SiRF Technology announced it will rapidly implement key end-to-end location-awareness features needed to enable mobile devices powered by the Android platform.

Qualcomm announced that it has acquired San Diego-based SoftMax, a provider of noise reduction solutions for mobile devices.

"...Green demands for more solar power, which relies on silicon for the manfacture of photovoltaic cells, have pushed up the price for the element by 40% this year to $1,600 per tonne...."

Taiwan scientists and engineers have invented a nonvolatile organic memory device. The device uses gold nanoparticles mixed with a polymer that is wedged between two aluminum electrodes.

Flat-panel TVs, a music player with robotics technology and planned networking services for the PlayStation 3 video game console are a key part of Sony's growth following a nearly three-year restructuring effort.

Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to invest ¥1.2bn to further increase production capacity for aluminum gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP) ultrabright LED chips.