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Lower power becomes bigger issue 4/6/2007
Breakfast in the Valley: What used to be an issue for the extreme leading edge of chip design now threatens to alter the fundamental underpinnings of all electronics.
Miller on edge: The role of Miller capacitance in nonlinear circuits 3/29/2007
In nonlinear circuits, internode capacitive coupling can manifest itself
in ways that may not immediately look familiar.
Effort launches to develop open PCell library 4/3/2007
Initiative would allow tools from multiple EDA vendors to read standard PCells.
Atmel AVR32 UC3 processor boasts low power 4/3/2007
Company claims microcontrollers deliver 80 Dhrystone MIPS while consuming only 40 mA at 66 MHz when operating from a 3.3V power supply.
Module mixes GPS, cellular functions 3/21/2007
MEN Micro's new, 3U, single-slot CompactPCI interface card offers a
12-channel, parallel GPS receiver and a GSM device for cellular
communications.
Controlled power supply increases op amps' output-voltage range 3/15/2007
External transistors and op amps increase the output-voltage range of a precision op amp.
SST introduces hybrid NAND/NOR All-In-OneMemory 4/5/2007
Known primarily for its NOR-memory technology, SST (Silicon Storage Technology) is now adding to its portfolio the All-In-OneMemory device, which mixes NAND, NOR, RAM, and a memory controller in one system-in-package offering.
WiMax gains in mobile-broadband game, but 4G lurks 3/29/2007
Sprint Nextel, with Partners Intel, Samsung, and Motorola, will drive
Mobile WiMax flavor in US broadband deployment.
Phase-change memory creeps closer to the mainstream 3/29/2007
Recent announcements indicate that Intel and Samsung, both of which have for years been pouring research funds into phase-change memory, are determined to bring the technology to market.
MSOs: Tektronix re-enters the field; deeper memory becomes de rigueur 4/3/2007
If Tektronix wanted to, it could make the case that it was the first major oscilloscope manufacturer to offer an MSO (mixed-signal oscilloscope).
Semi manufacturing equipment grew 23% in 2006, Gartner says 4/6/2007
With the exception of the memory segment, semiconductor manufacturers maintained their investment discipline and invested carefully, according to the market research firm. And in the foundry sector, changes in inventory levels and reductions in customer order patterns started as early as May 2006, and foundry spending declined as the year went on, although it managed to eke out about 9 percent year-over-year gains.
CEOs lack non-financial performance info; can’t gauge overall corporate health 4/4/2007 10:08:00 AM
If you are a CEO, do you think you know the overall pulse of your company’s health? Many of your peers don’t because they lack quality non-financial information that is critical to make such a claim, according to a recent survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Inventory excesses eased in Q1 4/4/2007
After months of problems attributed to a flood of excess inventory, chipmakers and customers are beginning to feel relief as semiconductor stockpiles declined significantly in Q1, iSuppli reports.
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