Tech Design Forum Briefing


Briefing Authors

Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey Paul Dempsey has been a technology journalist for 20 years. His work has also appeared in EETimes, Red Herring and specialist journals published by the Financial Times.

Luke Collins

Luke Collins Luke Collins is a freelance technology journalist with 22 years’ experience. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Times in the UK, and co-founded the IP9x series of conferences.

Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards Chris Edwards has spent two decades covering electronics and EDA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times UK and electronics editor of the IET's Engineering & Technology.
February 28, 2012

‘Virtual foundry’ plan for plastic chips

The COLAE project will use the production facilities at European research centres to provide printed-electronics production services to startups. But it will probably involve more joint process work than the conventional foundry model.

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February 28, 2012

MWC notebook – Market forces

Can market forces alone make a multi-band, multi-mode, global-roaming LTE terminal a reality?

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February 27, 2012

System-level design meets power

In the world of power semiconductors, not many companies try to go fabless. The tradeoffs between design and process offer many more options for system-level design, argued Infineon’s Reinhard Ploss at the ISS Europe conference.

February 27, 2012

Synopsys verification IP launch has bite

Synopsys has rolled out its SystemVerilog-based verification IP portfolio for a bunch of interconnect standards – and built in support for all the three major verification methodologies.

February 23, 2012

ISSCC notebook – Back to the future

The International Solid State Circuits Conference is one of the most important technology shows, but you’ve gotta be careful in using it to cite market trends…

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February 20, 2012

Intel takes considered route to FinFET

The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) this year provided an opportunity to see how the team that was first to put a finFET or trigate-based process into action on a multi-million transistor design did it.

February 20, 2012

A first look at CDN Live Silicon Valley

The CDN Live series of Cadence Design Systems user conferences begins with its Silicon Valley edition at San Jose’s Doubletree Hotel on March 12-13.

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February 15, 2012

Common Platform sets US Technology Forum for Wednesday 14th March

The annual West Coast showcase for the IBM-Samsung-GLOBALFOUNDRIES foundry alliance will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

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February 15, 2012

Can envelope tracking save LTE?

The high peak to average power ratios of LTE signals pose a power challenge to handset designers. Envelope tracking may help ease the problem.

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February 15, 2012

Washington seeds market for unmanned aviation

Unmanned aerial vehicles have received a boost from a Senate vote, opening up opportunities for electronics designers.

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