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Report: UMC benefits from TSMC 28-nm supply shortage

Report: UMC benefits from TSMC 28-nm supply shortage

Chip foundry United Microelectronics Corp. has been the leading beneficiary of 28-nm chip supply shortages at the leading foundry and rival Taiwan ...
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ESilicon set to reap rewards of Asian gamble

ESilicon set to reap rewards of Asian gamble

Jack Harding, CEO of design services provider eSilicon, says the company's move to Asia is beginning to pay off as it helps customers navigate two ...
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Foundry Tower piles up cash in Q1

Foundry Tower piles up cash in Q1

Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd., which trades as TowerJazz, improved its cash position as of March 31, 2012 to $158 million, up from $101 ...
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Taiwan expects 14% boost in IC output in Q2

Taiwan expects 14% boost in IC output in Q2

Taiwan expects its integrated circuit output for the second quarter to increase 14.3 percent compared to the first quarter, according to a government ...
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Q&A: Nvidia’s Dally on 3-D ICs, China, cloud computing

Q&A: Nvidia’s Dally on 3-D ICs, China, cloud computing

Bill Dally (shown), Nvidia’s chief scientist calls for a 3-D memory champion, more U.S. spending on computer research and an Ethernet alternative for ...
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Interesting. So maybe Intel doesn't like the memory cube either.
Cadence tips faster Spice coming soon

Cadence tips faster Spice coming soon

EDA software vendor Cadence is working "feverishly" on producing a faster version of the Spice analog electronics simulator, according to Tom Beckley, ...
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It will be interesting to see how this new FastSpice performs on the speed vs. accuracy trade-off ...
UK opens Europe's largest robotics laboratory

UK opens Europe's largest robotics laboratory

Two UK universities have opened the largest robotics laboratory in Europe as the UK government announced a £16M ($25 million) boost for research.
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Altis foundry updates 130-nm specialty design kits

Altis foundry updates 130-nm specialty design kits

Altis Semiconductor SA, the specialty foundry bought by French entrepreneur Yazid Sabeg from IBM and Infineon in 2010, has announced the release of ...
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I'm not sure if you understand the cubic dollars required to play in 28nm. The figures I have seen ...
OIF to define three 56 Gbits/s serial interfaces

OIF to define three 56 Gbits/s serial interfaces

The Optical Internetworking Forum launched projects to define 50-56 Gbits/s serial interfaces for future Fibre Channel, Ethernet and other links.
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NSF's I-Corps targets 'innovation ecosystem'

NSF's I-Corps targets 'innovation ecosystem'

The National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps is designed to create an agile technology ecosystem that can transform basic research into ...
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Electric Imp's cool versus Neul in IoT

Electric Imp's cool versus Neul in IoT

Comparing a couple of leaders in the Internet of Things domain - Electric Imp Inc. and Neul Ltd. - shows the same bases get covered but with different ...
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Interesting battle ahead for IOT.
"Hi, I’m your data; can you hear me now?"

"Hi, I’m your data; can you hear me now?"

Extracting insight from mounds of data may benefit from using old techniques
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EDA/IP Weekly Roundup – May 16th

EDA/IP Weekly Roundup – May 16th

Mathworks, MIPS, Imperas, Cadence, Sigrity, Kilopass, EVE, Carbon and ams made the lineup today. See here for their news…
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Will China hit a (great) wall? Don’t bet on it

Will China hit a (great) wall? Don’t bet on it

Some naysayers argue that China can't innovate and that the Chinese economy is bound to "hit the wall" like Japan's export-driven economy did in the ...
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People leave China to escape from the Chinese people, which turns into mobs every once a while. ...
Plastic doesn't pollute, people do

Plastic doesn't pollute, people do

Plastic may not be the most beloved of materials to the more environmentally minded, but a tradeshow held last week in Italy aimed to mold a different ...
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Perhaps, but it's wrong to condemn a material with as many obvious benefits as plastic, just because ...
Test equipment market snapshot

Test equipment market snapshot

Grab your lunch and head to Frost&Sullivan’s webinar tomorrow, May 16th on the test equipment market.
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New companies at DAC for the first time in 2012

New companies at DAC for the first time in 2012

This is the first of a series of blogs preparing you for DAC this year. This one lists the new companies exhibiting for the first time...
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Hi, Brian! A quick clarification for Space Codesign ... #417 is our demo suite, our exhibit will be ...
Autonomous cars: Sooner than we think?

Autonomous cars: Sooner than we think?

In the short term, vehicles will be able to take over many driving functions—but full autonomy may be farther down the road.
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No they don't. There must be a driver, with a driver's license, behind the wheel of these ...
Indy engines still pack a 700HP punch

Indy engines still pack a 700HP punch

This year, when the Indy cars line up in the grid at the "greatest spectacle in racing," they'll be using engines with less displacement than that in ...
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The fact that these powers can be had is testimony that the technology is there. Obviously those ...
Industry view: iSuppli on Micron/Elpida deal

Industry view: iSuppli on Micron/Elpida deal

Mike Howard of IHS iSuppli weighs in on rational markets, Micron's most likely integration strategy, and the one thing Elpida must not do.
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Just read Apple booked Elpida's mobile DRAM. Micron likely has to shelve its own DRAM.

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