Microchip
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Will RFID-guided robots rule the world?
News Researchers envision a future in which bots guided by radio signals fill all sorts of human needs.
Tags: Networking, Mobile/Wireless, RFID
ST Assembly buys Taiwan's Winstek Semicon
News ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) has bought 51 percent of Taiwanese micro-chip tester Winstek Semiconductor for US$28 million.
ST Assembly buys micro-chip tester Winstek
News ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) has bought 51 percent of Taiwanese micro-chip tester Winstek Semiconductor for US$28 million.
NEC may pull out of consumer desktop PC business
News NEC Corp, which is cutting memory-chip production in the US, may stop making desktop personal computers and cut back on some chip manufacturing to reduce costs in an effort to boost profit, analysts say.
Wal-Mart tagging fuels RFID market
News Mega-chain's demand that suppliers use radio tags will help double sales, analyst report predicts.
Tags: RFID
Portuguese pooches to get radio-tagged
News A maker of radio frequency identification chips wins a deal to insert the technology in thousands of dogs.
Tags: RFID
New display interface standard inches closer
News DisplayPort aims to provide higher resolutions and refresh rates, as well as simplify the way computers connect to monitors.
Tags: Monitors and displays, Standards
Mitsubishi reaches agreement on mobile Net devices
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Aust breakthrough brings computers into new light
News Australian researchers have developed a technique to convert electrical signals on silicon into light, which some suggest could spark the next revolution in computing.
HP sets up US$100m inkjet wafer fab in S'pore
News Hewlett-Packard Co has invested US$100 million to establish an inkjet wafer fabrication plant in Singapore. The investment includes infrastructure costs and staff training for the facility at Depot Road.
HP opens US$100 million inkjet plant
News Hewlett-Packard Co has invested US$100 million to establish an inkjet wafer fabrication plant in Singapore.
Taiwan replaces Japan as No. 2 market for chipmaking equipment
News Taiwan displaced Japan last year as the world's second-largest market for equipment used to make microchips, according to an industry report.
TI to pour more money into chipmaking plants
News Texas Instruments plans to invest US$2.8 billion to US$3 billion in plants and equipment next year to boost the output of chips for mobile phones, according to reports.
Agilent sees profits double
News Agilent Technologies said fiscal fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as the maker of test and measurement equipment said sales of communications-related devices soared.
Taiwan replaces Japan as No. 2 market for chipmaking equipment
News Taiwan displaced Japan last year as the world's second-largest market for equipment used to make microchips, according to an industry report.
