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From the IET news desk
Flomerics rejects Mentor advance
Flomerics Group, the maker of cooling and flow-simulation software for electronics systems, has rejected a £25.5m offer to buy the company from Mentor Graphics and will seek bids from other potential acquirers.
9 May 2008
Accellera sets up verification IP group
Accellera, the group that puts together a number of the standards used in electronic design automation (EDA), has formed a committee to look at standards for verification intellectual property (IP). The committee aims to define technologies and methods to build a modular and reusable verification environment.
7 May 2008
Big chipmakers line up for 450mm wafers
Intel, Samsung Electronics and TSMC have agreed to start working on a move to use 450mm wafers, with the transition scheduled to start in 2012.
6 May 2008

02 May 08 MoD challenge pits tag teams against lone robo-rangers
30 Apr 08 TSMC pulls ahead in foundry market
30 Apr 08 Chipmakers 'ripping off' equipment suppliers
29 Apr 08 Infineon buys into digital power
28 Apr 08 NXP sells RF MEMS unit to Epcos
28 Apr 08 Wiry transistors aim for 60GHz
25 Apr 08 IET seeks drive to professional registration
23 Apr 08 IBM picks Rambus core for 45nm
22 Apr 08 Renesas joins IMEC software radio programme
17 Apr 08 Altera push for '40nm' process
16 Apr 08 Deal puts leakage power reduction into TSMC flow
16 Apr 08 National Instruments picks ARM target
15 Apr 08 Synplicity to use IP-Xact to get IP into FPGAs
14 Apr 08 Philips hit by consumer worries
14 Apr 08 IBM and partners produce 32nm high-k test wafers
10 Apr 08 ST and NXP to pool wireless operations
Worldwide news headlines
Healthcare technologies
13 May 08 Ultrasound could precede CT in acute appendicitis diagnosis
13 May 08 Schiller Group Acquires Medilog
13 May 08 Philips to Acquire Leading Brazilian Critical Care Company
13 May 08 Philips to Acquire Dixtal
12 May 08 Whole-body MSCT does 'triple rule-out' of head and neck injuries
Microelectronics and Embedded Systems
14 May 08 Taiwan's TSMC to buy back up to 1.95 pct stake to accommodate Philips' disposal
13 May 08 AMD execs quit in corporate shake-up
13 May 08 AMD systems thrown by XP SP3 update
13 May 08 AMD gets new chip head
13 May 08 Philips to sell TSMC shares in repurchasing program
Microsystems and nanotechnology
13 May 08 NanoInk Announce Topics that They will Cover at Their NSTI Symposium
13 May 08 Engineering creativity 'swarms' the heart of sensors confab
13 May 08 ApNano Announces Distributor of High Performance Lubricant Additives
13 May 08 Building better fuel cells with nanotechnology
13 May 08 Nanomedicine company Nanobiotix elects former Aventis vice chairman/CFO as its chairman
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