Keithley Instruments has entered into a Joint Development Partnership surrounding semiconductor device material testing technology with CEA Leti, a semiconductor development laboratories. The Partnership calls for Keithley and CEA Leti to research methods for characterizing advanced semiconductor ma...

Denali Software announced its BCH Error Correction Code (ECC) technology for NAND Flash memory. The technology, as part of Databahn memory controller IP product, is used by hardware engineers in deploying robust NAND Flash-based systems. The solution addresses key issues associated with Single-Level...

Giving industrial equipment designers flexibility in implementing real-time Ethernet communications, Altera announced intellectual property (IP) support for the EtherCAT protocol from the EtherCAT Technology Group. Previously qualified on Cyclone II devices, the IP now targets Altera's low-power Cyc...

Anders Electronics brings VGA resolution to applications requiring ultra-small display sizes, by adding TPO’s latest module, the 2.8-inch TD028TTED2 TFT LCD with 480 x 640 pixels resolution to its established range of LTPS TFT displays. This transflective TFT-LCD module from TPO features LTPS techno...

Losses in Consumer business; Automotive positive

Synopsys acquires the semiconductor IP assets of Mosaid Technologies, a developer and licensor of semiconductor intellectual property. Synopsys plans to integrate such assets, consisting primarily of double data rate (DDR) memory controller and PHY semiconductor IP products, into its DesignWare IP p...

According to the german Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie [the Association of Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers] (ZVEI), the turnover for semiconductors in Germany in June 2007 was slightly below that of previous month. Compared to June of the previous year, the growth was...