| Will Wipro exit semiconductor IP biz?
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2009-09-10 |
| R&D services provider Wipro Technologies has apparently decided to get out of the semiconductor IP business. |
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| Tough times for silicon start-ups
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2009-08-28 |
| Opportunities are changing and narrowing for semiconductor start-ups as raising new funds to invest in high tech companies of any kind is getting increasingly difficult. |
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| Tower, Jazz, SVTC team up on MEMS
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2009-08-25 |
| Tower Semiconductor Ltd and Jazz Semiconductor Inc. have signed an MOU with Technologies that will expand Tower and Jazz's aerospace and defence (A&D) MEMS customer base. |
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| IDT shuts down fab, turns to TSMC
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2009-08-12 |
| Integrated Device Technology Inc. (IDT) is taking the fabless route. As part of the plan, IDT will shut down its fab in Oregon and will transfer the production to TSMC. |
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| Partners push USB 3.0 growth
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2009-08-12 |
| SMSC and Symwave Inc. have partnered to accelerate delivery of end-to-end USB 3.0 solutions for mobile, consumer and computing. |
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| Start-ups scramble for spot in FPGA market
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2009-07-29 |
| Since programmable logic vendors have traditionally provided software design tools to users at very low or no cost, the price of entry in this market includes not just silicon R&D, but software R&D as well. |
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| NXP muses on digital TV biz
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2009-07-28 |
| NXP BV CEO Rick Clemmer disclosed the company is looking to make a strategic change its digital consumer business, as part of efforts to focus on high-performance mixed-signal circuits |
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| Cadence, Toshiba address SoC design challenges
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2009-07-23 |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Co. are collaborating to address the challenges of existing and next-generation SoC designs. |
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| Cosmic readies 40nm mixed-signal test chip
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2009-07-15 |
| Cosmic Circuits, provider of differentiated analogue and mixed-signal IP cores, has announced the tape out of its TSMC 40nm mixed-signal test chip |
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| Cadence CEO sees innovation opportunities in downturn
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2009-07-14 |
| Cadence appointed Lip-Bu Tan the president and CEO of the company early this year. On a recent visit to India, he shared his perspective of the market, technology and design trends, and his company's strategy with Vivek Nanda at EE Times India. |
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| Will LTX-Credence's new ATE strategy work?
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2009-07-07 |
| Mark LaPedus opines on the LTX-Credence's chances of competing against ATE big shots such as Advantest, Verigy and Teradyne. |
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| SpringSoft, TSMC tie-up for multi-node
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2009-06-25 |
| Joint multi-node process design kit portfolio development is started by SpringSoft and TSMC. |
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| Chip start-ups get the squeeze
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2009-06-24 |
| The Tzero story will likely be repeated more than a hundred times over the next few years as investors slash through a decade of over-investments in semiconductor start-ups. |
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| Accellera merges with The Spirit Consortium
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2009-06-16 |
| The two EDA industry organisations aim to improve the development of language-based and IP standards. |
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| List: Ten blunders in electronics industry
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2009-06-15 |
| EE Times has compiled a list of 10 moves that, in our opinion, can be called questionable. |
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| Cadence claims leadership in analogue/mixed signal
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2009-06-08 |
| Cadence CEO: We want to become even stronger and make our product even more stable. |
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| Analysis: The story behind MIPS-Chipidea breakup
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2009-05-20 |
| An examination of the MIPS-Chipidea breakup suggests that both did not have the qualities to make the merger work. |
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| MIPS, Chipidea break up
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2009-05-12 |
| MIPS has divested its analogue business group to Synopsys in an all-cash transaction for Rs.111.36 crore ($22 million). |
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| LFoundry exec sees bright future ahead
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2009-05-07 |
| Michael Lehnert: With our technology, we will gain a large share of the market. |
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| Despite downturn, TSMC invests in R&D
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2009-04-23 |
| TSMC remains cautiously optimistic about the IC industry and vowed that it will continue to invest in R&D despite the downturn. |
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| VCs puzzled over future investments
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2009-04-22 |
| Xilinx CEO Moshe Gavrielov said it was all over: Venture capital would not return to the semiconductor industry. |
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| Microchip aims to 'elbow out' MCU rivals
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2009-04-17 |
| Microchip hopes to expand its product lines amid a growing crisis in the MCU and overall IC supply chain. |
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| A closer look at Dialog
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2009-04-16 |
| Dialog CEO: System power management will remain our main area of expertise, and we plan to build on that. |
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| 'Moore's Law is running out of gas'
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2009-04-13 |
| IBM's Anderson says the semi industry has matured to the point that the pace of continued innovation is slowing. |
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| Magma CEO upbeat on analogue push
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2009-03-31 |
| Despite difficult times, Magma CEO Madhavan remains upbeat about new products and the company's inroads in analogue EDA. |
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| ST-Ericsson CEO on LTE
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2009-02-25 |
| Dutheil: We intend to be a key player in the wireless industry with complete solutions. |
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| Analyst positive on Broadcom's cellular biz
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2009-02-19 |
| According to FBR analyst Craig Berger, the announcement that Broadcom will be a supplier to some of Nokia's HSPA-based handsets continues a pattern of recent design wins that should position the company to gain share in the cellular handset market in years to come. |
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| Smartphones keep suppliers afloat
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2009-02-10 |
| The smart phone market is helping some companies to keep their heads above water and propelling others to impressive growth. |
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| Renesas CEO retires amid losses, layoffs
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2009-02-03 |
| The world's largest MCU supplier changes executives as it deals with major losses brought on by the IC slump. |
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| Adaptive braking systems boost chip demand
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2009-01-16 |
| A Semico study shows automotive adaptive braking systems will demand an increasing amount of chips and transistors. |
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