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Spansion Rolls Automotive MCUs
its Traveo MCUs would deliver high performance, enhanced human-machine interfaces, high-security and advanced networking protocols tailored for a broad range of automotive applications.
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Wearables Market Will Prosper on Data, Service
The wearables market is at the beginning of a journey from today's first steps in products to a future based on service offerings, according to a conference session at the GSA European Executive Forum
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Exclusive Video Teardown: Nokia Lumia 1520
The Lumia 1520 is the latest Windows smartphone entry from Nokia, the company that had been the industry leader in feature phones.
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India's Challenges In Starting Wafer Fabs
For at least ten years now, India has been chasing the dream of setting up semiconductor wafer fabs. Challenges remain.
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Positions Shift in Power Supply Vendor Ranking
Two Scandinavian companies were the strongest climbers in a top ten ranking of power supply vendors by 2013 sales.
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SIA Applauds New DoD Anti-counterfeiting Rule
Newly finalized Department of Defense rule aims to reduce the risk of counterfeit semiconductors being used in weapons systems and other military equipment.
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Toshiba, SanDisk Aim 3D-NAND Fab at 2016 Production
Toshiba is going to demolish Fab 2 at Yokkaichi to make way for a reported $7 billion investment – shared with SanDisk – in a wafer fab to produce 3D-NAND flash memory in 2016.
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Flextronics to Manufacture New DNA Delivery System
EMS provider Flextronics will help design and manufacture a next-generation delivery system for cancer vaccines and treatment of various diseases.
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Samsung Licenses 28nm FDSOI Chip Process from ST
Samsung, a foundry supplier of bulk CMOS circuits to ST, has agreed to license a 28nm silicon-on-insulator process and act as a primary and second-source of the process.
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Varitron Acquires EMS Provider Altronics
Acquisition expected to help the company meet U.S. content requirements for customers both locally and abroad.
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Qualcomm Set to Buy WiGig Chip Maker
Qualcomm has kept close to the privately-held multigigabit WiFi chip maker Wilocity and has reportedly pounced at a valuation of $300 million.
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Teardown: Google Glass
Google Glass—which sells for about $1,500—costs only about $152.47 to produce, according to IHS.
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Clockless Programmable Logic Startup Preps Product
Asynchronous logic may have fallen out of favor in recent years but here comes Wave Semiconductor with Azure, its implementation of null-convention logic.
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Flexible Supercapacitor Matches Battery Volumetric Energy Density
Researchers have built microscale supercapacitors that have the energy density of a 500-µA-hr thin-film Li battery.
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Future Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement With ECS
Distributor Future Electronics has signed a new worldwide distribution agreement with ECS, Inc., a manufacturer of frequency control management devices.
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Production Commences at New Samsung Fab in China
Samsung Electronics, Co. has begun production at its new advanced NAND flash memory fab in Xi’an China.
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Technology Incubator 2.0 Seeks to Rebuild U.S. Chip Ecosystem
A twist on the incubator model seeks to match Silicon Valley tech startups with strategic partners in the semiconductor industry.
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3D-NAND still on track for 2015, says SanDisk
Investment in a pilot line for 3D NAND is on track and SanDisk expects to be in production in 2015. But first SanDisk will deploy its "1Z" planar process.
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Market for Wearable Electronics Set to Take Off
Dale Ford, VP at IHS, is bullish about the opportunities for electronics in a number of end markets.
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Report: M2M Alliance to Aid Asia-Pacific Adoption
An alliance of cellular service operators across the Asia-Pacific region will help double annual machine-to-machine connections by 2017, according to an IHS report.
