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Freescale selects smart camera partner

Freescale has said it is licensing image processing intellectual property from Canadian company CogniVue that will be included in processors for ...

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ST offers F3 MCUs with MEMS sensors

STMicroelectronics has released a development platform for the STM32 F3 family of microcontrollers that includes gyroscope and e-compass sensors.

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Intel aims intelligent systems at heart of embedded

David "Dadi" Perlmutter, general manager of the Intel Architecture Group, showed off an intelligent vending machine at the Intel Developer Forum, ...

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Why Intel keeps picking up those fights they have no chance to win? With their business model and ...

Euro consortium rolls auto radar sensor

A European consortium has developed monolithic 122-GHz radar sensor suitable for use in automotive parking, and distance and speed measurement ...

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Intel's 22-nm process gives MOSFET switch a facelift

The pursuit for the perfect switch faces many process challenges--a closer look inside Intel's latest 22-nm process.

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Excellent article. How did BEOL scale with the front end?

Microchip rolls MCU-based audio dev boards

Microchip Technology launched two new digital audio mixer boards based on low pin count 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers.

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VTT gets onboard with electric bus research

Finland's VTT Technical Research Center is expanding support for research into electric vehicles, machinery, battery systems, and components of ...

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MagnaChip raises EEPROM voltage to beat mobile noise

Mobile electronics is now so densely packed with chips that they can interfere with each other, in particular with touch-screen sensing ICs giving ...

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Slot antenna gives WiFi a 200x boost

Researchers the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore have developed a silicon-based cavity-backed slot antenna that can support data rates of ...

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Well, idea is clear. But the carrier frequency is 'just' 135GHz. When will a technology support this ...

NXP offers automotive Class-D amplifier

NXP Semiconductors NV has announced the availability of a stereo Class-D audio amplifier that can provide 136 watts into two by 8 ohms for use in ...

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Univ. of Wisconsin is cranking up the power

Power management is hot. The engineering department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison knows it and is taking full advantage.

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They also have a distance learning program but the cost is prohibitive.

Apple awarded $1.05B in Samsung patent case

Apple scored a big but not complete win in its landmark case with Samsung, winning damages of $1.049 billion from the jury plus a verdict of willful ...

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Rick, have you taken a good look at a Samsung Galaxy S phone? If you have, you may notice that the ...

Globalfoundries expected to pass UMC in foundry sales

Globalfoundries is expected to surpass UMC to become the No. 2 semiconductor foundry supplier in 2012, according to projected ranking of foundry ...

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Global Foundries acquired chartered Fabs in Singapore, New Malta FAB in NY. Along with AMD Fabs, It ...

Samsung to invest $4B to upgrade Austin chip fab

Samsung Electronics plans to invest $4 billion to beef up the company's logic semiconductor fab in Austin, Texas, where it builds Apple's A4 and A5 ...

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I do not know of separate fabs in Austin for flashes and logic chips, but Samsung press report says ...

In Asia-Pac, local OEMs have Apple-like supply chain clout

OEMs based in the Asia-Pacific region are increasing chip spending in the area at a faster rate than No. 1 global chip buyer Apple—and gaining greater ...

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@kinnar- not sure I follow. But I think what you are trying to say is that companies like HTC, ZTE ...

News & Analysis

PCs used less than half of DRAM bits in Q2

For the first time in about 30 years, PCs accounted for less than half of DRAM bits shipped in the second quarter, according to IHS iSuppli.

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China debates IP protection, fireworks ensue

A heated debate took place during a Beijing forum over the nettlesome issue of intellectual property rights and what China must do to convince the world that it will honor them.

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Bert, you've got a good point here. The issue is how one defines the ...

Sharp calls for tougher wage cuts

Japan's troubled Sharp Corp. has asked its labor union to agree a 7 percent cut in wages for the general work force and the company is imposing a 10 percent cut in managers' salaries.

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Sharp needs to focus more on marketing. In India this brand is not popular as much as ...

DIY electrocardiograms for patients with heart disease

Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, in Spain, claimed they have designed a scale that performs electrocardiograms at home for patients with cardiovascular disease.

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Numetrics, UBM partner on project management software

Design planning and support company Numetrics has teamed up with UBM Electronics, the publisher of EE Times, to launch SmartPROJECT project management software for embedded systems developers.

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Microchip's Nixie Tubes light up DESIGN East

The creators of the Nixie Tube DIY clock will describe how the project was conceived and implemented during a special session at DESIGN East 2012.

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Awesome project, very niffty application, even at $25 each board that is a great value, as youo ...

Intel describes 22-nm SoC process, not chips

In separate IDF talks, Intel described the system-on-chip variant of its 22-nm process technology but not the Atom-based tablet and smartphone SoCs to be made in it.

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Is this mean a few companies using Intel notably as foundry for 22nm do not have any advantages ...

IBM images molecular bonds

IBM researchers say they have imaged individual bonds between carbon molecules, a technique that could prove valuable in crafting new organic materials.

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In its Science paper, IBM Zurich also credits, Universidade de Santiago, Compostela, Spain, and CNRS ...

Smartphone is next stop for PCI Express

PCI Express will ride the MIPI Alliance’s M-PHY to link high-end peripherals in smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks starting next year.

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"The new M-PHY combined with PCI Express addresses that need, said Carlson. M-PHY was first defined ...

Intel's Bohr sees path to 10-nm chips

Intel's Mark Bohr (shown) says the chip maker has found a way to create a 10-nm process technology using immersion lithography and is on track to start making chips in a 14-nm process in late 2013.

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Slowed scaling just means that more emphasis has to be put on other aspects of the design. We won't ...

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ST tips exec changes, promises new strategic plan

STMicroelectronics announced executive changes, including the departure of Philipe Lambinet (shown), general manager of ST's digital sector, and ...

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That's because upper management benefits from the greatest double standard in history. Good results ...

Intel blurs line between Atom and Core

Intel is making an aggressive shift toward mobile computing and designing its next- generation core microprocessors with mobility in mind, according ...

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Intel's Bohr sees at least 10 more years of scaling

Despite the naysayers continually predicting an end to Moore's Law,Intel Senior Fellow Mark Bohr doesn't envision an end to semiconductor CMOS scaling ...

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Neal is proabably right about the continuation of Moore's law for scaling for the next 10 years, but ...

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Intel, Apple may be two ships passing in the light

Rick Merritt

I was humbled—and just a bit frightened--to see the Apple and Intel cruise ships pass so closely as they sailed down San Francisco’s Howard St. this week.

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Making beautiful music with smart MEMS microphones

Karen Lightman

New "smart" MEMS microphones enable recording with a quality once reserved only for musicians and rich wannabes with their own private recording studios.

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I'm looking forward to improved feedback systems in noise cancelling headphones. Who knows, maybe ...

London Calling: Toshiba offers foundry services

Peter Clarke

Toshiba is making multiple moves in its chip manufacturing; offering foundry services in Europe and reportedly cutting NAND flash prices just two months after cutting production.

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Ironically, the results of research lead to higher costs in the short term. But research is always ...

Survey claims over half of Americans 'disappointed' by iPhone 5

Sylvie Barak

It has not even been 24 hours since Apple released its latest iteration of the now iconic iPhone, yet according to flash polls and several press releases cluttering up my inbox, “over half of Americans are ‘disappointed’ with the iPhone5,” and believe it brings “nothing new” to consumers.

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I've never dropped my phone in the toilet, or otherwise had any problems with any of my phones where ...

Silicon Valley Nation: Five engineering lessons from race teams

Brian Fuller

Racing engineers can teach their colleagues in other disciplines some useful lessons.

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London Calling: Huawei investing in U.K.

Peter Clarke

Chinese telecom giant Huawei expects to spend $2 billion over the next five years creating 700 jobs in the U.K., taking local employment up to 1,500 by 2017.

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Choosing your business strategy

Maheen Hamid

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were both wildly successful with completely different approaches. What works for your business?

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A 64-bit horse that can count

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The phenomenon of "The Clever Hans", Mr. von Osten's horse, was described in 1911 [1]. The Clever Hans was famous because of his ability to read and solve

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The compiler is to blame for everything

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Many programmers are very fond of blaming the compiler for different errors. Let's talk about it - http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0161/

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I'm Starting to Think Google Chrome is a Virus

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