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28-nm SoC development costs doubled over previous node

Software burden means cost of 28-nm SoC development near double that of the previous node, according to market research firm.

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Nvidia to license graphics IP to other chip vendors

Offerings include the current Kepler GPU product family as well as the modem technology Nvidia acquired from Icera a few years back.

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You are correct Rick. NVIDIA indicates that a key reason they are adopting this business model is to ...

FDSOI helps ST, Rambus reach IP settlement

Agreement covers FDSOI design, security, memory and interface technologies and settles all outstanding claims.

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Atmel pays Infineon over MCU patent dispute

After two years of legal wrangling U.S. based microcontroller company pays up over allegedly infringing 11 patents.

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Yes, I call it the epoxy patent (as in potting).

2-D electronics: researchers improve hexagonal material

Researchers from Rice and Oak Ridge labs have improved the growth of molybdenum disulfide semiconducting films for atom-thick circuits.

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With germanane, graphene, conductive plastics, and molybdenum disulfide, this is going to be the ...

Texas Instruments plans to boost China manufacturing

U.S. chipmaker plans to expand manufacturing at its Chengdu wafer fab with the support of Chinese authorities

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I think the biggest advantage is lower payroll costs. They also want to get market share in those ...

TSMC's sales stay strong in May

May chip sales at leading foundry chip maker came off the booming levels seen in April but were still up 17.2 percent over 2012.

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Chip sales: WSTS reduces 2013 market growth estimate

Alongside reporting weak global chip sales for April the SIA has reported that WSTS has reduced its estimates for chip market growth for 2013 and ...

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It is the brutal pricing in the mobile market that is holding back revenue. Smartphone and table ...

SMIC forms joint venture for 28-nm chip production

Some $3.6 billion funding has been earmarked for SMIC joint-venture to focus on 45-nm and finer geometry manufacturing.

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SMIC CEO said similarly at ...

Romanian teenager snags Intel science award

Ionut Budisteanu took home $75,000 for using artificial intelligence to create a model for a low-cost, self-driving car.

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"developed a tiny device that fits inside cell phone batteries, allowing them to fully charge within ...

Xilinx to test FinFET FPGAs in 2013

Xilinx's 'FinFast' program with foundry TSMC is aimed at delivering FPGA products made using 16-nm FinFETs in 2014, the same year that Altera will get ...

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I always liked Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" :-)

Intel invests in Irish R&D

Intel is investing $1.5 million in the Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork to help collaboration in R&D in photonics, microsystems ...

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Help.fulguy-I have known Peter Clarke for many many years and Rick Merrit for a lesser period. They ...

Semiconductor News

10GBase-T gains traction, but still too power hungry

The twisted pair version of 10G Ethernet is on the rise, but high power consumption will dampen some future growth potential.

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Imagination profit drops on R&D spend

Despite strong growth in customers' units shipped and revenues, profit declined at processor licensor Imagination in the 2013 financial year as it ...

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In this case I don't think they are out of control. Imagination has a multi-year plan of which ...

Rockchip tablet SOCs use both Mali, PowerVR graphics

Chinese fabless chip company adds PowerVR GPU to its tablet system-chip offering.

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indicates that the licensing cost itself of the GPU cores might be low. If you can pay royalty, then ...

Commentary

Bristol Calling: Project looks to re-RISC the ARM

Peter Clarke

"Why can't my robot sing and dance at the same time?" asked Professor David May as he proposed a processor that implements a simplified ARM instruction set.

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Thanks Worth pointing out that the ARM in question is the free version, Amber, which is ARMv2a ...

How to testify in a deposition for patent litigation

Elizabeth Rader

A seasoned litigator in patent disputes shares advice for engineers about how to testify—and how not to testify--in a deposition.

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Yes to Brian's comment! This is also applicable to tax audits, and one of the reasons to be ...

Consumer electronics: From atoms to software and back

Simon Barker

How about the smartphone as a cloud resource for toys and more besides? The ubiquity of the smartphone changes the economics and multiplies the possibilities.

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Imagine the use of smartphones and the cloud to provide the intelligence for Lego Mindstorm ...

What do IBM layoffs mean for New York's chip initiative?

Dylan McGrath

Big Blue is being tight lipped as usual about how many employees are getting the ax, but at least some of the jobs being cut are in semiconductor R&D.

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without there own Customized Chips that differentiate them from likes of HP, intel, Dell & other ...

How are you measuring that power consumption?

Bill Schweber

Engineers have to analyze the likely consumption of potential designs to establish the locus of performance, price, and power tradeoffs.

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London Calling: What is ST's plan B?

Peter Clarke

Why is STMicroelectronics segregating and exposing the finances of its better performing 'More-than-Moore" and challenged 'Moore's Law" product groups?

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Without finance, you wouldn't *hsve* technology and science. They cost money, and it has to come ...

 

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