EL SEGUNDO, CA – Booming sales of digital televisions during the coming years will yield huge opportunities for semiconductor suppliers, with revenue from shipments of chips for this segment expected to double between 2006 to 2011, iSuppli Corp. predicts.

The global digital TV semiconductor market revenue will rise to $14.2 billion in 2011, expanding from $7.1 billion in 2006, says the research firm.

ROME, NY – The ESDA is requesting two-page abstracts for the International Electrostatic Discharge Workshop, taking place May 12-15 in Port D-Albret, France.

Presentations should address novel design concepts; special custom design approaches; technology integration issues; failure analysis; test structures; simulation tools; component-level ESD testing; ESD characterization; system-level ESD issues; immunity of ICs to EMI, and unresolved ESD issues.

Abstracts should be sent as PDFs to iew@esda.org no later than Nov. 26, and should include the title, author’s name and author’s affiliation. 

The technical program committee will announce selections on or before Jan. 7.

YAVNE, ISRAEL – Orbotech Ltd., maker of circuit board inspection equipment, announced revenues for the second quarter totaled $88.6 million, up 2.8% compared to the first quarter, and down about 16% year-over-year.

Net loss for the quarter included a $4.8 million write-off of inventory, as well as a charge of $5 million relating to the company's write-off of its investment in Negevtech Ltd.

Revenues for the first six months of 2007 totaled $174.7 million, down about 15% year-over-year.