http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Business news for the electronics community from Electronics Weeklyen-gbWed, 16 May 2012 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53665/plastic-logic-goes-for-plastic-inside-strategy.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53665/plastic-logic-goes-for-plastic-inside-strategy.htmPlastic Logic has dropped its e-reader product line and is going for a ‘Plastic Inside’ strategy – selling its plastic back-planes, sensors and tags for customers to incorporate into end products. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53668/ftdi-signs-arrow-for-new-usb-device-push.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53668/ftdi-signs-arrow-for-new-usb-device-push.htm“With the recent launch of our new X-Chip series of USB bridge interface chips, our teams can now engage the market,” said Fred Dart, founder and chief executive officer of FTDI ChipWed, 16 May 2012 15:49:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53667/dram-recovery-on-the-way.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53667/dram-recovery-on-the-way.htmAfter falling 25% last year, the DRAM market will grow 3% this year, says IHS. The DRAM business is on an upwards trend, topping $30bn this year and set for $40bn in 2016. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:21:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53663/jaguar-joins-drive-to-boost-engineer-graduate-numbers.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53663/jaguar-joins-drive-to-boost-engineer-graduate-numbers.htmJLR employs over 1,000 electrical and electronic engineers for R&D in the UKWed, 16 May 2012 11:06:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53661/space-soyuz-carries-crew-to-international-space-station.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/16/53661/space-soyuz-carries-crew-to-international-space-station.htmThree astronauts have been successfully launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The astronauts, one American and two Russians, will dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on 16 May.Wed, 16 May 2012 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/15/53658/software-is-at-heart-of-everything-says-national-instruments.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/15/53658/software-is-at-heart-of-everything-says-national-instruments.htm“The secret sauce for us was creating a reuseable software platform for instruments,” says Alex Davern, chief operating officer of National InstrumentTue, 15 May 2012 17:31:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/15/53653/sic-jfets-acquisition-takes-the-fear-out-of-driving.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/15/53653/sic-jfets-acquisition-takes-the-fear-out-of-driving.htmWhy did PSU chip maker Power Integrations buy an IGBT driver board firm? It looks like it was to remove potential customer worry over driving high-power silicon carbide JFETs. Power Integrations (PI) is a fabless...Tue, 15 May 2012 15:28:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/15/53638/job-of-the-week-atlantic-microwave-business-development-engineer.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/15/53638/job-of-the-week-atlantic-microwave-business-development-engineer.htmAtlantic Microwave is recruiting a Business Development Engineer. Based in the UK, it is a permanent full-time roles. The salary is £50,000 plus + benefits + bonus.Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53648/koreans-take-85-of-mobile-dram-market.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53648/koreans-take-85-of-mobile-dram-market.htmMobile DRAM ASP fell by 10-15% in Q1 while thecontract price dropped 10%, says DRAMeXchange but, as shipment bit growth was around 20%, total mobile DRAM revenue increased by approximately 37% QoQ. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:51:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53647/semi-industry-set-for-a-good-year-says-ic-insights.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53647/semi-industry-set-for-a-good-year-says-ic-insights.htmThe semiconductor industry is set for a sparkling year growing by 6% between Q1 and Q2 and by more between Q2 and Q3, according to IC Insights. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53644/uk-high-tech-vc-investment-sharply-up-says-ascendant.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53644/uk-high-tech-vc-investment-sharply-up-says-ascendant.htmVC investment in high-tech companies in the UK and Ireland is sharply up this year, reports Ascendant, the tech-focused investment group. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:23:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53643/bauer-to-resign-on-health-grounds.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53643/bauer-to-resign-on-health-grounds.htmPeter Bauer, CEO of Infineon, will resign his post at the end of the current fiscal year due to health reasons. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:07:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53637/nvidia-expects-stronger-q2-for-graphics-processors.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/14/53637/nvidia-expects-stronger-q2-for-graphics-processors.htmThe Q1 numbers were down on the previous quarter, but Nvidia, which relies on a strong mobile computing market, is also see seeing growth in the desktop marketMon, 14 May 2012 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53634/space-envisat-satellite-formally-declared-lost.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53634/space-envisat-satellite-formally-declared-lost.htmThe European Space Agency (ESA) has formally declared that the Envisat environmental and remote sensing satellite mission is now over, following the satellite's 8 April loss of contact and subsequent failure to reestablish it. Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53633/ec-ends-roaming-rip-offs.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53633/ec-ends-roaming-rip-offs.htmThe European Parliament has set new caps on roaming charges in Europe to take effect on July 1st. Fri, 11 May 2012 07:29:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53632/tsmc-predicts-record-q2.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53632/tsmc-predicts-record-q2.htmTSMC had record sales in April and expects the record-breaking run to extend into May and June. The company expects to have 132 28nm tape-outs this year. Fri, 11 May 2012 07:12:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53631/cmos-image-sensors-return-to-growth.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/11/53631/cmos-image-sensors-return-to-growth.htmSales of CMOS image sensors will grow 8% this year to $6.3bn compared to $5.8bn in 2011, when the market climbed 29% from $4.5bn in 2010, says IC Insights. Fri, 11 May 2012 06:54:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53626/manufacturing-of-electrical-goods-shows-q1-increase.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53626/manufacturing-of-electrical-goods-shows-q1-increase.htmThe strength of electrical equipment manufacturing, which rose by 12.1% in the first quarter of the year, helped manufacturing output to end two previous quarterly fallsThu, 10 May 2012 12:20:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53627/tsmc-ups-rd-spend.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53627/tsmc-ups-rd-spend.htm TSMC is to spend $1.3bn on R&D as part of its 2012 capital expenditure budget of $8-8.5bn, according to the Taiwan Economic News. Thu, 10 May 2012 12:10:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53625/future-horizons-ief-2012-will-be-in-armenia.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53625/future-horizons-ief-2012-will-be-in-armenia.htmThe Prime Minister of Armenia will be speaking at this years International Electronics Forum organised by Future Horizons. Thu, 10 May 2012 11:37:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53620/anti-counterfeiting-strategies-necessary.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53620/anti-counterfeiting-strategies-necessary.htmGrowth is the semiconductor market means growth in the counterfeit parts market and, this year’s expected semiconductor market growth of over 4% rising to over 9% next year, more counterfeit parts are expected to be put on the market. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:37:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53621/space-spacex-completes-dragon-layout-concept-trials.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/10/53621/space-spacex-completes-dragon-layout-concept-trials.htmSpaceX has finished the seventh major funding milestone under NASA's second commercial crew development programme (CCDev II), the crew accommodation concept and trial plan for its Dragon capsule.Thu, 10 May 2012 00:06:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/09/53619/the-diversity-of-mems.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/09/53619/the-diversity-of-mems.htmMEMS revenues at the top ten suppliers grew 12% last year to $4.7bn, says IHS. Wed, 09 May 2012 16:16:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/09/53616/shrinking-renesas-racks-up-losses.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/09/53616/shrinking-renesas-racks-up-losses.htmRenesas announced sales revenues of $9.8bn for the year to the end of March 2012. Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:00 GMThttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/09/53615/the-end-of-the-learning-curve-is-nigh-says-mcgregor.htmhttp://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2012/05/09/53615/the-end-of-the-learning-curve-is-nigh-says-mcgregor.htm28nm is the first process shrink which doesn’t deliver a cheaper chip, says Scott McGregor, CEO of Broadcom. Wed, 09 May 2012 11:35:00 GMT