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ASM Qualifies New Higher-k Gate Process for 14nm Manufacturing

December 6, 2011

ALMERE, The Netherlands, December 5, 2011 -ASM International N.V. (www.asm.com) (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), the leader in atomic layer deposition (ALD) of high-k gate materials, today announced the successful demonstration of a new 14nm high-k gate dielectric process that achieved less than 6 angstroms equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) at a customer’s 14nm R&D line, an improvement of about 40% from the current advanced nodes. The new high-k process improves device performance by enabling faster switching and lower leakage current, while reconfirming the extendibility of hafnium based … Read More → "ASM Qualifies New Higher-k Gate Process for 14nm Manufacturing"

Green Hills Software Selected by Altair Semiconductor for 4G Wireless Broadband Solutions

December 6, 2011

SANTA BARBARA, CA — December 6, 2011 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that its compilers, the Green Hills Probe and MULTI® development tool chain, have been used by Altair Semiconductor in the development of its 4G LTE products. Altair is a leading LTE chip supplier with approximately 30 different customer products shipping globally, covering all variants of the LTE standard on a single chipset and software platform.

“We selected Green Hills Software after conducting an extensive analysis of the solutions in the market,” said Nohik Semel, vice president … Read More → "Green Hills Software Selected by Altair Semiconductor for 4G Wireless Broadband Solutions"

Intel, Micron Extend NAND Flash Technology Leadership With Introduction of World’s First 128Gb NAND Device and Mass Production of 64Gb 20nm NAND

December 6, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and BOISE, Idaho, 2011-12-06 00:32 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology — the world’s first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies also announced mass production of their 64Gb 20nm NAND, which further extends the companies’ leadership in NAND process technology.

Developed through Intel and Micron’s joint-development venture, IM Flash Technologies (IMFT), the new 20nm monolithic 128Gb device is the first in the industry to enable a terabit (Tb) of data storage in a fingertip-size … Read More → "Intel, Micron Extend NAND Flash Technology Leadership With Introduction of World’s First 128Gb NAND Device and Mass Production of 64Gb 20nm NAND"

Renesas Electronics Receives USB-IF Certification for its USB 3.0-SATA3 Bridge System-on-Chip

December 6, 2011

Dusseldorf, December 6, 2011 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) SATA3 bridge system-on-chip (SoC), part number, µPD720230, has passed the certification testing by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). Renesas also announced that AMD has tested and verified chipset compatibility with Renesas’ performance-enhancing UASP software for external storage devices.

USB 3.0 achieves data transfer speeds that are up to 10 times faster than the previous version of the standard, enabling more rapid and efficient transfers … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Receives USB-IF Certification for its USB 3.0-SATA3 Bridge System-on-Chip"

Agilent Technologies and Lime Microsystems Create New Method for Testing Advanced Wireless Systems Custom Method Saves Development Time, Increases Speed to Market

December 6, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and GUILDFORD, England, Dec. 6, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Lime Microsystems today announced a custom pairing of test equipment, transceiver technology and control software that constitutes a new method for testing and evaluating advanced wireless systems. The evaluation platform, which includes a suite of test equipment and software, saves today’s digital and software-defined radio designers development time and cuts optimization cycles, helping to speed new products to market.

“Combining the transceiver platform from Lime Microsystems with our suite of test equipment has given designers a comprehensive, cost-effective method for … Read More → "Agilent Technologies and Lime Microsystems Create New Method for Testing Advanced Wireless Systems Custom Method Saves Development Time, Increases Speed to Market"

Novatek Places Major Repeat Order with S2C

December 6, 2011

San Jose, CA – December 5, 2011 – S2C announced that Novatek has placed a significant repeat order for S2C’s FPGA-based rapid SoC prototyping solutions. Novatek, the 11th largest fabless semiconductor supplier in the world, has been using S2C’s prototyping solutions to accelerate their SoC hardware and software development since 2009.

HH Liu, Novatek’s Director of iHome Division said: “we have been using S2C’s FPGA-based prototyping solutions on a wide range of SoC designs. We find that their products are very … Read More → "Novatek Places Major Repeat Order with S2C"

Tektronix Expands, Upgrades High Voltage Probe Offerings

December 6, 2011

BEAVERTON, Ore., Dec. 6, 2011 – Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced four new high-voltage probes and significant upgrades to three existing probe offerings. No high voltage probes on the market today can match the combination of bandwidth, dynamic range and input impedance characteristics provided by the new THDP, TMDP and P52XXA series probes.

“With our new high voltage probe offerings, we are providing the industry leading probing solutions that meet the measurement challenges … Read More → "Tektronix Expands, Upgrades High Voltage Probe Offerings"

Altera Continues Rollout of 28-nm Product Portfolio with Shipment of Arria V FPGAs

December 6, 2011

San Jose, Calif., November 29, 2011–Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced it has started shipping its 28-nm Arria^® V FPGAs. The Arria V devices are the lowest power mid-range FPGAs available on the market today with 10.3125-Gbps transceiver technology. The family’s innovative features allow designers to tailor their low power, high bandwidth, and low cost requirements for next-generation systems in wireless, broadcast, and military markets. The Arria V devices are the second family to ship from the company’ … Read More → "Altera Continues Rollout of 28-nm Product Portfolio with Shipment of Arria V FPGAs"

Magma’s FineSim SPICE Enables Dolphin Technology to Achieve 6X Faster Simulation Runtime, Reducing Time to Market and Improving IP Quality

December 6, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Dolphin Technology, Inc., a leading provider of performance-optimized system-on-a-chip (SoC) memory cores and performance-matched standard cell libraries and input/outputs (IOs), has standardized on the FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology to accelerate delivery of high quality intellectual property (IP). Magma’s FineSim SPICE has enabled Dolphin Technology to quickly and accurately run thousands of simulations of their IP across all process corners. By increasing … Read More → "Magma’s FineSim SPICE Enables Dolphin Technology to Achieve 6X Faster Simulation Runtime, Reducing Time to Market and Improving IP Quality"

New Cypress PSoC® Precision Analog Development Kit Highlights 20-Bit ADC with Micro-Volt Measurements and Differential Inputs

December 6, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., December 6, 2011 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced the new CY8CKIT-025 Development Kit for its PSoC^® 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip architectures. The new kit highlights PSoC’s unique 8- to 20-Bit Delta-Sigma ADC with an internal voltage reference of +- 0.1%, a sampling rate of up to 384 ksps, and up to 18-bit effective number of bits (ENOB) performance. It showcases the capability for measurements in microvolts enabled by a precision of 0.003 percent. In addition, the ADC enables designers to implement both differential and single-ended inputs for the Delta Sigma … Read More → "New Cypress PSoC® Precision Analog Development Kit Highlights 20-Bit ADC with Micro-Volt Measurements and Differential Inputs"

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