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Dennard’s Scaling ended years ago and Moore’s Law is slowing down. What will the future hold for the semiconductor industry?

Thunderbolt speed to double to 40GBit/s, cheaper ownership for consumers, proprietary plug dumped in favor of USB-C as Intel looks to reinvigorate tech.

Altera has agreed to Intel's offer to buy the company, with FPGAs to be integrated into Xeon processors after 2016. Atoms will join programmable logic in IoT-oriented devices.

Last week's announcement by Avago that it would buy Broadcom looks to be only partly about bulk. The merger could help drive SIP and 3DIC integration.

Senior verification expert at Imagination Technologies debunks ten myths surrounding the use of formal techniques in SoC design and verification

This year's Heart of Technology philanthropic event on Monday June 8 promises craft beers, music, a pool tournament and more, all supporting a great cause.

Mentor Graphics has released a programming interface to its Veloce emulators intended to support faster and more accurate power estimation.

Intersil is aiming to remove the intermediate converters from the power buses of industrial systems using a buck converter that can take a voltage of 48V and provide power rails down to 1V.

TCAD specialist GSS says nanowire transistors look practical down to 5nm but that designers need to carefully explore how the wires are shaped as quantum-confinement effects take hold

Cadence has launched the 16.6 release of its Allegro PCB-design portfolio, adding modules for manufacturing documentation and design-rule preparation aids.