Worldwide microprocessor sales are expected to regain strength in 2013 and grow 12% to US$65.3 billion after rising just 5% in 2012 to US$58.2 billion due to weakness in standard PCs and the shaky global economy, according to IC Insights.

The new plant will take approximately two years to build, and it will create 3,500 construction jobs, as well as 800 full-time jobs inside the plant once its complete.

Apple is working on "a new product" aimed at the low-end of the market that will be built around a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

Samsung plans to invest US$1.7 billion in expanding and fitting out its operations in Kunshan, a fast-growing manufacturing hub west of Shanghai, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

LED lighting system costs can be reduced with good control circuit design and component selection, writes Fabrizio Petris from Omron Ellectronic Components Europe

In a move that may augur more Siri-like functionality for its tablets, Amazon on Thursday announced it is buying Ivona, a firm specializing in text-to-speech technology.

Japan has posted a record high trade deficit for 2012, as exports to Europe and China continued their plunge.

LG Display reported a profit for the fourth quarter as its key customers including Apple Inc. launched new products.

In a bullish sign for Apple, Google and other tablet makers, market tracker ABI Research says worldwide tablet shipments will surge 29.5% in 2013 to 145 million units, up from about 112 million unit sales in 2012.

Corning developed a thin, flexible glass, but the real breakthrough was figuring out how to mass-produce it.

Just three short years after the technology's original deployment, worldwide subscribers to the 4G wireless standard known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) are projected to surpass the 100-million mark this year.

The successor to Samsung Electronics' blockbuster Galaxy S3 could launch in April. That's according to Samsung news Web site SamMobile, which pegs the phone's launch on April 15.

Agilent Technologies has launched the N6465A test application for embedded multimedia card (eMMC) compliance test in response to a new version of the JEDEC eMMC specification.

As well as its US regional headquarters, Sony has also indicated its willingness to sell the building housing its television business in Tokyo.

The recession in Europe is entering its fifth year and unemployment doesn't look like it will be returning to normal levels anytime soon.

Intel has presented Professor Stephen Hawking with a birthday gift, a 300mm wafer with the message "Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking" inscribed hundreds of times in copper letters defined using Intel's 32nm manufacturing procress.

Sony will introduce a new tablet computer in Japan this year as it tries to lure customers from Apple and Samsung Electronics.

Apple might release three new iPhones in 2013.

While it's a sketchy rumor, it seems reasonable that Apple will get serious about taking on smartphones like Samsung's 4.8-inch Galaxy S III.

An audacious plan to lay a multibillion-dollar wind power transmission spine under the seabed from southern Virginia to the New York City area will take a step forward on Tuesday with an announcement of plans for the first leg, a 189-mile segment running from Jersey City to a spot south of Atlantic City.