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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. says it will skip the 22-nm node and move directly from 28 nm to 20-nm "half node" process technology. The move appears to solidify TSMC's lead in the silicon foundry business. The foundry giant has also revealed additional details of its 20-nm CMOS process technology. Semiconductor editor Mark LaPedus is gathering more details at a TSMC technology conference.
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Latest version of our 'Silicon 60' list includes 21 new startups
We introduce Version 10.0 of the authoritative "Silicon 60" list of emerging technology startups.
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| Semiconductor News |
TSMC skips 22 nm, rolls 20-nm process
Seeking to take the technology lead in the silicon foundry business, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) is putting a new spin on its strategy: After the 28-nm node, it plans to skip the 22-nm ''full node'' and will move directly to the 20-nm ''half node.''
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ESC: Confab to host another round of Intel versus ARM
Intel and ARM have been squaring up to each other across the netbook and smartphone sectors for a couple of years now. The ARM-versus-Intel battle is set to continue on a number of fronts at the Embedded Systems Conference in Silicon Valley, coming up April 26 to 29, at the McEenery Convention Center in San Jose, California.
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Update: STATS produces 300-mm WLP
Singapore's STATS ChipPAC Ltd. has expanded its embedded wafer-level ball grid array (eWLB) technology to reconstituted 300-mm wafers.
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Entrepreneurs drive Silicon Valley toward Detroit 2.0
A handful of entrepreneurs hope to turn Silicon Valley into Detroit 2.0 by supplying key subsystems for next-generation electric and hybrid vehicles but they disagree about how the new market they see for electric and hybrid vehicles will emerge.
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Maxim to buy Teridian for $315 million
Moving into a new and emerging market, Maxim Integrated Products Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Teridian Semiconductor Corp. for approximately $315 million in cash.
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New York gains grant for 'green jobs'
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, N.Y. has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Elpida files suit against Best Buy, Infineon
In response to a complaint filed earlier this year, Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. has filed a suit against Infineon Technologies AG and Best Buy Co. Inc.
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Numonyx set to discuss potential PCM "showstopper"
A research team from flash memory company Numonyx is set to discuss current density in phase-change memory at the International Reliability Physics Symposium.
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Virage Logic launches 28nm IP suite at TSMC event
At the TSMC Technology Symposium in Silicon Valley this week Virage Logic announced a full suite of 28nm memory compilers and logic libraries based on TSMC's high-K metal gate process.
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MIT harnesses virus to power up the hydrogen economy
By harnessing living viruses to mimic the way plants use photosynthesis, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claims to extract fuel more efficiently from water. The process could kick-start the vaunted "hydrogen economy."
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Plastic Logic, Merck to deploy novel organics
Chemicals giant Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) and Plastic Logic GmbH (Dresden, Germany), the developer of the Que e-reader, have announced plans to develop, test and commercialize novel lisicon-type organic semiconductors from Merck in Plastic Logic's displays.
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| ESC Silicon Valley |
ESC: Two attendees will win a 'CanSat' launch
The father of the "CanSat" project will describe the effort and select the winners of two free launches during ESC-Silicon Valley.
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ESC: S3 Graphics, Presagis ink deal
S3 Graphics Inc. has announced a partnership with Presagis Inc., a provider of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation and embedded display graphics software.
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| Product News |
Microsoft's Kin marries smartphone, social nets
Microsoft debuted Kin, its long-rumored smartphone, a handset focused on social networking using Microsoft's Zune media player interface and cloud computing services as speculation mounted Google is preparing an Android-based tablet to compete with the Apple iPad.
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Dylan McGrath is editor of the EE Times Newsletter, which brings you the latest semiconductor and design news.
