January 16, 2012 - Industry News
Mentor and Freescale partner on virtual platforms
Mentor Graphics and Freescale Semiconductor have entered into a partnership agreement with the intent to deliver high-speed simulation platforms for ...
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December 22, 2011 - Industry News
TSMC breaks ground for third phase of GigaFab
Chip foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has broken ground for the third phase of its Fab 15 wafer fab in the Central Taiwan Science ...
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July 12, 2010 - Industry News
The democratization of MEMS design and manufacturing
It feels all so familiar with MEMS poised to cross the chasm just like analog did 20 years ago. A perfect storm is brewing in semiconductor ...
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June 17, 2010 - Technology News
Toshiba reports 16-nm nanowire transistor
Toshiba Corp. has developed technology for a nanowire transistor, a major candidate for system LSI in the 16-nm generation and beyond. The company ...
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June 15, 2010 - Industry News
Three areas help fuel electronics resurgence: video, security, power
The semiconductor industry's recovery, assuming there will be one, is likely to be led by new video and security applications, as well as ...
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June 1, 2010 - Industry News
Initiative forms around anti-counterfeiting technology
A group of electronics firms announced the formation of a security initiative around a technology designed to combat electronics counterfeiting ...
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May 18, 2010 - Technology News
Mixed-signal and power-integration packaging solutions
Even before the first transistor was invented, there has been a constant drive to integrate more and more functionality into a single product. ...
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March 5, 2010 - Top Story News
IC Makers Need to Get Smart
What are the new growth drivers--or next big things--in semiconductors?
At the Semico Outlook Conference here this week, industry executives ...
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February 18, 2010 - Technology News
Top technologies for the warfighter
Our third-annual look at commercial technologies coming to a battlefield near you. What started out as "This year's top trends affecting the ...
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December 30, 2009 - Technology News
Multicore technologies and software challenges
Multicore processors, which are basically processors with more than one core, are entering mainstream. Today, even desktops are having two or ...
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December 16, 2009 - Technology News
Embedded Processing Trends, Part 2: Hyper-integrated MCUs
Microcontrollers (MCUs) today are amazing examples of synergy and innovation. Anywhere from 30,000 to 2 million gates are contained on a ...
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December 11, 2009 - Technology News
Let's get small: NEMS poised to overtake MEMS
To hear leading experts on emerging chip technologies tell it, nanoelectromechanical systems, or NEMS, the smaller cousin of mainstream ...
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October 21, 2009 - Industry News
Will Tessera's 'smart module' gamble pay off?
With little or no fanfare, Tessera Technologies Inc. has accomplished a rare feat: It is one of the few intellectual-property (IP) chip ...
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October 20, 2009 - Technology News
Sensor signal conditioning need not be difficult
New tools can help with the challenge of matching sensors with analog circuitry. Sensors of all types have come a long way in the last few ...
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October 16, 2009 - Technology News
Time Warp at Cypress
Cypress Semiconductor President and CEO T.J. Rodgers has been gushing lately over his company's new PSoC Creator integrated development ...
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September 10, 2009 - Technology News
Cost-effective SoCs are the key to fostering innovation
Innovation is being stifled by the lack of options for chip design implementation. Innovation entails trying the unknown. It's an ...
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August 26, 2009 - Industry News
The state of multicore software
The promise of multicore processors is extremely compelling, providing a viable path toward higher performance and lower power for a broad range ...
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August 25, 2009 - Technology News
The state of multicore software
The promise of multicore processors is extremely compelling, providing a viable path toward higher performance and lower power for a broad range ...
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July 15, 2009 - Industry News
FPGAs to grow faster than broader IC market
FPGA revenue is projected to grow in 2013, a faster growth rate than is anticipated for the the broader IC market. The report, titled "A Guide ...
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July 1, 2009 - Technology News
Touchscreens 101: Understanding touchscreen technology and design
Touchscreens (sometimes spelled as touch screen) are everywhere: they are embedded in phones, office equipment, speakers, digital photo frames, ...
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May 28, 2009 - Technology News
Adopting An SOC-based Approach to Designing Handheld Medical Devices
In designing embedded devices for the variety of medical devices, selecting the right components to meet design specifications, keep costs down, ...
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May 8, 2009 - Technology News
Programmable PC clock family is non-volatile
Fine programming granularity, effective clock signal remedy, fast time to market highlight SpectraLinear's PC clock family. ...
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May 8, 2009 - Technology News
Quartz crystals resist cracking in engine controls
A series of quartz crystals from Nihon Dempa Koygo Ltd. are touted as being designed for high resistance to solder cracking when used with lead-free ...
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April 21, 2009 - Technology News
USB OTG: The only wired interface portable consumer products need?
With so many portable product interfaces, UBS On-the-Go is perhaps the best choice in many situations. In this article, the author makes a strong ...
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April 16, 2009 - Industry News
MEMS ready to lead component revolution
Semiconductor vendors are in either in the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sector or will be out of business; that was the stark assertion ...
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