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 The Semiconductor Landscape II SemiWiki Pawan Fangaria Dec . 31, 2012 It has been a year since my article Semiconductor Landscape in Jan 2012 I wanted to look back into the major events over the year and then anticipate whats in store going forward . What has happened over the year is much more than what I could foresee . Major consolidation in EDA space Synopsys acquired Magma , SpringSoft , Ciranova , Eve consolidation in semiconductor space IBM acquired Texas Memory System , GlobalFoundries became
Analog Devices announced their ADA4077-2 high precision operational amplifier. The ADI op amp can operate with ADI’s 12-, 14- and 16-bit D/A converters and A/D converters up to 1 MSPS, including the AD5444, AD7265, and AD7266. The ADA4077-2 precision amplifier is ideal for process control, chemical and environmental monitoring, motor control and electronic test and [...]. 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 Intel not interested by NVELO Samsung was . SemiWiki Eric Esteve Dec . 19, 2012 Short news came during last week-end and Linkedin was the most efficient media to learn that NVELO has been acquired . Probably very few people out of the SSD ecosystem knew about NVELO . Based in Santa Clara , the company was a spin off from Denali , privately owned and if you look at the top management , you will recognize a few name , like David Lin the VP of Product development or Sanjay Srivastava , Chairman of the. 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 When to Use an All-Programmable SoC vs . an FPGA or 3D IC All Programmable Planet Max Maxfield Dec . 19, 2012 In the not-so-distant past , it was relatively easy to categorize different types of integrated circuits into well-defined buckets . For example , we had memory ICs , microprocessors MPUs microcontrollers MCUs ASICs , ASSPs , SoCs , and of course , . FPGAs As we've discussed elsewhere on All Programmable Planet , early FPGAs offered only a relatively small amount of fundamental programmable
Texas Instruments announced their ISO1540 and ISO1541 bidirectional isolators. The ISO1540 and ISO1541 consume up to 38% lower power than competitive devices. The devices can replace a typical implementation of 16 or more discrete devices to isolate the I2C signal in industrial applications. The ISO1540 and ISO1541 are available in industry-standard, 8-pin SOIC packages. The [...]I want to share a video showing the work we are doing at Synopsys to help semiconductor vendors adopt the JEDEC UFS v1.1 standard needed for high performance storage applications. Thr video shows the Synopsys UFS Host solution connecting with the Toshiba UFS Device prototyping platform and operating a sequence of read and write commands. These commands are sent from the host to the device to store and fetch the data from on-board NVM using the UFS link. As you can expect we have done more comprehensive interoperability tests beyond that.View the full article HEREAbout the only solid fact in ST's restructuring plan is that it plans to reduce quarterly opex to $600-650 million by 2014 when it plans to be achieving a 10% operating margin compared to today's 2-3% operating margin. Since ST's current quarterly opex is $900 million, a one third cut in opex represents a big cut in what ST does, and conventional wisdom says you can't cut opex too much without affecting what you do. And what you do determines your revenues.View the full article HEREThe darndest things are being said about Intel. The departure of its CEO is unexplained though I heard one person say it was voluntary. Some people think Apple will put x86 in the iPad. Others think Apple will drop x86 from iMacs so as to unify its processors across Phone, Pad and Mac. Sure as eggs are eggs, both can't happenView the full article HERE
ADLINK Technology introduced the IMX-2000 mobile device. It is the first industrial mobile handheld device with the Android 2.3 operating system. The IMX-2000 features 3.5″ resistor-type touch panel, 800MHz computation capacity, RFID, barcode scanner, 3G/WLAN wireless transmission, and resistance to impact, water and dust. It is ideal for logistics management, transportation and factory automation. Read [...]