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GlobalFoundries to boost capex in '11
Several fab tool vendors are lining up for orders at GlobalFoundries Inc., as the silicon foundry upstart is boosting its capital spending.
MEMS tackle HVAC/automatic-transmission markets
MEMS startup Microstaq is pioneering promising new markets, using its micro-valve as a pilot to control the large flows necessary to tackle the lucrative heating, ventilation and air-conditioning markets with MEMS-control of automotive transmissions on the horizon.
Smart grid powers Cisco bid for Arch Rock
Cisco Systems intends to buy wireless sensor networking startup Arch Rock as part of its growing portfolio of products for smart electric grids.
IMEC launches cancer lab-on-chip project
European research institute IMEC and its project partners have launched a European collaborative research project to build a lab-on-a-chip for the detection of tumor cells in blood.
July 'actual' chip sales are above trend
The "actual" global market for chips in July, as calculated by WSTS, was $24.57 billion, down sequentially 9.5 percent, which is less than the normal decline in July.
IBM claims fastest MPU
IBM said it will begin shipping a new mainframe computer computer capable of 50 billion instructions per second, powered by 96 microprocessors with 5.2-gigahertz clock speeds.
Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP
Memristors made from pure silicon could enable resistive random access memory that are simpler and cheaper to manufacture than Hewlett-Packard's titanium-based formulation, according to researchers at Rice University.
ARM, GlobalFoundries to accelerate 28-nm foundry era
GlobalFoundries said that it plans to get a jump on the 28-nm process era, making good on a previous promise, and taped-out a qualification vehicle based on ARM's Cortex-A9 dual processor.
AppleTV one small step toward Web-a-vision era
An increasing number of low-cost Web video systems such as the new AppleTV box is driving toward an era when TV will become a Web-connected multifunction device with television just one of its applications.
Gartner raises 2010 chip market forecast
Market research firm Gartner Inc. has raised its forecast for worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2010 to $300 billion, a 31.5 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $228 billion.