| Multi-core pushes RTOS, tool revisions
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2007-05-17 |
| RTOS and tool providers are improving model-driven design, virtual prototyping and C-language compilation to spur multi-core programming and debugging. |
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| Taiwan IC design houses provide system design services
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2007-05-17 |
| According to EE Times-Taiwan's "2007 Taiwan IC Design House Survey, the chipmakers are showing a strong trend towards designing for high-end CE applications. |
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| Avnet to extend ADI's pan-Asian connection
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2007-05-14 |
| Analog Devices has announced Avnet Electronics Marketing as first pan-Asian distributor. |
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| STM cuts its share in Hynix-STM JV
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2007-05-11 |
| Reducing STMicroelectronics' share in a chipmaking JV by 16 per cent, Hynix Semiconductor will invest an additional Rs.1,056.74 crore ($250 million) to increase memory chips manufacturing capacity. |
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| Nu Horizons becomes global Microsemi distributor
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2007-05-10 |
| Nu Horizons has become a globally authorised distributor of Microsemi's analogue and mixed-signal products |
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| Open constraint format triggers EDA standards debate
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2007-05-09 |
| The recent Synopsys Interoperability Forum may have offered the public the first view of an open analogue constraint format, which could be a beginning of a news standards effort. |
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| Start-up aims to become "TSMC of design"
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2007-05-08 |
| Indian start-up LogicFab is working on 90nm and 65nm in a design services business and will take on analogue and mixed-signal work in addition to digital design, informed its creator Rahul Sud |
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| AVLSI Consortium reveals projects underway
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2007-04-26 |
| IIT-Kharagpur's AVLSI Consortium met in March to review the status of current projects. EE Times India reports on the areas of industry-academia collaboration under the aegis of the consortium. |
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| Phase filter implements AJC technology; reduces power, silicon area
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2007-04-19 |
| Results of FME and Toric's embedded jitter project were revealed. |
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| Atrenta appoints industry veterans to expand European operations
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2007-04-18 |
| Atrenta Inc. announced the appointment of Dieter Rudolf and Martin McIntyre to help expand the company's Central and Northern European business operations. |
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| Tower found its forte in specialty areas
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2007-04-13 |
| Tower Semiconductor's turnaround story stands out because it is a testament to keen operational strategy and marketing. |
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| Fujitsu's new 300mm fab starts operation
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2007-04-12 |
| Fujitsu Ltd. has begun operating its second 300mm wafer fab for 65nm chip fabrication. Volume shipments will begin in July. |
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| TI taps Bengaluru-based IISc for R&D, chip innovation
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2007-04-06 |
| Although the prospect of setting up a manufacturing facility is far from his plans in India, Texas Instruments CEO Rich Templeton is certainly excited about the Indian semiconductor policy that was announced a few weeks ago. |
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| IISc to join TI's university programme
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2007-04-05 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. has invited Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to be a part of its Leadership University programme. Under the programme, IISc will join TI's research network as its first Leadership University outside the U.S. |
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| Silicon Labs sells Aero line to NXP for Rs.1,257.42 crore
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2007-03-28 |
| Silicon Laboratories Inc. has finalised the sale of the Aero product lines—Aero transceiver, AeroFONE single-chip phone and power amplifier—to NXP for Rs.1,257.42 crore. |
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| EDA industry grew 11% in 2006, says market report
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2007-03-27 |
| The new EDA Market Forecast report issued by Gary Smith EDA predicts strong growth for the industry through 2011. According to the report, the EDA industry grew approximately 11 per cent in 2006. |
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| Malaysia's ICmic to set up design centres overseas
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2007-03-23 |
| Reports circulate that IC Microsystems Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian fabless mixed-signal and RFIC vendor is planning to set up a U.K. design centre |
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| SMIC teams up with Cascade, Agilent for RFIC design, test
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2007-03-20 |
| SMIC announced separate partnerships with Cascade Microtech and Agilent Technologies to provide RFIC services for RF design engineers in greater China. |
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| Sanyo carries out restructuring plan, to sell semicon fab
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2007-03-20 |
| Sanyo Electric will sell its semiconductor operations as part of a restructuring plan, according to reports last week. |
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| Zilker Labs to showcase Digital-DC power products
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2007-03-09 |
| Zilker Labs will exhibit the latest end-applications based on its patented Digital-DC technology at the 2007 IIC-China in Beijing and Shanghai. |
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| Freescale reports reduction in EDA tool flow
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2007-03-05 |
| Freescale Semiconductor has reported significant design efficiency improvements and a sizeable reduction in the number of EDA "tool flows". |
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| Synaptics capacitive sensing done in OneTouch
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2007-03-01 |
| Synaptics Inc. has unveiled its capacitive sensing technology as a comprehensive, configurable solution for an expanding market. |
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| ST, BITS Pilani, IIT to set up research labs
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2007-02-19 |
| STMicroelectronics has announced that it is setting up joint state-of-the-art research and innovation labs at two premier Indian technology institutes, BITS Pilani and IIT Delhi. |
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| Designing low-power multi-processor chips
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2007-02-16 |
| Power consumption is not something that can be achieved using a single technique. It calls for a combination of factors, including simplified system design, an efficient memory controller and the use of multiple processors that are optimised for specific tasks. |
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| NSC revises revenue forecast
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2007-02-12 |
| National Semiconductor Corp. has revised its revenue outlook for the third fiscal quarter ending Feb. 25 due to lower-than-expected shipments of display products over the holiday season in its Asian distribution channel. |
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| Oki, UMCJ, Faraday partner to deliver 90nm services
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2007-01-31 |
| Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd, UMCJ and Faraday Technology have teamed up to offer 90nm design-to-manufacture services for the consumer market. |
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| Asia set sights on more design activities
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2007-01-08 |
| With the slew of investments and expansion projects undertaken in India, Singapore, Malaysia and even Vietnam last year, multinationals have reaffirmed their confidence in the potential of these nations. |
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| Microsemi opens Taiwan centre for closer Asian support
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2006-12-21 |
| Microsemi Corp. announced that it has opened a new design centre in Taiwan to provide closer technical support in Asia, site of its highest-growth customer base. The new Taipei facility will house the application and system engineering staff, customer service, and Asia sales management. |
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| QualCore's Hyderabad design centre focuses on IP devt
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2006-12-13 |
| One of the mandates of QualCore Logic Ltd's Hyderabad design centre is the development of innovative IPs. QualCore believes that its portfolio of silicon-proven IP has been the key to its successful execution of complex SoC or ASIC design projects. |
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| Holistic capabilities imperative for design, says Cadence CEO
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2006-12-11 |
| As design complexity across custom ICs, digital ICs, PCB and packaging increases, a holistic level of capabilities are now required from semiconductor design and EDA companies alike. |
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