• Semiconductor Innovation in an Investment Constrained Economy

    Updated: 2011-03-31 21:09:55
    The current innovation climate in the semiconductor industry is alive and well but entrepreneurs have to adjust to the realities of the current economic situation and investment trends. The world's governmental economic development agencies have always looked at Silicon Valley with envy and paid big money to try to find the key which would unlock the secrets

  • Geo Semiconductor

    Updated: 2011-03-31 21:09:55
    Geo Semiconductor was officially formed in May 2009 as a fabless chip company through the acquisition of major IC business lines and key pieces of the IP portfolio of Silicon Optix, including the Realta and the Geo ICs, patents, inventory, software, development systems, customers and brands.

  • Semiconductor Stock Price Rally: What Next?

    Updated: 2011-03-31 21:09:55
    Recently, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) raised its third-quarter guidance. The company anticipates revenues to be about $9 billion, versus its previous forecast of $8.5 billion. Gross margins are expected to be about 53%, with more upside than downside likely to the projection.

  • Transparency Directive’s Scope May Extend to Medical Devices

    Updated: 2011-03-31 17:49:58
    The European Commission has announced a public consultation on the so-called “Transparency Directive” (89/105/EEC), which is designed to facilitate the free movement of medicines in the European Union. The directive has not been amended since it was adopted in 1989; it is unlikely that this tradition will be upheld. Of particular interest to medtech OEMs: [...]

  • 2011 Semiconductor Design Forecast: Partly Cloudy! (SemiWiki - Daniel Nenni)

    Updated: 2011-03-30 09:25:00
    This was my first SNUG (Synopsys User Group) meeting as media. In the past, media was not allowed in so it was a ground breaking event. Media was still barred from some of the sessions but hey, it’s a start. The most blog worthy announcement on day 1 was that Synopsys signed a deal with Amazon to bring the cloud to mainstream EDA!

  • Japan Device Association to Lobby for Medtech-Specific Regulations

    Updated: 2011-03-30 07:32:30
    By essentially putting medical devices and drugs in the same regulatory bucket, Japan’s current Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL) creates unnecessary restrictions and hinders the development of innovative medical technology, Kazuo Ogino, Chairman of the Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations (JFMDA) said at a press conference in Tokyo on 25 March. The industry group will actively [...]

  • Virtual Event Highlights Developments in Materials for Medical Applications

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:31:34
    UBM Canon’s Medical Device Media Group has announced that EMDT, MD+DI and Qmed will host a combined virtual conference and tradeshow focusing on current and emerging innovations in materials for medical applications. The event will take place on 24 May 2011, from 11:00–19:00 (London time). Registration is free at the Developments in Materials for Medical [...]

  • Wide I/O Memory and 3D ICs - A New Dimension for Mobile Devices (Industry Insights Blog - Richard Goering , Cadence)

    Updated: 2011-03-29 17:11:00
    Silicon IP Verification IP Software IP News Industry Articles HOME SEARCH IP IP BASED SOC NEWS DESIGN ARTICLES BLOGS New IP-SOC 2011 SITE FEATURES MY D R D R PRODUCTS Login Register D R SoC News Alert RSS Submit Material Your Ad Here , Buy Now Industry Expert Blogs Wide I O Memory and 3D ICs A New Dimension for Mobile Devices Industry Insights Blog Richard Goering Cadence Mar . 29, 2011 There's a lot of excitement about 3D ICs with through-silicon vias TSVs and one reason is that stacked die can provide very fast memory access . That's why wide I O is emerging as a significant new direction for 3D ICs and why the March 28 Cadence announcement of the first wide I O memory controller IP may help spur the coming era of 3D . integration Wide I O memory is a new DRAM technology and an emerging

  • Analog Circuit Design to Go

    Updated: 2011-03-16 17:46:15
    Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re a design engineer at a company making an industrial control device or a medical instrument.  You’ve got the digital portion of your design pretty well nailed, but there is a 4mA to 20mA process control loop and some isolation issues that you’re a little concerned about.  Although you [...]

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