semiconductor industry

Cracking tough nut for semiconductor industry

harminka — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:12:05 -0600

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness—the resistance to fracture—of the thin insulating films that play a critical role in high-performance integrated circuits.

Mentor Buys Ponte, Maintains Armenia R&D Team

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:54:20 -0500

Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced it has acquired the assets of Ponte Solutions, Inc., the Mountain View, CA developer of model-based design for manufacturing (DFM) solutions that analyze, predict, and reduce the impact of process variability during the manufacture and design of semiconductors.

Advanced Micro Devices to open up its Performance Library

seher — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:03:43 -0600

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (abbreviated AMD; NYSE: AMD), an American company that manufactures semiconductors, is going to open up its AMD Performance Library. T he world's second-largest supplier of computer processors is hoping to attract innovation and participation from the developer community.

Toshiba, IBM Extend Semiconductor Research and Development Collaboration

harminka — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:44:50 -0600

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Toshiba Corporation announced that they have entered into a joint development agreement on 32nm bulk complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process technology.

Virage Logic Completes Acquisition of Ingot Systems

harminka — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:06:12 -0500

Virage Logic Corporation the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner and pioneer in Silicon Aware IP(TM), today announced that it has completed its acquisition of privately held Ingot Systems, Inc., a leading provider of application specific IP (ASIP) solutions and design services to the semiconductor industry.

Virage Logic Enters into Agreement to Acquire Ingot Systems

harminka — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:51:47 -0500

Virage Logic Corporation, the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner and pioneer in Silicon Aware IP(TM), today announced the entrance into an agreement to acquire privately held Ingot Systems, Inc., a leading provider of critical functional IP and design services to the semiconductor industry.

Electronic crowd behavior revealed in semiconductors

harminka — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:54:21 -0500

Like crowds of people, microscopic particles can act in concert under the right conditions. By exposing crowd behavior at the atomic scale, scientists discover new states and properties of matter. Now, ultrafast lasers have revealed a previously unseen type of collective electronic behavior in semiconductors, which may help in the design of optoelectronic devices.

Chemists advance organic semiconductor processing

harminka — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:05:20 -0500

Any machinist will tell you that a little grease goes a long way toward making a tool work better. And that may soon hold true for plastic electronics as well.

Synplicity to Acquire HARDI Electronics AB

rasick — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:29:28 -0500

Bangalore, June 7, 2007 -Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HARDI Electronics AB, a leading developer of off-the-shelf ASIC prototyping boards, for $24.2 million in cash.

Synplicity Announces Breakthrough ASIC verification Solution

rasick — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:29:36 -0500

Synplicity, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced its revolutionary new IdentifyÃ‚Â® Pro ASIC and ASSP verification solution. The Identify Pro software, featuring Synplicity's TotalRecallÃ¢â€žÂ¢ technology, provides designers with full visibility into FPGA-based ASIC and ASSP prototypes enabling them to find, fix and verify functional errors at speeds approaching that of the final device.

New targets may hit bull's-eye for chip makers

harminka — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:12:46 -0600