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Micron CEO dies in plane crash

Feb 03, 2012 03:01 pm | IDG News Service

Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday.

ST Micro sees 40W LED flash in future smartphones

Feb 01, 2012 12:03 pm | IDG News Service

STMicroelectronics hopes to make blurry low-light images from smartphone cameras a thing of the past with a new chip designed to boost light output from LED-based flashes.

Semiconductor market to slow this year, iSuppli says

Jan 31, 2012 03:02 pm | IDG News Service

Semiconductor industry revenue will grow at a slow pace this year due to struggling economies worldwide, lower spending and sluggish demand for products, research firm IHS iSuppli said in a study released on Tuesday.

Semiconductor market to slow this year, iSuppli says

Jan 31, 2012 02:01 pm | IDG News Service

Semiconductor industry revenue will grow at a slow pace this year due to struggling economies worldwide, lower spending and sluggish demand for products, research firm IHS iSuppli said in a study released on Tuesday.

Say goodbye to Fast Ethernet

Jan 26, 2012 09:30 am | Network World

The Layer 2-3 Ethernet switch market is forecast to approach $28 billion in 2016, with future growth driven primarily by sales of Ethernet switches optimized for larger data center deployments.

Scientists Use Freaking Lasers to Cool Superconductors

Jan 25, 2012 04:10 pm | PC World

Here at GeekTech, we’ve seen our share of lasers used for anything from art to shooting down freaking missiles. But, one that “cools”?

Impact of Thailand floods continues to bite tech industry

Jan 25, 2012 12:01 am | IDG News Service

Nvidia lowered its revenue forecast Tuesday for the quarter ending Jan. 29, citing the impact of the hard disk drive (HDD) shortage caused by the Thailand floods on its mainstream GPU business.

Sony announces next-generation image sensors for smartphones, digital cameras

Jan 23, 2012 07:20 am | IDG News Service

Sony said Monday it has developed new technology for the tiny imaging chips that power cameras in portable devices, which will allow for clearer photographs while using less space and cutting manufacturing costs.

VGA, DVI display interfaces to bow out in five years

Jan 19, 2012 02:58 pm | IDG News Service

Legacy VGA (Video Graphics Array) and DVI (digital-visual interface) display ports will likely no longer be used in PCs over the next five years as newer interfaces gain in popularity, NPD In-Stat said in a study released on Thursday.

Lytica Gives Product Designers a Hand With Electronic Component Cost Estimator

Jan 14, 2012 02:48 pm | PC World

We normally don't get into the business side of the tech industry, but thought this was kind of interesting. A company called Lytica offers a component cost estimator can help any business--from startups to major corporations--get both the average and best-in-class prices of components (like capacitors or connector), learn their potential price savings, get alternate source recommendations, and more.