| Processor designers debate future of multicore
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2008-02-08 |
| Microprocessor engineers agree multicore designs will be the wave of the future, but they differ widely on how to implement them and surmount the many challenges they pose. |
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| IBM seeks standard to link chip models with tools
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2008-02-04 |
| An IBM executive has called for standards to link chip models with simulation tools in an effort to lower design costs and shorten time-to-market |
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| Select the right network connection for your MCU-based M2M app
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2008-02-01 |
| The proliferation of M2M communications anticipates a rise in Ethernet-capable MCU market. The question is, which is the best way for you to add this connectivity? |
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| Toshiba, Cadence collaborate on 65nm design
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2008-01-31 |
| Cadence Design announced that Toshiba has deployed Cadence Virtuoso simulation technology to provide its analog and mixed-signal chip designers an easy-to-use and accurate reliability analysis flow |
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| Motorola to design UMTS 3G phones with Qualcomm chips
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2008-01-25 |
| Motorola announced a UMTS 3G handset alliance with Qualcomm just minutes after the company unveiled a grim Q4 '07 report, including an unexpected prediction that its handset sales will continue to decline. |
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| 45nm: What Intel didn't tell you
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2008-01-25 |
| Some high points of Intel's 45nm HKMG technology are: high-k first, metal-gate-last integration; hafnium oxide (HfO2) gate dielectric (1nm EOT); and dual band-edge work function metal gates (TiN for PMOS; TiAlN for NMOS). The gate-last integration is one point that needs a bit of clarification in the Intel process flow. |
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| Address power management issues in mobiles
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2008-01-21 |
| Increasing focus towards system aspects of cellphones forces designers to take a holistic and dynamic approach to power management to effectively decrease power consumption without degrading performance. |
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| Design versatile high-speed ADCs
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2008-01-16 |
| The high-speed ADC is the bridge between the analog and digital hardware, and many times it is placed in the responsibility of an all-digital or all-analog hardware designer. When that happens, the programmability has easier acceptance with the digital hardware designer, but it can save the day for an analog hardware designer who failed to set up the digital timing or signal integrity properly. |
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| Solid-state drives aim to edge out HDDs
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2008-01-16 |
| The landscape is shifting in the emerging market for solid-state storage drives that could threaten the power-hungry HDDs. |
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| No more waiting in line for a latte, thanks to Apple
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2007-12-31 |
| Apple has filed a patent application for a system that would make it possible for a person to use a wireless gadget to place an order at a cafe or fast-food restaurant and pickup the order without waiting in line. |
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| Newsmakers: The (not so) golden Apple
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2007-12-28 |
| Apple outdid itself this year with the heavily hyped rollout of three electronic eye candies—the Apple TV, the iPhone and the iPod Touch—triggering a frenzy in the consumer market that reverberated to the supply chain. |
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| Engineous, Fujitsu integrate IT technologies
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2007-12-26 |
| Engineous Software, provider of the FIPER software, and Fujitsu, developer of the SynfiniWay IT framework, have partnered to develop an integrated solution combining FIPER and SynfiniWay. |
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| USB, Kleer hook up DTVs
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2007-12-19 |
| The USB Implementers Forum and startup Kleer Corp. are offering two interface efforts as options to link to DTVs |
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| Toshiba licenses Rambus HDTV tech
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2007-12-19 |
| Toshiba Corp. has licensed HDTV chipset memory technology from Rambus Inc. |
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| Intel upgrades mobile platform, debuts SSDs
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2007-12-18 |
| Intel announced plans to ship the upgraded version of its dual-core mobile platform based on the 45nm manufacturing process by January and launched a solid-state drive (SSD) for mobile devices. |
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