Top Arm CPU designer moves to Apple

Arm’s top CPU architect Mike Filippo has left the company after ten years to join Apple. At Arm he was responsible the development of  the Cortex-A76, A72, and A57, and Arm’s Hercules-AE automotive  CPU. Before joining Arm, Filippo worked for AMD and Intel. The move is teported to be related to Apple’s plans to replace ...

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Double-digit decline for semis, says Jewell

The semiconductor market is headed for a double-digit decline this year,  after a Q1 fall of 15.6% from Q4, forecasts Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. Most recent semiconductor market forecasts reflect this trend. 2019 forecasts range from -7.2% from IDC to -15.0%, our latest Semiconductor Intelligence forecasts. Other forecasts are in the range of -11% to ...

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Semi capex to fall 15%

Semi capex wil fall 15% this year and 5% next year, says IC Insights. Figure 1 (below) shows the annual capital spending changes from 1983 to 2020. Over the past 34 years, there have been six periods when semiconductor industry capital spending declined by double-digits rates for one or two years (1985-1986, 1992, 1997-1998, 2001-2002, ...

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LoveFrom Jony

Sir Jony Ive is setting up LoveFrom – a new company which will have Apple as its first and main client. “Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple’s revival cannot be overstated, from 1998’s groundbreaking iMac to the iPhone and the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park, where recently ...

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MagnaChip delivers low Rss(on) LV MOSFET.

MagnaChip has announced today a new low-Rss(on) LV MOSFET with reduced chip size for smartphone battery PCMs. Inserted in the battery PCMs in LTE or 5G phones, this newly released MOSFET prevents over-voltage and over-current of the batteries and ultimately helps extend their life and resolve the overheating issue. The Rss(on) of this new product, ...

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