The SEMI book-to-bill went negative in October after 11 months in positive territory.
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Codasip and UltraSoc combine on RISC-V
Codasip and UltraSoC are to integrate the Codix-Bk series of RISC-V cores with the UltraSoC environment.
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SDRplay shipping $149 SDR receiver in volume
SDRplay of Wakefield, the 18-month-old software defined radio specialist, is now shipping its $149 software defined radio (SDR) receiver in quantities of 1,000 a month, Inspired by the SDR capabilities that even a simple 8-bit TV dongle can perform, SDRplay had the idea of partnering with Mirics to take their 12-bit wideband broadcast chipset and to ...
ARM launches most powerful Mali processor yet
ARM has launched what it describes as its highest performing and most power-efficient 4K-capable Mali display processor to offer “cost-effective, highly efficient and superior viewing experiences”. The ARM Mali-DP650 display processor aims to drive new visual content and gaming experiences on mobile devices and act as a content passport for users as they move from ...
IT spending to top $3.5 trillion in 2016
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.54 trillion in 2016, just a 0.6% increase over 2015 spending of $3.52 trillion, according to Gartner. 2015 saw the largest US dollar drop in IT spending since Gartner began tracking IT spending. $216 billion less was spent on IT in 2015 than in 2014 and 2014 spending ...
Penn predicts 4% semi growth
The semiconductor industry will grow 4% this year said Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons at IFS2016 in London this morning. Penn sees Q1 at minus 1.5%, Q2 at plus 1.5%, Q3 at plus 5.8% and Q4 at minus 1%. The 2016 market will end up at $349.345 billion. The pessimistic view is for a flat ...
sureCore adds FDSOI memory compiler
sureCore, the Sheffield SRAM IP specialist, today announced the immediate availability of its 28nm FDSOI memory compiler. The compiler supports the company’s low power, single port SRAM IP and dual port SRAM IP for 28nm FDSOI process technology. It offers capacities up to 1Mbit with word lengths up to 288bits and supports 4, 8 and 16 ...
TSMC pushes process pedal
TSMC appears to be speeding up its scaling by scheduling 10nm tape-outs for Q1 2016, 7nm production for 2018 and 5nm introduction for 2020, according to co-CEO Mark Liu. Samsung says it expects to be in volume production of a 10nm chip by the end of this year. Intel says its 10nm process has been ...
Qualcomm forms China server chip jv
Qualcomm has formed a jv with a Chinese province to help it get into the Chinese server market. The province is Guizhou and the jv will be called Guizho Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology. Qualcomm subsidiary will own 45% of the jv and the Guizhou government owns 55%. The jv will license Qualcomm’s server chip technology to ...
Intel has 2015 revenues of $55bn
Intel reported Q4 revenues of $14.9 billion and full year 2015 revenues of $55.4 billion. Q4 net income was $3.6 billion. In Q4, PC revenues were up 3% at $8.8 billion, Data Centre was up 4% at $4.3 billion, IoT revenues were up 8% at $625 million, software and services revenue of $543 million was ...