http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter News Service en-us Copyright 2005 Tekrati, Inc. All Rights Reserved. editor@tekrati.com (Barbara French) http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/Images/Tekrati_Logo_85x40.gif http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp 85 40 http://semiconductors.tekrati.com/research/10289/ Barbara French, Tekrati Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers are becoming both more highly integrated and more innovative, according to a study released by ABI Research. Reader ICs have come to lead the market for Low Frequency (LF) and High Frequency (HF) RFID, enabling these technologies to be integrated into smaller, more power-efficient devices. Semiconductors Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:53:59 UT http://semiconductors.tekrati.com/research/10285/ Barbara French, Tekrati Although revenues for MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) reached record levels in 2007, aggressive price reductions, legal wrangling, and rising pressure from competitive technologies took their toll on the MEMS industry, according to the 2008 MEMS Forecast by Bourne Research. The market research firm reports that while sales of sensors for industrial automation surged, it wasn't enough to make up for significant revenue shortfalls in other core segments. Semiconductors Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:07:11 UT http://semiconductors.tekrati.com/research/10251/ Barbara French, Tekrati Worldwide capital equipment spending totaled $44.5 billion in 2007, a 5.9 percent increase from 2006 revenue of $42.1 billion, according to final results by Gartner. Analysts said capital equipment sales were predominantly driven by irrationally exuberant memory investments, while logic and foundry investments declined once again. Semiconductors Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:28:54 UT http://semiconductors.tekrati.com/research/10237/ Barbara French, Tekrati Most consumers are probably quite unaware that MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) accelerometers are key to the Nintendo Wii's motion-sensing remote control or the Apple iPhone's self-orienting display. But according to ABI Research senior analyst Douglas McEuen, these popular products are only the high-profile advance wave of what will be a rising tide of new and innovative uses for the tiny motion sensors. Semiconductors Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:34:37 UT http://semiconductors.tekrati.com/research/10209/ Barbara French, Tekrati The compound semiconductor industry -- including microelectronics, optoelectronics, and materials equipment markets -- will face challenges in 2008 as a result of turmoil in the financial markets, according to the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service. Semiconductors Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:28:49 UT