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An Inside Look At The GlobalFoundries-IBM Deal
By Ed Sperling - 20 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 3

GlobalFoundries' proposed acquisition of IBM Microelectronics is the kind of deal that will have business schools talking for many years to come—a gargantuan combination of expertise and technology, built on the back of high-profile business successes and failures, long-running legal struggles and global politics—with far-reaching implications for all parts of the semiconductor supply chain... » read more

The People Have Spoken, The Future Is Now
By Mike Gianfagna - 20 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

Last month, I mentioned we’d be doing a webinar to assess the impact of online capabilities in the semiconductor industry. On November 12th “Semiconductors Go Online and Worldwide” was broadcast. Bill Brennan from Credo Semi, Trevor Hiatt from IDT and Mahesh Tirupattur from Analog Bits joined us to share their experiences using eSilicon’s MPW and GDSII quoting portals. I have to ... » read more

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Ed Sperling - 14 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

An Intel study conducted by TNS showed that tech gadgets topped the holiday gift list this year, including tablets, laptops and smart phones. The study also found that 60% of Americans peeked at their holiday gifts as kids, and 25% still look. Deals Mentor Graphics added Macnica Americas as a distributor for its simulator, functional verification and PCB simulation and analysis tools. So... » read more

Why Social Media Matters To You
By Ed Sperling - 06 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

There is a growing consensus among VCs and top executives that some sort of shakeout is coming in the social media world. There are simply too many companies fighting for a fixed number of advertising dollars and too little money coming in the door in the short term. A report by IAB showed online advertising revenue in the United States was $42.78 billion in 2013, up from $36.56 billion in 2012... » read more

Securing The IoT
By Ed Sperling - 20 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 1

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss whether the [getkc id="76" comment="Internet of Things"] will be secure enough, or whether it will create new security issues, with Sami Nassar, general manager of [getentity id="22499" comment="NXP Semiconductor"]; Oleg Logvinov, director for special assignments at [getentity id="22331" comment="STMicroelectronics"]; and Lawrence Loh, application e... » read more

Another Inventory Glut?
By Jim Feldhan - 16 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

For nearly a year, Semico’s IPI index has been indicating that the fundamental demand in the second half of 2014 would be seasonally weak. Back in early 2013, our initial view for 2014 was a 10% market growth. However, as the IPI declined in the second half of 2013 we revised our semiconductor revenue forecast down to 7.3% heeding the warning that was projected by the Semico IPI index. This w... » read more

One-On-One: Mike Muller
By Ed Sperling - 13 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

SE: What happens with memory, where access is more localized? Muller: Hybrid memory cube is one approach. HBM is another. ARM is chairing an IEEE standards group for a next-gen memory interface to make sure we build memories that fit mobile as well as networking and classic servers. Whereas in the past, memories were driven from the performance, we need to make the power scales with the band... » read more

The Democratization Of System Design…
By Brian Fuller - 09 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

One of my favorite technology columnists, Andy Kessler, argues in a new Wall Street Journal column that we’re entering a fourth major era of computing: “The original mainframe computer of the 1960s automated back offices and transactions, bringing efficiency and lowering costs. That cycle ended in the early 1990s when the personal computer picked up steam. By the mid-1990s the Web was help... » read more

Fueling the IoT
By Ernest Worthman - 02 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

As the [getkc id="76" comment="Internet of Things"] evolves, it brings along new paradigms. Some are simply reworked, relabeled, or re-branded ideas, concepts, or technologies. But some are new and novel, and will benefit from this ubiquitous, multi-billion device intelligent, uber-interconnected platform. Some of the things the IoT will drive include semiconductors, big data and crowd sourc... » read more

More Than Moore
By Ed Sperling - 01 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the value of feature shrinks and what comes next with Steve Eplett, design technology and automation manager at [getentity id="22664" e_name="Open-Silicon"]; Patrick Soheili, vice president and general manager of IP Solutions at [getentity id="22242" e_name="eSilicon"]; Brandon Wang, engineering group director at [getentity id="22032" e_name="Cadenc... » read more

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