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PIC32 expands connectivity support 11/18/2009

Microchip Technology’s PIC32MX5/6/7-family chips expand the connectivity support of PIC32 processors to cover 10/100-Mbps Ethernet; CAN (controller-area-network) 2.0b; and USB (Universal Serial Bus) host, device, and OTG (On-The-Go) peripherals.

IBM aims to simulate brain's abilities with computer system 11/18/2009

An IBM Research-led cognitive computing team claims advances in large-scale cortical simulation and a new algorithm that synthesizes neurological data, two major milestones that indicate the feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip.

EC guilty of maladministration in Intel antitrust investigation 11/18/2009

According to the European ombudsman, maladministration -- the act of administering or managing badly or inefficiently -- took place in the investigation when the Commission failed to make a proper note of a meeting with Dell.

Semiconductor revenue to rebound in 2010 after smaller-than-expected 2009 decline 11/16/2009

According to Gartner, revenue is on pace to total $226 billion in 2009, compared to 2008 revenue of $255 billion. Revenue is expected to bounce back in 2010 with a 13% increase.

Mentor joins SOI Industry Consortium 11/13/2009

In joining the group, the company aims to expand EDA tool and methodology support for SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology.

Team hardens SiGe circuits 11/12/2009

Manufacturers once aimed certain process technologies at radiation-hardened designs. CMOS, for example, started out that way, when RCA (www.rca.com) developed its silicon-on-sapphire process. However, the overwhelming success of bulk-silicon CMOS processes has driven most of the alternatives into niches, forcing up their cost to the point that only the best-funded programs can use an alternativ...

Digital photomultipliers challenge vacuum-tube photomultipliers 11/12/2009

Despite massive improvements in solid-state light sensors in recent years, the detection of extremely low light levels has remained stubbornly resistant to the incursion of solid-state devices. The problems have been how to deal with the excessive dark count once you integrate the photodiodes into a circuit and how to reduce the cost of the specialized processes that the diodes require.

BLE set for surge 11/12/2009

According to ABI Research, manufacturers will ship more than 2.5 billion Bluetooth low-energy chip sets in 2014 in a market that will grow at 78% compound-annual-growth rate between 2009 and 2014.

Intel to pay AMD $1.25B to end legal battle 11/12/2009

Updated: Intel and AMD agree to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes.The rivals also obtain patent rights from a new five-year cross-license agreement.

Elpida outsources to Winbond in DRAM manufacturing partnership 11/11/2009

The outsourcing agreement pertains to the supply of GDDR3 and GDDR5 graphic DRAMs for Elpida and is the first step in a broader business partnership the two companies intend to pursue.

Healthcare reform gives health-monitoring electronics a new diagnosis 11/10/2009

Recent efforts to reform healthcare could give remote monitoring devices a shot in the arm.

PC MPU unit shipments jump 23% in Q3, signaling market is recovering 11/9/2009

IDC reports that mobile PC microprocessors lead the growth, increasing 35.7% quarter over quarter in Q3. But, because of lower average selling prices on such MPUs, revenue grew at a lesser 14.1%.

Cree plans LED facility in China 11/9/2009

The 592,000-square-foot facility in Huizhou will be Cree’s first chip-production facility outside of North America and is targeted to also house future components manufacturing expansion.

Freescale puts two fabs up for sale 11/9/2009

ATREG has been appointed as advisor to Freescale in the sale of the company's two operational 150-mm semiconductor manufacturing facilities.

Six-core DSP stresses energy efficiency 11/6/2009

Texas Instruments’ new six-core TMS320C6472 DSP boasts a 3.68W power-use sweet spot when operating all six cores at 500 MHz with 80% usage. The cores support 625- and 700-MHz operation with a trade-off of energy efficiency at the 500-MHz operation point.

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