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North America’s Market Share Increase in IC Sales

Published:2012/2/1 21:14:00 Author:Phyllis

IC Insights, Inc. is a leading semiconductor market research company that founded in 1997. The company offers complete analysis of the integrated circuit. It is highly regarded in the industry for its understanding of market dynamics and technology trends, its forecast accuracy, and its attention to maintaining excellent customer relationships. IC Insights is frequently called upon to speak and present its ideas on...   (View)

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Semiconductor Industry Prediction in 2012

Published:2012/2/1 0:28:00 Author:Phyllis

On January 31st, market research firm IHS iSuppli revised its 2012 semiconductor market forecast upward slightly. The company said not it expects chip sales to grow 3.3% this year to reach $323.2 billion. In November last year, IHS projected a prediction of 3.2% growth in chip sales. This time is a little different. IHS noted th...   (View)

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Energy Micro EFM32 Microcontrollers Provide 64, 128, or 256 kbytes of Flash Memory

Published:2012/2/1 0:27:00 Author:Amy

The Leopard Gecko EFM32 microcontroller family provides 64, 128, or 256 kbytes of flash memory, and high-end Giant Gecko devices offer 512 or 1024 kbytes of flash memory with 128 kbytes of RAM. The CPUs operate at speeds as high as 48 MHz, and a 400-nA backup-power mode enables the real-time clock to keep running and provide 512 bac...   (View)

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The Phase Materials Increase the Storage Density of Memory

Published:2012/2/1 0:05:00 Author:Li xiao na

People always want to store more things onto their memory card. What will happen when we can store a single bit on an atom? Our wish will not be only a dream with the phase-change materials which enables a massive increase in storage density-without making chips any bigger. It brings us a new concept that all things digital must be made ...   (View)

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Intel Recently Sampled an Atom-based System-on Chip

Published:2012/1/31 21:43:00 Author:Phyllis

Intel Corp’s newly sampled atom-based system-on chip for servers announces a new low-power system using one of its Xeon processors. The Atom-based chip is a previously announced sub-10W, 64-bit device with a PCI Express interface, supporting ECC memory and Intel’s virtualization and hyperthreading technology. It is like a dual-core ...   (View)

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Fujitsu Semiconductor FM3 microcontrollers Provide Two-Channel Ethernet-MAC Support

Published:2012/1/31 21:09:00 Author:Amy

Fujitsu introduced the Cortex-M3-based FM3 family of 32-bit RISC microcontrollers including the MB9B610, 410, 310, 210, and 110 series and the MB9A130 series. The MB9B family works at clock speeds as high as 144 MHz and supports as much as 1 Mbyte of high-speed flash memory and 128 kbytes of RAM, a one- or two-channel Ethernet MAC, ...   (View)

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AMD’s Quart Revenue is expected to lower down

Published:2012/1/31 0:59:00 Author:Phyllis

Quart revenue of Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is forecasted to lower because of a shortage of hard drives and a shaky economy hurt PC makers. In the fourth quarter, the company just adjusted its earnings that have beat expectation. But revenue for the quarter just ended and revenue projections for the current quarter came in a b...   (View)

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NXP Semiconductor Announced Several New LED Driver ICs

Published:2012/1/31 0:53:00 Author:Phyllis

NXP Semiconductors expanded its SSL2108x family by announcing several new LED driver ICs in it. The SSL2108x family was the second series for compact, non-dimmable retrofit lamps following the success of the SSL21081. With the addition of the SSL21082, SSL21083 and SSL21084, NXP now provides a single platform for lamp designers d...   (View)

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Toshiba TLP700H and TLP701H Miniature Photocouplers Drive IGBTs, MOSFETs

Published:2012/1/30 21:11:00 Author:Amy

The TLP700H and TLP701H can directly drive IGBTs and power MOSFETs and no requirement for external components. The devices can widely be used in digital consumer products, test-and-measurement equipment, industrial-control systems, and induction heating. The TLP700H and TLP701H feature maximum peak output currents of ±2 and ±0.6A, respectively, and a minimum withstand voltage of 5000V rms. They also feature buffer-...   (View)

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IMEC＇s Technology Makes Hyperspectral Imagers Small and Efficient

Published:2012/1/30 21:07:00 Author:Li xiao na

Imec is a micro- and nanoelectronics research center. A micromachining has been used by Imec to show a hyperspectral camera. Every pixel of this sensor is a spectrometer. Different objects, which can not be di...   (View)

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Sharp Mega Zeni LED Modules Are Equal to 50W HID Lamps

Published:2012/1/30 20:10:00 Author:Amy

Intended to replacing 50W HID lamps, the 50W Mega Zeni LED modules have a luminous efficiency of 3590 and 4770 lm, a light output as high as 100 lm/W in standard operating mode, and a service life of 40,000 hours at an operating temperature as high as 90°C. The devices have a forward voltage of 50V and a forward current of 950 mA but can also...   (View)

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ON Semiconductor Introduced a New Family of LVFR

Published:2012/1/30 0:38:00 Author:Phyllis

ON Semiconductor has introduced a new family of 100 volt trench-based low forward voltage Schottky rectifiers (LVFR) for applications like switching power supplies for notebook adapters or flat panel displays, reverse battery protection circuits, and high frequency DC-DC converters. Consists of NTST30100CTG, NTST20100CTG and NTSB2...   (View)

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PLC Protocol is Expected to Open the Smart Grid Market

Published:2012/1/30 0:08:00 Author:Li xiao na

Maxim Integrated Products has developed a powerline communications protocol with French electricity utility ERDF and broadband terminal firm Sagemcom. The PLC has been approved as a low frequency, OFDM-based narrowband PLC standard. The G3-PLC specification is used for connecting smart meters to the power grid, and it supports the IPv6...   (View)

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Large buyers of semiconductors in 2011

Published:2012/1/29 21:59:00 Author:Phyllis

According to latest research from Gartner, Apple has become the largest buyer of semiconductors in the world, followed by Samsung. Compared with 2010, Apple’s spending has jumped 34.6% in 2011 with 17.3 billion dollars, or 5.7% of the total share of chip purchases on semiconductor’s purchases. Samsung spent 16.7 billion dollars, or 5...   (View)

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PolymerVision Rollable Display Technology Shows Animated Images

Published:2012/1/29 21:36:00 Author:Amy

PolymerVision’s rollable 6-in. display technology can display animated images at a 10-Hz refresh rate. Potential applications include ITO replacement, printed TFTs, and printed emissive or reflective displays. These displays enable users to roll an unbreakable large screen from a tightly rolled scroll, plugging the market gap between higher-...   (View)

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AndersDX Touch-dX Introduced Monitors for Industrial, Commercial User Interfaces

Published:2012/1/29 19:55:00 Author:Amy

Adopting the vendor’s ShadowSense technology, the Touch-dX family of midsized monitors provides five touch points and compatibility with ELO Touchsystems’ open-frame monitors. The Touch-dX monitors support finger, glove, and stylus input. The family has a 19-in. unit with a 5-to-4 aspect ratio; a 17-in. unit with a 5-to-4 aspect ratio; and...   (View)

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Cypress Semiconductor Introduced the Gen4 Family

Published:2012/1/17 1:33:00 Author:Phyllis

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. introduced a new Gen4 TrueTouch® controller targeted at the rapidly growing tablet and ultrabook market. The new CY8CTMA1036 device has 65 sense-I/Os, enabling it to deliver flawless touchscreen performance for screens up to 12 inches. Like the smaller-screen Gen4 devices, it offers industry-bes...   (View)

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Kinetis K70 Microcontroller from Freescale Optimizes Human-Machine-Interface Applications

Published:2012/1/17 0:42:00 Author:Amy

Freescale introduced the Cortex-M4-based Kinetis K70 microcontroller targeting applications that demand a graphics-LCD user interface, advanced connectivity, and security. The PEG (portable embedded graphical user interface) supports the family, offering a comprehensive visual-layout and -design tool that speed up design by allowi...   (View)

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Sales of DRAM and Flash Memory in 2012

Published:2012/1/17 0:24:00 Author:Phyllis

According to market research firm IC Insights Inc., sales of DRAM will eclipse for the first time in 2012. Flash memory revenue will hit $32.8 billion in 2012, up 11 percent from 2011. Meanwhile, the DRAM sales will slide to $30.3 billion, down 3 percent from 2011 due to softening average selling prices. Capital spending for DRA...   (View)

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Intel Announced Multi-Year Pacts with Motorola and Lenovo

Published:2012/1/12 3:37:00 Author:Phyllis

Intel announced multi-year pacts with Motorola Mobility and Lenovo to develop smartphones and tablets, and said the first Google Android phones using the top chipmaker’s processors would go on sale this year. With mobile processors made by the likes of Texas Instruments Inc and Samsung stealing the show, Intel’s engineers have b...   (View)

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