Microsemi has sold the assets of Semicoa to a third party. In connection with this sale, the United States Department of Justice has settled its civil action against Microsemi. Microsemi's settleme...

Synopsys VLSI chip design tool called IC validator which is part of its Galaxy platform now supports TSMC's new physical design verification format called iDRC (interoperable design rule checking) ...

Ramtron's FM22L16 4-Mbit (Mb) F-RAM chips are selected by China based SBS Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (SBS) for use in an innovative solid-state disk (SSD) data storage device. SBS is into e...

Microcontroller maker Microchip has promoted Ganesh Moorthy to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Microchip. Ganesh Moorthy is working in semiconductor business since 1981 w...

Microcontroller-embedded programmable analog and mixed signal IC called Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) is creating it's own market in India by entering through engineering institutes/colleges. ...

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai and Infineon are working together in CMOS VLSI design from 2007 onwards. They have reached a major milestone in integrating high voltage functionality in...

MathWorks has announced Release 2009a (R2009a) of its MATLAB, Simulink, and PolySpace product families. R2009a utilizes parallel computing techniques to work faster on multicore and multiprocessor ...

AZ Displays has introduced a new Electronic Paper (e-paper) displays to display text and graphics in monochrome color. It's a great innovation effort by AZ displays. This technology is born out ...

EDA industry is reeling under pressure to innovate. Semiconductor vendors are in no-mood to pay hefty charges for some small improvements. EDA vendors are left with limited options either to provid...