Cambridge firm axes majority of staffMelanie ReynoldsCambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) has been forced to cut 50 of its 80 staff following the failure of its E-OTD location technology to take off in the US.E-OTD was going to be used by various telecom operators in the US to meet the location requirements for mobile phones which are being set by the ...

Welsh firm to assemble test processors for SuperHRichard WilsonSouth Wales-based semiconductor assembly firm Atlantic Technology has won a contract with SuperH for assembling test chips of its multimedia Risc CPU cores.Atlantic Technology will assemble and package Bristol-based SuperH’s latest SH-5, 64-bit CPU test chip into a 456-PBGA package at its facility at Crumlin, South Wales. The test chip will be ...

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Researchers find cheaper way to make silicon from silicaHarry YeatesJapanese researchers have come up with a cheaper means of making silicon from silica (SiO2).In existing processes SiO2 is reduced at around 1,700ºC in the presence of carbon. Toshiyuki Nohira of Kyoto University places solid SiO2 in molten CaCl2 electrolyte at 850ºC. Oxygen ions liberated by electrons, delivered via a polarised ...