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Micron, Rambus Sign Long-term Memory Deal
Under CEO Ron Black Rambus is reinventing itself as technology collaborator and licensor. Micron seven-year memory deal ends all litigation between the companies.
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November Sales Dip Steeply at TSMC
Sales at TSMC dipped sequentially for the second month running in November seemingly fulfilling a previous prediction of a fourth quarter inventory correction. Smaller rival UMC fared better in November in terms of percentage growth.
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Smartphone Slowdown Hurts Loss-making Imagination
The dilution of Imagination's focus through its acquisition of MIPS and a slowdown in the smartphone business conspired to hurt Imagination's position as it announced half-year financial results.
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Blu-ray Closes Gap with DVD in Revenue Generation for Video Releases
The Blu-ray Disc (BD) format is an increasingly potent source of revenue for movie titles released on video, with BD now accounting for half of U.S. video retail revenue for major new...
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Manufacturing in 2014: Full Steam Ahead
The momentum gathered by the U.S. manufacturing sector in the second half of the year is expected to continue through early 2014.
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Bluetooth Upgrade Supports LTE/IoT
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has updated the core specification to version 4.1 providing number of changes to better support the co-existence of Bluetooth with LTE and its use for Internet of Things applications.
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Broadband Internet Penetration Deepens in US; Cable is King
Close to four-fifths of the United States is now connected in some form to the broadband Internet universe, with cable remaining the dominant mode of access across the...
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Qualcomm to Evaluate Leti’s Non-TSV 3D Process
Qualcomm signs up to evaluate a sequential 3D integration process that does not require the use of through-silicon vias (TSVs) and offers synergies with FDSOI circuit integration.
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Apple Spurs Massive Growth in Smartphone Fingerprint Sensor Market
As it has done so often before, Apple Inc. is triggering a new technology boom, with its integration of a fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s inspiring a wave of imitators that will drive the...
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Research Institute, Tool Vendor Team on 14-nm Process Technology
Electronics technology research institute CEA-Leti will work with plasma semiconductor processing equipment Nanoplas to extend Nanoplas's Atomic Layer Downstream Etching process tool to applications in 14-nm dry-etching, stripping and cleaning.
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Shape-Memory Materials Breakthrough Opens Applications in Electronics
A research team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, using a chemical compound called bismuth ferrite, has reported a large shape-memory breakthrough that is larger than any shape-memory effect observed in metal.
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Soitec, SunEdison Strike SOI Cross-License Deal
Two wafer suppliers trying to become solar energy providers have signed a cross-license agreement and resolved legal disputes related to silicon-on-insulator technology.
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Can the 'Airbus of Chips' Plan Fly?
A specially appointed leadership group is expected to propose a plan to save European semiconductor manufacturing on December 16.
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GaN-on-Si to Gain Ground in LEDs
Making GaN LEDs using silicon wafers has compelling economic benefits and is expected to drive strong market growth for GaN-on-Si technology.
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Rockchip, Analogix Team to Push SlimPort
Analogix already has design wins for SlimPort interfaces in mobile equipment but is creating reference designs alongside application processor vendor Rockchip.
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Broadcom Adds Wireless Charging to Bluetooth/IoT Chip
Broadcom is bringing together an MCU, Bluetooth RF and wireless charging in a single chip to help drive wearable and IoT nodes.
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Fabless Chip House XMOS Raises Cash for Global Growth
UK-based fabless MCU vendor raises cash to maintain strong sales growth momentum in 2014, aims to double head-count over 12 months.
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Global LCD Panel Market Sliding into Oversupply as Production Continues to Exceed Shipments
An increasing disparity between the large number of liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels being produced worldwide and what is actually shipped out to panel buyers will result in...
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Low-Cost 'Nano-Camera' Provides Accurate Images In Adverse Conditions
Researchers in the MIT Media Lab have developed a $500 "nano-camera" that is based on "Time of Flight" technology like that used in Microsoft's recently launched second-generation Kinect device.
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Retinal Implant Breakthrough Said to Restore Sight to the Blind
Researchers from the U.S. and Germany say they have developed an electronic system that uses electrical stimulation methods and retinal implants to restore sight to the blind.
