March 13, 2012
Concern over energy consumption could be the key to European companies moving back into the compute server market – or at least that's what the European Commission and researchers think is possible as social networks, GPS data and public video cameras pour data into a growing collection of online storage banks.
March 13, 2012
Wearable healthcare monitoring systems are a fast growing market, and could surge when clearer device approval regimes are introduced globally. Despite that brake on growth, companies and research organizations continue to innovate in anticipation. The subject of the first TDF Circuits, a graphics-led series looking at innovative implementations, is a subset of the Bio-potential Acquisition […]
March 13, 2012
Collaboration is becoming increasingly important to foundry companies as the development of advanced process nodes becomes more complex
March 13, 2012
Can pattern recognition improve deign rule checking at advanced nodes?
March 13, 2012
ARM has found that in its work on processor design looking at the system-design and process issues as well as the way software interacts with the machine can yield surprising results.
March 8, 2012
In this issue Chris Edwards introduces our interviews with key speakers at next week’s Common Platform Technology Forum, and highlights our presence at Cadence’s CDN Live and Europe’s DATE conferences. Dr Mukesh Khare of IBM Research discusses the ‘Innovation Pipeline’ beyond 14nm. Kelvin Low of GlobalFoundries describes how fabless companies can exploit 28nm processes. Michael […]
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March 8, 2012
The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) enters its 13th edition later this month, running March 19-21 at Techmart in Santa Clara. Although ISQED traditionally concentrated on tools and IP blocks, its agenda has broadened as the industry has migrated to SoCs and full electronic systems where process and manufacturing interactions have come to […]
February 29, 2012
Our first email newsletter previews next month's Common Platform Technology Forum 2012 and features exclusive interviews with senior staff at Samsung, ARM and Cadence Design Systems.
February 29, 2012
Belgian research institute IMEC has stepped up its plans for 450mm development and now aims to have an operational full-flow pilot line by the end of 2015, according to president Luc Van den hove speaking at ISS Europe this week.
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February 27, 2012
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.
