| 2010-04-12 |
IBM: Expect design rule explosion beyond 22nm |
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IBM researcher Kevin Nowka described the physical design challenges beyond the 22nm node, emphasizing that sub-wavelength lithography has made silicon image fidelity a serious challenge. |
| 2010-03-12 |
RFID market to post 14% CAGR by 2015 |
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Despite the economic setbacks, RFID is set for steady growth through the next five years, with an expected CAGR of 14%, according to new market data by ABI Research. |
| 2009-12-22 |
MIPS, Tensilica team on Android platform-based SoC |
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MIPS, Tensilica aim to help companies speed the design of new Android based mobile consumer and home entertainment products with their Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio DSP integrated MIPS32 processor. |
| 2009-10-28 |
Dual-motor MCU leverages ARM technology |
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Toshiba's new MCU is the first ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based MCU to include hardware vector engine. |
| 2009-09-29 |
Tiny oscillators handle -40ˇăC to +85ˇăC |
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AVX Corp. has beefed up its SMD temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) series to include AEC-Q200 approved versions. |
| 2009-09-24 |
IBM unveils eDRAM for fastest SOI chip |
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IBM has made a prototype of what it claims is the smallest, densest and fastest dynamic memory device. |
| 2009-09-24 |
'Thinnest' microSD card connector rolls |
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Alps Electric has developed the SCHA series of microSD card connector for mobile phones and other compact digital devices. |
| 2009-09-24 |
NXP, Skymeter sort out road user charging |
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They will combine NXP's automotive telematics platform with Skymeter's billing applications and services. |
| 2009-09-23 |
Entropic, ViXS develop MoCA NAS ref design |
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Entropic and ViXS are developing an advanced HD network attached storage reference design that enables premium content capture, storage and sharing over a MoCA home network. |
| 2009-09-23 |
Dev't board prototypes designs in a snap |
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Altium rolls a new FPGA-based development board that eases instant prototyping of electronic designs. |
| 2009-09-22 |
MOSFET driver tips 60V for LCD backlights |
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Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. has announced a 60V power MOSFET driver for white LEDs. |
| 2009-09-22 |
Execs tackle ASIC, FPGA design challenges |
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The ASIC versus FPGA debate took an interesting turn, as executives from two design tool firms offered duelling keynote address on the virtues of and challenges facing FPGA-based and ASICs-based SoCs designs |
| 2009-09-21 |
Wipro Infotech opens India tech innovation hub |
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Wipro Infotech has established a technology innovation hub in Bangalore, which will work across technologies to develop innovative IT solutions. |
| 2009-09-18 |
Spectrum analyzer measures through Ku band |
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Tektronix's new spectrum analyzer exceeds all the capabilities of the company's RSA6000 series. |
| 2009-09-18 |
CMOS sensors enable customizable SNR performance |
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Image sensor specialist e2v is set to ship by the end of this year a range of 1.3Mixel CMOS sensors targeting industrial applications and having embedded features. |
| 2009-09-18 |
IBM helps smarten health care in Thailand |
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Bangkok Hospital Group is teaming up with IBM to upgrade its patient care services. |
| 2009-09-17 |
Samsung Electro-Mechanics receives RF4CE certification |
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced that it has attained Zigbee RF4CE certification in Korea. |
| 2009-09-16 |
Magneti Marelli, ST sign electric vehicle memo |
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Magneti Marelli and STMicroelectronics have signed a memorandum of understanding that extends the Formula 1 agreement between the two companies. |
| 2009-09-15 |
Agilent, RS Components extend distribution pact |
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Agilent Technologies Inc. has selected RS Components as a distributor of its test and measurement products in Asia. |
| 2009-09-15 |
Denso, Freescale, TRW push auto bus standard |
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The companies formed a DSI consortium that seeks to enhance the capability of DSI bus systems, expand apps. |
| 2009-09-15 |
India technology centre gets Synopsys grant |
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Synopsys named IIT-Kharagpur as the recipient of the Charles Babbage Grant. |
| 2009-09-14 |
RF tuners support multiple mobile TV standards |
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Analog Devices Inc. has beefed up its line-up of mobile TV RF product family with the introduction of what the company claims is the smallest terrestrial mobile TV RF tuners. |
| 2009-09-11 |
3D TSV group boosts Singapore IC industry |
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Singapore forms a 3D TSV consortium with industry players to push semiconductors into the next-generation. |
| 2009-09-09 |
600V MOSFETs ups reliability of resonant converters |
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Fairchild's 600V Super-Junction MOSFETs touts that its low RDS(ON) and total gate charge brings 40 per cent lower Figure of Merit compared to the 600V SuperFET MOSFETs. |
| 2009-09-09 |
Understanding automotive instrument cluster apps |
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The complexity of vehicle electronics has significantly increased during the last 20 years. A large number of new functionalities require a significant amount of status information to be displayed to the driver. |
| 2009-09-09 |
Freescale's Beyer: Recession is over |
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Freescale Semiconductor CEO Rich Beyer declared the recession over and said the global semiconductor industry has reached the upside of its cycle entering 2H 09. |
| 2009-09-08 |
Memsic brings motion-game integration higher |
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Memsic is developing motion-based controls for a more realistic gaming experience than given by joysticks. |
| 2009-09-02 |
Specialised PCBs meet medical device needs |
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Electronic Interconnect announces PCBs that are specialised for medical device electronic assemblies. |
| 2009-09-02 |
Switching regulator cuts quiescent current |
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Linear's newest 700mA, 36V input step-down switching regulator features power-on reset and watchdog timer. |
| 2009-09-01 |
DSP suits lower bandwidth base station apps |
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Freescale's MSC8154 processor is designed to add a variety of price, power and throughput options to the company's portfolio of high-performance DSPs based on StarCore technology. |
| 2009-08-28 |
Blu-ray PC entry hits a snag |
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Market analyst iSuppli Corp. predicts that Blu-ray drives (BDs) will be in only 16.3 per cent of PCs shipped by 2013. |
| 2009-08-28 |
IDT, Immersion push haptics in digital apps |
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Integrated Device Technology Inc. and Immersion Corp. are working together to drive the adoption of haptics in digital devices. |
| 2009-08-28 |
Analogue IC reduces small engine emissions |
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Freescale Semiconductor is offering a new analogue chip that could reduce emissions from small petrol engines. |
| 2009-08-26 |
PLL/synthesiser runs at 1,800-1,860MHz |
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Crystek's new CPLL58-1800-1860 PLL/synthesiser is housed in a compact 15mm x 20mm x 4mm SMD package. |
| 2009-08-24 |
Li-ion battery keeps stable voltage discharge |
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Sony is offering a new type of Li-ion battery that promises higher power and longer life than the performance of traditional alkaline and Li-ion batteries currently on the market. |
| 2009-08-21 |
HP CEO: Business is stabilising |
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s net profit fell considerably in Q3, but a financial analyst said the results bode well for semiconductor suppliers. |
| 2009-08-20 |
GPS receiver ensures reliability in automotive apps |
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Vincotech has beefed up its GPS receiver line-up by a variant specifically designed and manufactured to address requirements in the automotive industry. |
| 2009-08-20 |
High-speed LDO delivers low supply current |
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Torex Semiconductor Ltd is offering a new 700mA high-speed transient response low dropout regulator (LDO) with reverse current protection. |
| 2009-08-18 |
Mentor design centre to rise in Saudi Arabia |
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Mentor Graphics and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology have signed an agreement to establish the Advanced Microelectronics Technology Centre at KACST. |
| 2009-08-14 |
SoCIP 2009 highlights China semi IP industry |
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Increased turnout at the SoCIP 2009 helps stimulate the development of China's semiconductor IP industry. |
| 2009-08-13 |
NXP, Tata BP ink dev't pact for solar apps |
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NXP Semiconductors has entered a development partnership with Tata BP Solar India Ltd, under which NXP will supply electronic solutions for solar applications. |
| 2009-08-13 |
How to increase street light solar panels' efficiency |
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As the world looks for cleaner and greener alternatives, solar-powered street lights continue to benefit from advancements in semiconductors to produce more cost-effective implementations. |
| 2009-08-12 |
Smart phones propel Asia consumer market |
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Even as consumer confidence remains tepid in Asia, a new report from GfK Asia showed that there are pockets of optimism, led by the surging demand for smart phones. |
| 2009-08-11 |
Pico projectors geared for sixtyfold growth |
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Tiny pico projectors embedded into products such as smart phones are set for a staggering sixtyfold growth in shipments during the next four years. |
| 2009-08-10 |
MOSFETs delivers low R DS(on) |
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Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has introduced three new 500V MOSFETs that extend its Gen 6.2 n-channel planar FET technology to the TO-220, TO-220F and TO-247 packages. |
| 2009-08-07 |
Optical sensors feature wide temp range |
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Vishay has extended the temperature range of its AEC-Q101-qualified TCPT1300X01 and TCUT1300X01 surface-mount transmissive optical sensors. |
| 2009-08-06 |
Study finds increased telematics uptake |
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The telematics market has sparked renewed interest as users discover the convenience of using Internet and electronic services on the move. |
| 2009-08-05 |
Programming SPI flash on EA3131 boards |
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The SPI programmer example provided with the Common Driver Library (CDL) can be used to program the Atmel SPI flash with bootable images. |
| 2009-08-05 |
CompactPCI blade tailored for mission-critical apps |
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Adlink Technology Inc. has introduced the cPCI-6880 series of 6U CompactPCI blades featuring 45nm Intel Core2 Duo processor T9400 offering 2.53GHz core speed, 6MB L2 cache and 1066MHz FSB with 40W typical total power consumption. |
| 2009-08-04 |
Magnetic superatoms could drive faster PCs |
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A team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a 'magnetic superatom that one day may be used to create molecular electronic devices for the next generation of faster computers with larger memory storage. |
| 2009-08-04 |
IP libraries enable low-power 32bit MCUs |
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ARM's ultra low-power Physical IP libraries are designed to drive the next generation of energy-efficient microcontroller devices. |
| 2009-07-31 |
Q-Cells, MEMC to build largest solar park in Germany |
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Q-Cells and MEMC Electronic Materials will build a solar park in Strasskirchen, Bavaria, Germany, with a total capacity of around 50 Mwp, making it the largest ground mounted PV system in the country. |
| 2009-07-27 |
System limits lifetime of personal data in the Web |
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University of Washington have demonstrated a software tool that deletes personal data permanently from computers |
| 2009-07-24 |
AAC establishes HQ, R&D centre in Singapore |
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AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Inc. has opened AAC Technologies Pte Ltd, its new international headquarters and R&D centre in Singapore. |
| 2009-07-23 |
Mid-voltage capacitors come in smaller packs |
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TDK Electronics has released a new generation of 100V-rated ceramic chip capacitors that offers the high level of capacitance for mid-voltage applications in devices half the size of their predecessors. |
| 2009-07-22 |
AMOLEDs surpass PMOLEDs in Q1 09 |
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The Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report by DisplaySearch stated that the total OLED display market will grow to Rs.34,268.66 crore ($7.1 billion) by 2016, from Rs.2,895.94 crore ($0.6 billion) in 2008, with a CAGR of 36 per cent. |
| 2009-07-21 |
Platform rolls for Android software analysis |
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Mirabilis Design Inc. and TOPS Systems Corp. have launched the Android on VisualSim architecture exploration platform for hardware-software architecture exploration as well as power and performance analysis of consumer devices. |
| 2009-07-21 |
RF module supports Zigbee RF4CE |
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SMK has unveiled a RF module with a built-in 2.4GHz band antenna compatible with Zigbee RF4CE. |
| 2009-07-21 |
EVG, Applied partner on 3D wafer bonding |
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EV Group (EVG) and Applied Materials Inc. are collaborating to develop wafer bonding processes for the manufacture of through-silicon vias (TSVs) in 3D IC packaging applications. |
| 2009-07-20 |
8bit MCUs packs high-reliability flash memory |
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Fujitsu Microelectronics America has released its new, low-pin-count MB95200 series of 8bit microcontrollers designed for cost-sensitive consumer applications. |
| 2009-07-17 |
DC/DC converters suit railway systems |
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SynQor has developed a series of DC/DC converters that accept an input range of 9Vin to 22Vin, exceeding the requirements of EN50155 for both steady state and transient voltage conditions in 12V railway systems. |
| 2009-07-17 |
IMEC finds partners on solar cell programme |
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IMEC has locked in new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers for the newly launched wafer-based silicon photovoltaics Industrial Affiliation Programme (IIAP). |
| 2009-07-16 |
Novellus, Albany NanoTech sign R&D pact |
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The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany and Novellus Systems Inc. have signed a Rs.96.53 crore ($20 million) partnership to conduct next-generation R&D sub-22nm semiconductor manufacturing technology. |
| 2009-07-15 |
1600W power supply suits critical apps |
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Absopulse Electronics has introduced the HBL 1K6 series of heavy duty, modular AC/DC switching power supply system. |