Kadence Photonics has received its first equity investment from private and venture capital investors totalling $1.25 million with the option of a further $1.25 million in 9 months time should it be required.

Advanced Nano Technologies has been awarded an Australian government research and development grant of $2.8 million.

The company formerly known as Acer Communications and Multimedia has changed its name to Benq.

The semiconductor market was slightly up in October 2001, for the fourth month in a row, but sales for the whole of 2001 will still fall short of last year, according to figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Worldwide IT services revenue is projected to reach $1100 billion in 2001, a 7% increase over 2000, according to Dataquest.

Intel has unveiled a design for transistors which it says will operate at speeds hundreds of times faster than today's production devices.

Traditionally, scientists grow quantities of single-crystalline semiconducting materials by immersing the tip of a pencil-shaped starter crystal in a melt of the same composition.

NetComm has acquired the assets of Mike Boorne Electronics for $1.5 million in shares and options.

A principal objective will continue to be building up political and bureaucratic support for policies and programs that enhance value-adding in the ICT, electronics and electrical manufacturing industries.

Semico Research, a US semiconductor research group, is predicting the world chip market will grow 21% in 2002.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a switch involving the manipulation of a photon that may lead to the creation of an optical transistor for more powerful computers.

Palm and Handspring have both denied that they are in merger talks.

Orders for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment rose in October 2001, according to data released by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.

Solectron is to close its manufacturing plant in Sydney in 2002, laying off 490 people.

The IEEE have just published P802.15.1 D0.9.2 Draft Standard for Part 15.1: Wireless medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications for Wireless Personal Area Networks 2001.