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TranSwitch Corporation To Present At The Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:27:00 GMT

TranSwitch Corporation , a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the converging voice, data and video network, recently announced that the company will present at the upcoming Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference, to be held on September 12-15, 2010 in New York, NY

Eyelit's Award-Winning Integrated Manufacturing Execution (MES) Software Selected And Implemented By SEMATECH To Improve The Process Of Collecting Critical Manufacturing Data

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:49:00 GMT

Eyelit Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control and coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace & defense, electronics, life sciences, semiconductor and solar industries, announced recently that SEMATECH, a global consortium of the world's leading chip manufacturers, has selected Eyelit's Enterprise Manufacturing Execution Suite (MES) to replace its existing system

Verigy Installs Multiple V93000 SOC Testers At KYEC

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:53:00 GMT

Long-time customer King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd. (KYEC), one of the world's largest semiconductor test foundries, has selected Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY), a leading semiconductor test company, as its preferred test equipment partner for KYEC's entry into the RF SOC (radio-frequency, system-on-chip) device market

New Keithley Switch Mainframes Boost System Throughput For Semiconductor Test Applications

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has introduced the six-slot Model 707B and single-slot Model 708B switch matrix mainframes, which are optimized for semiconductor test applications in both lab and production environments. By providing significantly higher command-to-connect speeds, these switch mainframes make faster test sequences and greater overall system throughput possible

True Circuits Announces New Line Of General Purpose PLLs Optimized For Low Power, Area Sensitive And Low Cost Applications

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

True Circuits, Inc. (TCI), a leading provider of analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) for the semiconductor, systems and electronics industries announced recently the immediate availability of a new line of silicon-proven General Purpose Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) hard macros that are well suited for system clock, DDR and general purpose timing applications. The General Purpose PLL is available in a variety of TSMC and GlobalFoundries processes

WIN Semiconductors And Presto Engineering Announce A Strategic Collaboration For GaAs Testing Services

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:15:00 GMT

WIN Semiconductors Corp., the world's largest pure-play Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) foundry, and Presto Engineering, a leading semiconductor product engineering company, today announced a strategic collaboration to deliver characterization and testing services for companies developing products utilizing GaAs technology from WIN.

Computer Scientists Leverage Dark Silicon To Improve Smartphone Battery Life

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:12:00 GMT

A new smartphone chip prototype under development at the University of California, San Diego will improve smartphone efficiency by making use of "dark silicon" - the underused transistors in modern microprocessors.

Silicon Oxide Circuits Break Barrier

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:57:00 GMT

Rice University scientists have created the first two-terminal memory chips that use only silicon, one of the most common substances on the planet, in a way that should be easily adaptable to nanoelectronic manufacturing techniques and promises to extend the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore's Law.

Dialog Semiconductor's Power Management IC And Audio Codec Adopted By Renesas Electronics' SH7724 Mobile Device Platform

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:15:00 GMT

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a leading provider of highly integrated innovative power management semiconductor solutions, has announced its DA9052 system level power management (PMIC) and DA7210 Class G audio ICs have been incorporated in the Renesas Electronics' SH7724 reference platform, which is now shipping and generally available

Achronix And Opticomp Jointly Demonstrate Multipath 40 Gb/S Optical Networking Solution

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Achronix Semiconductor, makers of the world's fastest field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and Opticomp, the premier high-throughput optical module supplier, announce a powerful, flexible platform for developing, characterizing, and demonstrating state-of-the-art high-speed optical data communication

Cree Demonstrates High Quality 150-mm Silicon Carbide Substrates

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Cree, Inc., announced today that it has achieved a major breakthrough in the development and wide scale commercialization of silicon carbide (SiC) technology with the demonstration of high quality, 150-mm SiC substrates with micropipe densities of less than 10/cm².

Prediction Of Intrinsic Magnetism At Silicon Surfaces Could Lead To Single-Spin Magnetoelectronics

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:32:00 GMT

The integration of single-spin magnetoelectronics into standard silicon technology may soon be possible, if experiments confirm a new theoretical prediction by physicists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

IDT Wins Best Partner Award From ASUS

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:30:00 GMT

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT);, the Analog and Digital Company delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, recently announced that it has received the 2010 Best Partner Award from ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Taiwan

Using Lasers To Recognize Spinning Electrons Within A Semiconductor

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:32:00 GMT

Using powerful lasers, Hui Zhao, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, and graduate student Lalani Werake have discovered a new way to recognize currents of spinning electrons within a semiconductor.

Renowned Semiconductor Industry Veterans Launch Boston Semi Equipment Group

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Designed to deliver a unique combination of equipment expertise and innovative financial solutions to the semiconductor industry, senior semiconductor industry veterans Douglas Elder, Bryan Banish, Colin Scholefield and Sandy Garrett recently announced the launch of Boston Semi Equipment Group, LLC (BSE Group)

NXP Selected To Secure New German National Identity Card

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:13:00 GMT

NXP Semiconductors N.V. recently announced that its SmartMX secure contactless microcontroller chip has been chosen to power the new German contactless National Identity card

Crystal IS, Inc. And Asahi Kasei Announce Joint Development Agreement

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:21:00 GMT

Crystal IS, Inc., the leading developer of ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UVC LEDs), and Asahi Kasei Corp., the parent company of one of Japan's major diversified industrial groups, today announced the signing of a joint development agreement

Synopsys Launches DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:06:00 GMT

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the launch of the DesignWare� USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members

Fujitsu Semiconductor Intros 8-Bit Microcontroller With Built-In Analog Comparator And Operational Amplifier

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:04:00 GMT

Fujitsu Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd (FSAL) has launched a new series in its F2MC-8FX family of high-performance 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory. The new 32-pin MB95430H series include six products with built-in analog comparator and operational amplifier

ON Semiconductor Introduces Compact Power Line Communication Solution For Reduced Component Count And Implementation Cost

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:52:00 GMT

ON Semiconductor a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions, introduced the NCS5650 - a new line driver device targeted at Power Line Carrier (PLC) communications applications such as smart metering, industrial control and street lighting