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iSuppli to NAND market: Don’t count on second-half revenue growth
8/19/2008As Micron gears up to battle Hynix for more market share, the research company lowers its 2008 NAND annual flash revenue growth forecast from 9% to “virtually zero,” noting that unless NAND prices stabilize during Q4, even such flat growth may not be possible this year.
High-voltage, low-noise dc/dc converters
8/7/2008You can make a 1-kV dc/dc converter with only 100 µV of noise.
Structured-ASIC option reaches 45-nm node
8/4/2008Structured-ASIC pioneer eASIC announced today a family of fast-turn ASIC products at 45 nm, combining the zero-NRE (non-recurring expenses) and six-week turnaround of their via-programmed architecture with the performance, density, and power characteristics of the industry's most advanced production node.
Virtualization and multicore x86 CPUs
8/6/2008The aggressive multicore roadmaps of the x86 chip vendors point to virtualization becoming ubiquitous in the near future. I/O support is the last remaining performance bottleneck for heavily virtualized data-center systems. Fortunately, a number of proven techniques under active development and standardization hope to keep stride with the increasing number of available CPU cores.
Free software encircles embedded design
8/7/2008Open-source software has become a staple in the embedded-system industry as designers struggle with escalating software complexity on limited budgets.
Lithium-ion capacitor combines more than 100,000 charge cycles, low self-discharge rate
7/31/2008Lithium-ion batteries are the current darlings of the automotive world because of their potential for finally making electric vehicles practical.
White spaces: Ready for development permits or off-limits?
8/7/2008Is wireless spectrum scarce or abundant? Two coalitions' fresh perspectives on a long-standing issue have produced promising early results, but old-guard opponents are raising implementation roadblocks.
The PHY2060 is a complete 10-Gbps assembly that achieves error-free transmission at a latency of 120 nsec over 30m of 24-gauge AWG twinaxial copper cable.
Revisiting electronic ink
8/7/2008Prying Eyes: Electronic ink has changed in the seven years since we last took a look at it.
Current-feedback amplifiers can provide constant analog bandwidth as they operate in the different gain configurations found in automated test equipment.
IBM, partners claim smallest SRAM memory cell
8/18/2008IBM Corp researchers in Yorktown Heights, NY along with development partners Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Freescale, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering reported today that they have developed what they believe is the world’s first working 22-nm SRAM, built at IBM’s 300-mm research facility in Albany, NY.
CE product demand driving tighter collaboration between CE, IC players, KPMG reports
8/19/2008The past few years has seen the demand for consumer electronics (CE) products surpass the demand for PCs as global consumers benefit from technological advances in products including TVs, wireless handsets, and automotive applications. This has resulted in a boom for CE manufacturers and given new growth opportunities for semiconductor manufacturers that traditionally focused on PC or communications markets, a new study by KPMG has found.
Inventory days lean, component makers well positioned to benefit, analyst reports
8/18/2008Inventory days remain toward historically lower levels, particularly for manufacturers of passive components and semiconductors, according to Longbow Research. “When growth does begin to again ramp, component manufacturers are well positioned to benefit from increased product sell-in with lead times short and inventories generally lean at distribution, EMS providers, and at the OEM level,” Analyst Shawn Harrison says.