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Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) announces that Dr. Joji Murakami, a Fujitsu career executive with many years’ experience in the semiconductor industry on both the domestic and international fronts, has been named as the company’s new President. He is based at FME's European headquarters in Langen, near Frankfurt.

The National Microelectronics Institute, the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has celebrated its 10th birthday. The occasion was marked at the NMI’s Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner attended by an international audience of more than 200 people.

The results of its very first national survey of UK semiconductor design have been published by the National Microelectronics Institute. Entitled ‘Designed in the UK’, the Institute’s 55-page report reveals the scale and composition of the sector, its industry and application focus and the key challenges faced. The report concludes that the UK’s strength and success in semiconductor design is recognised at an international level and tha...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has announced the creation of a Design Advisory Board to oversee its development of strategy and implementation plans for the semiconductor design community.

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), an organization focused on accelerating the growth of the global semiconductor industry, and the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, today jointly announced the signing of a collaborative memorandum of understanding to form an organizational alliance.

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) has presented its 2009 Contribution to Industry Award to Indro Mukerjee, CEO of C-MAC MicroTechnology and Chair of the Semta Electronics Sector Strategy Group. The award was presented by Keith Hodgkinson of award sponsor BIS, The Department for Business Innovation and Skills, at the NMI's prestigious annual awards dinner in London.

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) has unveiled the first in a series of panel debate topics to take place at Future World Symposium. Entitled 'financing the next wave of semiconductor innovation', the session will address the declining availability of VC funding and determine potential alternative funding strategies for start-up companies.

The microchip (integrated circuit / IC) yesterday celebrated its 50th birthday. Fairchild Semiconductor’s Robert Noyce received the first patent for a commercially available silicon IC on the 25th of April 1961.

Professor Ian Phillips has been recognised by the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) for his major contribution to the UK semiconductor industry. The Contribution to Industry Award, sponsored by BERR, is one of eight annual Ivation Awards made by the NMI.

Europe’s first international conference dedicated to the subject of CMOS variability was hailed a resounding success by its organisers, the National Microelectronics Institute and the UK’s nanoCMOS project. ‘The Impact of Variability on Design’, attracted 130 delegates from across Asia, Europe and the USA.