Stretching a carbon nanotube composite like taffy, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have made some of the first measurements of how single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) both scatter and absorb polarized light, a key optical and electronic property.

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it has commenced new litigation against Qualcomm Incorporated asserting that Qualcomm's conduct before prominent industry standards organizations violates California law.

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced eight new members of the cost-effective PIC24F 16-bit microcontroller family, which extend the line into smaller and lower cost 28- and 44-pin packages with 16 to 64 Kbytes of Flash program memory and up to 8 Kbytes of RAM

Texas Instruments, a leader in the semiconductor industry, invited Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to join as one of only four Leadership Universities in the world

Microsoft Management Summit - Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced availability of the first network controller chipset to support the new DASH management initiative developed by the DMTF.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced today that it will host booth demonstrations highlighting its industry-leading custom CMOS image sensor solutions at the 2007 China International Machine Vision Exhibition in the Shanghai Exhibition Center from March 22-24, 2007

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it has passed a major milestone with more than 2,000 U. S. patents now issued to the company.

The computer chip industry is facing a predicament: as chips get smaller they are reaching a physical limit. Today's semiconductor devices are made of parts containing just a few hundred atoms of silicon and other materials. As consumers demand even faster and smaller devices, nano-scale effects will change the materials' behavior.