Dec 2010
Different
specs for emerging markets by LCD TV panel manufacturers
WIN
Semiconductors ranked as largest Asia-Pacific GaAs Supplier
USB
3.0 to be available in 1.7 billion device by 2014
Another
3 good years for the digital cameras
Microsoft
OS support for ARM's processor IP; business ripples for computer
and phone industry
Cosmic
Circuits bags multiple awards in 2010 with new IP launches
Semiconductor
market for all DTT STBs to exceed US$ 500 million in 2014,
says In-Stat
3D may
grow more in mobile domain rather than in TV market, says
researcher
The GSA
award winning semiconductor companies in 2010
LED backlighted
TVs grow in sales but 3D TVs not a hot one
ABI's
White paper on not-happening technology markets in 2011
iSuppli
estimates semiconductor revenue expansion by record margin
in 2010
CTS to
Acquire Swiss component vendor Fordahl SA
Taoglas
and Microchip partnering in wireless design for M2M market
Melexis
wins the patent case at the Munich Federal Patent Court
North
American semiconductor equipment industry posts Nov. 2010
B-t-B ratio of 0.96
JEDEC's
Flash memory standards UFS is under fast progress of implementation
Mentor
Graphics suggests smart verification methodologies for VLSI
engineers
GaAs
semiconductor device market is in the range of $ 4billion
says Strategy Analytics
Android
supporting 3G smart phone design platform and chip from Broadcom
iSuppli:
MEMS microphone shipments to cross 695.5 million units up
57.7% y-o-y
The innovation
tracks of smart phone and notebook converged as tablet computers
Inphi
shipped 100 Million+ analog semiconductor chips for Giga bit
speed applications
The electronics
design interface-standard buzzwords for 2011
TriQuint
Semiconductor's 3G chips RF-power iPhone and Galaxy
Broadcom
revenues going up due to demand in mobile and wireless semiconductor
chips
Copper
replace gold as on-chip interconnects in high-end analog semiconductor
chips
New
semiconductor material key to boosting speed and cutting power
consumption
11 Tablet
PCs powered by Freescale Semiconductor's ARM Cortex based
i.MX chips
Magnetic
hard disk drive growth less affected by solid state memory
drives
Ethernet
semiconductor chips' market to reach $3.4 billion by 2014
2010
year end update on flat panel TV market
Iskratel
selects Octasic's Vocallo MGW for its media gateway
PMC-Sierra
licenses CEVA's Voice-Over-IP to use in its Fiber-to-the-Home
SoCs
Voyager
1 space probe sensing final edge of solar system
Researchers
relate magnetism as the force behind unconventional superconductivity
Atmel
and Ocular LCD collaborate on touch panel technology
Infineon
bag chips order for German ID cards
45 ASIC
prototypes for US$ 45K from eASIC
MIPS
Joins the MIPI Alliance
The
pervasive HDMI is shipping in 350 million consumer devices
in 2010, In-Stat says
CAST's
new IP platform for developing ARM Cortex-M0 processor based
systems
Cree's
new LED Arrays consume 14W to deliver 38% more light than
a 26W CFL
Ceva
holds 80% share in licensable DSP unit shipments in 2009,
study by Linley
Paper
on compound semiconductor based QWFETs for low power logic
by intel and IQE
Fujitsu
Semiconductor selects Forte Design Systems' SystemC HL Synthesis
software
Researchers
use magnets to tune supercooled GaAs semiconductor
DisplayPort
and HDMI to obsolete VGA and other analog video interface
by 2015
Standalone
deep packet inspection market to reach $1.5 billion by 2014
says Infonetics
Soitec
buys Altatech Semiconductor's wafer inspection system
Mentor
Graphics' event U2U-2010 addresses some of the key design
issues in VLSI design
VDC Research:
Barcode and RFID converging to address enlarging authentication
market
VDC:
Top 10 market and tech trends in embedded systems; both software
and hardware
TI fine-tunes
its 4th quarter 2010 revenue outlook
SEMI:
8% growth in installed semiconductor fab capacity for 2010
and 11 and 9% for 2012
Panasonic
extends the operating voltage of power semiconductor devices
by using GaN on Silicon
Sony
develops new technique to enable faster response time in LCD
displays
Worldwide
server market revenues grew by 13.2% to reach $11.8 billion
in 3rd Q 10
Synopsys'
fiscal 2010 revenue up by 1.5% to reach $1.38 billlion
Cloud
up in the air pouring content to handheld computers
DisplaySearch
says Gen 8 fabs produce 44% of LCD TV panels
In-Stat:
LTE subscribers to approach 115 million by 2014
IAR
Systems to support ARM Cortex A5 processor core
Breakthrough
research by U.S. scientists lead to a 35 % up in solar cell
power generation
SENSIO
issued with a U.S. Patent for 3D content encoding and decoding
Mil.
embedded computers market based on COTS forecasted to reach
$4 Billion in 2020
Toshiba
establish chip design JV with Brazil's VBC
Mobile
phone accessories to generate close to $35 billion in revenue
in 2011, says study
Worldwide
content security gateway market grew 10% in 3Q10 to reach
$715.2 millios
Ethernet
Switch revenues grew 33 % y-o-y with record sales, as per
Dell'Oros
Rambus
sues Broadcom, Freescale, LSI, MediaTek, NVIDIA, and ST for
patent infringement
Mentor
Graphics acquires certain assets of CodeSourcery
Walden
C. Rhines to deliver keynote speech at Mentor's forum in Bangalore,
India
Medical
is becoming more of e (electronics)-medical and is driven
by semiconductor tech
Solar
PV semiconductor equipment book-to-bill dips in 3rd Q 10,
says a study
SEMI/IEEE
Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference invites papers
DDC adds
new licensing options to its data bus test and verification
software packages
Toshiba's
consumer div. announce new strategies and products for the
ASEAN region
82%
of the population in Western Europe is covered by 3G networks
reports ABI
OKI's
inter-vehicle communications device link vehicles and pedestrians
IAR
Systems provide software support for ST's SPEAr MPUs
Elpida
sampling 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM for consumer devices
IMS
estimates solar inverter shipment grew by 50% to reach 7.3GW
in Q3'10
SanDisk,
Sony and Nikon co-develop new specs for media storage in memory
cards
Evatronix
and LeCroy partnering in adopting SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology
ASML's
semiconductor manufacturing equipment can process 1 million+
chips/day
Market
researcher says fiber broadband to generate revenue $30+ billion
in 2011
Cavium
Networks joins Multicore Association (MCA)
IMS Research
estimates over 25 million cars will be Bluetooth-enabled in
2017
Triquint
Semiconductor bags defense contract of 17.5 million for making
GaN devices
Market
for mobile TV SoC chips is growing fast
IBM learns
the trick of tweaking silicon for photon emission to scale
up the computing
Nov 2010
LSI's
MegaRAID software used by IBM's ServeRAID M5000 6Gb/s controllers
Schaffner
receives multi-year order for new electric vehicle platform
Market
forecast: Mobile phone semiconductor market to grow by 12%
in 2013
Total
service provider VoIP equipment market falls by 9% in 3Q 10
from 2Q 10
Korean
panel makers' TFT-LCD panel shipments exceeds 50% reports
Displaybank
Broadcom
to acquire Gigle for its Ethernet over powerline chips
Fairchild
Semiconductor Increases Focus on Mobile Handset Market
Chinese
companies racing to expand PV cell and module manufacturing
Report:
Trident beats MStar Semiconductor in the TV chip market in
2010
Unified
communications market grows, reaches highest level since 2008
says Dell'Oro Group
LC-Tec
and Seiko partner to develop liquid crystal device for stereoscopic
3D apps
Infineon
to source tech to Goldwind for manufacturing IGBT stacks
AudioCodes
is certified by Microsoft for SIP trunking connectivity into
Verizon Business
The automotive
driver monitoring systems is estimates to reach $1 billion
by 2015
CAGR
of 74% in passive UHF transponders expected from 2010 to 2014,
predicts ABI
OKI sells
5 billion reed switches
Mentor's
embedded Linux to support NetLogic's multicore processors
In-Stat
says smart energy to trigger rapid growth of ZigBee semiconductor
market
Ericsson
equipment for Aircel's 3G in 6 of its circles in India
Mentor
Graphics' Veloce Emulation Platform adopted by Broadcom
Cadence
makes deep inroads into Indian electronics and semiconductor
industry
ANADIGICS
power-amps power Samsung's GALAXY Tab Devices
PMC-Sierra's
Wintegra acquisition is done
Synopsys
custom design solution qualified for TowerJazzs reference
flow
Shortlink
and LFoundry to jointly provide Shortlink's RF and mixed-signal
custom IP
SEMI
estimates total silicon wafer area shipments grew by 5% q-o-q
in 3Q 10
Code
for supercomputer software on public domain by Fujitsu
Graphics
DRAM heading downwards, forecasts iSuppli
Georgia
Tech researcher harvest energy using an array of tiny nanowires
NAND
type flash memory revenue to grow by 38% to reach $18.7 billion
in 2010
Aeroflex
and Linear Tech partner targeting aerospace market for their
semiconductor devices
Panasonic's
global dry cell battery production reaches 150 Billion
Cavium
does timing analysis of its OCTEON II processor using Synopsys's
NanoTime software
The PC
specific processor sales grew modestly in 3rd quarter 2010
Infineon
tops power semiconductor market for the seventh consecutive
year
Elpida
is shipping samples of its 32-Gigabyte LRDIMM
Micrium
and PolyCore Software to jointly provide ARM Cortex-based
technology
Latest
RTOS from Micrium supports Cortex M3 based Gecko MCUs
Wintegra
renews communication IP core license from Palmchip
BreakingPoint
selects Continuous Computing's Trillium LTE protocol software
AMD demos
monolithic processor chips with both CPU and GPU
Hisense
awards Fairchild Semiconductor as core supplier
Agilent
acquires certain assets of Signametrics
Diodes
reports sequential growth of 9.4% in 3Q 2010
PSSC
Labs selects LSI's SATA+SAS RAID controller cards for its
PowerWulf Cluster computing systems
TI's
IQmath Library supports C2000 and Stellaris microcontrollers
austriamicrosystems'
RFID chip powers Nordic ID's new handheld computer
Panasonic
invested $30 million in Tesla Motors
ADI's
ADCs power NI's eye movement based user interface for gaming
apps
ABI predicts
about 3 million 4G handsets to be shipped in 2010
Kontron
to migrate to 40GbE ATCA from 10Gbe ATCA
DisplaySearch:
Revenue for main displays reached $3B in Q2'10
Security
appliance market in APEJ region grew to US$267.11million in
Q2'2010
Broadband
subscribers worldwide to reach 16.5 million 3Q'2010 says iSuppli
Wireless
Gigabit Alliance and VESA cooperate on next gen wireless display
tech
3 LED
Lighting makers raise $800 million in two months, says Strategy
Analytics
Imagination
Technologies and Forte Design Systems jointly develop graphic
IP core
Unisem
has chosen Teradyne's test system for analog and power management
test
Express
Logic's ThreadX RTOS supports CEVA DSP Core
Extreme
Engineering Solutions ships Avionics Development Platform
Wi-Fi
Alliance and HomePlug Powerline Alliance partnering on smart
grid
LGS Innovations
and Wavesat to jointly develop 4G mobile devices for network
apps
Global
Semiconductor devices sales grew by 6.1% in 3Q'2010 on q-o-q
basis
Achronix
Semiconductor to make high density FPGAs using Intel's 22nm
fab
Teradyne
Grants SEMI License to the STDF to develop datalog standards
In-Stat:
Worldwide mobile TV tuner market to exceed $400 Million by
2014
Demand
for 3G/4G semiconductor chips enable 18.6% revenue growth
for Anadigics
WLAN
access point shipments in Q2'2010 grew 6% compared previous
quarter says ABI
Report
suggests Indian mobile phone market to reach 104 million in
2010
New power
semiconductor research project in Europe to gain the lead
in power semicon tech
Vishay
adds five new optoelectronics webinars to its websites
video library
Xilinx
leads the industry in semiconductor chip stacking on Silicon
layer
Using simulation
software is deeply interlaced in engineering design processes
Synopsys
supports Carl Zeiss SMS' registration metrology tool for in-die
metrology solutions
Oct 2010
Need
for advanced battery charging systems on the rise says ABI
Moser
Baer to develop Copper Indium Gallium Selenide semiconductor
based solar cells
ST's
components are added into Zuken's CADSTAR parts library
Teleca
and Icera to jointly develop Android RIL for smartphone platform
Report
says smartphone shipments in 2nd quarter 2010 grew 12% over
previous quarter
Microsemi
to make mm wave transceivers for Raytheon Missile Systems
CSR
integrate its wireless platform onto Infineon's cellular reference
designs
SIM
card market will grow 10% in 2010 reports ABI
Record
booking for single transistor per cell ROM tech expert Sidense
U.S.
Department of Agriculture explores LED lighting for photosynthesis
in greenhouses
Freescale
scales up in revenue and profit in 3Q 2010
TI reports
strong growth in all areas
40/100G
optical transceiver and transponder market is estimated to
reach $2.14 b in 2014
TFT LCD
shipments for automotive apps doubled in 1H 2010 compared
to year back
Axell
selects Forte's synthesis and design IP for its graphics and
audio SoC designs
Mobile
video calling revenue will exceed $1 billion by 2015 says
In-Stat
"Tapping
the Tablet Opportunity" webinar by Strategy Analytics
on Nov 3, 2010
Fujitsu
semiconductor licenses Tessera hardware tech for improved
video
Intel
opens Intel India Embedded Challenge Contest 2011
Flextronics
Global Services opens two new facilities in Milan, Italy and
Delhi, India
Altera
to showcase its latest communications solutions for military
apps at MILCOM 2010
NEC selects
Freescale's embedded technology to power its microwave communications
equipment
LSI and
IP Infusion to jointly develop carrier-grade solutions for
mobile backhaul and carrier Ethernet
Broadcom
acquire Percello to enhance its femtocell technology
TI's
processors powers IP phones for Microsoft Lync
IEEE
approves Panasonic's PLC Technology
Atmel
maXTouch touchscreen controller IC wins "New Electronic
Product of the Year"
NSK
and Toshiba have formed the ADTech Corporation to develop
automotive steering system
ResMed
and STMicroelectronics jointly develop device to aid sleep
apnea patients
H3C Selects
NetLogic's 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY device for its core switches
Korean
makers' LCD panel shipment up by 3%, Taiwan makers' drop by
2.5% reports Displaybank
New
embedded hypervisor from Wind River support Freescale's QorIQ
and Intel's Xeon
Express
Logic provides ThreadX support to Energy Micro's 32-bit ARM
Cortex MCUs
Study
says 75% of all mobile processors will be multi-core by 2014
Researchers
reveal method to store solar thermal energy
Atheros
launch new Ethernet chips while reporting record quarterly
revenue
Wi-Fi
in enhanced to connect two gadgets just like Bluetooth-way
Cavium
and MontaVista co-develop Android ref. platform on the ECONA
ARM core
Sony
Ericsson ups its smart phone shipments by 15.4%, says iSuppli
Selected
U.S. semiconductor companies receive a bounty of orders from
ZTE
ST to
demo its chips for cars at ITS 2010
Pulse
to demo its components targeting industrial electronics market
Mobile
security client software grew 16% between Q1 and Q2 of 2010,
says a study
PMC-Sierra
expands into mobile backhaul equipment market by acquiring
Wintegra
Alcatel-Lucent
obtains 12 femto contracts in three months
Sigma
Designs boasts about its tech behind two comm products
Nordic
to demo its ULP 2.4GHz transceivers and wireless connectivity
solutions at Electronica 2010
ERNI
demos SMC and MicroSpeed connectors for systems with high
data rate
Comverge
is employing Digi X-Grid in its Intelligent Energy Management
platform
Fujitsu
demos CGI Studio at SAE Convergence 2010
Toshiba
to set up a 1MW solar photovoltaic project for Hokuriku Electric
Power Company
Samsung's
Wave 2 and Galaxy phone use Cypress' touch tech
ZTE selects
Cypress's SRAM devices for its Ethernet switches
TSMC
introduces award for mixed signal /RF design innovators
Freescale
Semiconductor reports quarterly sales of $1.15 billion, a
3.6% q-o-q growth
Moog
Videolarm employs Microsemi's PoE midspans in its camera housings
Semiconductor
industry's revenue growth going flat
Samsung
powers its GALAXY TAB Android tablet with three components
from RF Micro Devices
BHEL
wins contract to set up Grid-Interactive solar power plants
in Lakshadweep
STMicroelectronics
and Green Hills Software support ST's SPEAr MPUs
Survey
reveals PNDs are most commonly used navigation device
AudioCodes
reports a revenue of $38.3 million in 3rd Quarter 2010
GreenTouch
signs 18 new members from telecomm and energy sectors
Avalue
Technology becomes associate member of Intel Embedded Alliance
Thin
film solar PV production capacity to cross 2.7 GW by the end
of 2012, says IMS
Lattice
MachXO PLDs shipping counter crosses 50 million mark
New software
from KPIT Cummins based on HIS recommendation
Intel
to pump $6-8 billion for building 22nm fab in U.S. and to
create 1000s of jobs
Intersil
reports flat q-o-q revenue growth in its 3rd Q 2010 revenues
Continuous
Computing becomes a member of Network Intelligence Alliance
Advantest
and Galaxy Semiconductor sign licensing agreement for Galaxy
Examinator
Mentor's
Embedded Nucleus RTOS used in over 2.345 billion mobile devices
Study
says social network users to reach 1.85 Billion by 2015
Baseband-integrated
app. processors usage is growing in smartphone, says report
In-stat:
137million web-enabled CE devices to Ship in US in 2014
Tyco
Electronics Extends Tender Offer for ADC
IMS:
Can cellular service replace Licensed Mobile Radio(LMR) network?
iSuppli:
Global semiconductor revenue in 2011 to rise by only 5.1%
in 2011
Chip
from Fujitsu Semiconductor enables 360degree view of vehicle
surroundings
Cosmic
Circuits opens its chip design contest
Advantech's
networking and gaming platforms uses Actel's FPGAs
Top
semiconductor industry executives talking at Linley's high-speed
interconnects seminar
Synopsys
announces 23rd EDA Interoperability Forum
NVIDIA
adopts Mentor's Olympus-SoC product for its graphics processors
Advantech
introduces new ordering process for WebAccess Version 7.0
Cadence
and Xilinx release new Xilinx IP Ecosystem microsite for FPGA
designers
CableLabs
announces specifications for DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON
Entropic
and TowerJazz announce expanded supplier capacity agreement
Session
border controller survey shows growing use of SBCs for VoIP
interconnection
iSuppli:
Consumer-electronics semiconductor revenue to reach $57.2
billion in 2010
Fujitsu
secures inter cloud data sharing
ABI:
Cellular M2M connections to reach 232.5 million by 2014
Agilent
Technologies's chipset software supports ADI's RF IC and MxFEs
converters
Texas
Instruments and YOGITECH collaborate on automotive safety
standards
ABI:
11 million media tablets and 43 million netbooks to ship worldwide
in 2010
Picocell
tech on a chip for 4G driving partnerships and forum initiatives
Latest
automotive electronics market update from iSuppli
iSuppli
predicts a strong and bumpy ride for solar PV in 2011
Outcome
of Android users survey by IDC
Sony
brings to market Internet capable TV powered by Google Android
3M to
begin high-volume production of solar film for flexible PV
modules
Researchers
introduce triple-mode, single-transistor amps based on graphene
Broadcom
acquires WiMAX chip vendor Beceem Communications
Kyocera's
210W solar module passes a series of sub-tests by TUV Rheinland
DisplaySearch:
90 million 3D TV sets to be shipped in 2014
HID Global
and Sony to jointly develop embedded contactless smart card
reader platform
Green
Plug supports universal power adapters for mobile phones
Report
says Bluetooth to continue its domination in mobile phone
Indian
engineers say 'Love You' to the LabVIEW
iSuppli:
10.6% of quarterly growth of semiconductor inventory in 3rd
Q 2010
ABI estimates
digital STB market to reach 226 million shipments in 2015
Toshiba
to provide ASIC design and manufacturing services to Hyperstone
In-Stat:
Consumers are demanding wireless charging solutions for mobiles
devices
Rohde
& Schwarz signs cooperative agreement with Belgian company
NMDG
Synopsys
buys Optical Research Associates
National
Semiconductor and Suntech join forces to develop 'Smart Panel'
technology
Strategy
Analytics: Total terrestrial portion of Satcom market will
be $684 million in 2013
Enea
unveils its M2M Competence Cente in Sweden
Ditech
Networks' VQA algorithms to run within FreeSWITCH platform
Microsemi
acquires FPGA vendor Actel
MEMS based
motion sensors making smartphones more smarter
Personal
robotics market is forecasted to cross $19 Billion in 2017
CTS to
operate with full manufacturing, sales and service capabilities
with in India
Fairchild
Semiconductor expands strategic partnership with Sichuan Changhong
Electric Co
Samsung
starts mass producing 40nm-class 8GB DDR3 Module for portable
apps
Trident'S
DTV chipset solutions powers Loewe's HD televisions
Atmel
sold its Smart Card business in Rousset, France and East Kilbride,
UK to INSIDE
NXP invites
EEs for its "mbed Design Challenge 2010"
iSuppli
forecasts 20.9% growth in global LCD-TV Shipments in 2010
Sep 2010
Thermal
analysis of semiconductor devices by OKI Engineering
Research
study reports 95% growth in ROADM wavelength selective switch
(WSS)
ABI:
Mobile operator capital expenditure to grow by 3% in 2010
Oclaro
opens new design center for diode laser packaging designs
ABI researches
trends in usage of standalone semiconductor chips vs combo
chips in mobile devices
ADI's
Blackfin processor adopted by Roland to power its audio interface
Oclaro
demos its tunable XFP transceivers at 36th ECOC Show
NVIDIA
provides CUDA supprt for OpenCV
Billion
Electric selects Broadlight's GPON processors
Phoenix
demos its UEFI plug-in on UEFI reference BIOS for Intel boards
Automotive
telematics and infotainment applications quickly gaining momentum,
says ABI
ANADIGICS'
power amp AWC6323 used in Samsung's Intensity II and Gusto
phones
PNDs
are surveyed as most popular navigation form-factor
Micrium
and Validated Software Corporation (VSC) announce joint venture
Embedded
software tools from Green Hills now supports NetLogic Micro's
processor chips
6WIND's
Gate software to power Advantech's Packetarium platforms
Enea
supports TI OMAP-L138 applications processor
Open-Silicon,
MIPS and Dolphin jointly develop new ASIC processor
Research:
mobile communication improved health and education in rural
and developing areas
PLX Tech
to Acquire Teranetics
MATLAB
now supports NVIDIA's GPUs
picoChip
and Cambridge Consultants collaborate in enhancing LTE Femtocell
platform
Wi-Fi
Alliance welcomes FCC ruling on television white spaces
Mobile
phone accessories' revenue forecasted to exceed $50 Billion
in 2015
Integrated
wheelchair and hair-washing robot from Panasonic
Eagle
processor; ARM's eye on the future computing devices
Spain's
utility company uses ST's power line comm chip in a meter
management project
Freescale
and Cirrus team up to provide turnkey reference design for
digital utility meter market
Triquint
Semiconductor introduces 150mm GaAs commercial foundry process
Broadcom's
single chip GPS receiver supports the new QZSS
ABI:
Fixed wireless terminals and cellular routers shipments to
reach 13 million in 2015
Annual
shipments of Wi-Fi Chipsets are forecasted to raise above
1 billion units in 2012
Mobile
phone buying trends at the bottom of the pyramid: Not just
cost
Global
solar photovoltaic demand up by 54% in Q2'10
EV Plug
Alliance announces new members
AUO and
TPV establish joint venture for LCD module plant in Manaus,
Brazil
Strategy
Analytics: Automotive sensors' revenue to reach $17.6 billion
in 2017
Rohde
& Schwarz adds latest DVB-T2 functionalities to its transmitters
Microchip
opens registrarion for its 7th annual India MASTERs Conference
New digital
signal processing algorithm from Fujitsu to compensate signal
distortion over long distances
Altera
demos 25-Gbps transceivers in programmable logic
HSPICE
Precision Parallel Technology from Synopsys increases simlutaion
speed upto 7 times
Enea
offers Linux config and build environment for NetLogic's multi-core
processors
Extreme
Reality partners with TI in touchfree gesturing engine tech
Engineers
at MIT create tiny channels using carbon nanotubes
Sony
leading in Indias Flat Panel TV market
ABI Reserch:
RFID systems revenue to cross $6 Billion in 2011
New semiconductor
chip making tech from IBM for power mgmt ICs
Anritsu's
WLAN test set obtains Wi-Fi CWG certification
Fujitsu
and CA form strategic alliance
Agilent
and Innofidei collaborate on TD-LTE data dongle RF test
Wireless
packet core market to grow by 19% in Q2' 2010
Broadcom
and Philips partner in developing remote control for home
entertainment sys
Microchip
announces 2nd annual Embedded Designers' Forum .
TSMC
begins building its solar semiconductor research and manufacturing
facility
SynaptiCAD
updates its Verilog netlist editor GOF to support logic equivalence
failure correction
Worldwide
network security appliance and software revenue to reach $7
billion by 2014
MathWorks
adds VLSI design and RF features to its MATLAB and Simulink
Researchers
examine deceptive powers of a robot
ABI:
Mobile WiMAX subscribers to reach 59million in 2015
Symwave
and Fresco Logic demos speed of 370MB/s on USB 3.0.
Panasonic
develops mass production technology for 32nm semiconductor
chips
ABI:
IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor network chipset shipment to
reach 645million in 2015
Microsemi
acquires Arxan Defense Systems
Hemisphere
introduces new GNSS technology based on new ASIC design
ROBUST
Electronics selects Entropic's silicon tuner for its products
in Europe
Power
relays from American Zettler recieves UL long life ratings
Zoran
agree to acquire Microtune.
Microsemi
acquires all assets of VT Silicon
Linley:
Embedded multicore security processors' sales grew by 25 percent
in 2009
A123
Systems opens a big Lithium Ion automotive battery plant in
North America
Fairchild
to display LED lighting and medical tech at Arrowfest
OptimalTest
integrates its test software on Advantest's T2000 open architecture
test platform
Enablence
to showcase its PLC based optical products at the ECOC conference
MainConcept
introduces two new NVIDIA CUDA based H.264/AVC video coding
technologies
Rudolph
recieves multiple orders for its semiconductor wafer test
sys
Corning
and Oerlikon Solar acheive 11.9% stabilized conversion efficiency
in silicon-tandem solar cell
Electronica
India: A show to learn on Electronics Manufacturing Resources
in India
Harmonic
deploys Ambarella's A6 semiconductor chip platform
ST's
SoC chips to power Cyfrowy Polsat HD STBs
Nepes
agree to manufacture Freescale's chip package technology
NSA approves
Xilinx' Virtex-5Q FPGAs for Type 1 crypto sys
Sentinel
IC opens European Technology Center in Switzerland
Eurotech
and Windriver announce strategic collaboration
Samsung
demos its application processor made using 32nm HKMG process
at a forum
SEMI:
Worldwide Semiconductor equipment billings reach $9.11billion
in Q2' 2010
Maxim
acquires Phyworks to improve its optical tranciever product
line
Continuous
Computing and NetLogic join hands to develop 40G ATCA packet
processing platforms
Vestel
Selects Broadcom's SoC for its latest HDTVs
NXP's
contactless MCU IC to handle fare collection at the winter
Olympics
New turnkey
reference design from Semtech and Microchip for wireless RKE
systems
Opto,
sensor, and discrete semiconductor market driven by solid-state
lighting demand
IMS:
Automotive sensor market to grow by an average of 10% over
the next eight years
TI acquires
2 semiconductor wafer fabs in Japan
Andes
Technology goes for Cadence's low power design tools
IMS estimate
63 million 'wireless in vehicle' unit sales in 2010
MRI licences
Virage's IP subsystem for digital TV applications
Agilent
to demonstrate digital video test solutions at IBC2010
Equipment
spending for front-end semiconductor fabs to increase by 133%
in 2010
Siemens
to use National Semiconductor's analog chips in its ultrasound
imaging machines
Attend
Electronica India 2010 to feel the pulse of Indian electronics
industry
Aldec
supports VHDL IEEE 1076-2008 standard
Equisys
has selected Enea's technology for its FoIP software products
Broadcom's
Set-Top Box technology powers EchoStar's HD DVR
MindTree
selects Azimuth's channel emulator for testing of its NIW
group
Toshiba
selects Mentor's synthesis tool for ASIC audio, communication
and image processing systems
Alcatel-Lucent
acquires OpenPlug
IMS:
Embedded computer board revenues to reach $4.3 billion in
2014
IMS:
Wireless PC peripheral to grow fast over the next 5yrs
DDC now
supports its AceXtreme cards with dataSIMS software
Freescale
Semiconductor continue to focus on volume markets for its
SoC chips
A guide
to C2000 32-bit real time MCUs from TI
Trident
to pursue license agreements with TV OEMS and semiconductor
chipmakers
Sony
to increase production capacity of its CMOS image sensors
ABI:
HF RFID and RTLS-enabled asset management system shipments
to reach 150 million in 2014
ABI:
Wireless sensor network shipments to reach 645 million in
2015
ATMI
and Ovonyx progress towards commercialization of PCM devices
Cree
demos 150mm SiC substrates to enhance productivity
JDSU
introduces CPV cells to generate electrical power
CableLabs
publishes specification for formatting 3D content into frame
compatible format
Microchip
ships its one millionth development tool
SDP
market to reach $4.7 billion in 2014
Hynix
joins hands with HP to develop memristor semiconductor devices
Atheros
acquires Opulan to expand into PON and MUX areas
Network
flow processors developer Netronome grows at 1000+ percentage
ASUS
uses AMIMON's WHDI technology for its WiCast PC to TV connectivity
kit
White
paper from Wi-Fi Alliance on Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n products from
China
Aug 2010
NXP Semiconductor's
Neeraj hints on India's electronics industry opportunities
Linley
Group: semiconductor market for communication ICs to grow
by 20% in 2010
Tektronix
announce new customer service plan called "Gold Care
Plan"
ABI:
Global telematics users to reach 211million by 2015
Toshiba
starts mass production of its 24nm, NAND flash memory
ABI:
Mobile phones and its accessories accout for 75% of the Bluetooth
enabled products
Multi-crystalline
solar PV module from AU Optrinics obtains carbon footprint
verification
Survey
on whether 3DTV affects the eye or not
User
study: 90% of Apple iPad buyers will be existing Apple owners
Over
50% of the network cameras to be HD or megapixel resolution
by 2014
Intel
paves its way to dominate semiconductor market for convergence
devices
Broadcom-India
expands its facilities in Bangalore and Hyderabad
IMS estimates
Suntech beaten First Solar in solar PV modules shipments
ZOLL
Medical selects ADI's iMEMS technology in its palm-sized CPR
IMS:
Solar microinverters and DC/DC power optimizers' revenue to
reach $1.5 billion in the next 5 years
ABI:
42.3 million PNDs to be shipped in 2010
IDC:
Cloud computing more efficient for eGovernment operations
Alps
employs Berkeley Design 's AFS platform for designing its
mixed-signal ICs
Intel
and Nokia's Joint innovation Center officially opened
GUC acheives
first-pass silicon success in its SSD SOC using Synopsys's
SATA IP
Ricoh
lauds Mentor's tool for improvement in test coverage and throughput
Sidense
granted anti-fuse memory cell patent by USPTO
Panasonic
to move a part of its PDP Production unit to Shanghai, China
Virtual
trade show by Synopsys on Aug 31 to Sept 2
ABI:
Microwave VEDs have a total available market of over $1 billion
IXYS
integrates SiC with super junction MOSFET targeting fast switching
apps
TI introduces
Microsoft Windows Embedded BSPs in OMAP and Sitara microprocessors
Isabellenhütte
and austramicrosystems strengthening partnership in automotive
domain
Echelon
to host energy efficiency conference in Mumbai, India
AUO and
Wistron establish joint venture for TFT-LCD panel module production
Dual
core Atom based netbooks are launched
Wind
River's embedded-software support for car infotainment apps
Intel
and Micron to jointly develop 3bpc NAND flash memory chip
on 25nm process technology
New programmable
analog architecture from Advanced Linear
Broadcom
introduces the new FastRTV technology for faster channel change
speeds
All-LED
industrial plant opened in Netherlands
Mentor
Graphics files patent infringement suit against EVE
Sony
introduces the 'single wire interface technology' for mobile
devices
SEMI
reorganizes into three business units
All-LED
industrial plant opened in Netherlands
Rambus
grants NVIDIA patent license for certain memory controllers
CFD tech
for depositing dielectric films in sub 32nm semiconductor
chip manfuacturing process
Intel
agrees to acquire TI's cable modem unit
IBM and
Infineon divest in Altis Semiconductor
ABI:
Digital radio installed base to reach 200 Million by 2015
Synopsys
launches DesignWare USB software alliance program
Plastic
computer memory device demo using spintronics tech
Ramtron
starts commercial sampling of its MaxArias Wireless Memory
MoSys,
Radiocomp and GDA partnering to serve 3GPP LTE and 4G semiconductor
market
Synopsys
introduces TDD mode in its LTE model library for physical
layer system simulation
IMS forecasts
China as the world's largest Solar PV market by 2014
CriticalBlue's
Prism software to support Cavium's OCTEON architectures
Sky Deutschland
selects Broadcom'sBCM7325 and BCM7335
Synopsys
and Lattice renew OEM relationship for FPGA synthesis software
AOC selects
Trident's digital TV engine to power its TV's
Researchers
demonstrate highly directional terahertz semiconductor laser
Synopsys
Galaxy Implementation Platform Used by TSMC for 28nm Process
Mentor
Graphics and Trident collaborate with Hyderabad's JNTU in
VLSI design
Hynix
begins mass production of its 64Gb NAND flash using 20nm process
Video
on how to use stencil printers for PCB assembly
Pen-like
grip wireless mouse uses Nordic Semiconductor's chips
Femtocell
shipments to cross 54 million in 2015
Cisco
at top again in the Indian WLAN equipment market
IC Insights:
DRAM vendors to rank up as total semiconductor sales to top
$204B in 2010
Newtech
selects Exar's BitWackr deduplication product
IBM and
IIT Bombay to research on new mobile phone interfaces
Social
cause initiative by Applied Materials to serve homeless children
CSR acquires
audio codec specialist APT
TÜV
PV lab in Bangalore simulates sun inside the lab
Aava
Mobile uses AWR's Microwave Office in its PCB design flow
Creative
Chip's complex semiconductor device designed using Synopsys'
Galaxy
New licensing
deal from EnSilica for 8051 licencees
Semiconductor
fabs' silicon consumption up 7% quarterly
Global
cellular M2M module market forecast to reach $3.8 Billion
in 2015
Cadence
lined up its R&D team to deliver on its EDA360 Vision
AUO's
solar reliability lab obtains UL WTDP certification
Intel
and U.S. Federal Trade Commission reach tentative settlement
Eden
Rock to serve as system integrator for Motorola's WiMax solutions
GE and
Intel to create a new healthcare company
Steady
growth predicted for military airborne communication systems
through 2020
NanoGaN
granted with 2 patents in the LED opto semiconductor domain
Dell'Oro
forecast: Mobile infrastructure market to reach $43 Billion
in 2014 due to 3G
Sangoma
selects Continuous Computing's Trillium SS7 and ISDN protocol
software
Mobile
phone's new avatar is Internet on hand
Robust
growth for GPON, VDSL, Cable CMTS, and EPON equipments
Report:Global
mobile phone shipments to reach 321.2 million in 2nd quarter
of 2010
Mobile
data usage surpasses voice traffic
ST Microelectronics
decoder ICs powering new STBs from Dish TV
Enel,
Sharp and ST join hands with aim to build Italy's largest
Solar PV factory
Infineon
puts its wireless business on the transaction table
Research
on system-in-package solutions launched by semiconductor companies
in Europe
TDK replaces
its neon billboard with LEDs at London's Piccadilly Circus
3M making
national ID cards for Panama
Elpida
to make new NAND flash based on Spansion's MirrorBit charge-trapping
tech
New Skype
developers tool supports MIPS architecture
We are
the number one vendor of semiconductors for digital TVs says
Trident
Mentor
Graphics develops SystemVision SVX Client for NI LabVIEW software
July 2010
Radius
to use Ericsson's GPON in its broadband sys in India
IC Insights:
Worldwide semiconductor market to increase by 30% over 2009
Ralink
says it captured >36% of the 802.11n market for HDTVs
Harting
takes legal action against a Chinese company for patent infringement
3D TV
to represent 37% of flat TV market by 2014
ABI:
5.2 billion MCU and memory-based smart cards shipped in 2009
University
of Sydney selects Agilent oscilloscopes for its physics labs
Prototype
for Si based optical data connections with lasers from Intel
picoChip
partners with Entuple to enter India's 3G and 4G market
ADI collaborates
with Xilinx to make the base station more programmable and
flexible
Worldwide
DWDM Optical Equipment Revenue to reach $9.3 Billion by 2014
New tech
in enhancing Solar PV module performance
NXP Semiconductor
acquires Jennic to expand its domain expertise in RF
The Multicore
Association adds four new members
AMD's
professional graphics cards receives 47 application certifications
ST and
Digi-Key organize design contest for engineering students
in North America
Applied
Materials bags 2010 SEMICON West 'Sustainable Technologies
Award'
India's
$35 tablet: 35 billion+ US$ revenue from 1 billion+ sales
Mentor
Graphics partners EnSilica to develop its FPGA IP platform
Videotron
employs Sentry digital monitoring system to enhance viewing
experience
Key factors
influencing design of $35 tablet computer
Indian
engineers proved the possibility of sub $50 laptop
ST's
MEMS, MCU & Analog: Ingredients for 100s of innovative
product ideas
Databeans:
ADI is number one vendor of ADC and DAC ICs with 46% market
share
Samsung
and Toshiba join hands to develop DDR NAND flash memory with
400Mbps interface
Global
investment on smart grids to total over $45 billion by 2015
says ABI
Korail
uses Westcode Semiconductor's 2400A 4500V IGBT's in its high
speed trains
Market
analysis: TV sets with Internet connectivity to reach 119
million in 2014
NXP semiconductor
releases its own iPhone application featuring access to its
chips
ABI Research:
Tablet shipment to touch 11 Million in 2010
Radiation
tolerant Flash based FPGAs from Actel now qualified for spaceflight
systems
DIANA
to research on improving electronics capabilities in automotives
GEO Semiconductor
to use SENSIO's 3D IP core in its T2 IC
Microchip
and Cymbet jointly develop energy harvesting development kit
IMS user
survey: 50% want electricity usage data displayed in their
homes
Synopsys'
manufacturing tools selected by SVTC
Worldwide
PV market to almost double in 2010 reaching 14.6GW
Agilent
becomes member of DVB Consortium and WorldDMB Forum
ABI Research:
Shipment of nearly 81 million USB wireless modems in 2010
ST to
showcase its embedded technology offerings at ESC, India
Rambus
granted its 1,000th Patent
Worldwide
shipment of Blu-ray players to exceed 62.5 Million in 2011
Renesas
Electronics Developers Conference 2010 in US open for registration
Broadcom
supports the recently adopted Bluetooth Version 4.0
Microsemi
bags $22 million GPS Module production order
Market
researcher ABI estimates Linux-based OS' share to grow by
62% by 2015
University
of Saskatchewan wins Innovate North America FPGA competition
TI to
buy two semiconductor wafer fabs in Japan
Panasonic's
lithium ion batteries to power solar cars in solar car race
2010
Intel's
2nd Quarter revenues: the growth speed is stable and robust
Solarbuzz:
PV market in Asia Pacific to grow by about 85% in 2010
ASML
announces broad adoptation of its lithography products
Toshiba
starts builiding Fab 5 facility for making NAND flash chips
Tyco
Electronics acquires ADC
EDA Consortium
reports a industry revenue of $1247 million in Q1 2010
ABI Research:
Unprecedented growth of mobile subscriptions in India
Sony
to start shipping newest members of its silicon tuner module
lineup
ISRO
opens a big door of opportunity in space tech for students
IAR supports
Renesas MCUs
FPD TVs
to completely replace CRT TVs by 2014
Intersil
appoints Clifton Ho as VP of Sales for the Asia Pacific region
including India
LeCroy
starts shipping 8Gbps protocol analyzer
TI; a
company with advantage to serve the Indian semiconductor market
Echelon
enhances its NES Smart Grid Infrastructure
Lenovo
laptops use NFC reader/writer module jointly developed by
NXP and Toppan
PCT to
sell Microchip's serial NOR-flash products
Global
investment on smart grids to approach $46 Billion by 2015
Synchronoss
agrees to acquire FusionOne
TSMC
adopts advanced clock tool from Azuro for hardening of embedded
CPU cores
Open-Silicon
integrates 50 Synopsys' IP products with 100 % silicon success
Fine
pitch copper pillar flip chip packaging tech jointly by TI
and Amkor
IMS Research:
Emerson tie up with Chloride results in UPS service giant
ISRO
rocket carries payload developed by VITU students
Mentor
Graphics India launches design contest
ABI Research:
LTE deployment going big way
Dexter
to distribute austriamicrosystem's magnetic sensors in Noth
America
Irvine's
EAGLE-10 can sustain speeds up to 10Gbps
SEMI
releases 8 new technical standards
APT-X
and JayBird collaborate to enable wired quality audio in wireless
bluetooth headphones
The bit
and bytes from EDA business guru Aart De Geus of Synopsys
Toshiba
works with Mitsubishi to extend its SciB battery to run EVs
SiS adopts
Cadence tools for designing its SoCs
TSMC's
0.25-micron OTP IP meets AEC-Q100 specifications
Fujitsu's
optical networking products meet TEER energy efficiency standards
Seven
leading companies join forces to further develop NFC applications
Toshiba
and Intel launch tablet PCs for education in Japan
GE Lighting
and Rambus get together to promote LED lighting solutions
Broadcom:
India is a huge end market for us
Siltronic
evaluates Altatech semiconductor's wafer-Inspection System
MathWorks
Simulink PLC Coder Certified By TÜV SÜD
Global
Unichip adopts TranSwitch's HDMI supporting IP cores for consumer
electronics applications
LSI and
Seagate come together to develop HDD products
Xilinx
to showcase its India team's design strength at VLSI Conference,
Bangalore
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