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Microchip Expands Instrumentation Amplifier Portfolio
Amp, dubbed MCP6N16, features self-correcting architecture that company claims maximizes DC performance by enabling low offset, low-offset drift and common-mode and power-supply rejection.
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Micron Makes 8Gbit DDR3 DRAM
There's still money to be paid supplying high capacity DRAMs to go into high performance servers in data centers so Micron has added a monolithic 8Gbit chip to its portfolio.
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First Half of 2014 Closes Strong for Manufacturing
Manufacturing activity within the U.S. expanded for the 13th consecutive month in June.
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IBM Pumps $3 Billion Into Nanometer Chip R&D
It’s chip business as usual for IBM as it said it would spend $3 billion over the next five years to investigate how to keep miniaturizing integrated circuit minimum dimensions to 7nm and beyond.
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Power Supply Market Projected to Grow Steadily
Market for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies will grow from $20.65 billion in 2013 to $25.1 billion in 2018, driven by LED systems and media tablets, according to new study by IHS Technology.
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TSMC's Q2 Sales Flag Strong 2014 Chip Market
Foundry continues to report strong monthly sales figures. Both industry-wide and company-specific momentum seems to be propelling the company.
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Ceva Expands Wireless IP With RivieraWaves Buy
DSP core licensor Ceva has a grabbed a specialist French Bluetooth and WiFi IP developer specialist to expand its range and give it a better pitch for wearables and IoT applications.
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Combo of Applied-TEL to be Known as Eteris
The name for the company formed by the merger of Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron is “Eteris”, which embodies the concept of “Eternal Innovation for Society'”
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Micron Exec Calls for Collaboration
The future looks bright for the semiconductor industry and its ecosystem, but not unless chip companies can adapt to a changing industry and partner more closely with their equipment suppliers, according to Micron's president.
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Atmel Acquires Connectivity Chipmaker in IoT Play
Cash deal, worth $140 million, expected to complete Atmel's wireless portfolio.
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SEMI Predicts Two Years of Fab Tool Spending Growth
Semiconductor capital equipment spending is projected to increase by double digit percentages in both 2014 and 2015, according to the fab tool vendor trade group SEMI.
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SIA: Semiconductor Sales Increased Nearly 9% in May
Worldwide semiconductor sales in May grew 8.8 percent compared to May 2012 as revenue reached $26.86 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry (SIA)
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ST's OxRAM Targets FDSOI Microcontroller
STMicroelectonics has reported progress made hafnium-oxide resistive RAM for use as embedded non-volatile memory. The technology is moving towards a low power microcontroller implemented in FDSOI.
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Applied Materials Unveils 3-D CMP, CVD Tools
Tools rolled out on the eve of Semicon West to address precision, materials and defect issues in high performance 3-D devices.
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Celestica Opens Microelectronics Facility for Startups and Other OEMs
EMS vendor opens microelectronics lab to help startups and other electronics companies develop their ideas for miniaturizing electronics products.
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Intel to Build SoCs for Panasonic
Japanese firm becomes sixth publicly disclosed foundry customer for the world's biggest chipmaker.
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Startup Claims Quantum FinFET is World Beater
FinScale Inc. says qFinFET is a next-generation 3D transistor that can outperform conventional FinFET and SOI device technologies.
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Cortex-M0 Gets Nearer to Near Threshold
The ground work is being laid for A Cortex-M0 processor core that uses near-threshold voltages to support low-power processing in Internet of Things applications, according to Mike Muller the company's CTO.
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EZchip to Buy Tilera for $130 Million
EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tilera Corp. for $130 million in cash adding a multi-core product portfolio to the company as well as expanding its addressable markets.
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Qualcomm, SMIC Partner for 28nm Snapdragon Production
Deal will enable SMIC to accelerate its 28nm process maturity and capacity as well as allow the Chinese-based foundry the ability to offer local products based on the latest Snapdragon processors on the 28nm node, oth PolysiON and high-k dielectrics metal gate (HKMG).
