Annual semiconductor unit shipments (integrated circuits and opto-sensor-discretes, or O-S-D, devices) are expected to grow 9% in 2018 and top one trillion units for the first time, based on data presented in the new, 2018 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of the Integrated Circuit Industry (Figure 1).
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Moortec, providers of complete In-Chip Monitoring PVT Subsystems today announced that Starblaze Technology have employed Moortec’s 28nm Temperature Sensor IP in their STAR1000 high-end consumer and starter enterprise SSD controller which has recently reached volume production.
Starblaze Technology’s STAR1000 is an enterprise storage SSD controller designed to deliver maximum
System performance is a critical requirement for the vast majority of integrated circuits that are designed today. To meet these stringent performance requirements, IC designers invest considerable time and effort in accurately modeling and simulating chip level performance – all to avoid nasty surprises when the first chips return from fabrication. Performance
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he historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in 2015 and 2016 slowed significantly in 2017, but the total value of M&A deals reached in the year was still more than twice the annual average in the first half of this decade, according to
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In the world of IP core design, there is an inherent conflict: Imagine this – if the IP core is going to be re-used, then should you deliver something that can be customized by the customer to their needs, or should you deliver a solution tailor-made to their exact needs?
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Sales of analog ICs are expected to show the strongest growth rate among major integrated circuit market categories during the next five years, according to IC Insights’ new 2018 McClean Report, which becomes available this month. The McClean Report forecasts that revenues for analog products—including both general purpose and application-specific devices—will increase by
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