Photonics
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Singapore semicon start-up bags US$30m funding
News Photonics solution provider DenseLight Semiconductor Pte Ltd has clinched US$30 million from VC firm 3i Group plc.
Intel's photonic silicon speeds up computers
News Intel has developed a method to marry silicon and photonics, potentially increasing the speed computer chips communicate with each other.
Singapore event to spotlight robotics
News Artificial intelligence will be showcased at this year's Global Entrepolis @ Singapore conference to be held in the island-state in November.
Intel makes quantum leap in fiber optic detectors
News The company has developed silicon-based photoelectric detectors that can cut the cost of fiber-optic communications to a fraction of their current value.
Tags: Processors, Video, Intel Corp., Fiber-optics, Fiber, Device, Photonics, Fiber-optic Communication, DARPA, Mario Paniccia
Intel toots its research horn for chips--and more
News Chipmaker struts its stuff for next-generation networking, processors, energy efficiency and wireless power transmission at its research day.
Tags: Components, Networking, Technology, Intel Corp., Data, Photonics, Chip, Wireless, Wireless Network, computer
Nortel shuts photonics plant in Australia
News As part of a global axing spree costing 3,000 jobs, Nortel Networks has shut the doors of its optical component solutions unit in Australia.
Nortel shuts photonics plant in Australia
News As part of a global axing spree costing 3,000 jobs, Nortel Networks has shut the doors of its optical component solutions unit in Australia.
Nortel shuts Aussie Photonics plant
News As part of a global axing spree costing 3,000 jobs, Nortel Networks has shut the doors of its optical component solutions unit in Australia.
Short Take: Jenoptik makes S'pore Asia HQ
News Jenoptik, which provides clean systems for semiconductor wafer fabs, will make Singapore its Asian headquarters in a move to boost its growth in the region by 20 percent per annum.
Flextronics buys 2 fiber-optic makers to add sales
News Flextronics International Ltd said Friday it bought two fiber-optic equipment makers to help the world's second-biggest contract manufacturer win more business in the market for optical products.
Intel spins out telecom portion of optical-networking group
News Intel continues to move further away from its communications experiments as it refocuses on the things it does best.
Tags: Cost control, Strategic analysis
Flextronics buys 2 fiber-optic makers to add sales
News Flextronics International Ltd said it bought two fiber-optic equipment makers to help the world's second-biggest contract manufacturer win more business in the market for optical products.
Nokia, Cambridge forge research alliance in U.K.
News Finnish researchers set up shop at Cambridge University for 'long-term' partnership, starting with work on nanotechnology.
Tags: R&D, Nanotechnology
IBM sets sights on faster, efficient 'light' chips
News IBM has come up with an energy-efficient technology that could one day let different cores on a processor exchange signals with pulses of light, rather than electrons.
Tags: Processors
Intel chip aims to cut optical costs
News A prototype processor the company produced could take a lot of the manual labor out of manufacturing optical equipment toward the end of the decade.
