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 ...
Tags: IC design, State Microelectronics, China
Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has more than doubled production of bonded silicon-on-sapphire ...
Tags: RF, CMOS, Silicon On Sapphire, UltraCMOS, RFIC
Will allow interoperability of process design kit ecosystem Synopsys has completed the acquisition of Ciranova, a privately held electronic design automation (EDA) company, to accelerate advancements in its custom integrated circuit (IC) ...
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The combination of SpringSoft's and Synopsys' verification technology portfolios will accelerate delivery of a unified SoC debug environment US based chip-design software developer, Synopsys has signed an agreement to acquire Taiwan's ...
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ProMOS of Taiwan,which has run up debts of nearly $2bn,is to lay off 1,360 employees out of a total number of 1,700 under an order from a Hsinchu district court obtained by creditors. ProMOS was originally founded from the combination of ...
Mediatek plans to acquire 40% to 48% of MStar through the offer Taiwanese semiconductor giant MediaTek has agreed to acquire smaller rival MStar Semiconductor in a combination of stock and cash deal worth $3.8bn. MediaTek is offering ...
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Taipei, Oct. 22, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan-based market research agency Market Intelligence Center (MIC) recently forecast that the production value of global the semiconductor industry would rise 4.8% year on year in 2013, a strong recovery ...
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Taipei,Oct.18,2012--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)has set up complete manufacturing eco system for Apple's application-specific IC(ASIC)contracts,in which Intel Corp.is also reportedly interested,according to Taiwan's industry ...
Tags: TSMC, Apple, ASIC order, chips
SEMICON Taiwan 2012 kicked off yesterday for a three-day run at the Taipei World Trade Center's Nangang Hall,with approximately 600 manufacturers from 20 nations displaying their latest technologies at over 1,250 booths. The is expected ...
The Vietnam government is planning to set up a fab,following the establishment of a programme called'Development of the IC industry of Ho Chi Minh City.' The programme envisions founding chip company start-up incubators,design and ...
Tags: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam government, IC industry, chip company
On the same day that it released a Bluetooth Low Energy module,Murata announced that it has joined a European configurable radio research programme. The 20.0x13x2.4mm module,called LBCA2ZZVZE,includes a chip antenna and all the Bluetooth ...
Tags: Murata, Low Power Radio, Bluetooth Low Energy module, Texas, IMEC
Cadence is working with foundry TSMC on a tool chain and process for 3D chip designs. 3D chip design incorporates multi-chip packages and even multi-die devices with through silicon via(TSV)interconnect technologies.This requires that the ...
Tags: TSMC and Cadence, 3D Chips, intellectual property, through silicon via
Analog IC design house On-Bright Electronics has forecast revenues for the second quarter of 2012 will grow 50-60% sequentially to NT$540-570 million (US$18-19 million). The firm credited its positive guidance to growing demand for power ...
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