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GlobalFoundries puts rivals on notice, tips 20-nm process
Despite a sudden lull in the IC market, GlobalFoundries is moving full speed ahead with its aggressive silicon foundry strategy, putting competitors on notice and tipping a 20-nm technology node at its inaugural technology conference.
IBM claims fastest MPU
IBM said it will begin shipping a new mainframe computer computer capable of 50 billion instructions per second, powered by 96 microprocessors with 5.2-gigahertz clock speeds.
Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP
Memristors made from pure silicon could enable resistive random access memory that are simpler and cheaper to manufacture than Hewlett-Packard's titanium-based formulation, according to researchers at Rice University.
ARM, GlobalFoundries to accelerate 28-nm foundry era
GlobalFoundries said that it plans to get a jump on the 28-nm process era, making good on a previous promise, and taped-out a qualification vehicle based on ARM's Cortex-A9 dual processor.
AppleTV one small step toward Web-a-vision era
An increasing number of low-cost Web video systems such as the new AppleTV box is driving toward an era when TV will become a Web-connected multifunction device with television just one of its applications.
Gartner raises 2010 chip market forecast
Market research firm Gartner Inc. has raised its forecast for worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2010 to $300 billion, a 31.5 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $228 billion.
LED-backed LCD TVs on healthy growth path
LCD TV panel makers are targeting aggressive growth for LED panel shipments, with plans to reach 40 percent LED penetration in Q4’10, and to exceed 50 percent in Q2’11, according to the latest DisplaySearch report.
World Economic Forum picks 2011 tech pioneers
The World Economic Forum has selected 31 start-ups as Technology Pioneers of 2011 for answering some basic human needs with their innovative technologies.
Russian SoC designers take Virage IP for TV
Semiconductor circuit licensor Virage Logic Corp. has announced that Microelectronics Research Institute Progress has licensed the ARC Video 401V subsystem.
Analyst: Infineon exits cell IC market just in time
In the Intel-Infineon deal, one analyst believes that Infineon exited the wireless business just in time.
HP, Hynix to commercialize the memristor
Seeking to commercialize its memristor technology, Hewlett-Parkard Co. has entered into a joint development agreement with South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
Freescale forms joint lab with Chinese automaker
Engineers from Beiqi Foton Motor and Freescale Semiconductor will work together to integrate Freescale microcontrollers and sensors into automotive control systems for the powertrain, chassis, safety and "green" aspirations of the Chinese automakers.
Trident fires opening salvo on frame rate conversion patents
Trident plans to pursue license agreements with select chip vendors for its motion estimation/motion compensation patents – essential to LCD displays and 3-D TV sets.
Samsung pledges $70M for connected TVs
Samsung vowed to spend about $70 million to establish its connected TV platform and showed a new app to control the TV using its Galaxy S Android smartphone.
Infineon set to focus on capacity before acquisitions
Infineon, which is selling its wireless business unit to Intel, is planning to use the cash it will receive to re-invigorate its in-house manufacturing ahead of seeking growth through acquisitions.
Ethernet switch takes new tack at virtual I/O
Startup Xsigo Systems, Inc. rolled out a 10 Gbit/second switch that can handle Ethernet networking and Fibre Channel storage traffic for a fraction of the cost of Fibre Channel over Ethernet adapters sold by companies such as Cisco Systems.
Gartner cuts second-half PC sales forecast
Gartner revised downward its PC sales forecast for the second half of 2010, citing an uncertain economic outlook in the U.S. and Europe.
Firm raises solar outlook
There is a lull in the IC market, but solar is up.
Intel will run wireless as separate business
Intel will operate the wireless business it is set to acquire from Infineon as a separate business, according to executives speaking at a press conference called to discuss the deal.
RF-MEMS to boost NTT's cell phones
WiSpry and NTT DoCoMo will jointly develop tunable RF-MEMS capacitor arrays on CMOS chips to tune its filters in realtime thereby improving performance, mitigating dropped calls and expanding network capacity.
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