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Silver-diamond composite offers cooling capabilities for electronics
Silver-diamond composite offers cooling capabilities for electronics
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The research is focused on producing a silver-diamond thermal shim of unprecedented thinness – 250 microns or less. The ratio…
Silver-diamond composite offers cooling capabilities for electronics
Silver-diamond composite offers cooling capabilities for electronics
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Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a solid composite material to help cool small, powerful,microelectronics used…
Agilent aims waveform generator at military scenarios
Agilent aims waveform generator at military scenarios
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Precision arbitrary waveform generation is required for realistic testing of low-observable aircraft systems and for high-density communications used in satellite…
Sony goes ‘coreless’ in Cell processors
Sony goes ‘coreless’ in Cell processors
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Sony Corp., best known for its consumer products but also a chip supplier, revealed to EE Times Japan that they…

Intel’s Gargini sees tunnel FET as transistor option
Intel’s Gargini sees tunnel FET as transistor option
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Raising mobility through the use of non-silicon materials in the transistor channel remains a favored theme with Gargini but he appeared to push back the prospect of deployment until about…
Wrap-around view technology for driver visual assistance
Wrap-around view technology for driver visual assistance
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Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has developed an advanced wrap-around automotive view technology whereby images are taken by four cameras and combined in such a way as to appear as if taken…
Microsemi expands industrial ecosystem for SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs
Microsemi expands industrial ecosystem for SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs
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Microsemi Corporation has expanded the industrial ecosystem for the company’s SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. The new ecosystem strengthens the current SmartFusion device ecosystem and includes further support by Microsemi…
Cadence extends verification IP catalog across silicon, SoC and system development
Cadence extends verification IP catalog across silicon, SoC and system development
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has extensively expanded its broad portfolio of verification IP (VIP) and memory models, which delivers a robust verification solution spanning silicon, SoC and system development. The…
Fiber optics boosted by crystalline core
Fiber optics boosted by crystalline core
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The Penn State researchers, led by professor John Badding, demonstrated fiber optic cables with zinc-selenide cores, which they claim have a wider wavelength range and superior photonic qualities to the…
Smart meter reference design targets residential market
Smart meter reference design targets residential market
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A smart meter reference design developed by Freescale Semiconductor will form part of a Smart Energy Wall display during Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany.
1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
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The findings are to be presented at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) taking place next week in Los Angeles. "Traditional transponder-based system…
Fiber optics boosted by crystalline core
Fiber optics boosted by crystalline core
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Researchers at Pennsylvania State University last week demonstrated what they said are the world's first optical fibers to harbor a compound semiconductor core.
Xilinx provides first product details for EPP ARM-based devices
Xilinx provides first product details for EPP ARM-based devices
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The Zynq-7000 family’s programmable logic is based on Xilinx’s 7 series FPGA architecture to ensure 100 percent compatibility with respect to IP, tools and performance across all devices within the…
Mentor Graphics joins CEA-Leti’s IMAGINE program on maskless lithography
Mentor Graphics joins CEA-Leti’s IMAGINE program on maskless lithography
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“Multi-beam systems for maskless lithography are contenders for next-generation patterning. The IMAGINE program is offering a unique infrastructure to enable this technology and we want to be an early…
Analog and RF circuit optimization tool unveils new algorithms to port circuits between similar technologies
Analog and RF circuit optimization tool unveils new algorithms to port circuits between similar technologies
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IC design teams often need to re-target their designs to a new technology either to get a second source or, for example, to move from a technology with one-time programmable…
Antenna challenges in smartphones and tablets with 4G rising
Antenna challenges in smartphones and tablets with 4G rising
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Paul Tornatta of SkyCross focuses on new solutions to meet the antenna challenges in smartphones and tablets as 4G technology begins to take off.
Streamlining the design of portable medical electronics
Streamlining the design of portable medical electronics
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Ajay Bharadwaj and Pavan Srikanth of Cypress Semiconductor explain how to streamline the design of portable medical electronics…
Using adaptive compensation control to improve transient performance in power supplies with variable number of phases
Using adaptive compensation control to improve transient performance in power supplies with variable number of phases
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Jason Houston and Weihong Qiu, Intersil Corporation outlines how to use adaptive compensation control to improve transient performance in power supplies with variable number of phases.
Reducing EMI in digital systems using spread spectrum clock generators (Part 1 of 2)
Reducing EMI in digital systems using spread spectrum clock generators (Part 1 of 2)
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Ashish Kumar and Pushek Madaan of Cypress Semiconductor Corp expalins how to reduce EMI in digital systems by using spread spectrum clock generators.
Analog and RF circuit optimization tool unveils new algorithms to port circuits between similar technologies
Analog and RF circuit optimization tool unveils new algorithms to port circuits between similar technologies
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Analog and RF circuit optimization software developer, AgO Inc., is extending its AnXplorer analog design optimization tool with a new porting capability. The new feature improves the productivity of designers…
Mentor Graphics joins CEA-Leti’s IMAGINE program on maskless lithography
Mentor Graphics joins CEA-Leti’s IMAGINE program on maskless lithography
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Mentor will develop multiple e-beam lithography data processing flows in the MAPPER lithography program, a three-year, multiple e-beam-lithography partnership aimed at evaluating a maskless lithography (ML2) infrastructure and studying the…
Xilinx provides first product details for EPP ARM-based devices
Xilinx provides first product details for EPP ARM-based devices
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Xilinx has released deails for the first products in its Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) at Embedded World today. The Zynq-7000 family integrates a complete ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor-based system with…
1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
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With worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities of their networks while…
Magma’s Titan and FineSim software is validated for LFoundry’s iPDKs
Magma’s Titan and FineSim software is validated for LFoundry’s iPDKs
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Chip design software provider, Magma Design Automation, and LFoundry, the customer-specific manufacturer of analog, mixed-signal and specialized technologies, have validated LFoundry’s interoperable process design kits (iPDKs) for use with the…
DSI Consortium airs version 1.0 specs for DSI3 standard
DSI Consortium airs version 1.0 specs for DSI3 standard
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The Distributed System Interface (DSI) Consortium has finalized and released the DSI3 version technical specifications. DSI describes a protocol for the interconnection of multiple sensors and actuators to a control…
Harnessing the power of collective behaviors could be a winner with social media says Gartner
Harnessing the power of collective behaviors could be a winner with social media says Gartner
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Many social media efforts are failing, because some enterprises just don't understand how to employ social media to facilitate collective behaviors, according to Gartner. The research company conducted a 10…
University of Strathclyde unveils smart grid research centre
University of Strathclyde unveils smart grid research centre
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The University of Strathclyde is unveiling a new £12.5 million Power Network Demonstration Centre in Scotland which aims to accelerate the adoption of new, 'smart' technologies, from advanced power grids…
Franco-Israeli collaboration aims to develop floating solar power plants
Franco-Israeli collaboration aims to develop floating solar power plants
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A collaborative project between Solaris Synergy from Israel and the EDF Group from France is focusing on the development of floating solar power plants which aim to overcome the need…


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