ASIC is an acronym for Application Specific Integrated Circuit. It is designed for a specific or customized use as opposed to one that serves a generally available. Examples of ASIC include chips that are designed to run specific devices such as Apple A11 CPU for example. You can find ASIC
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M31 Technology Corporation, a global Silicon Intellectual Property (IP) boutique, today announced that Corigine’s USB 3.1 Gen 2 PC host and device controller intellectual property (IP) with M31 28nm PHY is certified by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) and compliant with USB SuperSpeed+, the fastest USB speed standard.
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Allegro DVT, a leader in video compliance streams and video codec semiconductor IP solutions, announced today that Montage Technology, a leading fabless semiconductor provider for smart home entertainment and data center markets, has licensed Allegro DVT’s AL-E100 multi-format H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC encoder IP for integration into its next-generation set-top box
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Wafer sort (or wafer test), is a part of the testing process performed on silicon wafers. Wafer sort is a simple electrical test, that is performed on a silicon die while it’s in a wafer form.
Wafer sort’s main purpose is to identify the non-functional dies and thereby avoiding
IC Insights is set to release its October Update to The McClean Report. The 30-page Update includes a detailed analysis of IC Insights’ revised forecasts for the IC, O-S-D, and total semiconductor markets through 2021. Shown below is an excerpt from the Update.
IC Insights has raised its IC market growth rate forecast for 2017
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that it has acquired Sidense Corporation, a leading provider of one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) for automotive, mobile, industrial and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The acquisition complements Synopsys’ existing DesignWare®Multi-Time Programmable (MTP) NVM IP solution with OTP NVM IP in 16-bit to
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