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Omni Design Technologies opens design center in Bangalore, India

U.S.-based Omni Design Technologies, a developer of high-performance ultra-low-power analog and mixed-signal IP cores continues its rapid expansion of core R&D capability with the inauguration of ODT India Center of Excellence, Pvt Ltd, in Bangalore, India. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Omni Design Technologies Inc., ODT India will supplement the advanced

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What is a Probe Card?

A probe card is essentially an interface or a board that is used to perform wafer test for a semiconductor wafer. It is used to connect to the integrated circuits located on a wafer to the ATE (Automated Test Equipment) in order to test their electrical parameters and performance before

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Understanding SoC Clock Design

Clock is the heart of synchronous digital systems. All the events in an SoC are controlled by the active edge of the clock and clock frequency is often synonymous with throughput and performance. The distribution of clock is an interesting problem involving a plethora of design trade-offs. Designers need to

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TOP 25 OSATs Ranking 2018

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The leading giant of the OSATs, ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (formerly ASE Inc.) and subsidiaries, has just got even bigger after the official acquisition of SPIL on April 30 2018. In 2018e, ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd and subsidiaries made a new record-high revenue of US $12,308 billion, which

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Semiconductor Industry Capex History and Forecast 1983-2020

IC Insights will release its 200+ page Mid-Year Update to the 2019 McClean Report next month.  A portion of the Mid-Year Update will examine semiconductor industry capital spending trends with an industry-wide forecast through 2023.  In addition, the Update will include IC Insights’ capital spending forecast for each of the 32 major spenders for 2019 and

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Achronix Selects Moortec’s 7nm Embedded Temperature Sensor to Optimise Performance and Reliability in its 4th Generation Speedster FPGA

Moortec Semiconductor Ltd, providers of complete In-Chip PVT (Process, Voltage and Temperature) Monitoring Subsystems announced today that Achronix Semiconductor Corporation have chosen Moortec’s 7nm Embedded Temperature Sensor IP to optimise performance and increase reliability for the company’s Speedster®7t FPGAs
 
Achronix specialise in high-performance FPGA solutions that include high-density FPGA

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