Global information company IHS was recently quoted as confirming that one out of every four counterfeit parts reported last year were for Analog ICs. While the media focus of the counterfeiting problem has been primarily military/aerospace as it relates to national defense and homeland security, the fact is that the
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Dolphin Integration, the leading Silicon IP provider for low-power SoC, announced today that it has been selected by GreenWaves Technologies to provide a consistent set of Silicon IPs for achieving the lowest power in sleep and active modes of GAP8, the industry’s first IoT processor. This set includes Dolphin
German foundry X-FAB plans to raise 250M Euros or US$265 million in an IPO in Paris Euronext to support future acquisitions and strengthen its capital structure.
We are on a growth track,” says Rudi de Winter CEO of X-FAB, “and being a public company with increased financial capabilities will further
On Chip Variation (OCV) is an increasing problem that starts at 130nm and its effects are increasing with smaller process nodes. And On-Chip Variation (OCV) is one of them, specifically for Static Timing Analysis.
The first task is to find all possible sources variation, and find out how these
IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2017-2021 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, and forecasts for IC industry capacity by wafer size, by process geometry, by region, and by product type through 2021. Figure 1 splits the world’s installed monthly wafer production capacity by geographic region (or
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The race between predictions vs. achievement of Moore’s law has had multi-fold impact on the semiconductor industry. Reuse has come to the rescue both from the design and verification viewpoint to help teams achieve added functionality on a given die size. This phenomenon lead to the proliferation of IP &
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