In its upcoming Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2019 (to be released at the end of July), IC Insights forecasts that the 2019 global electronic systems market will grow 4% to $1,680 billion. In contrast, the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to drop by 12% this year to $443.8 billion after exceeding
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A system on a chip, also known as an SoC, is essentially an integrated circuit or an IC that takes a single platform and integrates an entire electronic or computer system onto it. It is, exactly as its name suggests, an entire system on a single chip. The components that
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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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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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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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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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