Synopsys has released the 2017 Coverity Scan Report, which examines Open Source Software (OSS) quality and security data collected over the past decade through Coverity Scan, a free static analysis solution from Synopsys used by more than 4,600 active OSS projects. The report finds significant adoption of secure software development practices and underscores the importance ...

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Farnell element14 has launched  “Maker to Market”: a range of capabilities that offer start-ups the support, expertise and resources to take their products to market. These Maker to Market services are supported by Design & Manufacturing Services which enable engineers to focus on developing the best product possible by providing support at every stage of ...

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Renesas has announced an automotive infotainment SoC for  3D graphics displays in entry-level cars. The R-Car D3 chip delivers graphics while reducing  overall system development cost. The chip includes a 3D graphics core that enables a high-quality 3D display with a system cost equivalent to the BOM for 2D graphics instrument clusters. By adopting the ...

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Samsung had Q3 operating profit of $12.9 billion on sales of $55 billion with $9 billion of the profit coming from semiconductor sales of $17.7 billion. Capex for next year will be $42 billion, with most of it ear-marked for chip fabs. The operating profit was 148% up on Q3 2016 propelled by the 77% ...

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Four year-old Australian neural net company Brainchip, headed up by Silicon Valley veteran Lou di Nardo, has raised $21.5 million. The company raised $6 million in May. It is already a public company with a market cap of $208 million. For FY 2017 it reported a loss of $5.8 million. The company develops neural network ...

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The O-S-D market segments are growing at above average rates in 2017 and all three are expected to reach new record highs for the first time in six years, says IC Insights. More than a dozen product categories in optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes semiconductors (O-S-D) are on track to set record-high annual sales this year. ...

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Imec has joined ORCHID, a European initiative that will establish a European infrastructure to enable coordinated development, production and implementation of Organs-on-Chips by a consortium of academic and private partners. Six European research institutions are involved: Leiden University Medical Centre; Organ-on-Chip consortium hDMT; Fraunhofer; CEA; Imec; University of Zaragoza Organs-on-Chips combine human mini-organs with microelectronics, microfluidics and nanosensors. This ...

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