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Editor Note
2012 Embedded Market Study results unveiled
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Semiconductor News
Qualcomm
acknowledged Wednesday that it was turning to other foundry suppliers
amid a shortage of 28-nm capacity at its longtime foundry partner,
TSMC.
The
first smartphone with Intel’s Atom inside has launched in India
A
couple of set-backs for developers of sub 20-nm manufacturing processes
in recent months have accentuated the need for EUV lithography to come
good and are likely to drive demand for the technology in 2014,
according to Eric Meurice, CEO of lithography equipment maker AMSL.
Representatives
from Micron and Intel discussed their 20-nm multi-level cell NAND flash
after the device was recognized by UBM TechInsights as the
Semiconductor of the Year.
Business News
Lithography
equipment developer ASML has said that a delay in the availability of
illumination power sources has prompted it to push out revenue
recognition on the first two production EUV lithography machines, currently
being assembled at the company's headquarters.
Qualcomm
and Intel were the two market leaders in the 2011 cellular baseband
market according to market researcher Strategy Analytics.
Microcontroller
vendor Microchip Technology Inc. has acquired Roving Networks Inc., a
supplier of WiFi and Bluetooth wireless modules, for an undisclosed sum
of money.
Chip
equipment vendors Lam Research and Novellus Systems—which are expected
to officially merge sometime in the next few months—each reported
quarterly results that topped consensus analysts' expectations and
results from their previous quarters.
Design News
French
startup StarChip, a developer of application-specific processors that
was founded in 2009, has announced the development of the ARX 32-bit
secure core for use in payment and identification markets. ARX is based
on the APS3s 32-bit RISC processor from Cortus.
Technology News
Competition
within the ARM ecosystem aimed at mobile devices is driving a faster
pace of process development and will likely prompt foundry production
on the 22-nm/20-nm process node in 2013, according to Eric Meurice, CEO
of lithography vendor ASML.
No
doubt graphics are in the spotlight in mobile systems these days, but
that bright spot is unfortunately pretty dark in terms of its technical
clarity.
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