IBM ‘fab club’ tips foundry roadmap
Joe Wilcox wrote an interesting post today on
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IBM Corp.’s ”fab club” alliance has outlined its foundry process roadmap, tipping a 28-nm ”half-node” technology, and, in some cases, positioned its 32-nm offering as a better alternative to 40-nm.
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Maxim takes $838 million charge on restatements
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Maxim Integrated Products has taken a pre-tax charge of more than $838 million for restated financial results covering a period of nearly 10 years, the company said.
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IBM: Stand in line for high-k process
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IBM Corp.’s ”fab club” customers may have to stand in line to get their hands on early wafers based on high-k and metal gates.
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Atmel to outsource German fab operation
Dave Ohara wrote an interesting post today on
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In a complicated arrangement that in effect rids the company of the Heilbronn, Germany manufacturing operation it has been trying to sell for two years, Atmel said that a U.K. company has agreed to buy the fab’s equipment and lease the facility from Atmel.
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Atmel unloads German fab operation, will lease facility
Joe Wilcox wrote an interesting post today on
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In a complicated arrangement that in effect rids the company of the Heilbronn, Germany manufacturing operation it has been trying to sell for two years, Atmel said that a U.K. company has agreed to buy the fab’s equipment and lease the facility from Atmel.
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WiMax emulator debuts
Joe Wilcox wrote an interesting post today on
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Elektrobit Corp. rolled out what it claims is the industry’s first radio channel emulator aimed at manufacturers of basestations and subscriber devices using WiMax, LTE and other 4G wireless network standards.
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Avago buys Infineon’s BAW biz for $21 million
Nicko Margolies wrote an interesting post today on
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Chipmaker Avago Technologies has acquired Infineon Technologies’ bulk acoustic wave business, based in Munich, Germany, for approximately 21.million euros (about $30.3 million).
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R&D chiefs share their strategies
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Researchers in computer science are taking on new models and fresh subjects as the tackle with new and old challenges, according to a panel discussion that gathered R&D executives from Google, IBM, Microsoft and PARC.
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IBM questions TSMC’s 28-nm strategy
Justin Smith wrote an interesting post today on
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An IBM Corp. executive questioned the new 28-nm process rollout from rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., saying TSMC’s strategy is risky.
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Freescale launches custom SoC business
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Freescale Semiconductor launched a Customer Specific Products business to provide custom system-on-chip solutions based on its SoC platforms.
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