AIXTRON AG today announced an order from Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) for further six CRIUS Close Coupled Showerhead MOCVD systems received in the first quarter of 2008.

South Korea's LG Electronics said on Thursday the flat screen television market was poised for much slower growth in 2009, but maintained high growth targets for its own plasma and liquid crystal products.

"...the turmoil in credit markets of the past year virtually guarantees that corporate spending on technology will fall over the next nine months or so...Technology demand, which has been growing recently at an annualised rate of 5-6%, could decline by 10%..."

"Complaints over dropped calls and choppy Web connections on Apple's iPhone 3G have sparked a wave of debate...Nomura said problem involves a communications chip made by Infineon...As much as the chip may be the chief problem, glitches may also stem from Apple's software or the AT&T network..."

The inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell was designed, fabricated and independently measured at NREL. The 40.8% efficiency was measured under concentrated light of 326 suns. One sun is about the amount of light that typically hits Earth on a sunny day. The new cell is a natural candidate for the space satellite market and for terrestrial concentrated photovoltaic arrays, which use lenses or mirrors to focus sunlight onto the solar cells.

..the 3G iPhone has poor reception and forces him to spend more time on the 2.5G EDGE network than he thought, but the issue may be with Infineon’s 3G chip, according to Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura Securities. In a research note today, he said: “We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain Infineon is the 3G supplier.” That comment might cheer AT&T, but it's bad news for Infineon, and perhaps a warning to the chip industry about quality control...