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WSTS Expects Moderate Chip Growth in 2015
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics group predicts chip sales will grow 3 percent to reach $344.5 billion in 2015.
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Chinese State-Owned Car OEM Joins MOST Cooperation
FAW Group is the first Chinese domestic auto maker to sign onto the infotainment collaborative that is included in more than 170 car models.
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Chip Equipment Spending Expected to Grow 15% in 2015
Sales of new semiconductor equipment expected to reach nearly $44 billion in 2015, according to the SEMI trade group.
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Freescale Acquires Zenverge to Advance IoT Security
Acquisition expected to enhance Freescale’s media streaming portfolio, specifically in offering secure sharing of HD video and other content in the cloud.
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Manufacturers See Materials Prices Drop 9%
U.S. manufacturing output increased in November for 18th consecutive month.
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SureCore Raises Funds For SRAM IP
A UK design group has raised a series A round of funding with the aim of being able to license out its leading-edge SRAM IP in the coming months.
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Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron Merger Delayed
The formation of Eteris BV, a merger of chipmaking equipment leaders Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron has dragged on for more than a year and sign-off by regulatory authorities on issues such as competition is not yet in sight.
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Cypress, Spansion Agree to $4 Billion Merger
All-stock transaction expected to result in firm with $2 billion in annual sales.
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Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Gains Momentum
Five companies, including Broadcom and Saankhya Labs, have joined the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, an industry organization seeking to improve access to the Internet for both people and things by reuse of spectrum for wireless communications.
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MagnaChip Offering 0.18 Micro SOI RF CMOS Process Technology
South Korean chipmaker will target the process technology at RF front-end module devices specifically antenna switching and tuner applications in smartphones and tablets.
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UV Resistant Cables Target Harsh Environments
Flat festoon cables are UV resistant and provide reliability in severe temperatures designed to work with industrial applications such as cranes, monorails and more.
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Digital Signal Controllers Aim at Harsh Environments
Line of 5V digital signal controllers that allows for easy connection to sensors and noise immunity in appliances, industrial and automotive products.
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Infineon to Expand Wafer Fab, Buy Into PCB
Infineon plans to expand a 200mm wafer fab in Kulim Malaysia and is moving closer to a PCB manufacturing partner in Germany through acquisition of a minority share. This after Infineon posted solid quarterly financial results.
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Lime Micro Offers Field Programmable RF for 4G, MIMO
A programmable RF dual transceiver could be just the thing for multi-standard software-defined radio systems. Lime has iterated its design and is dropping the price on an earlier implementation.
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Fab Tool Orders Fall, Board Orders Rise
Orders and shipments for semiconductor equipment fell in October, while PCB shipments rose slightly year-to-year, according to trade groups.
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LED Matrix Manager Drives Auto Headlamp Arrays
LEDs are an increasingly viable option for headlamps, but an array of LEDs is difficult to control on a per-LED basis; the Texas Instruments TPS92661-Q1 is designed to alleviate the problem and enable electronic steering of the light-beam output.
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MediaTek, SMIC Help Form $1.7 Billion Chinese Equity Fund
A massive private equity fund formed by SummitView Capital is chartered with the acquisition of global design companies from around the world and helping them prosper within China.
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MegaChips, IMEC Develop Short-Range Radio for IoT
Megachips is working with IMEC to develop a multi-standard short-range radio transceiver that move the industry closer to autonomous wireless sensor nodes for the Internet of Things.
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UDI Targets Wearables with Ultra-thin Touch Sensors
Touch panel maker is developing thin touch products in order to meet the demands of consumers that want next-generation wearable mobile devices to be thin but with enhanced performance.
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TSMC Orders EUV Lithography Tools For Production
Foundry TSMC has ordered to production scanners for extreme ultraviolet lithography of integrated circuits, according to equipment supplier ASML. The chipmaker looks set to insert the long-awaited production technique in its 10nm FinFET node in 2016.
