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The pure-play semiconductor foundry market is forecast to play an increasingly stronger role in the worldwide IC market during the next five years, according to IC Insights’ new 2017 McClean Report, which becomes available later this month. The 20th anniversary edition of The McClean Report forecasts that the 2016-2021 pure-play
Read MoreWhen someone contributes to the success of your product, but they don’t work directly for your company, why should they work as hard as your employees ? Your employees, and to a smaller extent your suppliers, obviously have a financial interest in your company’s success. But success takes more than
Read MoreFaraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today announced its 55nm eFlash-based ASIC solution is ready to support better MCU performance. By skipping 90nm, Faraday’s MCU ASIC path strides directly from 8-inch 0.11μm to 12-inch 55nm eFlash process node, offering much lower power/leakage and
Read MoreLeuven, December 20th 2016 – AnSem NV, the leading analog, RF and mixed-signal ASIC solutions company expands its operations, opening an office in Enschede, The Netherlands.
The Dutch design center will be headed by Clemens Mensink, who has over 20 years of IC experience. AnSem BV will be located
Belgrade, Serbia – December 20th, 2016 – HDL Design House, a provider of high-performance digital and analog IP cores and system-on-chip (SoC) design and verification services, has joined the ARM® Approved Design Partner program, through which leading SoC design houses are recognized by ARM as accredited partners in specific technologies
Read MorePrior to 2008, the 200mm silicon wafer was used in more cases for manufacturing ICs than any other wafer size. However, since 2008, the majority of IC fabrication has taken place on 300mm silicon wafers. Rankings of silicon manufacturers by installed capacity for each of the wafer sizes are shown
Read MoreAccording to Business Korea Samsung Electronics is considering a reorganization of the System LSI division in order to systematically grow the system semiconductor business. The company is planning to separate the design and manufacturing sectors in the business unit and divide or spin off it to fabless and foundry business
Read MoreSANTA CLARA, DECEMBER 15th 2016 – ELSYS America celebrates its 1st anniversary in the Silicon Valley. ELSYS America is built upon its mother company’s, ELSYS Design, 15+ years experience in integrated circuit design, partnering with all the major semiconductors companies based in Europe; it has successfully extended this offer to
Read MoreMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of signal processing IP for smarter, connected devices, today announced that Maria Marced, President of TSMC Europe BV., has been appointed to its board of directors, as an independent non-executive director, effective December 8, 2016.
Read MoreIt can be asked why design a dual port memory bit? Is this not a case of re-inventing the wheel? Not necessarily. Most memories are designed with speed being the main design goal. You achieve speed by limiting that range of voltages and temperatures that the memory will operate over.
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