Sales of semiconductors in Europe during March were $3.4 billion, up 2.1 percent over the previous month and an increase of just 0.5 percent on the $3.4 billion achieved in the same period last year. The growth rates are the

Global sales of semiconductors during the first quarter of 2008 came in at $63.4 billion, up 3.8 percent on the same period last year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

BDTI recently investigated the current state of Cell products, and whether the architecture is likely to get significant traction in embedded applications.

Long Island Power Authority and American Superconductor Corp. have activated a high-temperature superconductor power transmission cable system.

Although revenues for MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) reached record levels in 2007, aggressive price reductions, legal wrangling, and rising pressure from competitive technologies took their toll on the MEMS industry, according to the 2008 MEMS Forecast by Bourne Research. The market

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers are becoming both more highly integrated and more innovative, according to a study released by ABI Research. Reader ICs have come to lead the market for Low Frequency (LF) and High Frequency (HF) RFID, enabling