Entries for August 2013
Reports claim Intel is accelerating 14-nm Atom plans
posted on August 28, 2013 05:26
The rumor mill is heating up ahead of the Intel Developer Forum, which is scheduled for September 10-12 in San Francisco. We expect the show to serve as the debut for devices based on Silvermont, Intel's 22-nm Atom refresh. According to multiple reports, we could also hear about accelerated plans for 14-nm Atom chips.
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Why The PC Is Not Doomed
posted on August 28, 2013 04:25
There has been a lot of press coverage in recent months about slowing PC sales. Lenovo has recently reported that its smartphones and tablets outsold its PCs and the venerable computer itself has seen the longest sale decline in its history, continuing from late 2012, right the way through 2013. Global sales have dipped below 80 million in a quarter for the first time too.
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Is Auger Definitely The Cause Of Droop?
posted on August 28, 2013 03:25
One of the mosthotly debated issues within the compound semiconductor community is whether Auger recombination is the primary cause of droop – the decline in LED efficiency as the current passing through the device is cranked up.
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450mm Silicon Wafer Issues Emerge
posted on August 28, 2013 02:24
The most critical component in semiconductor manufacturing is arguably the silicon wafer, but the substrate is often taken for granted in the supply chain.
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Expensive Silicon - Transistor Costs are Hitting a Wall
posted on August 28, 2013 01:23
Depending on whom you talk to, Moore’s Law says that something doubles every 18-24 months. It might be speed or number of transistors. But these days, as physics raises its ugly head, performance is taking a back seat to transistor density. And yet there’s a third parameter that has always been considered to be a proxy for density: cost.
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Construction of 450mm Fab 'Well Underway'
posted on August 19, 2013 04:58
The construction of Intel's first wafer fab for processing 450mm diameter wafers is "well underway," having started in January 2013, an Intel spokesperson tells EE Times.http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/08/12/2702166/micron-to-lay-off-5-percent-of.h
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With 3D Chips, Samsung Leaves Moore's Law Behind
posted on August 19, 2013 03:57
Moore’s Law is over, at least for one segment of the market. Samsung Electronics earlier this month began to commercially produce three-dimensional V-NAND flash memory chips capable of holding 128 gigabits of memory. And today the company showed off the first solid-state drives made with the chips see photo) at the Flash Memory Summit taking place in Santa Clara this week.
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3D NAND Production Starts at Samsung
posted on August 19, 2013 02:57
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun mass production of a 128 Gbit NAND flash memory that is integrated in multiple layers, and claims that it is the first company to do so.
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Maxim Integrated Products to acquire Volterra Semiconductor Corp
posted on August 19, 2013 01:56
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Volterra Semiconductor Corp. for $23 per share, which represents a 55 percent premium to Volterra Semiconductor's closing share price on August 14, 2013. The transaction value is approximately $605 million equity value or $450 million net of Volterra's cash position of approximately $155 million.
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Micron to lay off 5 percent of workforce; Boise impact unknown
posted on August 15, 2013 04:36
Two weeks ago, Micron was celebrating its purchase of a Japanese computer memory company that would make Micron the second-largest memory-chip maker on the planet. Now executives are bracing employees for a 1,500-worker reduction in Micron’s roughly 30,000 employees worldwide during the next 17 months.
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