Lattice opens UK design centre Mick Elliott Lattice Semiconductor is to open a research and development facility in Bristol, England for deep sub-micron, in-system programmable ICs. The company says it will employ 100 engineers at the facility which is expected to open in 1999. This is Lattice’s first R&D centre in Europe and augments work carried out in R&D centres ...

Microsoft-Intel relationship probed Tom Foremski US government lawyers have focused on Intel as part of their investigation of charges of Microsoft antitrust activities. Representatives of Intel have testified to government lawyers and have handed over large numbers of documents related to its dealings with Microsoft. According to sources close to investigation, Intel documents report that Microsoft made threats against Intel ...

Korea hits out at Siemens charge Korean chip association brands Siemens fab funding allegations as ‘totally ridiculous’. David Manners Korea has angrily rejected allegations by Siemens that it is using IMF money to bail out its three DRAM manufacturers, Samsung, LG and Hyundai. The Korean Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) brands as ‘totally ridiculous’ claims by Siemens that its decision to ...

Sewell takes the credit at Celestica Richard Wilson Celestica’s John Sewell, the general manager of the contract manufacturer’s repair services operation, is seen celebrating the firm’s accreditation from Toshiba as a repair house for its notebook PCs in the UK. The accreditation process also required adherence to the ISO9001 quality standard.

Lloyd Doyle up Richard Wilson Lloyd Doyle, the PCB production equipment supplier, saw turnover increase by 15 per cent last year to ?5m. Profits were held at the same ?1m level as the previous year, which the company blamed on the impact of the strong pound. The company is opening a US subsidiary.

ETSI phones US back Richard Ball Europe has struck back in the war of words with the US over future mobile phone standards. ETSI, the European telecoms standards organisation, has attacked US government claims that its proposals for the next mobile phone standard are anti-competitive and create barriers to trade. In an open letter to the House of Representatives, the ...

More deals… Richard Wilson Amega Electronics has signed the franchise for Advanced Monolithic Systems, the analogue bipolar and voltage regulator specialist. Rayfast has acquired German interconnection distributor Sommer. Pascall Electronics is investing in a new ?3m manufacturing, R&D and headquarters facility at Ryde on the Isle of Wight.

Broadcom to quadruple its UK engineer count David Manners Californian broadband-to-the-home chipset specialist Broadcom expects to more than quadruple its UK engineering staff in the next six months as xDSL and second generation set-top boxes start to take-off. “At one time we were doing 25 per cent of our revenues out of the UK – mainly in networking products”, Dr. ...

ERA pinpoints phones cheaply Richard Ball Researchers at ERA Technology in Surrey have proposed a method for locating GSM mobile phones that is simpler and cheaper than existing solutions. The announcement is timely, as the US is soon to introduce regulations forcing mobile phone manufacturers to include some form of position locating technology in their handsets. Techniques so far suggested ...

Mentor Graphics boss is given honorary degree Richard Ball Wally Rhines, president and ceo of Mentor Graphics, has been awarded the honorary degree of doctor of technology by Nottingham Trent University. The doctorate is in recognition of Rhines’ contribution to pioneering microelectronic devices in the semiconductor industry. Presenting the certificate is Sir David White, chairman of the university’s board of ...