The analogue industry is at an inflection point, says Tunc Doluca, CEO of Maxim Integrated. It is consolidating, it is increasingly focussed on mobility and it is heading towards higher levels of integration. "Originally the analogue industry was dominated by building blocks," says Doluca, "now we can help a customer build a system. The old single-function building block industry is going. Companies which can build highly integrated solutions can benefit." View the full article HEREIntel has no advantage in IC manufacturing when it comes to manufacturing processes used for mobile ICs, Warren East, CEO of ARM, tells EW. "This time last year there was a lot of noise from the Intel camp about their manufacturing superiority," says East, "we're sceptical about this because, while the ARM ecosystem was shipping on 28nm, Intel was shipping on 32nm. So I don't see where they're ahead."View the full article HERE: , Design And Reuse Search IP IP Based SoC News Industry Articles Blogs Videos IP-SOC 2012 Login Join SDIO 3.0 Device USB 3.0 Serdes MIPI Browse Silicon IPs by Category Silicon IP Vendors Browse Verification IPs by Category Verification IPs Vendors Wanted IPs IP Analytics Industry Expert Blogs 4 Billion CEVA powered Chips shipped to be noticed : chips , not cores SemiWiki Eric Esteve Oct . 25, 2012 Why making the difference between chips and cores , when mentioning that CEVAs customers have shipped four billion IC to date Because that can make a big difference Imagine for example an IP vendor selling processor IP cores to be used in massively parallel computing application , when the chip maker create a processor NxM matrix , where every IP core is duplicated N x M times
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Texas Instruments launched the OPA1662 and OPA1664 bipolar-input audio operational amplifiers. The TI op amps are ideal for USB and FireWire audio systems, analog and digital mixers, portable recording systems, and other applications that require the highest noise performance combined with low power consumption. The dual-channel OPA1662 is available now in SO-8 and MSOP-8 packages [...]
Lantronix launched their new xDirect serial-to-Ethernet device server. The xDirect provides quick and easy connectivity to virtually any device or machine with a serial interface. The Lantronix xDirect is available now for $99.95. It is ideal for environmental monitoring, metering, security, industrial automation, and medical applications. Read more: Lantronix Introduces xDirect Serial-to-Ethernet Device Server Twitter [...]
Texas Instruments recently stated that it intends to de-emphasize application processors for smartphones and tablets, and instead refocus its OMAP processors on embedded applications. And Qualcomm, which has been very successful lately in smartphone and tablet application processors, is dipping its toe in the embedded space as well. These are very interesting developments to me, because for some time I've been thinking about the role of mobile application processors in embedded applications.View the full article HERE
Intel announced its quarterly results a couple of days ago. They had previously downgraded 3rd quarter sales estimates but they managed to beat the downgraded numbers. If you look at the transcript of the call (I didn't listen live) you'll see very little mention of mobile and Atom. This is bad news for Intel. Its core business is the PC and the PC business is going nowhere. Not going away but it is not going to be the catalyst for future growth.View the full article HEREDesign And Reuse Search IP IP Based SoC News Industry Articles Blogs Videos IP-SOC 2012 Login Join SDIO 3.0 Device USB 3.0 Serdes MIPI Browse Silicon IPs by Category Silicon IP Vendors Browse Verification IPs by Category Verification IPs Vendors Wanted IPs IP Analytics Industry Expert Blogs Is Licensing a Viable Business FPGA Gurus Loring Wirbel Oct . 22, 2012 When a startup significantly changes its business plan , market analysts often praise the company for responding to market realities unless the change is so severe that the company has effectively morphed into something new . nbsp In early October , Achronix announced that it would augment its FPGA sales by licensing its switching fabric for companies developing ARM-based Systems on a Chip SoCs and Application Specific Standard
AVX Kyocera announced the KT5032F TCXO series of temperature-compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO). The KT5032F TCXO features high stability, high reliability, low phase noise, and extremely tight temperature frequency tolerance. The device is ideal Femtocell, Picocell, Microcell, Stratum 3, SONET, SDH, Ethernet, and other industrial applications that require very tight tolerances. Read more: AVX Kyocera Debuts [...]
At the international trade fair for plastics processing Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Treffert debuted a laser system with a freely programmable six-axis robot for plastic marking and welding applications. The materials supplier develops masterbatches compatible with the laser-based welding and marking process. The company will hold live demonstrations through tomorrow, showing all-around laser marking on an [...]
SEMI recently released their silicon shipment forecast for 2012-2014. Total wafer shipments are expected to reach record levels in 2013 and 2014. Semico’s Wafer Demand model concurs with their forecast. Wafer demand is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 11.7% over the next five years.
The wafer demand pie keeps getting bigger but [...]
Texas Instruments announced the TLK10034 physical layer serializer/deserializer. The new TI PHY SerDes is the industry’s first quad-channel XAUI/10GBASE-KR transceiver to support multiple 10G/40G Ethernet standards, and proprietary data rates from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps. The TI TLK10034 device is available now in a 19mm by 19mm, 324-pin PBGA package. It has a suggested [...]
Texas Instruments announced their TPS27081A high-side load switch. The device integrates a power PFET and a control NFET in a tiny 6-pin package. The TPS27081A is a flexible replacement for discrete FET switches. The load switch features adjustable slew-rate control so designers can implement the device in any application that requires load switching or power [...]