InAs chips could reach 200GHz

Russian scientists have measured magnetoresistance oscillations and the quantum Hall effect in InAs heterostructures, and are predicting potential 200GHz operation from the material. The material tested was n-In0.85Ga0.18As/In0.82Al0.82As, specifically grown for its high indium content to increase carrier speed. “Generally speaking, structures with quantum wells and high InAs content have already demonstrated excellent results in microwave ...

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EnSilica taps Logixx for route to volume automotive silicon

EnSilica, the Wokingham SoC designer, has tapped Logixx for a route to volume production of automotive silicon. “EnSilica has been growing rapidly over the past two years because we have extended our services from just design services to include managing the whole process of production manufacturing, packaging and testing,” says Ensilica’s David  Doyle,   “this soup to nuts service ...

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EU contemplates breaking up Google

EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager says she’s contemplating breaking up Google. “I think it important to keep that question open and on the agenda,” Vestager tells the Daily Telegraph, “we are not there yet but it is important to keep an awakened eye.” The breaking up of Google has been on the European agenda for ...

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Qualcomm board re-elected with low majorities

The Qualcomm board got re-elected at its AGM last week but with lower majorities than is usual at these events. It was pointed out that usually directors get 80/90% majorities for re-election when they run un-opposed, but this board got majorities around the 50/40% mark. CEO Steve Mollenkopf was reported to have had a majority ...

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Samsung to ramp 10nm AP in H2

Samsung says it will begin volume production of a 10nm Exynos AP in H2. The chip has four Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.3GHz and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.6GHz, and a second-generation Bifrost-based ARM Mali-G72 GPzu. An embedded Cortex-M4F-based low-power sensor hub manages the sensors in real-time without waking the main processor. The ...

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