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IBM joins EU R&D project to slash chip design time

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:18:00 EST

IBM Research Lab in Haifa, Israel, announced it has joined the European research project DIAMOND (Diagnosis, Error Modeling and Correction for Reliable Systems Design) to provide integrated diagnosis and correction for spec, design and soft errors.

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:18:00 EST

Universities gain access to Agilent, EVE, Altium, Evatronix tools

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:07:00 EST

This week, EDA companies EVE SA, Agilent Technologies Inc., Altium Ltd. and Evatronix SA have either signed sales contracts or collaboration agreements to provide global universities with their tools.

Ember adds Texim and Ismosys as channel partners for Europe

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 04:20:00 EST

Ember Corp. (Boston, Mass.) has appointed of Texim Europe (Haaksbergen, The Netherlands) and Ismosys (Bicester, UK) as channel partners for its ZigBee networking systems.

Evatronix IP now available on CMP multi-project wafers

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:20:00 EST

Evatronix SA and Circuits Multi-Projets (CMP) are collaborating on an educational program by including the distribution of the portfolio of Evatronix intellectual property (IP) for universities and research Laboratories.

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Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:20:00 EST

EDA pundits confront market projections for 2010

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:03:00 EST

2010 has just started, and there is no better time to generate estimates and predictions for this year's EDA market. Three EDA industry experts have agreed to share their projections with EE Times.

PC, phone demand strong in 2010, says SIA's Scalise

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:22:00 EST

Units sales of PCs and cellphones will grow in the low-to-mid teens of percent in 2010, providing a "solid platform for chip sales," according to George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Full-year chip sales fell 9% in 2009, says SIA

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:05:00 EST

Global semiconductor sales were $226.3 billion in 2009, a decline of 9 percent from 2008 when sales were $248.6 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The full-year decline was as had been expected in the last month but much less than had been predicted in the first months of 2009.

Graphics chips shipments to rise 27% in 2010, says analyst

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 05:46:00 EST

Some 544 million graphics chips will ship in 2010, up 27.9 percent on the 425.4 million shipped in 2009, according to market analyst Jon Peddie Research (Tiburon, Calif.).

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Mon, 1 Feb 2010 05:46:00 EST

Dow Corning opens Warsaw office

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:04:00 EST

Dow Corning has expanded its presence in Central Europe with a commercial office in Warsaw, Poland which it expects to have as many as 10 employees within the next year.

Future Horizons sees 30% chip market boom

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:42:00 EST

The worldwide chip market is set for two years of more than 20 percent growth and could even hit more than 30 percent growth in a single year, according to Malcolm Penn, the principal analyst and founder of the U.K. market analysis company Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England).

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:42:00 EST

Top OEMs accounted for one-third of '09 IC revenue

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:40:00 EST

The 10 largest original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers consumed one-third of all semiconductors in 2009, the same percentage as 2008, according to market research firm Gartner.

Analyst: 1Q off to decent start for ICs

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:59:00 EST

Contrary to some forecasters, the first quarter of 2010 is off to a decent start, thereby fueling double-digit chip growth for the year, according to IC Insights Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:59:00 EST

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Global chip sales stayed firm in December, says analyst

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:28:00 EST

The three-month average of global chip sales for December was $22.4 billion compared with $22.6 billion in November and up 28.5 percent from $17.4 billion, according to Bruce Diesen, an analyst at Carnegie Group (Oslo, Norway).

Ex-ST exec calls for EDA to take strategic view

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:04:00 EST

When asked if the EDA industry has a roadmap, Joseph Borel, ex-executive vice president in central research and development at STMicroelectronics NV (Switzerland, Geneva), answers affirmatively as Europe continually renews the Medea+ EDA roadmap. The real question should however be: Does the EDA industry need an international roadmap?

TSMC to boost capital spending

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:45:00 EST

As expected, TSMC plans to increase its capital spending outlay from roughly $2.9 billion in 2009, according to multiple reports on a talk given by Chairman and CEO Morris Chang.

Memory to boost market growth, says analyst

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:49:00 EST

The flash memory, DRAM and optoelectronics (LEDs) sectors will fare best in 2010 as worldwide semiconductor revenue advances 15 percent to $257 billion, according to market research firm Databeans Inc. (Reno, Nevada).

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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:49:00 EST

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Satel chooses U-blox GSM technology for wireless security

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:29:00 EST

Satel (Gdansk, Poland) is using the U-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland) small-outline LEON GSM/GPRS modem in its GSM LT2 and GPRS-T3 wireless security modules.

LG pull-out hits Mobile World Congress

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:52:00 EST

LG Electronics is the second major handset supplier to decide not to participate in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010 to be held in Barcelona, Spain in February.

Top 25 predictions for semis in 2010

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:04:00 EST

Looking into my crystal ball, I have released my own chip forecasts--and other predictions--for 2010. These are my top 25 predictions, which are strictly my opinions.

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Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:04:00 EST

Reports: Google preps launch of 'Nexus One' phone

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:52:00 EST

Google will reportedly preparing to launch its Nexus One smartphone.

RAcell plans to build Denmark's first fully automated solar cell factory

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:32:00 EST

Danish solar energy solutions company RAcell Solar AS (Copenhagen, Denmark) has secured multimillion investment funding and plans to build Denmark's first fully automated solar cell factory in Copenhagen.

Analyst: Intelligent 3-D TV design will avoid price erosion

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:47:00 EST

DisplaySearch's research indicates that LED backlighting and 240 Hz LCDs will serve as an enabling technology for new feature developments in TVs in 2010, specifically for 3D TVs, an area of intense interest to TV manufacturers.

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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:47:00 EST

The next 'killer app'? Pet electronics

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST

For too long, pet electronics have been ignored. Those days are over.

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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST

ITC complaint latest volley in Nokia-Apple fight

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:29:00 EST

Nokia said it filed a complaint against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging infringement of patents in "virtually all" Apple cellphones, portable music players and computers.

Why Johnny can't stand one-size-fits-all 3-D glasses

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:03:00 EST

The CE industry always talks about offering "better experiences" via brighter, larger-screen flat-panel TVs or ever smaller mobile phones. If they really mean it, then, why are they forcing everyone to wear 3-D glasses which will be -- for most people -- an uncomfortable experience?