Samsungs announcement that it is investing a company-record $42B in 2012 for technology development came as a bit of a shock to many in the financial and technology press. The size of this investment dwarfs that of any other company I know of, and even exceeds the expected technology investments of entire nations, such as the combined investments of the Japanese semiconductor vendors.View the full article HERE
UK medtech business support organisation Medilink has launched a funding and finance leads service for companies operating in the life sciences sector. The service provides subscribing companies with access to a regularly updated database compiling sources that are willing to fund innovation.
“Many firms in the [UK health technology] sector are SMEs, which are finding it [...]
Looking at the huge gap between the revenue of semiconductor design and manufacturing (~$300B) and that of EDA tools, services and silicon IP combined (~6B) inspired me to look more deeply into the overall arena of semiconductors in todays context and possibly decipher some trends which should emerge in near future. Although this gap in revenue always existed, in the realm of SoCs and ever increasing complexity on a single wafer over last few years, the gap seems to be justified and may open up new chapters in the semiconductor arena. I have been watching the developments in this space for a few years and the industry seems to be at an inflexion point. This prompted me to write this article.View the full article HEREThe increasing momentum around adopting software-defined networking (SDN), which communications markets are currently experiencing, is accelerating the need for more comprehensive system management at the system-on-chip (SoC) level. SDN introduces the notion of random events sequencing, such as changing the flow of a routing or switching path in real time from sources external to the network device. Random event change management, in turn, introduces new architectural challenges for communications SoCs because the state operation sequences to be executed are not predictable, as is the case when fully contained within the network device. View the full article HERE
Indium Corporation Semiconductor Power Semiconductor Assembly Visit Our Website Products Services About Contact Us Main INDIUM CORPORATION Blog From One Engineer to Another Central New York Waiting in the Wings for Semiconductor Assembly Wednesday , January 11, 2012 by Andy Mackie Andy Mackie The following appeared in a slightly different form as an editorial in Chip Scale Review magazine's online . edition Ever since Governor George Pataki's ChipFab 98 program back at the end of the last century , nbsp New York State has been trying to attract a commercial state-of-the-art wafer fab above and beyond the existing facilities at IBM Fishkill . The development of the Global Foundries facility at Saratoga Springs is just one outcome from that long-held desire . While the region doesn't yet