Intel Corporation has outline plans for next-generation wireless mobility products designed to improve productivity and drive new growth opportunities. The disclosures were made at the Intel Developer Forum and include enhancements for the next Intel Pentium M processor, code-named Dothan; a computing platform based on Intel Centrino mobile technology, code-named Sonoma; and technology for upcoming Intel XScale technology based processors for mobile phones and PDAs, code-named Bulverde.

Researchers at Princeton envision mass-produced rolls of material that converts sunlight to electricity, using a new technique for making solar cells.

Samtec and Teraspeed Consulting Group have joined forces to bring to market the next generation of high-speed interconnects, flex circuits and sub system and to develop design tools to maximise users performance in end systems. Teraspeed is also providing training and supportservices.

The Electronics Industry Action Agenda report has been released by the Hon Richard Alston, Minister for Communication, IT and the Arts, and the Hon Ian Macfarland, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. It was presented at the 9th World Electronic Forum at Australian Technology Park, Sydney and AEEMA has been allocated a key role in the implementation of these recommendations.

Epson is developing a ferroelectric material for ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM), a next generation type of memory. The new material has been tentatively named PZTN.

A University of Tulsa chemistry professor, Dale Teeters and two former students, Nina Korzhova and Lane Fisher have been awarded a patent for a method of making nanobatteries for use in tiny machines similar to the microbe-size craft that travelled through a human's blood vessels in the 1966 science-fiction movie, 'Fantastic Voyage'.

Trio Electrix has been appointed distributor for the Yokogawa test and measurement division in South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

AEEMA has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with ICAKorea, Korea's principal ICT agency, on August 14 in Seoul, South Korea.

A report in the SMH 4 August 2003 has revealed that researchers at Panasonic's Nanotechnlogy Research Laboratory near Kyoto, Japan have developed a device that produces electricity from human blood. The researchers have created a so called 'human battery' that draws power from blood glucose, and mimics the way the body generates energy from food. So far, the scientist have only managed to produce very low power levels.

Bishop and Associates has released a report covering technology roadmapping on electronic connectors. It includes the National Electronic Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) 2002 Electronics Industry Roadmap on CD.

A new type of standard to be issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help meet the need for speed in semiconductors.

Samtec has announced an agreement with Tyco Electronics which establishes it as a second source supplier to Samtec's Q-series by selling and/or manufacturing these products. Second sourcing is a main building block, as well as an important safety feature to all designs.

About every 18 months, the number of transistors in computer chips doubles - the direct result of ever-shrinking sizes. By decreasing the size of these components and consequently, fitting more of them onto a single chip, computer speed and power improves. Thanks to a new manufacturing technique - developed by an international team of researchers which includes Paul Nealey, a University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineer - manufacturing the minute may soon be cheaper and more exact.

Fairchild Semiconductor has announced that the company is converting all its products to lead-free finish packages. The conversion is expected to be completed by June 2004.

Ampec Technologies and Crusader Electronics have merged and commenced trading as a combined entity July 1, 2003 at a new premises in Silverwater. Both companies have been supplying the electronics industry in Australia and New Zealand for the past 25 years.