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The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 13 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Look out below! Intel has lowered its first-quarter revenue outlook. The company now expects first-quarter revenue to be $12.8 billion, plus or minus $300 million, compared to the previous expectation of $13.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million. “Intel may be experiencing greater-than-expected seasonal declines in both notebooks and desktops,” said Doug Freedman, an analyst with RBC Capita... » read more

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Jesse Allen - 13 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Mergers & Acquisitions NXP added to its list of recent acquisitions with Athena SCS, a UK-based provider of embedded software and cryptography for smart cards and NFC. Lattice Semiconductor closed its all-cash $606.6 million acquisition of Silicon Image. Tools Cadence unveiled the Innovus Implementation System. The physical implementation tool sports massively parallel architect... » read more

Blog Review: March 11
By Jesse Allen - 11 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

How are sensors like a scallop's eyes? Rambus' Patrick Gill guides you through day in the life of the mollusk to show how inspiration for IoT was found in the sea. Cadence's Dimitry Pavlovsky discusses some of the intricacies associated with creating VIP for processor interconnect systems such as CHI, and how other tools are necessary to complete the task. Following Google's warning of a ... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: March 10
By Jesse Allen - 10 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Simulated memories Resistance-switching cells hold promise as a faster, higher capacity, lower power replacement for current non-volatile memory. Yet "the mechanisms that govern their remarkable properties have been poorly understood, limiting our ability to assess the ultimate performance and potential for commercialization," said Alejandro Strachan, professor of materials engineering at Pu... » read more

System Bits: March 10
By Ann Mutschler - 10 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Surviving entanglement breakdown Researchers at MIT have discovered that preserving the fragile quantum property known as entanglement isn’t necessary to reap benefits. By way of background, the MIT team reminded that the promise of quantum information processing, i.e., solving problems that classical computers can’t, as well as perfectly secure communication depends on a phenomenon cal... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: March 10
By Mark LaPedus - 10 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Hi-tech pens The University of California at San Diego has developed a hi-tech ballpoint pen. Researchers have taken off-the-shelf ballpoint pens and filled them with bio inks. With so-called enzymatic-ink-based roller pens, users are able to draw biocatalytic sensors on a surface. [caption id="attachment_18297" align="alignleft" width="300"] Researchers draw sensors capable of detecting... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 06 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

EUV lithography remains a mixed bag, according to analysts. "We are downgrading shares of ASML to 'Sector Perform' from 'Outperform' as we think shares appear fully valued based on midterm lithography demand and our view that meaningful EUV adoption is still several years out," said Weston Twigg, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, in a new report. "We think the reality is that it is not ... » read more

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Jesse Allen - 06 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Mergers & Acqusitions Mentor Graphics acquired Tanner EDA, bolstering their position in tools for analog, mixed-signal and MEMs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NXP joins forces with Freescale. The merger carries a $16.7 billion price tag and potentially creates a new leader in the automotive and MCU markets. Standards Accellera sent UVM 1.2 off to the IEEE P1800.2 working... » read more

Blog Review: March 4
By Jesse Allen - 04 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Is gate-level simulation still necessary? Mentor's Gordon Allan asserts it is, and gives a list of reasons why the pain is worth the peace of mind. Synopsys' Aron Pratt concludes his series on parameterization strategies with a process that allows the testbench to make use of parameterized interfaces without imposing limits on VIP access. Should you use EUV or quadruple patterning for 7nm... » read more

System Bits: March 3
By Ann Mutschler - 03 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Observing antiferromagnetic order in ultracold atoms Rice University researchers have simulated superconducting materials and made headway on a problem that’s vexed physicists for nearly three decades using ultracold atoms as a stand-in for electrons. The research team, led by Rice, included researchers from Ohio State University, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Cal... » read more

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