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 WeeklyTue, 09 Feb 2010 13:34:00 GMT60http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47976/wolfson-on-track-for-growth-in-2010.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47976/wolfson-on-track-for-growth-in-2010.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.com Wolfson Microelectronics reported revenues $121.3m for 2009, down from 2008's $198.2m for an operating loss of $15.3m, compared to 2008's $14.7m.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:34:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/43055/isscc-solid-state-circuits-take-centre-stage.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/43055/isscc-solid-state-circuits-take-centre-stage.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe International Solid State Circuits Conference is an important gathering for the electronic engineering industry, regarding systems-on-a-chip and solid-state circuits.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47975/ulp-bluetooth-module-aims-at-watches.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47975/ulp-bluetooth-module-aims-at-watches.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comFrench system-in-package (SiP) specialists Insight SiP has released what it claims is the world's first drop-in single mode Bluetooth low energy module. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47973/broadcom-adds-3d-graphics-core-to-hspa-mobiles.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47973/broadcom-adds-3d-graphics-core-to-hspa-mobiles.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comFabbed on a 65nm process, the chip’s ARM11 processor will run both Windows Mobile and AndroidTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47974/nokia-to-cut-staff-focus-salo-plant-on-smartphones.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47974/nokia-to-cut-staff-focus-salo-plant-on-smartphones.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comNokia is planning to cut up to 285 employees as it realigns the operating mode of its Salo plant to focus on the high-value smartphone market, especially in Europe.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:54:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47971/ceva-sees-sdr-on-road-to-4g-mobiles.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/09/47971/ceva-sees-sdr-on-road-to-4g-mobiles.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comA software-based approach that offers multimode systems support and can replace multiple dedicated baseband systems appears to be the natural directionTue, 09 Feb 2010 09:33:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47970/market-for-sic-and-gan-to-boom-analyst.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47970/market-for-sic-and-gan-to-boom-analyst.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.com“The next three years will be an important stage in the development of the SiC and GaN power device market,” said Josh Flood, research analyst at IMS ResearchMon, 08 Feb 2010 15:53:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47968/rambus-offers-mobile-xdr-for-licensing.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47968/rambus-offers-mobile-xdr-for-licensing.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.com Rambus has brought out a mobile version of its XDR memory interface which delivers throughput up to 4.3Gbps allowing SOCs capable of 17GBytes per second....Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:36:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47967/ceva-targets-lte-with-sdr-partnerships.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47967/ceva-targets-lte-with-sdr-partnerships.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe aim is to provide design services, tools and software support for CEVA’s processor IP which implements software defined radio (SDR) for LTE and WiMax basestations and handsetsMon, 08 Feb 2010 13:01:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47969/drive-12-leds-with-one-io-line.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47969/drive-12-leds-with-one-io-line.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comSeveral Design Ideas expand the I/O of a pin-limited microcontroller. The circuit in this Design Idea uses an alternative method. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47966/iar-optimises-code-compilation-for-cortex-m3-chip.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47966/iar-optimises-code-compilation-for-cortex-m3-chip.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comEnergy Micro has chosen IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM for inclusion in its EFM32 Gecko development kitMon, 08 Feb 2010 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/42684/q5-interviews-with-electronics-industry-leaders.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/42684/q5-interviews-with-electronics-industry-leaders.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comFrom ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:21:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47964/toshiba-enables-low-power-soc.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47964/toshiba-enables-low-power-soc.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comToshiba is showing a low-voltage SRAM technology at the ISSCC this week which reduces memory cell failure rate by four orders of magnitude at 0.7V.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:09:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47965/imec-unveils-plastic-electronics-at-isscc.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47965/imec-unveils-plastic-electronics-at-isscc.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comBelgian research lab IMEC is unveiling a flexible organic ADC at ISSCC this week, and the fruits of other development programmes. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47963/ccl-targets-medical-designs-with-bluetooth-platform.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47963/ccl-targets-medical-designs-with-bluetooth-platform.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comAccording to Tim Fowler, commercial director at Cambridge Consultants, one aim is to use the design platform to open up new non-mobile applications for BluetoothMon, 08 Feb 2010 10:57:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47962/q5-interview-rich-beyer-freescale-semiconductor.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47962/q5-interview-rich-beyer-freescale-semiconductor.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comRich Beyer, CEO Freescale Semiconductor talks to Electronics Weekly about the automotive market, the QorIQ multicore processor and new microcontrollers...Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:45:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47960/samsung-licence-puts-peratech-qtc-in-mobile-phones.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47960/samsung-licence-puts-peratech-qtc-in-mobile-phones.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.com“This is a very significant step for Peratech and we are delighted Samsung EM has chosen our QTC technology,” said Philip Taysom, joint CEO of PeratechMon, 08 Feb 2010 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47959/intel-amd-detail-32nm-high-k-metal-gate-mpus-at-isscc.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47959/intel-amd-detail-32nm-high-k-metal-gate-mpus-at-isscc.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comIntel and AMD will present details of their 32nm high-k metal gate x86 microprocessors at the IEEE's International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC). Intel's six-core Westmere family has 1.17 billion transistors and a 12Mbyte shared L3 cache.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:54:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47961/actel-ceo-john-east-announces-retirement.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/47961/actel-ceo-john-east-announces-retirement.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comActel said the departing executive will remain in his current role until a new CEO is in place, and will then serve as a consultant until August 2, 2011.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:28:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47958/zigbee-firm-signs-ismosys-for-european-metering-move.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47958/zigbee-firm-signs-ismosys-for-european-metering-move.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comThe expectation is that new European regulations will change the way utility companies and their customers manage energy and water consumption in residential and commercial buildingsFri, 05 Feb 2010 13:28:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47955/lte-or-wimax-digital-baseband-in-an-amc.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47955/lte-or-wimax-digital-baseband-in-an-amc.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comFor LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMAX, Loughborough-based CommAgility has announced a complete digital baseband module. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:01:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47954/how-to-design-dimmers-for-multiple-leds.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47954/how-to-design-dimmers-for-multiple-leds.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comWith the ability to control two or more emitters independently, modern LED drivers can bring new features to portable device designs, writes Michael BairanzadeFri, 05 Feb 2010 11:22:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47953/rs-sees-strong-sales-growth-in-january-online-sales-up-30.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47953/rs-sees-strong-sales-growth-in-january-online-sales-up-30.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.com"I am pleased to report that January has seen an underlying improvement with Group sales growing by around 10% and International delivering sales growth of around 12%,” said Ian Mason, group chief executiveFri, 05 Feb 2010 10:47:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47952/x86-processors-buck-rd-investment-trend.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47952/x86-processors-buck-rd-investment-trend.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comAlthough the last several years have seen much constriction within the semiconductor industry, development and implementation activities in the PC area have remained comparatively bullish. X86 vendors have various plans for continuing this trend.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47951/double-digit-growth-returning-for-dram-32-bit-mcus.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/05/47951/double-digit-growth-returning-for-dram-32-bit-mcus.htmeditorial@electronicsweekly.comAccording to IC Insights, DRAM, 32-bit MCUs, and flash memory are among the strongest growth segments for this year and will surpass the forecasted 15% growth for the total IC industry in 2010.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:49:00 GMT