http://www.electronicsweekly.com/ElectronicsWeekly.com - News, analysis, research and opinions provided by the journalists of Electronics Weeklyen-gbCopyright Reed Business Information 2006http://www.electronicsweekly.com/images/ew-logo.gifhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/14430Electronics WeeklyFri, 30 Jul 2010 16:47:00 GMT60http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49185/top-20-semi-manufacturers-from-ic-insghts.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49185/top-20-semi-manufacturers-from-ic-insghts.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comIC Insights reports that most large memory and foundry companies performed extremely well in 1H10, with most of them strong double digit growth rates.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:47:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49184/cambridge-researchers-test-iphone-4-for-death-grip-video.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49184/cambridge-researchers-test-iphone-4-for-death-grip-video.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comPA then found that when used in the so-called ‘death grip’, “the iPhone 4’s performance was significantly worse than other smartphones”Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:17:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49183/dram-market-tops-10bn-in-q2-says-dramexchange.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49183/dram-market-tops-10bn-in-q2-says-dramexchange.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe Q2 DRAM market was worth $10.7bn, according to DRAMeXchange, a 15.2% increase from Q1’s $9.3bn.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:12:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49182/record-margin-for-samsung-semis-on-track-for-15bn-capex-spend.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49182/record-margin-for-samsung-semis-on-track-for-15bn-capex-spend.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comSamsung Electronics had Q2 revenues of $32bn for a net profit of $3.6bn and an operating profit of $4.2bn. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:49:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49180/why-do-engineers-have-a-downer-on-twitter.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49180/why-do-engineers-have-a-downer-on-twitter.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comIs the twitter feed so annoying to engineers because it has become hi-jacketed by corporate releases and website news feeds?Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:24:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49181/semi-shortages-hit-tier-one-telecoms-oems.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49181/semi-shortages-hit-tier-one-telecoms-oems.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe components shortage is hitting the telecommunications industry with complaints about lack of supply of key components affecting the financial performance of Tier One OEMsFri, 30 Jul 2010 12:24:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49179/supertex-cuts-stand-by-with-novel-shunt-regulator.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49179/supertex-cuts-stand-by-with-novel-shunt-regulator.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comAn unusual switching capacitive shunt regulator from Supertex can cut mains stand-by power to less that 20mW. It replaces the traditional Zener diode with a mosfet switch in a capacitively...Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:55:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49178/mobile-phone-market-growth-slows-but-dont-panic.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49178/mobile-phone-market-growth-slows-but-dont-panic.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe 13% growth figure was lower than the 17% average over the previous two quarters. “But it is still well above the -8% annual rate recorded in the recession of Q2 2009,” said JoyFri, 30 Jul 2010 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49177/iphone-jailbreaking-is-okay-under-eu-law.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49177/iphone-jailbreaking-is-okay-under-eu-law.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comJailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers that owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws, says a legal expert.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:57:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49175/st-gives-dual-core-cortex-a9-processor-ddr3-interface.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49175/st-gives-dual-core-cortex-a9-processor-ddr3-interface.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.com“This is the first device in the recently announced SPEAr1300 family and others will follow shortly,” said Loris Valenti, general manager of STMicroelectronics’ computer systems divisionFri, 30 Jul 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49176/cost-cutting-bt-sees-profits-climb.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49176/cost-cutting-bt-sees-profits-climb.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comDespite falling revenue, BT saw its profits climb to £375m for the first three months to 30 June, up 38 % compared to the same period last year.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:50:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49174/chinas-led-market-benefits-from-government-support.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/30/49174/chinas-led-market-benefits-from-government-support.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comLocal governments in China subsidize at least 70% of the cost, or $1.5m on average, for each purchase of a machine that performs Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD), a process used in the manufacturing of LEDsFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:32:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49173/smart-meters-fun-is-the-key-to-energy-savings.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49173/smart-meters-fun-is-the-key-to-energy-savings.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comIn-home energy displays may fail to meet their objectives unless an element of fun is introduced, claims engineering services firm Aricent. It is assumed that once consumers have energy displays...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49171/jha-turns-round-motorola-handset-business.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49171/jha-turns-round-motorola-handset-business.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comQ2 earnings at Motorola suggest that Sanjay Jha has turned around the company’s handset business. Jha expects the unit to make a profit in Q4.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49170/audio-chip-cuts-out-noise-in-smartphones.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49170/audio-chip-cuts-out-noise-in-smartphones.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comNational Semiconductor has added a noise reduction circuit to its analogue audio chip for minimising background noise in smartphonesThu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49169/renesas-forecasts-losses-cuts-5000-jobs-going-fabless-at-28nm-node.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49169/renesas-forecasts-losses-cuts-5000-jobs-going-fabless-at-28nm-node.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comRenesas is expecting a loss for the twelve months to March 31 2011 and will not pay any interim or final dividends. It will go to foundry for 28nm and better processes, and is looking to cut costs by $1.2bn between now and the end of March 2013.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:18:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49168/synopsys-offers-hi-fi-audio-on-40nm-ics.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49168/synopsys-offers-hi-fi-audio-on-40nm-ics.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comSynopsys has added 40 and 55nm hi-fi audio intellectual property (IP) portfolio, with a dynamic range of 96dB. The firm already offers audio blocks between...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49149/updated-intel-shows-silicon-laser-chip-for-50gbits-links.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49149/updated-intel-shows-silicon-laser-chip-for-50gbits-links.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe work started four years ago with the Light Peak project and it has developed a prototype silicon-based semiconductor laser which Intel claimed could form the basis of 50Gbit/s optical links in computersThu, 29 Jul 2010 11:03:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49166/4g-spectrum-auction-lined-up-for-late-2011.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49166/4g-spectrum-auction-lined-up-for-late-2011.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe long-awaited auction for so-called 4G mobile licences will take place at the end of 2011, communications minister Ed Vaizey has announced.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49165/tsmc-has-record-q2-profit.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49165/tsmc-has-record-q2-profit.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comTSMC had a record Q2 profit 0f US$1.3bn on sales of US$3.2bn and has increased capex to $5.9bn from $4.8bn. It projects Q3 sales of US$3.4bn to US$3.7bn.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49164/flash-propels-toshiba-to-record-calendar-q2.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49164/flash-propels-toshiba-to-record-calendar-q2.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comHigher sales and stable pricing of NAND flash chips helped propel Toshiba to calendar Q2 sales of $16.7bn with a record Q2 operating income of $335m and a net profit of $5.3m.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:53:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49167/xilinx-and-adi-offer-sdr-platform-for-4g-mobile.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/29/49167/xilinx-and-adi-offer-sdr-platform-for-4g-mobile.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comADI has embedded transceiver components into a development platform which can be used to evaluate DPD algorithms running on Xilinx’s Virtex-6 ML605 evaluation kitThu, 29 Jul 2010 00:57:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/28/49163/telecoms-infrastructure-capex-to-re-start-growth-next-year.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/28/49163/telecoms-infrastructure-capex-to-re-start-growth-next-year.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comSpending on telecommunications infrastructure equipment is set to grow next year on the back of 4G investment after two years of decline, according to iSuppli.Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:57:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/28/49161/logarithmic-pixel-gets-clear-pictures-in-poor-light.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/28/49161/logarithmic-pixel-gets-clear-pictures-in-poor-light.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comResearchers at the University of Oxford have invented a logarithmic camera pixel for wide dynamic range imaging. Applications for the CMOS device are expected in...Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:53:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/28/49160/uk-tops-european-vc-investment-league.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/28/49160/uk-tops-european-vc-investment-league.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe UK is leading the way on VC investment. according to a Dow Jones VentureSource report, which says 32% of all European VC investment went into UK companies in Q2. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:42:00 GMT