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Week in Review

September 29, 2012 Share this Newsletter:

	Top stories this week: » Yoshida in China: How Nokia failed, MediaTek won » Slideshow: Intel carves new path to x86 tablets » Road to ARM TechCon: Cortex-M0+ hits spot for low-power systems » Why OMAP can't compete in smartphones » Teardown: Inside Apple's iPhone 5 » China Fabless: Rockchip rattled by Android tablet wars » Process showdown set for IEDM conference » Touchstone CEO eyes Linear, Maxim, disruption » Intel plans to crush ARM beyond 20 nm » Cisco chip exec sees steady ASIC investments » Fujitsu said to be selling chip business Yoshida in China: How Nokia failed, MediaTek won "Reverse innovation" shouldn't be confused with "reverse engineering." Here's how they differ, and how companies like MediaTek used it to run circles around rivals like Nokia. » View the full story Slideshow: Intel carves new path to x86 tablets Seven OEMs showed dockable tablets based on Intel's new dual-core Atom SoC, but analysts say its unclear how they will fare against the Apple iPad. » View the full story Road to ARM TechCon: Cortex-M0+ hits spot for low-power systems Get the tech skinny on the lower-power Cortext device, along with a 10% discount for ARM TechCon, Oct. 31 in Santa Clara. » View the full story Why OMAP can't compete in smartphones How Texas Instruments' decision to pull out of the cellular baseband business determined the future course of its OMAP technology. » View the full story Teardown: Inside Apple's iPhone 5 Pictures show that Apple mostly stuck with incumbent suppliers. » View the full story China Fabless: Rockchip rattled by Android tablet wars China's Rockchip is betting the house on Globalfoundries' 28-nm process technology for its upcoming apps processor. It's next task will be hanging on to its customers as the tablet wars heat up. » View the full story Process showdown set for IEDM conference Intel and a rival research partnership clustered around IBM will report progress on advanced chip manufacturing at a closely watched conference in December. » View the full story Touchstone CEO eyes Linear, Maxim, disruption Touchstone Semi's Brett Fox is rapidly expanding the company's product line while eyeing potential competition with analog leaders. » View the full story Intel plans to crush ARM beyond 20 nm Though ARM may currently have an advantage in low power processing, Intel believes it could eventually take the lead if it maintains its current pace of advancement in process technology. » View the full story Cisco chip exec sees steady ASIC investments Dan Lenoski (shown), says the router giant is maintaining its silicon investments with an ASIC unit that is cranking out more than a dozen new projects a year. » View the full story Fujitsu said to be selling chip business Japanese ICT company Fujitsu has hired Swiss financial services firm UBS AG to help with the sale of its semiconductor business, a Bloomberg report said, citing unnamed sources. » View the full story		Get Involved »Join the Conversation in EE Life » Start a Message Board » Subscribe to a Newsletter Courses & Webinars Deploying UVM Effectively: How to Simplify Testbench Debug and Improve Turnaround Time with VCS Simplifying Power Design for Embedded Systems Using SmartFusion System-on-Modules to speed time to market and lower development costs Advanced Yield Analysis and Optimization with 3 to 6 Sigma Statistical Simulations for Memory, Logic, Digital and Analog Designs Memory Flaws Boot Camp Order your free subscription to the Design News print magazine. Click here to subscribe.