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. 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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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 in place that will deny certain companies access ... 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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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 ...

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I wish I could go to one of these, they look like a real blast of creativity.

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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Has GF bought the magnetic materials processing equipment?

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.

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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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Interesting. As I've suspected all along, this article only emphasizes the point that what the ...

Marvell rolls quad-core LTE chip

Firm claims new Armada chip is first mass market, quad-core, 5-mode Category 4 LTE single-chip solution.

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Taiwanese researchers take aim at environmental issues

Taiwan has long been recognized for its contributions to microelectronics, but its research labs are now working on pressing social issues.

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Imperas launches multicore software development tools

Hardware model and and software debug tool functions integrated in simulation code stream provides performance, capability and ease-of-use benefits, ...

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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 ...

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One 300mm fab split into 3 areas with 1/3 being for FDSOI will not have scale to compete on cost in ...

Android drives cameras to GPUs, plans IR support

Google will update Android camera API to support computational photography on graphics cores and build support for infrared into Android.

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It seems like Microsoft 15 years agao.

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.

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 ...

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Few topic come to mind if there is a follow up to this article with TSMC: -what is TSMC's plan to ...

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 ...

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What was the outcome? http://bit.ly/IC4m9t

MISRA C update addresses automotive software safety

As software increasingly takes safety-critical decisions in cars, guidelines for software safety are becoming essential. A new version of the MISRA C ...

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Can anyone comment on whether this is followed in North America as well as Europe?

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 ...

Deep packet inspection--Use cases, requirements and architectures—Part I

This article will analyze use cases, define a set of common requirements for DPI applications and outline several architectures and building blocks ...

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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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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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Wow, that would be an agressive price point alright. Perhaps what everyone is struggling with here ...

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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Jim, I do not think is an issue with the Japanese companies. This is the challenge of any technology ...

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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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Just a transfer of U.S. high tech to it's competitors, payed for by the U.S.

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 well, Girish.

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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It seems the brightest and best university graduates are recruited by the financial sector where ...

Google to Apple: Catch us if you can

Despite a low-key Google I/O conference this year, Google has transformed itself into a company of fearsome focus.

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I remember all of the media whining over the last couple of years that Google was "wasting" their ...

Slideshow: Energy harvesters lift power from surprising sources

Researchers are coming up with new ways to harvest energy from sound vibration, footsteps, and even electromagnetic fields in the air.

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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 – As a research consortium we welcome any and all companies to come join us in our efforts to ...

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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I wasted 20 seconds reading this "article". 20 seconds that I will never get back.

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Iron Man Action Figure

By toyswillmickeal on 05.20.2013

The second generation Iron Man red action figure can shine in two places: the round white lights on his eyes and palms. What is more, the lights are sound

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How do you think of this 7"TFT LCD Module?

By WangBao Electronics on 05.16.2013

Hello, everyone.

Don't you got a LCD Module yet? No. Now it is IT Ages and you need to own one, or you will out!
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Samsung takes 95% of Android Profits

By eewiz on 05.16.2013

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2268642/samsung-takes-95-percent-of-all-android-profits

The competition in Android market is pathetic

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Iphone5 Brings Bad Luck to Apple?

By Lavender on 05.16.2013

Recently, Apple seems to be unfortunate of experiencing “it never rains but pours” from 2012, or exactly just before the release of Iphone5. But this kind of

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