The EC is to give €1.8m to a programme aimed at finding employment for 512 people made redundant by NXP. The money comes from the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). “The market for semiconductors, which is highly sensitive to changes in economic growth, has been seriously affected by the change in world trade patterns and the financial and economic crisis”, ...

Privatran, a Texas start-up, is using technology developed at Rice University in Texas to develop memories using 5nm nanowires, according to Nano Letters.

Embedded Live in Earls Court, London will be running three days of conference sessions on October 19-21st covering optimisation of embedded hardware such as multicore processors and FPGAs. Register today and save £200 on on-site pricing.

The Americans seem to have done a good job of mucking up the European semiconductor industry.

Shortages have worsened for a wide range of semiconductor devices, with lead times running as much as 100% longer than for the same period last year, according to iSuppli.

Designed for noise-sensitive applications, such as test equipment, industrial and microwave links, the two devices in the family, the TPS7A30 and the TPS7A49 have current outputs of 200mA and 150mA, respectively

Infineon Technologies has finally agreed to sell its wireless chip business to Intel. The $1.4bn deal ends months of speculation that Intel would renew its attempts to enter the wireless chip market through an acquisition of the German chip company’s wireless chipset business. Infineon does has design-ins with a number of big name mobile phone manufacturers. “Infineon brings top-10 handset ...

Cree has demonstrated 150mm SiC substrates with micropipe densities under 10/cm2. The firm's fundamental expertise is in SiC, and..

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is to research the value of intellectual property to the British economy "to ensure policy and decisions are supported by proper evidence", says intellectual property minister Baroness Wilcox.

MARINE RADAR – BRITAIN SETS THE PACE ‘Britain’s world leadership in marine radar was confirmed last night. Nearly 600 shipowners and technical staff were at the Royal Festival Hall in London as guests of Decca Radar Ltd to hear of important new developments contributing to safety of life at sea.’ So, 50 years ago this year, starts the front page ...