ST's strategy is a tale of two segments

ST tells analysts it is going to report financial results for both its digital and analog business segments for "transparency" but remains committed to exploiting manufacturing technologies it has ... Read Full Story

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Slideshow: Google I/O puts 7 platforms on parade

At its annual developer's conference, Google showed advances across seven major platforms--Android, Chrome, Glass, Google+, Maps, Search and Google TV. Read Full Story

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Exclusive: TSMC plots system super chips

TSMC's chief technology officer and vice president of R&D reveals future of semiconductors from perspective of world's foremost microchip foundry, in exclusive interview with EE Times. Read Full Story

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FDSOI gains three design wins

ST claims three design wins for its fully-depleted silicon on insulator manufacturing process; a move that could draw out support from EDA software and IP providers. Read Full Story

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Arduino board plugs DIYers into the cloud for $69

Massimo Banzi launched a $69 Arduino board that plugs do-it-yourselfers into the cloud using a Wi-Fi chip from Qualcomm Atheros running a custom ...

post comment 1 comment last comment DrQuine
Just the kind of kit needed by an aspiring engineer to play with at home. I hope that middle school ...

ST turns to PCM for MCU embedded memory

STMicroelectronics, which began researching phase-change memory more than a decade ago, has said it will offer microcontrollers integrated with the ...

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True, retention less than an hour.

Slideshow: How knockoff nation mastered ecosystem

Da Fen Village, where replicas of Van Gogh, Rembrandt or Monet are mass-produced by Chinese artists and art students, represents everything that gives ...

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She was trying to sneak inside a iiphone factory and take some pics. apparently she doesn't have the ...

Renesas signs with IMEC for short-range radio research

Renesas is researching ultra-low power short-range radio with IMEC, targeting sensor networks for automotive and industrial purposes.

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Amazon buys Samsung display subsidiary Liquavista

Samsung sells electrowetting display pioneer to Amazon for an undisclosed sum.

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The Hp Z1 has a great display and benchmarks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY5DNyEOBeU

Taiwan's microelectronics expertise widens

Taiwan, long recognized for design automation, is pioneering innovations in human-computer interaction, medical electronics and resolution of pressing ...

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What do you mean by unfair comparison, please explain clearly. Thanks.

Google I/O: Larry Page talks, search box listens

No shiny new gadgets debuted, but Google did show search responding to voice recognition and CEO Larry Page gave a surprise Q&A.

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It seems that the "incremental thinking" that should be avoided most carefully is that which adds no ...

Artificial heart ready for human trial

France’s Carmat SAS applied medical and aerospace technologies to develop a bioprosthetic artificial heart which has won approval for clinical trials. ...

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Oh, this is pretty amazing! Soon we'll be into the Star Trek age fully, maybe even with warp ...

Slideshow: The making of IBM's nano movie

12-atom memory, measuring at the nanoscale, and how a scratchy noise can be music to a researcher’s ears.

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Taiwan funds smartphone innovations

National Taiwan University has developed several innovations for tablets and smartphones designed to win the hearts of mass-market users.

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This is an ingenious alternative to the "SmartWatches" which are being proposed as convenient ...

Moving to SystemC TLM for design and verification of digital hardware

By moving to SystemC TLM as the design entry point, and by leveraging high-level synthesis in combination with IP reuse, designers can handle growing ...

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MCU functionalities change for ISO 26262 safety standard

Functional safety is becoming more and more relevant for electrical and/or electronic systems in the automotive domain through the ever increasing ...

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Altera to buy Enpirion for on-chip power conversion

FPGA vendor has bought privately-held 2001 startup to gain access to highly-integrated PowerSoc technology.

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One of the most important and relatively less researched or developed topics is the on-chip, ...

Do annular electrodes present a scalable PCM solution? - Part 2

Nanoparticles self assemble into structures that may reduce power demands for phase-change memory, but are they practical?

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Memory IP startup pursues FinFET, FDSOI processes

Startup is developing physical IP for geometries at 20-nm and below with an initial focus on SRAM structures for implementation in FinFET and FDSOI ...

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Taiwan reversing brain drain

Government funded research labs are enticing Taiwan's brightest expats to return in hopes of revitalizing the country as an innovator.

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Kind thoughts, EREBUS and Bert22306, but some in US or West generally may have suspicions about this ...

London Calling: Amazon 'Coins' its own currency

Why has Amazon created its own money? A bit of fun, a short-term promotion, or could Amazon be testing the water ahead of a BitCoin-like move?

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The production of "scrip" (private currency) is common in a variety of venues ranging from folk ...

Rapid progress in silicon photonics standards

Silicon photonics sees exciting developments, such as enabling data infrastructure to support codesign of electronics and microphotonics devices in ...

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How much of the chip does IP fill?

How much content does it take to maker a chip unique? Maybe less than you think.

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Chip surface area is a poor metric for measuring IP content. The trend of IP blocks -- both licensed ...

Altera & Enpirion – great things to come

I just had a briefing with the folks from Altera and Enpirion, and things are starting to make a lot more sense…

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Yoshida in Japan: Ailing companies to break away from past

After posting an annual net loss of $5.4 billion, Sharp pulled off a major reshuffle of its management team by naming a new president and chairman.

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All technology advances run in cycles. A good company will embrace that change and prepare their ...

London Calling: GreenTouch is missing chip support

The consortium chartered with improving the energy efficiency of wired and wireless networks should turn to ARM to bolster support; unless Intel wants ...

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Peter, you are such a big brown noser of ARM. You should just work for them rather write these mushy ...

Can Samsung overtake Apple in 2013?

Should we admit that there is in fact "a before and after" Apple's iconic CEO Steve Jobs?

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OK - you are correct, jklaffen - of course. But this used to be a professional engineering trade ...

EDA in the Cloud: OneSpin says your design is secure

OneSpin has a new offering that makes your design secure even while utilizing Cloud services…

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Slideshow: Astronaut sings Bowie in space

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, the first music video made in space, has rocketed him across the ...

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I still remember the time my sister checked out Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars from the ...

April's contest had larger than life competition

Eight caption-eers made us laugh, but only one was selected as April's big winner.

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Speaking of contests, I'm loving LPKF's #myPCB contest: http://www.lpkfusa.com/mypcb/

Should smartphones pay in defense of French culture?

France plans to impose a tax up to 4 per cent on smartphones, tablets and all other Internet-linked devices to help finance French art, films and ...

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It is in France!

Samsung wants to launch 5G in 2020

South Korean giant claims first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave bands.

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Munich Calling: Cadence is Ready for software

In 2012 Cadence hired Jim Ready, founder and former CTO of MontaVista Software. Right now Cadence is delivering IP core hardware but it is thinking ...

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I believe so. We cannot stop civilization process and transition to 32 bit MCUs is unstoppable, but ...

Segars won't rock the ARM boat

The incoming CEO of ARM obviously believes in one timeless adage: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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conclude instead of concluded

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