Synopsys continues security acquisitions; NXP-Freescale shareholders approve merger; Intel management changes.
Synopsys continued its expansion into security with the acquisition of security IP provider Elliptic Technologies. The Canadian company’s focus was cryptography cores, security protocol accelerators and processors, Root of Trust embedded security IP modules, secure boot and cryptography middleware as well as content protection IP for integration into SoCs.
NXP and Freescale shareholders approved the pending merger, clearing the way for one of the biggest deals of the year.
Intel announced some leadership and organizational changes. President Renee James and Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital, both will step down in January. James will take on an external CEO role.
New interconnects and processes will be required to reach the next process nodes.
Servers today feature one or two x86 chips, or maybe an Arm processor. In 5 or 10 years they will feature many more.
After failing in the fab race, the country has started focusing on less capital-intensive segments.
Rowhammer attack on memory could create significant issues for systems; possible solution emerges.
Gate-all-around FETs will replace finFETs, but the transition will be costly and difficult.
An upbeat industry at the start of the year met one of its biggest challenges, but instead of being a headwind, it quickly turned into a tailwind.
The backbone of computing architecture for 75 years is being supplanted by more efficient, less general compute architectures.
Rising costs, complexity, and fuzzy delivery schedules are casting a cloud over next-gen lithography.
New interconnects and processes will be required to reach the next process nodes.
New approaches to preventing counterfeiting across the supply chain.
Servers today feature one or two x86 chips, or maybe an Arm processor. In 5 or 10 years they will feature many more.
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