July 29, 2010 - Industry News
Intel says light beams can replace electronic signals for future computers
The company said it has developed a research prototype employing extremely thin and light optical fibers and representing the world's ...
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July 23, 2010 - Industry News
Apple semiconductor spending expected to increase 54% in 2010
Apple is expected to become the world's second largest OEM semiconductor buyer in 2011 and could become the top semiconductor spender in 2012, ...
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July 23, 2010 - Industry News
Equipment orders at the highest level since August 2006
The past 12 consecutive months of book-to-bill ratios over 1.0 indicate the consistent customer demand for North America-based manufacturers of ...
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July 22, 2010 - Industry News
CEO on Mentor's role in IC and system design plus test
In a wide-ranging interview at Semicon West, Walden C Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics, addressed the challenges the EDA and ...
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July 16, 2010 - Top Story News
The Time Is Now for 3-D Stacked Die
As the semiconductor industry moves from "more Moore" to "more than Moore," 3-D-stacked-die implementations will become critical for implementing ...
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July 13, 2010 - Top Story News
Semi Equipment Sales Expect 96% Growth in 2010
The recovery is well under way and secure in the semiconductor equipment market, according to the latest data from VLSI Research Inc. The research ...
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July 7, 2010 - Industry News
Hon Hai plans on becoming LCD powerhouse
The soaring shipments of flat-panel TVs have LCD panel suppliers, EMS companies, and OEMs moving to tighten electronics supply chains in ...
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June 28, 2010 - Industry News
Electronics supply chain inventory leaner than current levels indicate
Supplier capacity is straining to keep up with downstream demand, resulting not only in long lead times but also in shortages for many commodity ...
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June 28, 2010 - Industry News
Path-specific derating to reduce timing pessimism: a proposal
Reducing your pessimism about timing uncertainty as the design progresses can speed timing closure. This article proposes few methods to speed the ...
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June 25, 2010 - Industry News
Samsung on pace for at least $30B semiconductor sales in 2010
IC Insights Inc has high expectations for Samsung in 2010. The market research company reported Thursday that Samsung is on pace for at least ...
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June 24, 2010 - Industry News
Electronics supply chain inventory leaner than levels indicate
Supplier capacity is straining to keep up with downstream demand, resulting not only in long lead times but also in shortages for many commodity ...
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June 23, 2010 - Industry News
EUV lithography cannot come soon enough
Sematech's biennial Litho Forum survey shows that cost of ownership is a leading concern as respondents anticipate their critical-layer ...
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June 22, 2010 - Industry News
Double-digit growth expected for power management ICs
Power management ICs, what Gartner tracks as voltage regulators, is the largest segment of the standard analog IC market and promises the ...
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June 14, 2010 - Industry News
ON Semi buys medical-focused Sound Design Technologies
ON Semi acquires Sound Design Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of ultra-low-power semiconductors for hearing aids and portable, battery- ...
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June 11, 2010 - Technology News
Altering the SOC-design flow
SOC (system-on-chip)-design teams at the leading edge of their markets say that "business as usual" is no longer the case. Powerful technical and ...
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June 10, 2010 - Industry News
TI : Inventorys lean, narrows Q2 sales guidance toward high end
Financial analysts are positive on TI, as the Dallas-based company adds capacity to shrink lead times and invests in analog. As expected by ...
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June 8, 2010 - Industry News
ON Semi to expand Idaho fab, adding jobs, capacity
ON Semiconductor has announced plans to add $11 million in production equipment to its 8-inch Pocatello, Idaho, wafer manufacturing facility ...
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May 28, 2010 - Industry News
IBM analyst sees continued growth for consumer electronics, but ...
Retail sales of electronic goods and appliances to homes in the United States will continue modest growth through August this year. The news ...
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May 25, 2010 - Industry News
Microchip sells certain SST assets to Greenliant
Greenliant, a new company headed by SST's former management, will use the acquired product lines to form the core of its solid-state storage ...
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May 20, 2010 - Technology News
Gold-covered 'microlens' could be breakthrough for infrared imaging
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed lens-less, gold-covered "microlens" that they believe will lead to ...
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May 19, 2010 - Industry News
Digi-Key's Mark Larson: Reaching equilibrium
Mark Larson, president of distributor Digi-Key Corp, recently spoke with EDN about balancing 2010 supply and demand, the returning North American ...
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May 18, 2010 - Industry News
Wafer area shipments up 136% in Q1
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased in Q1, with the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reporting shipments at the highest level ...
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May 14, 2010 - Industry News
Overall power-supply efficiency depends on sweating the small stuff
An industrywide move toward increasing power-supply efficiency is now a foot. There are two reasons for the efficiency push: One is coming from ...
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May 13, 2010 - Industry News
Foundry Revenue Gains to Outperform Semi industry Gains in 2010
Things are looking up – way up – for foundries. With foundry revenue expected to grow by nearly 40% in 2010, revenue expansion in the foundry ...
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May 13, 2010 - Industry News
NEDA, ECA merge, target counterfeit components
The National Electronics Distributors Association (NEDA) and the Electronic Components Association (ECA) announced an agreement to merge. ...
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