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ARM has decided to shift from using its in-house compiler technology to the open-source combination of Clang and LLVM.

The 2013 edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors has been published. The latest set of tables underlines the slowdown in some aspects of scaling, particularly when it comes to metal interconnect.

Power converters are arriving on the market with the aim of simplifying the job of building energy-harvesting systems for wireless sensor nodes and the Internet of Things.

Newton, a MIPS based board from Ingenic, is optimized for Android Gear smartwatches, wearables and IoT designs.

Deal quashes rumors that Altera was about to move its cutting edge production back to TSMC, but nor does it appear to be 'exclusive' for 3D products.

Free book explains virtual prototyping and includes case studies about virtual prototyping from Altera, Bosch, GM, Hitachi, Lauterbach, Linaro, Microsoft, Renesas, Ricoh, Siemens, and TI.

SAR analog-to-digital converters promise better energy efficiency for a growing range of designs, as S3 Group has found.

For a new 32bit microcontroller family, FTDI Chip has decided to not follow the crowd into the ARM camp but go it alone with its own proprietary architecture

New tool technologies, Verdi integration and greater flow concurrency also contribute to a claimed 3X increase in productivity for Verification Compiler.

Turning transmit power up may save energy on TD-LTE, according to envelope-tracking specialist Nujira.