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Spansion and China’s XMC Foundry Announce Licensing Agreement
Spansion and XMC, China's fastest growing 300mm semiconductor foundry, have signed an agreement for XMC to license Spansion's floating gate NOR Flash technology.
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Synopsys Offers IP Subsystem for Sensor Integration in SoCs
EDA company Synopsys announced the availability of its DesignWare Sensor IP Subsystem, a complete and integrated hardware and software solution for sensor control applications.
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US Manufacturing Surges in July with Electronics Playing a Key Role
The ISM index of purchasing managers increased 4.5 percentage points from June’s level to 55.4 percent thanks to a boost in demand for computer and electronics products.
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If Manufacturing Comes Back to the US, Will Supply Chain Follow?
If companies come back to the U.S., what happens to the Chinese supply base that has evolved over the last decade? Will first- and second-tier suppliers also be expected to relocate?
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National Instruments Reports Flat Revenue Growth for Q2, Expects Soft Second Half
NI announced Q2 revenue of $296 million, a 1 percent increase from Q2 2012 and expects revenue for Q3 to be down 3 percent year-over-year.
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Low-Cost Energy Tips Scales in Favor of US Manufacturing
The American manufacturing renaissance has several things going for it, including the shale gas boom that is driving down energy costs.
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Motive Battery Market Projected to Reach $47B by 2017
The global market for motive batteries used to power electric vehicles (EV) and other conveyances is set to rise to $47 billion in 2017, up more than 50 percent from $31 billion in 2013, according to IHS.
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Power Supply Market Returns to Growth in 2013 After Disappointing 2012
The rebound is being driven by rising demand in the tablet PC, smartphone, LED lighting and server markets according to IHS.
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Auto Makers' Embrace of Wireless Means Growth for Bluetooth and other technologies
Wireless technologies like Bluetooth and embedded cellular are growing steadily in the car business, with market revenue set to rise by 41 percent from 2012 through 2018, according to IHS.
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Compound Photonics Acquires GaAs Fab from RF Micro Devices to Expand Laser Production
Compound Photonics has agreed to acquire Europe's largest gallium arsenide manufacturing from RF Micro Devices to manufacture infrared lasers for 1080p projectors, 4K projectors and auto head-up displays.
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Atrenta Expands R&D Operations in Sri Lanka
CA-based Atrenta is expanding its EDA research center in Sri Lanka and has invited the head of the University of Moratuwa’s Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering to join Atrenta’s Technical Advisory Board.
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MagnaChip and National Nano Fab Center Expand RF Module Offerings
MagnaChip and NNFC, both based in Korea, have entered into a SOI RF CMOS technology transfer agreement targeting expansion into the emerging RF FEM foundry market.
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Mouser and intel Announce Global Distribution Agreement
Mouser Electronics has signed a global agreement with Intel to distribute the chip makers entire portfolio of Mobile, Desktop and Server products.
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UMC and SuVolta Join Forces to Target Mobile Applications
Foundry UMC and SuVolta, are jointly developing a 28nm process that integrates SuVolta’s Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) transistor technology into UMC's 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) high-performance mobile (HPM) process.
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Appetite Growing for Private LTE, but Market Yet to Take Off
The private Long Term Evolution (LTE) market is expected to show slow growth over the next 5 years, but longer term the amount of data connections are expected to soar, according to IHS.
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Over the Horizon: Nanotech Transistors and Thermoelectric Materials
Electronics360 Contributing Editor Abe Michelen surveys academic and technical journals to uncover promising research that will impact the development of “over the horizon” commercial products that will impact our lives in the near future.
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Rice Researchers Develop Novel Memory, Grow Graphene One Atom at a Time
Rice researchers have built a 1-kbit rewritable silicon oxide device with diodes that eliminate data-corrupting crosstalk. Separately, the researchers have synthesized graphene nanoribbons on metal from the bottom up — atom by atom.
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REC Forms Separate Entities for Solar and Silicon Products
Norway’s Renewable Energy Corporation ASA will divide the company into two entities, launching the Silicon and Solar divisions as independently listed companies.
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Semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio rises to 1.10
New orders for semiconductor equipped increased just 0.7 percent last month but the book-to-bill ratio increased to 1.10 from 1.08.
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Chip Spending Returns to Growth as Apple and Samsung Battle for Lead
After a flat year in 2012, global purchasing of semiconductors by the world’s top electronic brands is set to return to growth in 2013, as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics contend to claim the title of biggest spender.
