Fifteen years ago, eminent businessmen were warning that Europe had to adjust to the rise of China.

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are notorious for high power consumption. They are hard to power down in the same way as custom logic – so they have considerable static power consumption – and they use a lot more gates to achieve the same job with their greater flexibility. However, a good proportion of an FPGA’s power consumption is avoidable. A ...

We see the European market as a catalyst for growth next year, writes Mark Burr-Lonnon, Mouser Electronics’ vice-president of EMEA business

Hua Hong and Grace, the Chinese foundries, are to merge in what will be seen as a significant failure for China’s attempts to establish a domestic silicon foundry industry. Hua Hong will own 51% of the combined company with grace holding 49%. The merged company will have revenues of $600m and profits of $100m say the companies. China’s biggest attempt ...

January should see the ARM-based £16 computer, the Raspberry Pi, go into production.

Web transactions are growing strongly in the distribution market, writes Mike Buffham, director of product and EDE at Premier Farnell

The mix of 3D TV in North America actually declined in Q3’11, according to the Q4’11 NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report

At a time when no foreign company had ever been allowed to build a fab in Japan, there was an American company which was extremely persistent in its efforts to get the Japanese authorities to give approval.

Elpida has had to ask for a delay in repaying some of the $386m of public money it received to help it out earlier in the year. Investors in the company are bailing out as the prospects for its survival become less hopeful. As well as the $386m from the Japanese government, Elpida also got over $1.1bn from banks. Elpida ...

Seven manufacturers of LCD panels are to pay $538m to settle charges of price-fixing. The sum is in addition to $388m paid earlier this month to settle similar charges. The latest payment goes to indirect purchasers of panels i.e consumers buying TVs, computers etc. The earlier sum goes to direct purchasers of panels i.e manufacturers of TVs, computers etc. The manufacturers ...