

A data-transmission revolution is underway | Network World

Two radical data transmission ideas are being developed. One uses trions instead of electrons to transmit information, and the other replaces the silicon in semiconductors with other compounds.

New ‘made in China’ chip on the way as country boosts indigenous tech | Network World

The number of powerful chips coming out of China keeps growing as a war of words on semiconductors with the U.S. escalates.

Prices of SSDs and DRAM will crash in 2019, Gartner predicts | Network World

Minor relief is in sight next year, when prices of memory and NAND flash will start to gradually decline. But prices will plummet big time in 2019, said Jon Erensen, research director for semiconductors at Gartner.

Light-based computers to be 5,000 times faster | Network World

New light absorption techniques in semiconductors get clock rates 5,000 times quicker than current PCs. It’s one more step towards an all-light computing environment.

Apple is developing its own power management chips, says analyst | Network World

Apple could be developing its own power management chips, according to a report from German private bank Bankhaus Lampe. The release of the report led to a sharp drop in the shares of Dialog Semiconductors, the current supplier of these chips to the iPhone maker.

Will IoT party like 1999? | Network World

IoT semiconductors and electronic design automation (EDA) may be the most accurate predictors of IoT development.

Linux for the Industry 4.0 era: New distro for factory automation | Network World

Helping to usher in the Industry 4.0 era, NXP Semiconductors announced OpenIL, a Linux distribution meant for smart factory automation.

IT supply issues have organizations shifting from just-in-time to just-in-case buying | Network World

2023 will be a mixed bag for semiconductors, with some lead times shortening while other networking equipment shortages drag on.

Georgia Tech researchers achieve key breakthrough in graphene semiconductors | Network World

A Georgia Tech professor heralded the breakthrough as a 'Wright Brothers moment,' as a new paper details semiconductors made from a single sheet of carbon atoms.