Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Digital Signage Lighting Up LED-Driver Opportunities

The ubiquitous flat displays are the visible indication of the growth in digital signage; for IC vendors, the opportunity is the "behind the screen" providing LED drivers.

Imagination Offers 'Raptor' ISP Cores

Based on its acquisition of Nethra Imaging in 2012, Imagination is extending its family of purpose-designed image signal processing (ISP) cores with the introduction of Raptor.

Micron Preps Memory-Based Automata Processor

Memory maker has developed a processor that implements a computer architecture known as automata processing that addresses problems associated with large data sets such as security, image and video analytics and bio-informatics.

Spansion Launches Family of MCUs for Internet of Things

Spansion, a chip vendor that formerly focused exclusively on flash memory, launched a family of ARM-based microcontrollers targeting machine-to-machine communications and the so-called Internet of Things.

Applied Materials' 4Q Results Show Uptick in Revenue, Orders

After down year in 2013, chip gear maker looks forward to strong growth in silicon systems orders, net sales in the first quarter of 2014.

High-Power ARM Spin-Off Adds Engineering Support

Adapter box offered to help proliferate the Amantys digital control of high-voltage, high-power systems.

Microsoft Will Up Semiconductor Spending Next Year, While Dell Continues Flat

Two giants in the computing space are showing divergent spending patterns on semiconductor chips this year as they retool strategies in a once-flourishing PC industry humbled...

U.S. Manufacturing Index Rises Again

U.S. manufacturing activity rose in October for the fifth consecutive month, according to the Institute of Supply Management.

Billion-shipping ARC Core Gets 28-nm Upgrade

Synopsys announced an upgrade to its ARC family of configurable processor cores, the second most pervasive embedded processor architecture behind ARM.

OLEDs Forgo Noble Metals to Generate Light with Little Heat

Researchers in Germany and the U.S. have demonstrated a novel type of organic light emitting diode which shows potential for high conversion efficiencies without having to resort to noble metals, thus leading to less costly OLED displays.

Xilinx, TSMC Begin 20-nm Node

FPGA vendor Xilinx has begun sampling its first 20-nm product and the first 20-nm IC manufactured by foundry TSMC.

Chang Steps Down as CEO of TSMC

Industry legend Morris Chang lets go the CEO title at TSMC but, as expected, hangs on to the reins of power.

EDA Startup Claims TSMC Design Win

Scottish startup with focus on the impact of statistical variation and transistor-level simulation of advanced processes has won leading foundry TSMC as customer for compact model extraction tool.

Globalfoundries Gets Slice of Apple Pie

Globalfoundries is preparing to make application processors for Apple in New York State, according to a local report.

TI Launches Reference Design Library

New reference design format to emphasize consistency, quaility in offering designers a credible starting point.

Chip Firms and OEMs to Enjoy Strong Revenue Growth as Year Finishes

Semiconductor companies as well as original equipment manufacturers (OEM) will finish 2013 enjoying significantly higher revenue than when they started out at the beginning...

Foundry Sales Dipped in October

October sales reported by TSMC and UMC both dipped sequentially and in the case of TSMC could indicate the start of an inventory correction predicted by the company since the middle of the year.

Startup Claims SRAM Halves Power Consumption

UK semiconductor IP startup SureCore has taped out an SRAM test chip in STMicroelectronics' 28-nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator process.

China Local Design Chip Industry to Grow 4 Percent by Year-End

China’s domestic semiconductor design industry is set to reach $39.84 billion as the close of 2013, spurred by the extensive use of semiconductors on the part of Chinese-based original...