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STMicroelectronics arms Pay-TV industry in battle against piracy March 11, 2010 STMicroelectronics arms Pay-TV industry in battle against piracy STMicroelectronics is sampling the first STB System-on-Chip (SoC) devices featuring advanced CryptoFirewall security to help prevent hacking of pay-TV broadcast signals and enable faster, lower-cost development of new set-top box products. Read more Digi launches industry's first 'foolproof' programmable ZigBee module March 11, 2010 Digi launches industry's first 'foolproof' programmable ZigBee module The XBee-PRO ZB from Digi International is the industry's first foolproof programmable ZigBee module for easy and safe ZigBee application development. Customer applications can be programmed directly on the module, eliminating the need and cost of a separate processor and reducing time-to-market. Because ... Read more Applied again top gear vendor amid 2009 turmoil March 11, 2010 Applied Materials Inc. topped the list of semiconductor equipment vendors for the eighteenth consecutive year in 2009, a year in which mere survival was noteworthy amid a painful recession and steep industry downturn, according to market research firm VLSI Research Inc. Read more Analyst: High-priced hardware will kill Google Chrome March 11, 2010 Analyst: High-priced hardware will kill Google Chrome Mobile systems using Google's Chrome software will be more expensive than competing mini-notebooks using Intel processors and Microsoft Windows, according to one analyst. That's one reason why Chrome will not be successful in an expanding mobile systems market that will see multiple winners, said Bob ... Read more Specialty foundries expand their wings March 11, 2010 The specialty foundries are expanding their wings with new capabilities or alliances. Dongbu, MagnaChip, TowerJazz and X-Fab separately have recently made annoucements. South Korea's Dongbu HiTek has commenced production of CMOS image sensor devices at the 130-nm node for ClairPixel Co. Ltd. South Korea's ... Read more Graphene's the right stuff for organic LEDs, says Stanford team March 11, 2010 Graphene – pure crystalline carbon – is a perfect match as the transparent electrode material for organic LEDs, promising to slash cost and increase design flexibility over the indium tin oxide used today. A Stanford team is claiming successful demonstration of an inexpensive, solution-based spin-coating ... Read more Comment: Surviving the mobile systems stampede March 11, 2010 A stampede of new mobile systems is thundering on the horizon. Two words of advice for system makers who want to survive it — think different. Apple Inc.'s old motto may be grammatically incorrect but it is strategically right on target for this era of innovation by imitation. The good news is there ... Read more Qualcomm, others invest $46M in AMEC March 11, 2010 Chinese fab tool specialist Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) has closed its Series D financing round by securing $46 million from existing investors. Read more TSMC, UMC see flat sales March 11, 2010 Business was flat in February for Taiwan's foundry giants. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) said net sales for February were approximately NT$29.2 billion ($914.2 million), an increase of 0.1 percent from January and an increase of 153.8 percent from the like period a year ago. Read more Connectors gain rail authority safety-critical applications approval March 10, 2010 Connectors gain rail authority safety-critical applications approval Network Rail, the UK railway infrastructure authority, has issued its Certificate of Acceptance for Edac’s 516 Series connectors from Edac (Europe) to be used with signalling and level crossing control panels, transmission systems and associated information systems. Read more
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