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07 Intel Looks to “Computing Dust”

by Bob Raikes

The final keynote speaker was Mike Mayberry of Intel who looks after Intel Labs and controls Intel’s spending on university research Chip development is “Easy to say, but hard to do” and Intel’s priorities …

06 Global Foundries Looking to FDSOI

by Bob Raikes

A Mutricy is from Global Foundries and he said that his company is still working on FinFET technology for applications that need a lot of computing. Devices are converging towards very low cost and …

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LETI & Fraunhofer Announce Collaboration

by Bob Raikes

Fraunhofer’s Hubert Lakner and LETI’s Marie-Noelle Semeria held a press conference to announce the collaboration between the two institutions. Semeria said that microelectronics is key for the european industry. The industry used to be …

AMPHION Releases Two HEVC/H.265 Video Decoder IP Variants

by Milos Pavlovic

Amphion Semiconductor today announced the immediate availability of 2 extended performance variants of its highly successful HEVC/H.265 ‘Malone’ video decoder core for SoC implementation. The 4Kp120 (CS8150) and 8Kp60 (CS8160) variants target higher frame …

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ON Semiconductor Imaging Technology Plays Integral Role in World’s First Multi-Aperture Computational Camera

by Isaac Oburu

PhotoPlus – ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficiency innovations, has drawn on its extensive expertise in image sensor technology to help support Silicon Valley start-up Light. The company has provided Light with key imaging hardware …

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Renesas Will Buy Intersil

by Yvette Raikes

Semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corporation will acquire Intersil Corporation, which supplies power management and precision analogue solutions. They have agreed on a share price of $22.50, meaning equity of $3.2 billion. Pending shareholder and …

MediaTek Sees Record Sales

by Yvette Raikes

MediaTek saw record monthly turnover of NT$25.87 billion ($826.7 million) in August, up 36% YoY. This contributed to Q2 revenue of NT$72.53 billion ($2.3 billion), also a record. The company is expecting September to …

Actions Semiconductor Launches the S900VR and the V700 28-nm Chipsets for Virtual Reality Devices

by Isaac Oburu

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (“Actions Semiconductor” or “the Company”), one of China’s leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics, announced today that …

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SIA Predicts Five Moore Years

by Tom Allen

The 2015 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) (http://tinyurl.com/hqafrmu), from the Semiconductor Industry Association, predicts that Moore’s Law will be coming to end sooner rather than later: as early as 2021, in fact. The …

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Semiconductors Continue Down in April

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor sales totalled $25.8 billion in April: down 1% MoM and 6.2% YoY, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The SIA uses data from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), which projects …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 23 - Issue 22| Worldwide

SCHOTT Wins Germany’s Top Innovation Prize for Ultra-thin Glass

by Isaac Oburu

Thinner than a human hair and yet so flexible that it can wrap around your little finger: Ultra-thin glass speeds up product innovations in the electronics and semiconductor industries, where it enables faster, more …

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Chip Makers Struggle in February

by Tom Allen

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) reported a YoY decrease of 7% in February, to NT$17.7 billion ($538.9 million). Year-to-date revenues were NT$38.8 billion ($1.2 billion), down 8.3% YoY. Lite-On Semiconductor rose 4.3% YoY, to NT$645 …