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jjn1 wrote an interesting post today on
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Is this the start of the consolidation of the memory intellectual property (IP) business?

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The sleepy data converter sector is suddenly heating up, as Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has leapfrogged the competition to help enable a new class of industrial, medical and related equipment in the marketplace.

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Samsung Ventures America announced it has invested in French fabless supplier of smartcard chips Inside Contactless SA. Building upon investments from Nokia Growth Partners, Motorola Ventures and institutional investors, this participation brings the total investment in the company to about $42 million.

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Resilient Technologies together with the University of Wisconsin’s Madison Polymer Engineering Center, are developing an airless tire to solve the problem with a four-year, $18-million grant from the Pentagon.

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Scott Loganbill wrote an interesting post today on
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At the Design Automation Conference mid-June in Anaheim, California, an educational panel addressed the thermal issue in integrated circuit (IC) design. Two key questions were raised: When will this issue be emerging as a crucial concern if at all? What are the solutions to solve this potential crisis?

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Ashley wrote an interesting post today on
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Grace Semiconductor Corp. is about to build up a European headquarters, based in Villach, Austria. The entity is reportedly led by former Infineon CEO Ulrich Schumacher.

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mj wrote an interesting post today on
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Europe was again the laggard in semiconductor growth in May, with the WSTS figures showing it fared worst in both the three month moving average and year-to-year calculations compared to other regions, and that it showed the largest decline, of 0.3 percent, for sales between April and May 2008.

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Slovakia is shifting strategy to attract more R&D operations as the country prepares to adopt the euro currency.

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According to media releases here, Infineon currently is examining the possibilities for a merger with three potential partners. New in this context is that apparently there is an Asian candidate.

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The three month moving average of global chip sales was $21.8 billion in May, 7.5 percent up on the $20.3 billion reported for May 2007, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and based on figures from WSTS.

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