Friday, September 17, 2010

Nordic says allocation will hurt Q3 sales

LONDON – Fabless chip company Nordic Semiconductor ASA, a specialist in short-range wireless ICs, has announced that its 3Q10 revenue will be below previous expectations because of a limited supply of wafers from its foundry supplier.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

MEMS tackle HVAC/automatic-transmission markets

Microstaq previously announced a collaboration with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. on its intelligent refrigerant control system that employs Freescale’s MEMS pressure sensors and microcontrollers—called Freescale's superheat control module—which now also works with Microstaq's novel MEMS silicon micro-valve.

(comment: This is lab-on-a-chip idea)