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Creative Chips’ 180-nm CMOS Controller Designed Using Synopsys' Galaxy Solution

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Creative Chips, a mixed-signal semiconductor IC provider, has taped out its most complex mixed-signal chip to date using Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform.

From Synopsys, Inc. 6 Aug 2010

TSMC Selects Quartz DRC to Validate 28-nm Product Qualification Vehicle Test Chip

Magma® Design Automation Inc., a provider of chip design software, announced today that TSMC used Quartz™ DRC for physical verification of its 28-nanometer (nm) product qualification vehicle (PQV) test chip.

6 Aug 2010

Computer Scientists Work on Protein-Folding Issue

Computer scientists and biochemists at the University of Washington two years ago launched an ambitious project harnessing the brainpower of computer gamers to solve medical problems. The game, Foldit, turns one of th...

6 Aug 2010

Tiny Logic Circuits as Basis Of Nanometer-Scale Robotics And Processors

Circuits that can perform logic operations at the push of a button are a dime-a-dozen these days, but a breakthrough by researchers in the USA has meant they can be smaller and simpler than ever before.

5 Aug 2010

New High Resolution Technique to Image Microwave Magnetic Fields

Using clouds of ultracold atoms MPQ-LMU team of scientists makes microwave fields visible.

5 Aug 2010

Advanced 28nm Chip Technology Development to be Discussed at GTC 2010

GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the lineup of keynote speakers for GTC 2010, the company’s inaugural Global Technology Conference.

From GlobalFoundries 5 Aug 2010

Synopsys Inks Deal for PHY IP Development Targeting 28-nm Technologies

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor technology and manufacturing services, today announced an agreement to develop the Synopsys DesignWare® SuperSpeed USB (3.0), USB 2.0, HDMI 1.4 Tx and Rx, DDR3/2, PCI Express® 2.0 and 1.1, SATA 1.5/3 Gbps and 6 Gbps, and XAUI PHY IP for GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 28-nanometer (nm) "Gate First" High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) process technologies.

From Synopsys, Inc. 5 Aug 2010

United Microelectronics Qualifies Silvaco's Process Design Kit

Silvaco, Inc., a leading provider of TCAD and EDA software, today announced that United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading global semiconductor foundry, has completed qualifying Silvaco's Process Design Kit (PDK) for UMC's 0.35um CDMOS 3.3V 5V 12V 18V 30V 40V multi-operation voltage process.

5 Aug 2010

Invention May Help Purify Process For Making Semiconductors

In a step toward solving a long-standing problem in semiconductor manufacturing, scientists at JILA and collaborators have used their unique version of a "fine-toothed comb" to detect minute traces of contaminant molecules in the arsine gas used to make a variety of photonics devices.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 4 Aug 2010

Fund Awarded to Customize GigOptix's Thin Film Polymer on Silicon Modulators

GigOptix, a leading supplier of electronic and electro-optic semiconductor products for optical communications systems, today announced that it has secured a grant for $200,000 in research and development funds to customize the Company’s proprietary LX8400 40Gb/s Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS™) Mach Zehnder (MZ) modulator for use in an ongoing Government Supercomputing program.

4 Aug 2010