STMicroelectronics has responded to the formation of a group of shareholders who are unhappy about receiving their voting papers for the AGM late and about certain corporate emoluments. Mike Markovitch, ST's director for technical ...
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Stung by their mistreatment by the corporate management of STMicroelectronics,the company's small shareholders have set up a defence group called the STMsmallshareholders group. The stmssg web-site takes ST corporate management to ...
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Infineon held its position as the biggest supplier of power discretes and modules last year,says IMS Research,in a market which fell off sharply in H2. Nonetheless modules grew by 32%in the year and discretes grew 3%. Module growth was ...
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Power semi market grows 9%to$18bn in 2011 despite challenges Following a spectacular recovery in 2010,the power semiconductor discrete and module market grew by a more modest 9%in 2011 to just under$18bn,according to the 15th edition of ...
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ANR(the French National Research Agency)and CEA(the French Atomic and Renewable Energy Commission)have signed an agreement forming the Grenoble Institute of Technological Research(IRT):NanoElec Program. Centered on Grenoble,the IRT ...
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ST-Ericsson has appointed a new CTO,Mats Norin from Ericsson's mobile broadband business unit. The previous CTO,Jorgen Lantto,resigned in March.The CTO job at ST-Ericsson appears to be in the gift of Ericsson. Friction between the ...
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The French government is supporting the creation of a semiconductor research centre in Grenoble. The Grenoble-based Institute of Technological Research(IRT)will be the centre for the NanoElec Programme,a collaboration between ...
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Sales of CMOS image sensors will grow 8%this year to$6.3bn compared to$5.8bn in 2011,when the market climbed 29%from$4.5bn in 2010,says IC Insights. The 2011 increase pushed CMOS image sensor sales above the previous record of$4.6bn set ...
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Barclays Capital forecasts 2012 as a "subdued year" for the light-emitting diode (LED) industry, plagued by overcapacity, average selling price (ASP) pressures, and only gradual growth in LED lighting demand. Metal organic chemical vapor ...
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