Conexant reports loss, job cuts
Fabless semiconductor vendor Conexant Systems has eliminated approximately 140 jobs--or 11 percent of its work force--as part of a cost-reduction plan expected to save the company about $4 million per...
View ArticleEnvironmentally responsible battery chargers enhance internal protection for...
Improved smaller-dimension circuit-protection devices have been introduced by STMicroelectronics to enable safer use of universal chargers with the aim of reducing the number of battery chargers...
View ArticleIntegrated bi-directional OVP device protects portable electronics
ON Semiconductor has introduced the industry's first integrated bi-directional device, with positive and negative (+/-) overvoltage protection (OVP) for cell phones, MP3/4, PDAs and GPS systems, and...
View ArticleTzero readies mobile UWB chip
Startup Tzero Technologies hopes 2009 will be the year ultrawideband establishes a foothold and sketched out plans for a new mobile chip that is the latest part of its two-pronged strategy. The post...
View ArticleFirst 2 TB hard drives from WD
LAKE FOREST, Calif.– WD announced the first 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive – the world's highest capacity drive and the latest addition to WD's popular, environmentally friendly, cool and quiet, WD Caviar
View ArticleCadence CTO moving on
Ted Vucurevich, a longtime executive at Cadence Design Systems and the company's chief technology officer for the past several years, confirmed that he is leaving the EDA vendor. The post Cadence CTO...
View ArticleMagnaChip scraps IPO bid
South Korea's MagnaChip Semiconductor has dropped its bid for an initial public offering in the U.S., citing unfavorable market conditions. The post MagnaChip scraps IPO bid appeared first on EE Times.
View ArticleITC to review determination against Tessera
The U.S. International Trade Commission will review an initial determination by an administrative law judge which found that wireless semiconductor manufacturers did not violate patents held by Tessera...
View ArticleFujitsu to shut fabs, shift workers amid losses
Like other chip makers in Japan, Fujitsu Ltd.'s semiconductor unit is in trouble. The post Fujitsu to shut fabs, shift workers amid losses appeared first on EE Times.
View ArticleHome networks and other dumb ideas
My review of the LiquidHD networking technology was too hash, but revisiting the topic just makes me more skeptical about home video networks in general. The post Home networks and other dumb ideas...
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