February 3, 2012 - Industry News
Lines blurring between digital, analog design worlds
Lines are blurring between the once distinct areas of digital and analog design, necessitating new tools and new ways of design collaboration, ...
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February 3, 2012 - Industry News
U.K. to spend $120 million on graphene institute
The U.K. government has said it will spend £70 million (about $120 million) to fund a national institute of graphene research and commercialisation ...
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February 3, 2012 - Top Story News
TSMC Plans 3-D IC Assembly Launch Early 2013
Leading IC foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. plans to announce 3-D IC assembly service as a general offering at the beginning of 2013. The technology is called COWOS internally, standing for chip on wafer on substrate and Marced ...
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February 3, 2012 - Industry News
The R&D credit doesn't work
The R&D tax credit expired on Dec. 31, 2011, and its passing produced hardly a noticeable ripple throughout the high-tech industry. That's not because ...
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February 2, 2012 - Industry News
Broadcom beats estimates
Chip vendor Broadcom Corp. reported fourth quarter results and gave first quarter guidance that beat analysts' expectations. Broadcom reported fourth ...
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February 2, 2012 - Industry News
Wanted: 3-D IC standards within six months
Standards for 3-D chip stacks need to be in place within six months to stay ahead of chips rolling out in 2013, said a Qualcomm executive driving ...
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February 1, 2012 - Industry News
CEA-Leti opens 3-D IC packaging service
French research institute CEA-Leti has announced the launch of a 3-D packaging platform and service that provides industrial and academic partners ...
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February 1, 2012 - Top Story News
Wanted: 3-D IC Standards Within 6 Months
Standards for 3-D chip stacks need to be in place within six months to stay ahead of chips rolling out in 2013, said a Qualcomm executive driving some of the efforts. The good news is Jedec released in early January an initial standard for Wide I/O ...
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January 31, 2012 - Industry News
Automating the MEMS design processes
With the market for micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) chips growing at a 50 percent annual growth rate, according to Goldman Sachs (New York), ...
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January 30, 2012 - Top Story News
TSMC Returns Fire Over 28-nm Process Issues
Foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has hit back at analysts who have said it has yield problems with its 28-nm CMOS manufacturing processes. Maria Marced, president of TSMC Europe, repeated what has been said before by herself and other ...
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January 30, 2012 - Industry News
Foundry, logic customers drive KLA orders rebound
Semiconductor capital equipment vendor KLA-Tencor Corp. posted declines in sales and profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31, but reported a significant ...
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January 30, 2012 - Industry News
Globalfoundries CEO says company is back on track
Globalfoundries CEO Ajit Manocha has praised his firm for what he called a "remarkable quarter" in Q411, and promised that the foundry was on track ...
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January 30, 2012 - Industry News
Rebuilding America: Proposals emerge to fix 'dysfunctional' R&D tax credit
As the debate over how to revive U.S. manufacturing heats up, tax and other proposals are emerging to provide incentives for technology companies to ...
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January 27, 2012 - Industry News
Micron's president to retire
D. Mark Durcan, president and chief operating officer at memory chip vendor Micron Technology Inc., will step down at the end of Micron's current fiscal ...
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January 27, 2012 - Industry News
LSI beats estimates
Storage and networking chip vendor LSI Corp. delivered fourth quarter sales and first quarter guidance that exceeded analysts' expectations. LSI reported ...
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January 27, 2012 - Industry News
Teradyne reports uptick in orders in Q4
Automatic test equipment vendor Teradyne Inc. reported fourth quarter sales that exceeded analysts' expectations and said order bookings improved by ...
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January 27, 2012 - Industry News
Fab tool spending outlook improving, says Lam CEO
Wafer fab equipment spending is likely to decline in 2012 compared to 2011, but the magnitude of that decline appears a lot smaller than it did a ...
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January 27, 2012 - Industry News
Teradyne reports uptick in orders in Q4
Automatic test equipment vendor Teradyne Inc. reported fourth quarter sales that exceeded analysts' expectations and said order bookings improved by more ...
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January 26, 2012 - Top Story News
Fab Tool Spending Outlook Improving
Wafer fab equipment spending is likely to decline in 2012 compared to 2011, but the magnitude of that decline appears a lot smaller than it did a few months ago, according to Martin Anstice, president and CEO of semiconductor equipment vendor Lam ...
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January 26, 2012 - Industry News
Elpida announces ReRAM chip, aims to enter market 2013
Struggling DRAM maker Elpida Memory Inc. has announced the development of a non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. The company said it plans ...
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January 26, 2012 - Industry News
Fab tool book-to-bill improves again
North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.88 in December, up from a final book-to-bill of 0.83 in ...
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January 26, 2012 - Industry News
Israel gives Intel ultimatum on fab grant
The Israeli government is attempting to force Intel Corp.'s hand on a decision to potentially build a new fab in the north of the country in ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
Apple posts record sales, earnings
Apple Inc. reported its highest ever quarterly sales and earnings, thanks to record sales of its iPhones, iPads and Macs. "We're thrilled with our ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
Engineering salaries on the rise
Salaries in the tech sector, especially for engineers, are at their highest level since 2008, according to a recent survey, with average yearly pay for ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
Elpida in merger talks with Micron, Nanya
Elpida Memory Inc., the troubled Japanese DRAM maker, is in the final stage of discussions about a merger with U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology ...
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