As part of plans to more aggressively gain back processor market share, Intel plans to step up its microarchitecture upgrades from once every four years to once every two years

Is Bluetooth dead in the water? Not if you believe ABI Research, which predicts that vendors will ship more than 500 million Bluetooth radios this year. In a study entitled “Bluetooth: The Global Outlook,” the consulting company predicts that sales of Bluetooth-equipped devices will grow 71% this year compared with 2005 and will reach the 1 billion-unit mark by 2009. ...

Pat Gelsinger, senior VP and general manager of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, talks about the company’s future directions, how that will build on its existing core competencies, as well as new processors

Converting the supply chain to Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive-compliant, non-leaded parts has not hurt the components distribution market, according to Avnet, which reported revenues of $3.61bn for its fiscal Q3, up 31.1 per cent over the year ago quarter’s revenues of $2.76bn

Linear Technology has the LT6557, fast triple video amplifier for single supply applications

Molex has developed a line of Mini-HMC heavy-duty connectors targeted at compact factory automation applications

MaxStream’s XBee and XBee-Pro OEM RF ZigBee modules are compliant with international RoHS compliance standards

International Rectifier has introduced the IR3623, a high performance dual synchronous buck PWM control IC

The bane of the semiconductor industry, over-spending on capacity leading to slumping prices, has loomed into view with Gartner’s latest projection of a 14.3 per cent growth in capital equipment spending for 2006

A two-year, £600,000 project involving two UK universities and two SMEs is aiming to develop smart coatings that improve the readability of flat-panel displays under bright sunlight