News
Market
MEMS market projected to hit double-digit growth, again July 14, 2010
Propelled by strong sales of mobile handsets, gaming controllers, digital cameras and other consumer electronics devices, the micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) market will return to double-digit growth in 2010 after two years of decline, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
Read more
MEMS automotive sensors to rebound in 2010
July 06, 2010
Critically short supply of some analog, logic, memory and power management ICs is resulting in rising prices and delivery delays of "worrying lengths," according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
Read more
Image sensor sales forecast to grow 31% in 2010
June 22, 2010
After falling by 19 percent in 2009, sales of image sensors will grow by
31 percent in 2010, reaching a new record of $8.5 billion, according to
projections from market research firm IC Insights Inc. The 2009 decline was the worst suffered by image sensors since the 2001 semiconductor recession, when ...
Read more
Indian semi market grew 15 percent in 2009, says study
June 21, 2010
The domestic market for electronics in India is growing so rapidly that
electronics should be on the national agenda, according to the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). An ISA-commissioned study found that the Indian market was worth $5.4 billion in 2009 and is poised to grow to more than $8 billion ...
Read more
Pan European distributor MSC-Group restructures under new name MSC-Gleichmann Schweiz AG
June 11, 2010
The MSC-Group, pan-European distributor of electronics components and systems, has now combined its existing three Swiss regional companies MSC Schweiz AG, Gleichmann Ultratec AG and Gleichmann Electronics Schweiz AG under the new name MSC-Gleichmann Schweiz AG. This step was taken in order to underline ...
Read more
Synopsys to acquire Virage Logic and enrich its IP portfolio for $315 million
June 10, 2010
Synopsys and Virage Logic have just signed a definitive agreement for Synopsys to acquire Virage Logic, including the company's IP for embedded memories with test and repair, non-volatile memories (NVMs), standard cell libraries, and programmable cores for control and multimedia sub-systems.
Read more
HP still dominates MEMS supplier rankings
June 03, 2010
Hewlett-Packard Co. continued to dominate the MEMS sensor market in 2009, leading all semiconductor IDM and fabless firms with $877 million in MEMS revenue, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
The top four players in MEMS in terms of revenue remained unchanged from 2008 to 2009, though most ...
Read more
SiTime captures 85 percent of fast-growing MEMS-based timing market
May 26, 2010
Market research firm Databeans Inc. current outlook for the chip industry for 2010 has been revised up to $277 billion, a 23 percent increase over 2009. The original forecast was up 15 percent, said Susie Inouye, an analyst with Databeans.
Read more
MOST POPULAR NEWS
- RS unveils online Arduino resource centre
- Cell phone RFID reader chip uses NFC technology for disposable wireless sensors
- First FRC processors with integrated resolution-enhancement engine provide smooth motion for 120-Hz and 240-Hz HD displays
- Cypress and Future Electronics develop low-cost PSoC 3 development board
- Rohm unveils low drive voltage, high efficiency SiC Schottky barrier diodes
- Plessey Semiconductors transfers bipolar process onto 8-inch line in Plymouth
- Lead times for some chips at 20 weeks, says iSupply
- Multichannel, 16-bit DAC drives productivity, energy efficiency and reliability in industrial process control I/O systems
- Lattice releases 90 reference designs for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs
- MEMS automotive sensors to rebound in 2010
Interview
Technical papers
- Features and Applications of Switches
- Making the most of the System Level in Analog Design
- Analog Applications Journal
- Going Beyond the Front End
- What the Nyquist Criterion Means to Your Sampled Data System Design
- Implementing a variable-length Cat5e cable equalizer
- Analog VGA Simplifies Design and Outperforms Competing Gain Control Methods
- Fundamentals of Sampled Data Systems - Overview
- Fundamentals of sampled data systems
- Capacitive TurboSensing (CTS)
Poll
Maxim Integrated Products
Fairchild Semiconductor
DAC
Texas Instruments
ADC
National Semiconductor
STMicroelectronics
Analog Devices
FPGAs
FPGA
Actel
Mixed Signal
Power Management
Linear Technology
MEMS
Audio
Intersil
Battery
Austriamicrosystems
Analog
MSC Vertriebs
SoC
Power
DACs
Lattice Semiconductor
MOSFET
Cypress Semiconductor
Atmel
CMOS
Mixed-signal
All material on this site Copyright © 2009 - 2010 European Business Press SA. All rights reserved.
This site contains articles under license from EETimes Group , a division of United Business Media LLC.
This site contains articles under license from EETimes Group , a division of United Business Media LLC.
