The top 25 IC design companies in China grew an average of 30%, reports DigiTimes, with State Microelectronics leading the way on 170% growth. Galaxycore and Spreadtrum came next with growth in the 60s of per cent, followed by China's ...
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Imec and PVA Tepla claim a breakthrough in the detection of through-silicon via (TSV) voids in 3D stacked IC technology. They used GHz scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) technology to detect TSV voids at wafer-level after TSV Copper ...
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AIXTRON SE announced that China’s Focus Lightings Tech Inc. has ordered a number of CRIUS II-L systems for mass production of gallium nitride (GaN) light emitting diode (LED) epitaxial wafers. The systems will be configured to handle ...
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STMicroelectronics has introduced high-side switch ICs which can be use to replace conventional relays for vehicle electronics such as lights and body modules. The switches are available in a common package style so that modules suppliers ...
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Samsung was the third largest foundry in 2012 and expects to be the second largest foundry in 2013, says IC Insights. TSMC's 2012 sales were almost 4x that of second-ranked GlobalFoundries and more than 10x the sales of the fifth-ranked ...
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Yole Développement announces its new report “LED packaging”. Compared to the last edition, this update version provides you an update of all market metrics (packaged LED, equipment, materials…), an highlight of 2012 ...
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Samsung has come out with an eight core big.LITTLE IC which uses four Cortex A7 cores and four Cortex A15 cores. The A7s handle texting, phone calls, playing music and other relatively lightweight tasks, while the A15s handle the ...
Tags: Samsung, eight core, Exynos 5 Octa, Cortex A15, Cortex A7
Toshiba Corporation will showcase a reference display of an SDHC memory card with TransferJet™ close proximity wireless transfer technology at the 2013 International CES, to be held from January 8 to 11, 2013, in Las Vegas. The ...
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Siano, a leading supplier of mobile broadcast DTV solutions, today announced the launch of its new wireless accessory, Meron, for Europe, Australia, Latin America and Japan. Meron is a compact and lightweight wireless accessory that ...
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Zephyr Photonics Inc of Zephyr Cove, NV, USA, which manufactures harsh-environment, optical interconnect solutions (based on proprietary, wide-temperature VCSEL-based technology) for mission-critical intelligence, defense, aerospace, energy ...
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Fabless IC suppliers grew by 6% in 2012, 10% better than the 4% decline registered by the IDMs and 8% better than the 2% decline shown by the total IC market last year. Except for 2010, fabless company IC sales growth has outpaced IDM IC ...
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Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce the addition of the Metalux ArcLine™ LED Series to its family of ...
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New communications standard to hit mass production in March. Toshiba announced it will launch the industry's first microUSB adaptor module compliant with the TransferJet close proximity wireless transfer technology standard. ...
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Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
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IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
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