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Headlines for Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Technology

Darkhorse litho technologies stay in NGL race

Product

Renesas rolls combo LTE/3G baseband

Headlines for Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Business

Counterfeit parts putting military at risk

Firm claims patent infringement by Intel, IBM, Micron

Energy Conversion Devices files for bankruptcy

Analyst ranks chip markets by 2012 growth prediction

Technology

Update: New chip propels Intel into data plane

TEL joins CEA-Leti programs on DSA, maskless litho

Free webinar: Implementing on-chip digital ADCs and DACs in FPGAs

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Altera, Xilinx Bet on High Frequency Trading 

Product

RTI extends publish-subscribe DDS from Mil/Aero into commercial mainstream

MediaTek launches platform for low-end Android phones

Lattice has shipped more than 20 million programmable mixed-signal devices

Headlines for Monday, February 13, 2012

Product

Synopsys tips 28-nm HDMI 1.4 PHY IP

ASML Brion rolls mask optimization tool

NI rolls updated Spice simulation tool

Business

Broadcom brings 802.11ac to enterprise space

U.S., EU regulators clear Google's Moto buy

TI announces five radio combo chip

Soitec raises funds to build 50MW solar plant in South Africa

IQE backs Solar Junction in $19.2 million D round

Technology

E-beam Initiative ready with updated roadmap

NI tips 2012 ATE trends outlook

Maskless e-beam litho good for 14-nm, says CEA-Leti

Extra!

Ted Tewksbury’s IDT Makeover 

Design

Marvell licenses VeriSilicon DSP cores

Headlines for Sunday, February 12, 2012

Technology

e-Learning platform for ZigBee sensor networks accelerates time to market

Global wireless platforms market worth $155.2 billion by 2016

Living room video calling users to surpass 16 million in 2015, says In-Stat

Wi-Fi chipset revenue to reach $6.1 Billion in 2015

Continental joins OPEN Alliance Ethernet consortium

In-flight broadband deployments to surpass 6,100 planes in 2015, says In-Stat

NFC aid for the visually and hearing impaired

Headlines for Friday, February 10, 2012

Business

Apple claims Motorola misusing Qualcomm license

Analyst: Micron still in negotiations with Elpida

Amkor cuts workforce

New 9-inch Amazon Kindle Fire due out in summer

Imagination technologies to see big royalty uptick

TI lengthened analog IC lead in 2011

Chip stocks have room to grow, says analyst

European research project to boost solar cell efficiency

Taiwan processor firm uses compiler tester from ACE

TSMC sales jump in January, still down on 2010

NXP swings to loss in Q4, optimistic on Q1

Product

Micron launches lower power DDR3 DRAM

Technology

IMEC announces directed self-assembly process line

Headlines for Thursday, February 9, 2012

Technology

Microsoft: Windows 8 on ARM to be 'no-compromise' experience

Updated: UMC 28-nm roll out beating expectations

Common Platform group to discuss 14-nm at forum

CNSE and partners share research results at SPIE

Business

Intel pays $6.5 million to settle N.Y. antitrust suit

Application list for Windows 8 beta released

Analyst: Apple took 80% of handset profits in Q4

ON Semi shakes off impact of Thai site closures

Report: CMOS in, CCD out of image focus

Rebuilding America: U.S. plans manufacturing webcast

Analyst's model predicts 3% chip market growth in 2012

Atmel Q4 misses estimates

SMIC posts loss, but sees uptick ahead

Product

Xilinx is omnipresent in the 2012 UBM Electronics ACE Awards