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Wiretap 06/24 -- Best/Worst tools of DAC

Blogs On Semiconductor - 2 min 18 sec ago

The BEST and WORST tools at DAC 2008 -- You choose!

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Global semiconductor equipment spending to surpass $29B this year, says report - Manila Bulletin

Semiconductor News - 2 hours 52 min ago


Global semiconductor equipment spending to surpass $29B this year, says report
Manila Bulletin
The global semiconductor industry's capital equipment spending is projected to surpass $29.4 billion in 2010, or a 76.1 percent increase from the 2009 ...

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TSMC, AU boost workforce in tech recovery - Reuters

Semiconductor News - 3 hours 51 min ago


Tech Eye

TSMC, AU boost workforce in tech recovery
Reuters
TAIPEI, March 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) and AU Optronics (2409.TW) said on Thursday they would boost their workforces ...
Chipmakers on par with Feb. expectations China Post
TSMC: To Hire 2400 Workers To Replace Contract, Part-Time Staff Easy Bourse
TSMC, UMC see flat sales EETimes.com
Tech Eye  - Digitimes
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National Semiconductor To Report Q3 Results: Earnings Preview - Trading Markets (press release)

Semiconductor News - 6 hours 6 min ago


RTT News

National Semiconductor To Report Q3 Results: Earnings Preview
Trading Markets (press release)
The Santa Clara, California-based semiconductor company is focused on analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and sub-systems, particularly in the area ...
NSM Preview: Investors Need to See Big Numbers TheStreet.com (subscription)

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Stocks in focus for Thursday - MarketWatch

Semiconductor News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 17:36


Stocks in focus for Thursday
MarketWatch
... SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are National Semiconductor Corp., ...
Stocks to Watch MarketWatch

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Lattice claims 200 million ispMACH 4000 CPLDs shipped

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:55

Lattice Semiconductor said it has now shipped more than 200 million ispMACH 4000 complex programmable logic devices.


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Stratix IV passes Interlaken device interoperability testing

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:26

Altera said its Stratix IV FPGAs passed the Interlaken Alliance's device interoperability testing, certifying that its FPGAs interface with third-party components using the Interlaken protocol.


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RTOS vendor announces support for Actel's SmartFusion

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:23

Embedded software component provider Micrium announced that it has successfully ported its uC/OS-II and uC/OS-III kernels and uC/TCP-IP stack to Actel SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGA.


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Chuck Thacker receives Turing Award

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:05

EETimes has an interview with Chuck Thacker, who just won ACM's Turing Award. It caught my eye as I've talked about transactional memory in previous posts, which Chuck mentions in this interview as one of the areas he's currently exploring in the parallel architecture space.

This made me think, as it came up recently, of an interview he did for the Computer Museum where, talking about Dave Conroy, Thacker says: "Dave is one of the few people I know that’s actually a better engineer than I am." I got a kick out of this quote when I first heard it -- but the funny thing is that someone I respect very much said that there truly are very few engineers better than Thacker.

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What's your take on Actel's SmartFusion?

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:57

After getting some pretty good responses to a request for perspectives on Tabula, we are going to the well again to ask for reader responses to Actel's new SmartFusion family.


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Cymer is hiring for a Sr. Systems Engineer

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:56

Cymer is hiring for a Senior Systems Engineer in San Diego, CA.  The Systems Engineer is the technical owner of the architecture of Cymer products, responsible for assessing, budgeting, developing, reviewing and validating the system-level architecture to enable first-time customer functionality. The Systems Engineer is the system-level technical-arbitrator of cross-functional product development. This role includes development and ownership of significant technology development and productization efforts. Requires a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related discipline and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. Semiconductor Capital Equipment experience is preferred. For more information and to apply online: https://cymer.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=0000598

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Cymer is hiring for a Staff Laser Systems Engineer

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:52

Cymer is hiring for a Staff Laser Systems Engineer in San Diego, CA.  This position will provide technical skills during product development of light sources for the semiconductor industry. Performs a variety of engineering work including designing, developing, testing, analyzing, troubleshooting and implementing. Requires a Masters degree in Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. Semiconductor Capital Equipment experience is preferred. For more information and to apply online: https://cymer.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=0000606

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Flash will be bigger than you ever imagined in the coming decade: Dr. Eli Harari, SanDisk CEO

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:33

Next time you buy a new smartphone or mobile Internet device(MID)/handheld device/tablet PC/netbook

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Varian Semiconductor's Bob Halliday Cited as One of the Top CFOs in America by ... - CNNMoney.com (press release)

Semiconductor News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:11


Varian Semiconductor's Bob Halliday Cited as One of the Top CFOs in America by ...
CNNMoney.com (press release)
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA) today announced that Bob Halliday, the company's Executive Vice President and CFO, ...

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Mindspeed Technology nets $17 million in share transaction - OC Metro

Semiconductor News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:00


Mindspeed Technology nets $17 million in share transaction
OC Metro
Newport-Beach based semiconductor supplier Mindspeed Technologies closed 2.52 million shares of common stock at a price of $7.25 per share. ...
Mindspeed Announces Closing of $18.3 Million Common Stock Offering MarketWatch (press release)

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FPGA startup: Process tech eases ASIC migration - EETimes.com

Semiconductor News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 09:01


New Electronics

FPGA startup: Process tech eases ASIC migration
EETimes.com
Tier Logic's FPGA's are converted to ASICs by replacing the TFT SRAM top layer containing the programmable configuration circuitry with a simple metal layer ...
TierLogic lifts the veil: another take on the 3D FPGA EDN.com (blog)
TierLogic Reduces Cost Of FPGA, ASIC, & FPGA-ASIC Conversion ElectronicsWeekly.com (blog)
Tier Logic announces innovative 3D-FPGA technology: low-cost FPGAs & no-risk ... Design and Reuse (press release)
ElectronicsWeekly.com  - New Electronics  - EDN.com (blog)
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FPGA startup: Process tech eases ASIC migration

Blogs On Semiconductor - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 09:01

A little more than a week after long-simmering programmable logic startup Tabula emerged from stealth mode, Tier Logic stepped into the light to offer the first details about its technology, which employs a novel processing change to build FPGA and ASIC products on a single die.


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