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Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today unveiled the success of projector ASICs, covering high-end 4K/8K projector, head-up display (HUD), AR, and 3D sensing pico-projector applications for top-tier projector manufacturers in Japan, USA, and Taiwan. By leveraging its design methodology and IP customization
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Research included in the April Update to the 2018 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report shows that the world’s leading semiconductor suppliers significantly increased their marketshare over the past decade. The top-5 semiconductor suppliers accounted for 43% of the world’s semiconductor sales in 2017, an increase of 10 percentage points from 10 years earlier
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In one of the previous posts we discussed a cool technique to reduce leakage current. This time we will look at dynamic power consumption due to switching and some common techniques to reduce it.
Usually, with just a little bit of thinking, reduction of switching activity is quite possible. Let’s look
The market for Bluetooth low energy devices is expected to reach 1.4 Billion, growing at a CAGR of 34% between 2015 to 2021, as per ABI Research. While investments in Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology are ever increasing, there are many wireless technologies such as Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Z-wave competing for
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Dolphin Integration, leader in innovative design solutions for the next generation of Energy-Efficient System-on-Chips, augments TSMC’s IP ecosystem at 40 nm with TITAN, a breakthrough architecture for Read Only Memory compiler. This cost effective, single-layer and late programmable ROM compiler is capable of generating instance sizes from 512 bits to
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Codasip, the leading supplier of RISC-V® embedded processor intellectual property, today announced that Jerry Ardizzone has joined as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, reporting to CEO Karel Masařík.
“We are very excited to have Jerry on board to lead our global sales efforts,” declared Karel Masařík, CEO and founder
Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. has taken advantage of a new cloud-based FPGA accelerator marketplace developed by Accelize®to make industry-leading GZIP data compression available to users and developers whenever they need it.
The new AccelStore™makes critical functions like GZIP directly available to end users on a rental by
This interview was help with Stefano Perticaroli, Ph.D. Eng., CEO at Radio Analog Micro Electronics srl.
Tell me a bit about your background? How did you first get started with Radio Analog Micro Electronics?
I completed my Ph.D in Electronics Engineering at DIET Sapienza Università di Roma
Despite the rising cost for IC development, EDA tools and mask sets semiconductor design companies continue to use the most advanced CMOS technology for high performance applications because benefits like lower power dissipation, increased gate density, higher speed and lower manufacturing cost per die more than compensate the higher cost.
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The world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, imec, and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that its extensive, long-standing collaboration has resulted in the industry’s first 3nm test chip tapeout. The tapeout project, geared toward advancing 3nm chip design, was completed using
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