| Will the TI-NSC merger be a winner, loser or both?
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2011-04-13 |
| Yet another perspective on why acquisitions in general and high-tech ones in particular are less than successful, in most cases. |
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| Is NXP seeking merger?
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2011-04-12 |
| Online reports indicate that NXP is discussing a proposed takeover with Intel Corp., Qualcomm and Broadcom though it is uncertain if the company would make a good fit for the highly digital chipmakers. |
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| Lattice Semiconductor expands India presence
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2011-04-07 |
| Lattice Semiconductor Corp. expands its presence in India with the official inauguration of Lattice India offering a complete sales and support centre. |
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| iWatt adopts Magma's mixed-signal design platform
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2011-03-30 |
| iWatt adopts Magma's Titan mixed-signal design platform to automate routing tasks such as analogue cell layouts and chip-level assembly claiming improved analogue design and layout productivity |
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| Broadcom expands into microwave backhaul
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2011-03-25 |
| Broadcom Corp. announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Provigent to expand its reach into the Rs.22,740.45 crore ($5B) microwave backhaul equipment business. |
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| Microsemi develops storage device for SSD market
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2011-03-25 |
| Targeted at mission-critical applications, TRRUST-Stor gives users a hardware-based implementation of AES-256 encryption with XTS, thus enabling even higher levels of security. |
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| Amlogic adopts Synposys verification tool
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2011-03-22 |
| Amlogic adopts Synopsys' CustomSim solution for mixed-signal verification of multimedia SoCs reporting a fivefold improvement in verification throughput |
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| Avago directors step down
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2011-03-17 |
| Analogue and mixed-signal chip vendor, Avago Technologies Ltd announced the company's reorganisation following a secondary share offering as well as the resignation of three of its board of directors |
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| IR to buy CHiL, add digital power tech
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2011-03-03 |
| International Rectifier Corp. is set to buy CHiL Semiconductor Corp. (CHiL) for Rs.344 crore ($75 million) in cash in a bid to strengthen its market position in digital power management. |
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| Faraday taps Silicon Frontline for ADC verification
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2011-03-02 |
| Faraday chooses Silicon Frontline's F3D verification tool to enable accurate post-layout 3D extraction of its ADCs. |
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| Maxim forays into digital power
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2011-03-01 |
| Maxim forays into the digital power IC market with its InTune brand digital power technology that boasts 5x lower bias current than competing devices. |
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| TI lab starter kit teaches analogue system design
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2011-02-28 |
| Texas Instruments introduces the Analogue System Lab starter kit, a course designed to provide students with an exposure to the world of analogue and mixed-signal processing |
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| VIA adopts Mentor's Calibre PERC for ESD protection
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2011-02-10 |
| VIA Technologies Inc. adopts Mentor Graphics Corp.'s Calibre PERC electrical rule checking product for enabling ESD protection on its x86 processor platforms. |
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| Xilinx set for radio, base band platform display
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2011-02-09 |
| Xilinx Inc. is all set to showcase platforms for radio and base band processing at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, from Feb. 14—17. |
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| PDK standards not in sight
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2011-02-08 |
| With disagreements over approaches to PDK standards, a solution that will enable and speed up new analogue and mixed-signal designs in a foundry is not expected anytime soon |
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| X-Fab aims to fortify MEMS tech, teams with MFI
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2011-02-07 |
| X-Fab has purchased a 25.5 per cent stake in MEMS Foundry Itzehoe (MFI) that will enable the analogue/mixed signal foundry to strengthen its technology foundation in key areas of MEMS production |
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| Viewpoints of a sceptic
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2011-01-31 |
| Narang Kishor of Narnix Technolabs plays the devil's advocate to identify "gaps" in India's engineering education and training, and the electronics industry's strategic development plans. |
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| Silicon Labs buys integrated timing solns provider
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2011-01-31 |
| Silicon Laboratories Inc. buys integrated timing solutions provider SpectraLinear Inc. for an estimated Rs.183.46 crore ($40 million). |
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| STARC qualifies design tool for AMS reference flow
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2011-01-28 |
| Japan semiconductor technology research consortium STARC reports qualifying and selecting Solido Design Automation's Solido Variation Designer for its STARCAD-AMS analogue/mixed-signal reference flow |
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| Designing next-generation electronics
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2011-01-25 |
| There are three megatrends for next-generation electronics design in India. However, the engineers also face some key challenges in terms of productivity, reliability and reusability, says MathWorks' Arun Mulpur. |
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| Smartphone paradigm shift necessitates newer SoCs
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2011-01-21 |
| The smartphone paradigm shift has elevated the importance of high-performance analogue and mixed-signal ICs while creating opportunities for suppliers of mixed-signal application solutions |
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| Up, close with the MSO/DPO5000 series
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2010-12-28 |
| In a written response to EE Times India, Naresh Narasimhan, country manager, Tektronix India expounds on the recently unveiled line of mixed signal oscilloscope platform, the MSO/DPO5000 series |
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| Chip manufacturers gear up for 'fab-tight'
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2010-12-21 |
| Malcolm Penn, principal analyst with Future Horizons, forecasts 6 per cent growth of the chip market in 2011 saying semiconductor manufacturers are going through a shift from fab-light to fab-tight. |
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| Speculations cast on semiconductor technology roadmaps
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2010-12-15 |
| With fewer papers this year at the IEDM, and chipmakers reluctant to divulge plans for 22-/20nm, rumours abounded that leading-edge foundries will extend bulk CMOS. |
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| Melfas taps Magma's Talus for touch sensor chips
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2010-12-07 |
| Melfas taps Magma's Talus RTL, Vortex, and Power Pro tools and FineSim SPICE circuit simulation tool to implement two MCS-8000 touch sensor chips. |
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| Radiometrix signs on distributor for India
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2010-11-19 |
| Radiometrix has chosen APC Technologies as its channel partner to tap into the Indian market for wireless design. |
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| Is the chip industry still attractive to VCs?
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2010-11-18 |
| The semiconductor sector is at a turning point where emerging trends could transform the semiconductor sector from a vibrant, innovative engine of the technology economy to a slow-moving purveyor of "me too" products. |
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| Cadence shows the holistic way to silicon realisation
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2010-10-29 |
| The approach is focused on offering products and technologies that deliver on the three requirements for a deterministic path to silicon: unified design intent, design abstraction and design convergence. |
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| IPL Alliance gets STMicro on board
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2010-10-20 |
| Joining IPL Alliance as its first semiconductor board member, STMicroelectronics brings interoperability expertise for multi-vendor flow to the alliance's efforts. |
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| Renesas' updates status of mixed-signal MCUs
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2010-10-19 |
| Renesas has been working on mixed-signal microcontrollers and is now hopeful of launching these devices within the next two years |
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