Aircraft will be assembled by BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire
Manufacturing
ST details first 65nm CMOS
Firm's 65nm CMOS design platform is now available for next-generation SoC development
Automotive focus for TES
Newly created design and contract manufacturing business will focus on automotive and telecoms
EV Group has nanoimprint lithography
Wafer-processing firm will install an ultra-violet nanoimprint lithography system at AMO in Germany
IQE improves strained silicon
Epitaxial wafer maker has strained silicon wafers that speed both NMOS and PMOS transistors
Leakage ‘not a problem’ says Philips
Leakage at 90nm is not a big a problem for Philips Semiconductors, the chip maker claims
Infineon plans $1bn fab for automotive
Billion dollar, front-end production plant in Malaysia targets automotive and industrial
MEMS interest drives Semefab
Semefab benefits from European interest in MEMS, now its fastest growing business
Sub-contract to take 40% chip sales
Two-fifths off all chip sales could go to sub-contract manufacturers by 2007
Infineon takes fourth in IC rankings
Samsung, Infineon and TI were the best performers in the top ten, says iSuppli