GlobalFoundries puts rivals on notice, tips 20-nm process
Despite a sudden lull in the IC market, GlobalFoundries is moving full speed ahead with its aggressive silicon foundry strategy, putting competitors on notice and tipping a 20-nm technology node at its inaugural technology conference. |
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ARM, GlobalFoundries to accelerate 28-nm foundry era
GlobalFoundries said that it plans to get a jump on the 28-nm process era, making good on a previous promise, and taped-out a qualification vehicle based on ARM's Cortex-A9 dual processor. |
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Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP
Memristors made from pure silicon could enable resistive random access memory that are simpler and cheaper to manufacture than Hewlett-Packard's titanium-based formulation, according to researchers at Rice University. |
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IMEC launches cancer lab-on-chip project
European research institute IMEC and its project partners have launched a European collaborative research project to build a lab-on-a-chip for the detection of tumor cells in blood. |
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July 'actual' chip sales are above trend
The "actual" global market for chips in July, as calculated by WSTS, was $24.57 billion, down sequentially 9.5 percent, which is less than the normal decline in July. |
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AppleTV one small step toward Web-a-vision era
An increasing number of low-cost Web video systems such as the new AppleTV box is driving toward an era when TV will become a Web-connected multifunction device with television just one of its applications. |
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IBM claims fastest MPU
IBM said it will begin shipping a new mainframe computer computer capable of 50 billion instructions per second, powered by 96 microprocessors with 5.2-gigahertz clock speeds. |
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World Economic Forum picks 2011 tech pioneers
The World Economic Forum has selected 31 start-ups as Technology Pioneers of 2011 for answering some basic human needs with their innovative technologies. |
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Russian SoC designers take Virage IP for TV
Semiconductor circuit licensor Virage Logic Corp. has announced that Microelectronics Research Institute Progress has licensed the ARC Video 401V subsystem. |
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Freescale forms joint lab with Chinese automaker
Engineers from Beiqi Foton Motor and Freescale Semiconductor will work together to integrate Freescale microcontrollers and sensors into automotive control systems for the powertrain, chassis, safety and "green" aspirations of the Chinese automakers. |
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Asus design win as Boston-Power raises $60 million
A rechargeable lithium-ion battery from Boston-Power has been designed into notebook computers from Asus as the company raises $60 million in Series E. |
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LED-backed LCD TVs on healthy growth path
LCD TV panel makers are targeting aggressive growth for LED panel shipments, with plans to reach 40 percent LED penetration in Q4 10, and to exceed 50 percent in Q2 11, according to the latest DisplaySearch report. |
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Samsung pledges $70M for connected TVs
Samsung vowed to spend about $70 million to establish its connected TV platform and showed a new app to control the TV using its Galaxy S Android smartphone. |
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Gartner raises 2010 chip market forecast to $300B
Market research firm Gartner Inc. has raised its forecast for worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2010 to $300 billion, a 31.5 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $228 billion. |
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Analyst: Infineon exits cell IC market just in time
In the Intel-Infineon deal, one analyst believes that Infineon exited the wireless business just in time. |
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Purdue pump uses body heat to deliver drugs
Purdue University researchers have developed a pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles" to deliver a wider range of medications using the body's heat to transfer the drugs. |
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Graphite foam cools hi-intensity LEDs
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher James Klett shown claims to have developed a graphite foam technology that can help cool LED light fixtures and extend their lifespan. |
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Chip sales stay strong amid slowdown signs
The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors for July was $25.24 billion, up 1.2 percent from June and up 37.0 percent from July 2009, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. |
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Trident fires opening salvo on frame rate conversion patents
Trident plans to pursue license agreements with select chip vendors for its motion estimation/motion compensation patents essential to LCD displays and 3-D TV sets. |
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Intel will run wireless as separate business
Intel will operate the wireless business it is set to acquire from Infineon as a separate business, according to executives speaking at a press conference called to discuss the deal. |
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