October 10, 2008 - Technology News
FPGAs with Open System Architecture Drive In-Cabin Automotive Applications
The days of horsepower, valves per cylinder and 0 to 60 performance driving mainstream and luxury automotive sales are more or less over. ...
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July 17, 2008 - Technology News
Multicore Association Working Group to Develop APIs
The Multicore Association(TM), a global non-profit organization focused on developing standards that help speed time to market for products ...
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July 14, 2008 - Industry News
Hermes Die Consortia Selects FlipChip EDC Technology
Hermes, the European consortia for the development and industrialization of embedded die technology has announced FlipChip International, ...
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June 5, 2008 - Technology News
It’s Time to Make Noise about Co-design -- Got Package?
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with design teams from many of the leading semiconductor companies from around the ...
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May 29, 2008 - Technology News
Getting Practical about Semiconductor IP Reuse
Mark Twain had a saying that "Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it." IP reuse seems to have fallen in the ...
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May 23, 2008 - Top Story News
A Ticking Time Bomb?
Power is a hot problem these days, no pun intended. To address the escalating power challenges, many companies have adopted multi- ...
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May 20, 2008 - Technology News
Altera Announces 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs
Enabling designers to achieve new levels of integration and innovation, Altera Corporation announced the industry’s first 40-nm FPGAs and ...
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April 9, 2008 - Technology News
AMCC to Demonstrate Embedded Power Architecture
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation announced that it will team with customers and partners to showcase advanced solutions of its line of ...
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January 18, 2008 - Technology News
Measurement Innovations Mean Big Savings for Semiconductors
A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that investment in measurement science has and will ...
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December 18, 2007 - Industry News
Evironmental Kudos for Taiwanese Semiconductor Company
UMC (NYSE: UMC), a leading global leading semiconductor foundry, has been ranked as the top semiconductor company in Taiwan in the Clean ...
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August 27, 2007 - Technology News
Creating an ESL Flow
Designing with register transfer level (RTL) code has a well-established ecosystem and methodology. Within this methodology are various ...
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August 6, 2007 - Technology News
Chip Designers Must Think Like an Architect for Chip-Package Co-Design
Despite warnings of dire consequences and tales of chips not fitting their packages, not nearly enough attention has been paid to IC ...
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August 6, 2007 - Technology News
DFM Integrated into 65nm Lithography Simulation and Analysis
Blaze DFM, the electrical DFM company, has been chosen by the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) to provide ...
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July 11, 2007 - Industry News
Companies to Address Datalog Bottleneck in Yield Analysis
The STDF Fail Data Standardization Group is holding an open meeting at SEMICON West on July 17 to review progress on the working group's ...
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July 5, 2007 - Technology News
DDR IP Integration: How to Avoid Landmines in this Quickly Changing Landscape
In just a few short years, the double-data-rate (DDR) intellectualproperty (IP) market has become very unfamiliar to the ...
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June 27, 2007 - Technology News
Nanotubes Nurture Next-Generation Semiconductor Devices
Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, has provided ...
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May 31, 2007 - Technology News
Industry Fab Group Grows
The Fab Owners Association (FOA), the association of semiconductor / MEMS manufacturing executives and suppliers, has announced the ...
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May 15, 2007 - Technology News
Methodology Kit Speeds Adoption of Low-Power Designs
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, today announced the industry's first ...
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May 14, 2007 - Technology News
Automated Material Handling System Eliminates Fab Delays
Aquest Systems, which is developing innovative automation solutions, today unveiled FabEX™, a new type of automated material handling ...
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