Broadcom: Time to prepare for the end of Moore’s Law

CTO Henry Samueli says Broadcom is starting to prepare customers for the end of CMOS scaling in the next 15 years, and it is working out plans for 3-D chip stacks. Read Full Story

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Sony’s dilemma: Short-term gain vs. long-term strategy

Sony CEO reiterated that restoring its electronics business is the company’s priority. But how exactly is a partial spinoff of its entertainment divisions going to help? Read Full Story

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Slideshow: Maker Faire returns to Silicon Valley

Our man in Silicon Valley spent his Saturday afternoon taking in Maker Faire and here's a glimpse of some of the makers, robots, LEDs and whatnot he saw there. 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 variant of Linux. Read Full Story

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News and Analysis

Intel Haswell packs integrated voltage regulator

Integration eliminates as many as seven external third party chips—one of many power improvements driven by competition with ARM.

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Europe launches $12 billion chip support campaign

Europe is planning to spend $12 billion to reverse the continent's decline in chip production. Recreate the success of Airbus in semiconductors, said ...

post comment 6 comments last comment Thesoiguro
Good Europe is backing FDSOI, I think its likely noone adopts Taiwan Semiconductor bulk Finfet due ...

AMD launches 3 mobile APUs

Additions to AMD's lineup of mobile accelerated processing units include chips formerly codenamed Temash, Kabini and Richland.

post comment 1 comment last comment Thesoiguro
I can see why anyone would buy the current Intel Atom after 2 days when I can buy a Temash. Check ...

Intel pushes for more research beyond 10-nm

Intel's director of component research says more varied research is needed to catch the next opportunity beyond conventional silicon.

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I saw the Intel talk. As usually no useful information was given...just a lot of hot air ...

Broadcom rolls lower-cost 5G Wi-Fi combo chips

New ICs bring 802.11ac Wi-Fi capability to entry level consumer devices, including PCs, notebooks, tablets and smartphones.

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Broadcom’s CTO on Ethernet’s six key directions

As the industry celebrates the 40th anniversary of Ethernet, Broadcom CTO Henry Samueli talks about six directions in which it is heading.

post comment 2 comments last comment rick.merritt
Samueli speaks out about the end of Moore's Law. See his quote and join the discussion ...

Qualcomm, Samsung pass AMD in microprocessor sales

Thanks to PC sales slowdown coupled with increase in smartphone and tablet sales, AMD slipped to fourth in MPU sales for first time since 1990s.

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Go to hell FSL with the Phx monkey shobak

Europe backs FDSOI fabs

A $465 million collaborative R&D project is set to support pilot lines in Dresden and Grenoble for production of fully depleted silicon on insulator ...

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ST is claiming three design wins but has not given any names -- apart from ST-Ericsson. And ...

Thermocouple nodules, cold junctions and integration opportunities

The ability to integrate some common analog electronics has been overlooked, creating a wide opportunity for creative IC developers.

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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 ...

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IMHO, the most exciting technology from Google is the Google car ...

Globalfoundries joins Qualcomm in MRAM research

Globalfoundries has signed up to an IMEC R&D program on STT-MRAM which is seen as a promising high-density, non-volatile alternative to SRAM and DRAM ...

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Curious about qualcomm & tsmc, do they still cooperate?

ST to deny rivals FDSOI access

In an interview Jean-Marc Chery, ST's CTO (shown), said his company could install its FDSOI process in multiple foundries but for now has an agreement ...

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Measuring the transition to disaster

It is possible to see disaster coming. Certain warning signals indicate lack of stability even when a system appears calm.

post comment 1 comment last comment EREBUS
Finding consistent transition points have been the bane of science for a long time. Simple systems ...

Samsung 45-nm embedded flash coming in 2014

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced that is has an embedded flash memory capability ready for a 45-nm logic manufacturing process.

post comment 1 comment last comment resistion
It's a logic or a flash process?

Windows 8 learning curve: Two customers speak

Microsoft users expect Windows 8.1 to lessen the learning curve for the new OS. But it may not be as bad as you fear, two education customers report.

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The last new computer that I bought (for me) was the day Vista came out. (I've bought all four kids ...

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Brussels Calling: Qualcomm wins in a wasteful industry

Is there a difference between the U.S. and Europe on green and sustainability issues? It appears there is to judge from an interaction at the IMEC ...

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Intel's new CEO shakes things up

Brian Krzanich outlines re-org in internal memo two days after taking the helm of the world's biggest chip maker.

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Rick, Right on ! Having 22nm and 2 years ahead in some factory in Oregon does not count if you ...

Google Glass: 11 lessons in (semi) transparent design

It’s still a pretty secretive project considering it involves 2,000 third parties, but I did manage to learn a few interesting lessons about Project ...

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...but they didn't fully tear it open to check on the TI part because they could not without ...

High-tech jobs migrate

A new jobs report shows where high-tech jobs in U.S. are moving.

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Preparing for DAC: Technical panels

There are eight panels at DAC this year. Which ones should you attend?

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25% of notebooks to feature touchscreens by 2016

Thanks to falling prices and a push from Intel, 2013 is expected to be the start of a booming growth spurt for touch-screen equipped notebooks.

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ARM TechCon 2013 – Call for Papers Now Open

Now in its seventh year, ARM TechCon is ranked one of the top three critical events in the embedded sector.

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London Calling: ST's Bozotti seeks another term

I witnessed the unusual sight last week of seeing a CEO discussing his employment with the financial community.

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According to Google finance: for the last six quarters, STM losses are considerable higher than the ...

Collaborative Advantage: OpenDFM achieves production status

The OpenDFM standard has achieved production support status for process nodes down to 28nm, and development support through 20nm…

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Could Intel enable $200 Ultrabook?

Market research firm IHS believes the chip giant could reinvigorate the PC industry--if it's willing to sacrifice its own margins.

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And the $200 does not include an OS. Are they looking at Ubuntu? The touchscreen PC implies Windows ...

Yoshida in Japan: Kyocera-Omron-Renesas connections

Will Omron’s chairman be able to save deeply troubled Renesas? That's the $64 billion question swirling around Tokyo.

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Maybe it has got to do with the technology becoming more accessible than it was in 90s - read ...

Internet of Things' impact on medical care

Healthcare might seem unlikely target application for the Internet of Things technology, but recent developments show small ways that big-data is ...

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Top 10 design articles on test and measurement

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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Lucky for them to be able to choose to return to their country of origin.

Girish Mhatre reflects on the early days of EE Times

A former EE Times editor-in-chief ('82-'88) and publisher reflects on the days when Gordon Moore keynoted industry conferences and the home PC was a ...

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I remember those days also, all too well! I was probably one of the earliest subscribers; when did ...

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End of Moore's Law

By rick.merritt on 05.22.2013

Finally someone speaks out honestly about this.

Broadcom CTO Henry Samueli at #ethernet40 celebration:

Moore’s Law is coming to an

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