| Wipro: Working on analogue
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2008-06-02 |
| Anand Valavi of Wipro Technologies heads the team of Indian engineers to do analogue work |
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| ST, EMP extend partnership for baseband project
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2008-05-29 |
| ST has announced their intention to extend their partnership with EMP to develop an analogue baseband |
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| Outsourced IC design starts grew by 20%
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2008-05-27 |
| Chip design outsourcing starts has grown by 20 per cent in 2007, reports Gartner Inc. |
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| Axis, Bosch, Sony push for standardisation
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2008-05-21 |
| Axis, Bosch and Sony will be working together to initiate an open forum for developing the interface standard of network video products. |
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| HDMI preserves HD from TV to portables
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2008-05-01 |
| New MIPS HDMI answers a key design challenge of preserving HD image quality from TV to portables. |
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| India makes great strides in analogue design
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2008-04-10 |
| India has made great strides in recent years in the field of analogue design |
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| Magma acquires Sabio to beef up mixed-signal portfolio
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2008-03-03 |
| Magma has acquired Sabio Labs to incorporate Sabio?s tech into the Titan mixed-signal design platform to provide a comprehensive solution for analogue IP process migration and mixed-signal design |
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| eMemory-MagnaChip team on OTP macro for 0.18µm
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2008-02-19 |
| eMemory Technology and MagnaChip have decided to collaborate in the devt of embedded NVM tech and the qualification of an 0.18µm OTP macro using both the CMOS logic and high-voltage processes. |
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| VLSI Conference panel discusses EDA standards
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2008-02-16 |
| The panel discussion on "Standards in EDA" at the 2008 VLSI Design Conference had representatives from Accellera, IEEE, Si2 Consortium, AMS Committee and VSIA, agreeing that the Indian engineering community is gradually becoming a part of the standardisation process. |
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| National Semi launches low-power IC 'ecosystem' in India
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2008-02-11 |
| National Semiconductor will form a coalition with Indian suppliers, centered on its PowerWise portfolio of products and IP relating to adaptive energy management |
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| Taiwan's CE market shows great promise
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2008-02-06 |
| In 2007, Taiwan's display, communication and CE industries have delivered many surprises. With global TV digitalisation approaching, the future looks bright for the entire display industry. |
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| Toshiba deploys Cadence ultraslim simulator
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2008-01-31 |
| Cadence has announced that Toshiba has deployed its Virtuoso UltraSim full-chip simulator for reliability analysis at 65nm and below to help ensure high performance and improve yield and quality of devices. |
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| X-FAB adds RF-CMOS options to 0.18µm tech
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2008-01-16 |
| X-FAB has transformed the X-FAB Sarawak, Malaysia, facility into an analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) fab and transferred four complex processes and added a new 0.18 micrometer tech to its line-up |
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| RF IP providers ink WiMAX marketing deal
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2008-01-15 |
| Coresonic has announced a joint marketing agreement with SySDSoft to offer a solution combining baseband processor firmware and MAC layer plus protocol stacks as a complete RF tech package for SoC developers. |
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| Sigma acquires Gennum's VXP image processing biz
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2008-01-07 |
| Sigma Designs has agreed to acquire Genuum's VXP image processing biz for cash payment of approximately Rs.71.06 crore ($18 million). |
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| IPextreme brings Motorola's advanced IC tech to market
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2007-12-05 |
| IPextreme has announced that the company is bringing advanced Motorola patented clock generation tech to market that eliminates need for multiple analogue PLLs enabling lower cost and reliable devices |
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| austriamicrosystems expands MPW service for foundry customers
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2007-11-16 |
| austriamicrosystems' business unit Full Service Foundry expands its cost-efficient and speedy ASIC prototyping service, known as MPW or shuttle run, with a more extensive schedule for 2008. |
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| 45nm designs face I/O planning, placement challenges
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2007-11-01 |
| With the move to the 45nm process node, more chip designs are going to be pad-limited, and die sizes will be directly affected by how I/Os are placed and sequenced efficiently.. |
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| UWB teams up with PCIe
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2007-11-01 |
| The convergence of UWB and PCIe in the notebook will drive high-performance wireless connections for PANs and other short-distance I/O applications. This article examines the trends. |
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| Dealing with IP at smaller process nodes
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2007-11-01 |
| With the increasing demand for connectivity IP for high-speed serial buses, the IC tech require ultralow-power derivatives of high-performance logic manufacturing processes that enable production of very low-power SoCs for mobile platforms and small form-factor devices |
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| India plays critical role in global electronics design chain
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2007-10-29 |
| As more communications, consumer, PC, industrial and auto products evolve toward the embedded, SoC design and devt model, India is poised to become a critical link in the global electronics design chain. |
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| MIPS-Chipidea merger transforms SoC design
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2007-10-16 |
| MIPS technologies acquisition of Chipidea is seen as a step to enter the customer's SoC design process early in the cycle and to offer customers standard blocks that combine digital and analogue |
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| Leadis acquires Nuelight IP to beef up AMOLED
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2007-10-10 |
| Leadis Technology has acquired IP from Nuelight that improves manufacturing yields by correcting non-uniform brightness without increasing backplane complexity in its active-matrix OLED display drivers |
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| Synopsys acquires Sandwork Design
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2007-10-05 |
| Synopsys has acquired a provider of analogue and mixed-signal verification solutions to provide a comprehensive environment for verification and debug |
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| Chip companies to explore spectrum opportunity
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2007-10-01 |
| A race is on among RF chip designers to determine who will have what chips with what performance dynamics ready when new 700MHz spectrum owners start planting towers as early as February 2009. |
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| National classifies energy-efficient ICs
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2007-09-25 |
| National Semiconductor is classifying its power management and signal-path products with good performance-to-power ratios and adding them to its PowerWise line. |
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| Brazil treads tough terrain in quest to become IC design hub
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2007-09-07 |
| The Brazilian government has realised that meeting Brazil?s growing demand for ICs by developing them within its own borders could both stem the tide of illegal chips and bolster the country's competitiveness. |
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| Databeans: Medical telemetry market attracts IC suppliers
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2007-09-04 |
| An application area gaining momentum in medical electronics is telemedicine or telemetry, where electronics at home provide a means of communication between patient and caregiver or between patient and call centre. |
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| MIPS may acquire a DSP core company
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2007-09-04 |
| After the acquisition of Chipidea Microelectronica, MIPS CEO John Bourgoin hinted on the need of the DSP core for data planes. |
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| Structured ASICs- an attractive option for custom IC design
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2007-09-03 |
| Given the increasing NRE charges and long design schedules associated with deep-submicron standard-cell ASICs, the use of structured ASICs for custom IC design is an increasingly attractive option.. |
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