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Cadence Unveils Advanced Digital Flow for High-Performance, Giga-Scale, 20 nm Design

Cadence Design Systems has unveiled an advanced Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow for giga-scale, high-performance designs that include those at the newest 20 nm technology node.

From Cadence Design Systems 7 Mar 2012

AMD Expands its Award-Winning 28 nm GPU Line

AMD has expanded its proven 28 nm GPU line with the introduction of new sleek graphics cards called the AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition.

6 Mar 2012

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, AMD Agree to Negotiated Wafer Price Mechanism for 2012

AMD has amended its wafer supply agreement (WSA) with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. In this deal, the two companies have settled with an agreeable wafer price mechanism for the fiscal year 2012.

From GlobalFoundries 6 Mar 2012

First Tape Out of Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9 MPCore Test Chip Using SMIC’s 40 nm Technology

ARM, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Brite Semiconductor have jointly taped out the first dual-core ARM Cortex A9 MPCore test chip utilizing 40-nm low leakage process technology of SMIC.

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 29 Feb 2012

ARM Offers New Physical IP Solution for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 28-nm-SLP HKMG Process

ARM has announced that its ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor optimization pack (POP) is now available for the 28nm- Super Low-Power (SLP) High-K Metal Gate process technology of GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

From GlobalFoundries 27 Feb 2012

Microscopic Single Atom Transistors for Futuristic Quantum Computers

Researchers of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed a single atom transistor comprising only one atom in a silicon crystal.

21 Feb 2012

Fresco Microchip Selects Berkeley’s Analog FastSPICE Platform for Simply RF Silicon TV Tuners

Berkeley Design Automation proclaimed that Fresco Microchip has selected Berkeley’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) platform, which will be used in its Simply RF silicon TV tuners for total circuit verification and block level characterization.

16 Feb 2012

Konica Minolta Unveils Inkjet Printhead for Printed Electronics Applications

Konica Minolta IJ Technologies has introduced a high precision inkjet printhead called KM128SNG-MB utilizing silicon MEMS technology.

16 Feb 2012

Brion Technologies Announces New Product for 2x nm Chip Designs

ASML’s division, Brion Technologies has introduced a novel product called Tachyon flexible mask optimization (Tachyon FMO) for semiconductor manufacturers.

14 Feb 2012

New Spin-On Hardmask Technology Using Nanocrystals to Impact Semiconductor Industry

Pixelligent and Brewer Science, Inc., announced today the development of a new spin-on hardmask technology. Pixelligent, an innovator in manufacturing nanocrystal additives for the electronics, industrial and military ma...

13 Feb 2012