Intel's move on the wireless market may fail for the same reason that its X-Scale and ASIC ventures failed - because it's not putting its wireless parts on advanced processes. It is only this year, some 18 months after Intel started running its 32nm process, that a wireless chip-set - Medfield - is going to be run on a 32nm process.View the full article HERE
At the IEEE MEMS conference in Paris this week, Purdue researchers introduced an implantable sensor that can be powered by exposure to music, according to a Purdue press release.
Music within 200-500 Hz causes a cantilever in the device to vibrate. Strong bass, common in rap music, is especially suitable because of its low frequency sound. [...]
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 HERELooking 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 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