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TSMC Deploys Laker System to Save Time for IC Design Teams

SpringSoft, Inc., a global supplier of specialized IC design software, today announced that the Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System has been deployed by TSMC for mixed-signal, memory, and I/O design applications.

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 1 Jun 2010

Vitesse’s New 12-Port PHY Device Leverages 65-nm Technology with SparX-III GE Switch

COMPUTEX 2010 – Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, today added to the industry’s only 12-port Gigabit Ethernet PHY family with the VSC8522, delivering 50-percent higher density than the leading competitor and energy efficiency features with up to 90-percent power savings when compared to other active 1000BASE-T devices.

1 Jun 2010

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Plans to Expand Wafer Manufacturing Facility in Dresden

GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced plans to expand its global semiconductor manufacturing operations with a series of new projects across its 300mm operations designed to support expected increases in both near-term an...

From GlobalFoundries 1 Jun 2010

SPTS Receives Order for 300mm Pegasus DSi Etch System from Fraunhofer IZM

SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS), a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has receiv...

1 Jun 2010

Researchers Study Carbon Nanotube Application to Build Electronic Components

The silicon transistors in your computer may be replaced in ten years by transistors based on carbon nanotubes. This is what scientists at the University of Gothenburg are hoping – they have developed a method to co...

31 May 2010

Kodak, MacDermid to Provide High-Quality Film Solutions for Printed Electronics Applications

Kodak today announced that it has entered into a new partnership with specialty films manufacturer MacDermid Autotype to meet the growing needs of the printed electronics marketplace.

29 May 2010

eSilicon Acquires Silicon Design Solutions

eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Silicon Design Solutions (SDS), a privately held supplier of niche semiconductor memory intellectual property (IP) cores.

28 May 2010

Elpida Develops 65nm XS Version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM for DRAM Market

Elpida Memory, Inc. (TOKYO:6665), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had completed development of a 65nm XS extra-shrink version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM that is as cost-competitive as 50nm process memory devices.

28 May 2010

Semiconducting Sandwich Filling Retains its Mystery

Oxides of transition metals such as titanium are of interest for applications, such as hydrogen gas sensors or as catalysts, and have intriguing fundamental physical properties. In particular, the origin of an intermedia...

27 May 2010