| IBM claims first 45nm SOI foundry service
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2008-11-12 |
| IBM's Microelectronics Group claims the industry's first 45-nm, silicon-on-insulator foundry offering. |
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| DSPs reembrace multi-core architecture
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2008-11-03 |
| DSPs are reembracing multi-core architectures for specific applications possessing well-partitioned processing tasks. |
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| Avoid design issues with package-aware I/O planning
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2008-10-07 |
| Chip designers must consider package routability, power delivery and I/O behaviour during the initial I/O planning process |
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| Micromint, IAR partner for industrial SBC
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2008-10-03 |
| Micromint selected IAR as its tools partner for its latest computer board targeted at the industrial market. |
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| NextIO, Virage Logic to advance process node
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2008-10-01 |
| NextIO has named Virage Logic as its IP Partner for 65-nm embedded memories. |
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| On-chip multi-processing steps up
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2008-09-18 |
| SoC design components now mean on-chip symmetric multi-processing under a single OS. |
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| Jedec spec enables more accurate serial ADCs
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2008-09-16 |
| IBM's 8B/10B makes single transmission-line-pair communications possible at frequencies above 2GHz. |
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| Cellular GPS shipments to outweigh PND market
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2008-09-10 |
| The market for GPS in cellular is expected to treble in 2008, at the expense of the PND market. |
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| Storage gurus debate future of flash drives
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2008-09-08 |
| Storage gurus from IBM and EMC debated on the future of flash memory drives in servers and storage systems. |
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| Blade server employs Opteron processor
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2008-09-08 |
| AMD announced that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors exclusively power the HP ProLiant BL495c virtualisation blade |
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| TI backs ratification of IEEE 1149.7 standard
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2008-09-04 |
| Texas Instruments has announced that it is driving the ratification of the IEEE 1149.7 standard |
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| FPGA, CPLD vendors eye automotive sector
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2008-09-01 |
| One of the promising markets that FPGA and CPLD vendors have been looking into is the automotive sector. |
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| ISR design with multi-core processors
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2008-08-25 |
| The integrated services router is quickly becoming the single most important security device in many enterprises, particularly in small and medium-size networks. |
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| IC packaging industry to grow further
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2008-08-22 |
| The IC packaging industry is expected to grow further as semiconductor outlook is quite positive, reports ETP. |
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| Broadcast industry shifts to HD DTV
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2008-08-19 |
| The U.S. TV broadcast industry is marching towards an all-digital future. |
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| How are microcontrollers changing?
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2008-08-05 |
| For a system designer choosing a microcontroller, today's available MCUs can make the search quite complex. |
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| Advanced memory tech offers higher speed
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2008-08-01 |
| LPDDR2 offers higher speed, lower-voltage operation, larger capacities and lower pin count than the current generation. |
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| Intel, ARM race to power consumer computing devices
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2008-07-30 |
| In principle, consumer computing devices can use any processor powerful enough to run a full-featured browser. |
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| Intel enters SoC market
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2008-07-28 |
| Intel currently has 15 SoC projects in its pipeline, all tailored for new growth markets, eight of them will be rolled out soon. |
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| PCIe goes everywhere
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2008-07-22 |
| PCI Express has become the leading chip interconnect, dominating in servers, storage systems and PCs. |
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| Integration in SoCs may be cost-defective
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2008-06-17 |
| The industry faces a dilemma: How much functionality should it integrate on a single device to be cost-effective? |
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| Virtualisation specs to allow shared networking
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2008-06-12 |
| The I/O Virtualisation specs open the door to new ways to roll out shared networking capabilities for servers |
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| Applied Micro, Silicon Image tie up for NAs
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2008-06-06 |
| AMCC and Silicon Image Inc. has announced an alliance to provide network attached storage reference designs. |
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| General-purpose PCIe approach ends
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2008-06-02 |
| General-purpose switching and bridging components no longer have a place in demanding PCIe-based systems. |
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| ESD devices advance to meet trends
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2008-06-02 |
| Trends are changing ESD protection requirements to acknowledge key parameters. |
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| Midsize motherboards diversify
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2008-06-02 |
| Midsize motherboards diversify, ranging from about 40-50-inch2, the activity centers primarily on 6.7-inch x 6.7-inch Mini-ITX and 5.75-inch x 8-inch EBX motherboards. |
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| TSMC eyes safety-critical car market
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2008-05-20 |
| TSMC is discussing entry into the safety-critical automotive silicon market in Europe. |
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| ARM wins round in MMP patent dispute case
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2008-05-15 |
| ARM has won a significant round in the legal dispute with TPL and Patriot over the MMP portfolio. |
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| Demo shows 6Gbps SAS interoperability
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2008-05-08 |
| LSI, Dell and Seagate demonstrated the interoperability of 6Gbit/SAS I/O throughput and data integrity confirmation |
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| Algorithms automate labs-on-chip
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2008-04-24 |
| Research groups have developed algorithms for the automation of microfluidic labs-on-chip capable of chemical identification and medical tests. |
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