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Synopsys agree to buy SpringSoft for $406 million

Published:2012/8/5 23:04:00 Author:Ecco

It is reported that EDA software leader Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has signed the agreement to purchase IC debug and verification software company SpringSoft Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) for $406 million, or approximately $305 million net of cash acquired. In November 2011, the company announced a deal to acquire Magma Design Automation Inc. for about $500 million and last month Synopsys moved to pic... (View)

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The global chip sales of June keep soft on U.S. weakness

Published:2012/8/5 21:19:00 Author:Ecco

According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, the worldwide sales of semiconductors got a three-month average of $24.38 billion in June for the month of June 2012, a decrease of 0.1 percent from the prior month when... (View)

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ON Semi plans to cut more jobs

Published:2012/8/3 2:11:00 Author:Ecco

According to the executives of ON Semiconductor Corp., the company plans to cut additional jobs as part of a plan to save the company between $10 million and $15 million per year. Donald Colvin, ON Semi’s chief financial officer, said the company planned to cut 10 percent of non-manufacturing jobs in high cost regions in a conference. ... (View)

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The mobile chip of Japan takes a recovery plan by jointing venture

Published:2012/8/2 22:57:00 Author:Ecco

Japan's recovery plans for a mobile equipment chip joint venture has been taken, Japan also comes up with something smaller and less ambitious than a previous plan that was cancelled earlier this year. NTT Docomo Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. have signed an agreement about a formation of a joint venture... (View)

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Avalanche will use $30 million to bring MRAM to market

Published:2012/8/2 3:57:00 Author:Ecco

An investor from Moscow has helped MRAM startup Avalanche Technology Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) close a third round of equity funding at $30 million. The funding will be used to productize the company’s technology. The company says it is prepared to act for applications such as solid-state drives. The money will be used to bring Av... (View)

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Toshiba starts the mass production of white LEDs

Published:2012/8/1 1:47:00 Author:Ecco

According to Toshiba Corp., it would start mass production of white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a production line that the company will build within its 200-mm wafer fab at subsidiary Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corp. in northern Japan. The project would start in October. Toshiba said that their white LEDs are winning wide ac... (View)

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Wireless market growth will be a highlight, according to HIS

Published:2012/7/31 21:50:00 Author:Ecco

According to IHS iSuppli (El Segundo, Calif.), global semiconductor component revenue is expected to rise by 3 percent to $320.8 billion 2012. And the wireless market growth would be a highlight in an... (View)

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Synopsys completed the acquisition of EDA vendor Ciranova

Published:2012/7/31 0:52:00 Author:Ecco

According to Synopsys Inc., an EDA and IP vendor, it completed the acquisition of EDA tool vendor Ciranova Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed on Monday (July 30). Established in 2003, Ciranova is specialized in analog and mixed-signal IC layout tools. The company is focused on delivering productivity improvements in custom IC design by reducing the time and effort needed to develop (View)

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Fujitsu is planing to sell its main fab, says reports

Published:2012/7/30 20:35:00 Author:Ecco

It is reported that Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd. is planing to sell its main wafer fab to foundry chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. The wafer fab in Mie prefecture makes image processing chips and processors for supercomputers. However, according to Wall Street Journal , a spokesperson from TSMC said the company has no plans to ... (View)

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UMC develops FinFET process to beat TSMC

Published:2012/7/29 23:07:00 Author:Ecco

Taiwan’s United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) has been developing FinFET process technology to struggle with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). As we know, TSMC is a foundry leader on the production of FinFET process technology. In fact, TSMC... (View)

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ARM and TSMC will lead Intel in SoC device

Published:2012/7/26 23:11:00 Author:Ecco

According to foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the FinFET technology for ARM processors may not be in volume production until the second-half of 2015. Warren East, the CEO of ARM, is not concerned that Intel Co... (View)

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The Q2 of ARM will continue climb in sales and profits

Published:2012/7/26 3:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to the report of another quarter with increased sales and profits announced by Processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England), it shipped 2 billion chips in the quarter in 2Q12 with inc... (View)

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Single-customer fabs have meaning, says TSMC

Published:2012/7/26 1:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to Morris Chang, the chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the company is considering operating single-customer wafer fabs. Anyway, TSMC is the world's leading foundry chip maker. The company's second quarter financial results show that the market gradually produces fewer higher volume customers ... (View)

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The Elpida buy of Micron is a bold project with risks, says HIS

Published:2012/7/25 2:49:00 Author:Ecco

According to the report made by market research firm IHS iSuppli, it is a bold project with risk that Micron Technology Inc.’s move to acquire bankrupt Japanese DRAM vendor Elpida Memory Inc. Particularly, the integration and technology transfer are not easy to carry. Mike Howard,... (View)

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Qualcomm tries to license of Mirasol display out

Published:2012/7/25 1:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to Qualcomm Inc., the company will pay attention its manufacturing of Mirasol sunlight-readable displays on a limited set of products and try and license the technology out to other companies. Paul Jacobs, t... (View)

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The new T-coded M12 connector is introduced by Binder-USA

Published:2012/7/24 3:13:00 Author:Ecco

Here is the information about the first official line of M12 power connectors with T-coding introduced by Binder-USA. The Series 813 connectors utilize the standard M12 locking thread, but feature a new coding or k... (View)

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VC chip funding will decline in June, increase in quarter

Published:2012/7/24 1:33:00 Author:Ecco

The Global Semiconductor Alliance indicated that venture capital investments in semiconductor companies fell 76.2 percent to $32 million in June. Comparing to VC spending in June 2011, the decline was an even steeper 81 percent. Five chip companies got... (View)

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Power semi market is predicted to be worth $20B in 2012

Published:2012/7/23 2:09:00 Author:Ecco

The market research firm Yole Developpement indicated that the market for discrete semiconductors, module and ICs dedicated to the power electronics industry will reach $20 billion in 2012. The analysts of Yole predict that the total value for IGBTs in the medium to high voltage market will be $1.6 billion. Superjunction (View)

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The Library from Sensor Platforms is extended to mobile app

Published:2012/7/22 22:53:00 Author:Ecco

According to Sensor Platforms, its FreeMotion library of software algorithms and middleware can support all sensors used in smartphones and tablets. Now, the Library is extended for using in major mobile microproc... (View)