EETimes Semi News

• Email to the editor: Apple, PA Semi and the server
Henry Keultjes discusses the wisdom of Apple switching its servers from Intel processors to ones developed by PA Semi.


• Has Toshiba's luck ended?
Has Toshiba Corp.'s luck ended?


• IITC reports on interconnect progress
The latest research developments in interconnect technologies will be featured at IITC in June. The two most interesting trends: 3D ICs and nanotube interconnects.


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• Indian EE students pitch power-saving DSP design technique
Engineering students at an Indian college have proposed a new way to design highly power efficient processors, especially DSPs, using a new adder design and a multiplier circuit implementation that leverages decomposition logic.


• IC veteran joins upstart i2a
Benjamin ''Dave'' Allen, a veteran of the semiconductor industry, has joined upstart i2a Technologies Inc. as operations and production manager.


• Flomerics rejects $50 million bid from Mentor
Fluid flow simulation specialist Flomerics Group plc (Hampton Court England) has rejected a cash offer from EDA giant Mentor Graphics, saying it undervalues the company.


• Rambus names new chairman
Rambus Inc. said that long-time board member Bruce Dunlevie has been appointed chairman.


• TSMC, UMC post mixed April sales
Taiwan's foundry providers saw mixed results in April.


• ASE set to complete ASE Test deal
Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) expects that its acquisition of ASE Test Ltd. will be completed by May 30.


• Carlyle seeks $560M buyout in Japan LCD venture
U.S. private equity firm The Carlyle Group will lead a 58.1 billion yen ($560 million) management buyout of an LCD glass venture jointly owned by Japan's Hoya Corp. and Nippon Sheet Glass.


• TI banks on analog, embedded as mobile slips
Texas Instruments Inc., best known for its mobile phone chip business, is turning to analog and embedded chips instead to drive its growth, banking on them to bring in 75 percent of its revenue in 5 years.


• Energy-efficient Ethernet standard gains traction
An energy-efficient Ethernet standard to slash the power consumption in networking is gaining traction and could be in a draft form suitable for building products as early as September, having already settled on an approach for use on 100 Mbit and Gbit chips.


• Sony OLED TV not what it's cracked up to be
It's been hyped, analyzed and taken apart. Yet the SonyXEL-1 TV--a first of its kind using organic electroluminescence technology--might not live long enough for anyone to see.


• Nvidia misses Q1 target
Nvidia Corp. posted higher quarterly profit Thursday as revenues rose 37 percent on strong sales of its graphics processors, but shares fell as earnings still missed expectations.


• DuPont and Dainippon Screen to gun for large-screen OLED
Dupont and Dainippon Screen will join forces for the development of manufacturing technologies for printed large-screen OLED displays.


• Brooks, ESI implement layoffs
Two more chip-equipment vendors--Brooks and ESI--have separately announced layoffs.


• Ultra-fast laser goes searching for planets
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the University of Konstanz, claims to boost planet-searching capabilities by 100 times with a new ultra-fast, ultra-short-pulse laser with a "gap-toothed" frequency comb.


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• ARM adds VLSI test at Indian design center
ARM, which has 350 engineers in India and recently opened a second design center there, has set up a VLSI test lab, one of the few such labs to be set up by overseas design companies in the country.


• Marvell to pay $10M to settle SEC charges
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. will pay $10 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it reported false financial information by improperly backdating stock option grants, the SEC said.


• Samsung seeks TKO in memory market
Samsung is pushing an aggressive slate of leading-edge technology, product differentiation and investment initiatives that will likely result in a winnowing of the memory market as weak competitors abandon the business due to negative gross margin growth and the prospects for additional losses if supply continues to exceed demand.


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• Freescale begins consultation on future of Scottish plant
Almost a year after announcing that it was looking to sell its wafer fab in East Kilbride, Scotland, as a going concern, Freescale Semiconductor has told staff that no buyer has come forward and that it is about to start a consultation process to consider options for the facility, including closure.


• Panel debates 'green design'
''Green design'' is still not a top priority among the design considerations for OEMs and customers. Or is it?


• Hynix invests in ProMOS, transfers 50-nm process
Despite opposition from various entities in South Korea, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies Inc. have expanded their ties.


• Actual data shows March global chip market up 7.3%
The global market for semiconductors was $25.51 billion in March according to data from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), up 7.3 percent on March 2007 and up 35.8 percent from $18.78 billion in February 2008.


• Vietnamese IC-assembler moves forward
Vietnam-Chipscale Advanced Packaging Services (V-CAPS) has obtained its ''investment certificate'' from the Vietnamese government recognizing the company as a 100 percent foreign-owned venture.

Moreover Technologies

• Microsoft Gears Up to Release Xbox 360 with New Chips.
Microsoft Corp. reportedly plans to release a new version its Xbox 360 video game system code-named Jasper in August and has already assigned IBM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to make chips for the new game console. However, there are other
• Rambus Taps Board Veteran
When Rambus had to pick a new chairman, it went with a chip off the old board. Chip designer Rambus Investors weren't enthused. The Los Altos, Calif.-based semiconductor outfit fell 2.1%, or 49 cents, to $22.41 on the New York stock exchange.
• Fairchild Semiconductor names CEO Mark S. Thompson chairman
SAN JOSE, Calif. --Chip maker Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. said Friday its president and chief executive, Mark S. Thompson, 51, has been named chairman. He replaces William N. Stout, 69, who is leaving. Shares fell 17 cents to $13.87.
• Fairchild Semiconductor Names CEO Thompson Chairman
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• Intel looks to social platform
In its largest online push to date, Intel aims to shed light on the technology inside comput­ers and connect directly with customers. The impetus behind last week's launch of the â??What's inside youâ? campaign is to dem­onstrate how real
• STMicroelectronics Cuts Power and Response Time with New Touch Screen Controller IC
The new STMPE811 from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in analog semiconductors, is a four-wire resistive touch screen controller featuring autonomous functionality to minimize demands on the host processor. For embedded designers, this
• GigOptix Debuts 4x10-Gig Chipsets
GigOptix, the leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, todayannounced that theHXR4104, a 4x10.3Gbps Transimpedance Limiting Amplifier (TIA/LA) and theHXT4104, theindustry's lowestpower 4x10.3Gbps Vertical Cavity
• Interview: Texas Instruments CEO Richard Templeton
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• CopperGate Buys Conexant's HomePlug AV Biz
CopperGate Communications today announced the purchase of the HomePlug AV business from Conexant Systems. CopperGate said it is now the first semiconductor company with home networking technologies supporting all three wire types - coax, phone and power.

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