Cadence Design Systems has agreed to acquire Cosmic Circuits Private, a developer of analogue and mixed signal intellectual property (IP) cores for the 40nm and 28nm semiconductor process nodes. Bangalore-based Cosmic Circuits is also ...
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ARM’s close collaboration with the foundries on next generation processes is paying off. Globalfoundries says that an ARM chip made on its 14nm finfet policy delivers twice the power efficiency of its ‘super low power’ ...
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Researchers in the USA have developed radio frequency switches based on nitride semiconductor voltage-controlled capacitors (varactors) [F. Jahan et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 9 January 2013]. The team, consisting of engineers from ...
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Cadence Design Systems is targeting designs for the 20nm process node with its latest tools in the Virtuoso suite. Called Virtuoso Advanced Node, the mixed signal chip design tool addresses 20nm design issues such as layout-dependent ...
The new Aston Martin Rapide S has been released by the iconic British marque, replacing the standard four-door sports car with a more powerful model featuring updated looks, and new options. Compared to the outgoing Rapide, the new ...
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Peugeot Australia has updated its commercial vehicle range for 2013, introducing a number of styling and specification enhancements to the Peugeot Expert and Peugeot Partner line-ups. The compact Peugeot Partner L1 (short body) manual ...
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Taiwan researchers have used a self-textured oxide mask (STOM) as a template to enhance the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of nitride 380nm ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 83% [Kun-Ching Shen et al, IEEE Electron ...
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The 2013 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG range will benefit from the same mechanical enhancements as its E63 AMG counterpart when it launches overseas in the second quarter of this year. The rear-wheel-drive Mercedes CLS63 AMG upgrades to the new ...
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A new high-performance all-wheel-drive variant of the upgraded Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG dubbed the 'S-Model' will become one of the quickest production cars in the German manufacturer's history when it launches overseas in June. The new 2013 ...
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Globalfoundries is to build an R&D facility at its Fab 8 campus in Saratoga County,N.Y which it calls its Technology Development Center(TDC). The TDC will cost nearly$2bn,increasing the total capital investment for the Fab 8 campus to ...
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The Ford Focus ST has blown onto the hot-hatch scene. Will it cause a hurricane to rip through the rock-solid Volkswagen Golf GTI and Renault Megane RS265? Words: Jez Spinks. Photos: Chris Brasher. Hands up if you still think you can only ...
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Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, has used nanocolumns of nitride semiconductor to produce different emission color LEDs in a single growth process for what is claimed to be the first time [Katsumi Kishino et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, ...
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Skyera, a Silicon Valley startup, says it can make high-speed flash storage for enterprises cheaper than hard disks by using the low-grade chip technology found in thumb drives. Skyera has built a 44TB storage array, called the Skyhawk, ...
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Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have presented the shortest-gate working transistors yet built using III-V channels [J. Lin et al, IEDM, session 32.1]. The metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors ...
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Unpatterned wafer defect inspection tools provide broad capability to enable critical infrastructure development Today KLA-Tencor Corporation(NASDAQ:KLAC)announced the installation of its first process control systems capable of handling ...
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