Manufacturing

Two fifths of mobile phone RF transceivers will be made using CMOS technology by 2009, so there is little surprise that semiconductor firms have started to put a big design effect behind the lower cost RF chip technology

Business expectations in the years since the market crash of 2000 have been restrained and sensible, according to Drew Nelson, head of epitaxial wafer firm IQE

ElectronicsWeekly.com - Analysis, research, reviews, opinions and news provided by the journalists of ElectronicsWeekly Business expectations in the years since the market crash of 2000 have been restrained and sensible, according to Drew Nelson, head of epitaxial wafer firm IQE

There are two excellent growth years ahead for the semiconductor industry with 20 per cent growth in 2006, and 22 per cent in 2007, according to the UK analyst firm

Scottish contract design and manufacturing firm EMA has taken on more staff to cope with a rising demand for its services, according to the company’s sales director

A Swedish university has negotiated a contract with the European Commission to make its cleanroom available free of charge to European researchers and SMEs

System-in-package is growing much faster than system-on-chip, but the industry faces the problem of who is going to develop the necessary tools for SIP, says Christine King, CEO of AMI Semiconductor

Electronic News sat down to discuss changes in the foundry business with Rafi Nave of Tower Semiconductor; John Martin from Chartered Semiconductor; and Chuck Byers from TSMC

A drop in orders at troubled PCB manufacturer Circatex has led to the official administrator of the firm cutting almost half the workforce

Exposure toolmaker Nikon says it has shipped a production version of its immersion lithography scanner, claiming to beat ASML to market