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Cypress Sells Capacitive Touch Sensing Business

Parade says it will continue to provide TrueTouch ICs to mobile customers and expand into other consumer-oriented market segments.

Microsemi Introduces Automotive-Grade FPGAs

Semiconductor vendor launches AEC-Q100 qualified versions of its SmartFusion 2 and IGLOO 2 programmable devices.

Silicon Nanowire Remains Favorite to Replace FinFET

Accelerated adoption of 7nm node means that introducing nanowire transistors will likely wait. Here's why.

Bidding War for ISSI Continues

Cypress Semiconductor, consortium of Chinese VCs, still vying for the fabless memory chipmaker.

Cadence Receives Certification for TSMC’s 16nm FinFET Process

Companies also working to port Innovus implementation system to TSMC’s 10nm FinFET process.

Digital Signage to Grow by Double-Digits, IHS Says

New report says that lower technology costs and an increase in 4K media players are driving growth this year.

Menta Releases Third Generation of Embedded FPGA IP

Embedded FPGA IP targeted at system-on-chip designs.

CEVA Looks to Accelerate Wi-Fi Integration in IoT

The IP vendor has introduced three connectivity platforms in order to help chipmakers skip the difficult design experience of integrating Wi-Fi standards.

HP to Pay $100 Million to Settle Class Action

Information technology giant has agreed to a pay-out over its handling of the acquisition of Autonomy in 2011.

Automotive MEMS Set Sales Record in 2014

With mandated safety systems being implemented in major markets for automobiles, MEMS suppliers have benefitted greatly

Rise in Drones a Boon for Chipmakers

As drone use goes beyond military and consumer markets into the commercial space, semiconductor vendors are cashing in.

IBM Integrates III-V Nanowires on Silicon

An IBM process for the creation of lateral compound semiconductor devices on silicon wafers could show the way to move beyond the FinFET

Samsung Extends Licensing of Mali GPUs

Consumer electronics giant takes IP license for all ARM's graphics cores in move that should sound alarm bells for GPU licensing competitors.

Support Team Formed for FDSOI Chip Process

A team brought together by French research center offers to help designers target 28nm FDSOI multi-project wafer runs.

Synopsys Snaps Up Atrenta

Synopsys says it will integrate Atrenta’s static verification and implementation technology into existing Synopsys tools.

Toshiba, Microsoft Team Up for IoT

Lean application processors for end-point nodes will link up with the software giant's cloud services as part of a joint approach to the Internet of Things.