Progress in the IC industry hinges on the ability of IC manufacturers to continue offering more performance and functionality for the money. As mainstream CMOS processes reach their theoretical, practical, and economic limits, lowering the cost of ICs (on a per-function or per-performance basis) is more critical and challenging than ever. The 500-page, 2019 edition ...
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Q4 NAND revenues fell 16.8% QoQ, reports DRAMeXchange, 2018 NAND revenues were 10.9% up on 2017 at $63.2 billion. A gloomy Q1 forecast sees declining bit shipments, price and demand The reasons are: economic uncertainty which has led to cancelled orders and delayed re-stocking, lower iPhone sales and the x86 CPU shortage. Samsung’s bit shipments for ...
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UltraSoC, the Cambridge embedded IP analytics specialist, will support Western Digital’s RISC-V SweRV Core and associated OmniXtend cache-coherent interconnect. The two companies have worked together to create a debug and on-chip analytics ecosystem that will support the requirements of both Western Digital’s internal development teams, and third parties choosing to adopt the SweRV Core for their ...
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Gemalto says it’s produced the first 5G SIM. Compliant with the latest ETSI 3GPP specifications and SIMalliance recommendations, the Gemalto 5G SIM Claims to deliver improved data privacy, seamless 5G global roaming and enhanced protection against hacking. The Gemalto 5G SIM will be available in all SIM form factors (removable SIM, M2M SIM, eSIM), during the ...
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Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES are to develop a portfolio of automotive Grade 1 temperature (-40C to +150C junction) DesignWare Foundation, Analog, and Interface IP for the GF 22-nm FD-SOI(22FDX) process. By providing IP that is designed for high temperature operation on 22FDX, Synopsys enables designers to reduce their design effort and accelerate AEC-Q100 qualification of system-on-chips ...
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TI has brought out two new Ethernet PHY transceivers, expanding connectivity options for designers of both space-constrained applications and time-sensitive networks (TSNs). The DP83825I low-power 10-/100-Mbps Ethernet PHY has a provides a 150m cable reach. The DP83869HM supports copper and fiber media, and offers high-temperature operation up to 125°C, which enables engineers to leverage the ...
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Hynix says it will spend $107 billion building four fabs starting in 2022.. Hynix sees the investment as being necessary to ward off the threat of China which is building memory fabs. The fabs will be built on an existing 4.5 million square metre fab site with two front end facilities south of Seoul. Hynix ...
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The winners of the element14 2018 Community Awards are: Member of the Year – Dixon Selvan – Selvan is a first-time Community Awards winner. He competed in the Design for a Cause challenge, submitted several RoadTest reviews, and contributed multiple projects to the monthly Project14 competitions. Selvan is a frequent contributor and integral member of ...
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Xilinx has extended ihe RF performance of its Zynq UltraScale+ RF SoC portfolio with devices which can cover the entire sub-6GHz spectrum. They support direct RF sampling of up to 5 giga-samples per-second (GS/S) 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and 10 GS/S 14-bit digital-to-analog converters (DACs), both up to 6 GHz of analog bandwidth. Xilinx’s RFSoC portfolio is ...
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Samsung has unveiled its folding phone – the Galaxy Fold: The Fold costs $2000 and is on sale in Europe on May 3rd. It supports 5G. Folded, the Fold’s OLED screen measures 4.6”. Unfolded it measures 7.3”. Its processor is made on a 7nm ...
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