Most sensors are now tiny semiconductor devices, packaged for direct connection to digital networks.
In 2011 Intel and Micron introduced 20 nm flash memory line widths (the width of the minimum features in the semiconductor devices).
Micron Technology is a manufacturer and marketer of semiconductor devices, primarily dynamic random access memory for PCs and mobile devices, NAND Flash and NOR memory.
Their experience with the manufacturing hardware used to make HDD components was transferred to making semiconductor devices, such as flash memory, or in many cases, making solar energy products.
But someday soon, I think, thanks to the increasing miniaturization of semiconductor devices, wireless and better software interfaces like speech recognition, our technology is going to start disappearing, embedding into walls and dashboards and sheets of paper.
In LCDs silane gas breaks down into a film of silicon that forms the transistors that stimulate the pixels in the screen. (Flat-panel screens are essentially large semiconductor devices that sit on pieces of glass rather than on silicon wafers.) Another gas, nitrogen trifluoride, cleans the chambers in which both chips and LCDs are made.
The supposed Qualcomm default in "digital RF" is entirely fictional, as Qualcomm has moved to all CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) integrated devices before TI, and RF is intrinsically analog on the front end.
OmniVision Technologies Inc. ( OVTI) designs, develops and markets semiconductor image-sensor devices.
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Shares in chipmakers Nvidia and Texas Instruments were down 3.5% and 3%, and semiconductor companies Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom were down just under 3%.
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There are another 257, 000 jobs at nine suppliers in the U.S. working on its behalf, including Corning, Texas Instruments, Samsung, Fairchild Semiconductor and RF Micro Devices as well as the drivers at UPS and FedEx who deliver Apple products to customers.
There are another 257, 000 jobs at nine suppliers in the U.S. working on its behalf, such as Corning, Texas Instruments, Samsung, Fairchild Semiconductor and RF Micro Devices--as well as the drivers at UPS and FedEx who deliver Apple products to customers.
Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices and Cypress Semiconductor are all building their new factories elsewhere.
This small-cap company specializes in designing, developing, and marketing semiconductor technologies to streamline home entertainment devices.
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Some of the most important fallout from the shift to mobile devices from PCs involves semiconductor manufacturing.
The four that were in the black on an EVA basis in 2009 Altera, Linear Technologies, Microchip Technology and Analog Devices all were semiconductor companies.
The dominant semiconductor giant rode the growing popularity of mobile devices and the ongoing transition to 4G LTE in many parts of the world, to post a 24% growth in revenues y-o-y.
From glass suppliers like Corning (GLW) to touch capacitive solutions from Synaptics (SYNA) and Silicon Labs (SLAB) and RF solution and baseband companies, like Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), RF Micro Devices (RFMD), TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Broadcom (BRCM) among others.
Former employees at major tech companies like Dell, Advanced Micro Devices, Flextronics International and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, sold inside information about their companies to hedge funds through an expert-networking firm, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.
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With demand for mobile devices growing at impressive rates, the mobile semiconductor industry continues to be as competitive as ever.
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This demand is also likely to benefit semiconductor makers and other companies that build parts for the devices' touch screens and software systems.
Traditional cameras use either charge-coupled devices (CCDs) or complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chips, which capture images on a grid of millions of pixels.
Silicon wafers, used to manufacture solar devices, is also a main component in the semiconductor industry.
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Federal law enforcement also arrested this morning Mark Anthony Longoria, 44, who was employed by Advanced Micro Devices and Manosha Karunatilaka, 37, an employee of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and accused them of conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
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The most highly valued of our semiconductor picks, Xilinx, sells at a 25% premium, and Analog Devices carries a premium of just 12%.
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One of their bigger hits last years was in NXP Semiconductor (NXPI), a maker of Near-Field Communication semiconductors for mobile devices.
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Those companies include S kyworks Solutions (SWKS) , RF Micro Devices (RFMD) , Anadigics (ANAD) , TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT) and Avago Technologies (AVGO) among others.
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Dialog Semiconductor is a German company that makes mixed-signal circuits with an emphasis on mobile devices.
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Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductors for the digital multimedia market, from portable devices such as smart phones to high-end graphics cards and large, high-definition displays.
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One can envision these new players in the industry will assume leadership in specific roles within the value chain: Intel-like semiconductor companies building the LED chips, and equivalents of a PC motherboard manufacturer like ASUS packaging the chips into devices that will be used in a variety of end-use lighting applications.
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