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LSI Chooses the Intel Xeon Processor 7300 Series to Help Engineers Speed New, More Complex Integrated Circuits to the Marketplace
White Papers As LSI engineers packed more functionality into chips and designs grew more complex, EDA processing was taking longer to complete. At the same time, LSI faced competitive pressures to keep new product turnaround as rapid as possible.
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
Chipmakers' directory to combat counterfeiting
News Chip firms have warned that counterfeit components, such as integrated circuits, can reduce systems' performance and reliability and, in some cases, endanger lives. So far, some 360,000 counterfeit integrated circuits have been seized by US and...
[April 25, 2008, 11:05]
Inventor of the integrated circuit dies at 81
News Jack Kilby, whose work on integrated circuits in the 1950s ushered in the digital era, died Monday after a battle with cancer. Prior to integrated circuits, engineers had to solder several parts together.
[June 22, 2005, 9:15]
Electronic Devices Reference V2.0 for Palm OS 5
Downloads Electronic Devices Reference V2.0 is the combination of Electronic Devices ReferenceLinear Integrated CircuitsElectronic Devices Reference is an invaluable reference covering a wide range of topics relating to Electronic Devices.The formulae...
[September 29, 2004, 8:00]
Scalability of 3D-Integrated Arithmetic Units in High-Performance Microprocessors
White Papers It explores the behavior of the 3D-integrated arithmetic circuits with increasing issue-width (parallel execution capability), transistor sizing, and temperature. The paper shows that the 3D-integrated units have a lower latency degradation and...
[July 11, 2008, 1:02]
HP Memristor update — time for more Moore's Law
Blog A report from physorg.com points me at a paper in PNAS, where HP researchers say they've mixed up memristors and transistors on the same silicon substrate "to form fully integrated hybrid memory resistor (memristor)/transistor circuits.
[February 26, 2009, 16:04]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's also worth remembering that the first actual order for one of Kirby's integrated circuits - and the thing that convinced a sceptical world that the idea might literally fly - came as part of the Minuteman nuclear missile project.
[July 1, 2005, 19:15]
Chip firm predicts dramatic recovery for 2002
News The improving prices on integrated circuits, along with other factors, will lead to a 21 percent growth in 2002 sales, Semico says. Semico's projections are partly based on figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which found that...
[November 19, 2001, 13:55]
IBM reaches nano-computing breakthrough
News Increased current leads, potentially, to faster transistors and integrated circuits. And since transistors and integrated circuits are the building blocks of chips, the results imply that carbon could someday become the foundation for tomorrow's...
[May 20, 2002, 8:38]
Gordon Moore: How I came up with the Law
News It is an article I wrote in response to request to predict what would happen in the next ten years, from 1965 to 1975.was very early days for integrated circuits. The principal themes I wanted to get across [in the article] were that integrated...
[April 13, 2005, 11:40]
The Day Ahead: Silicon Labs has the recipe for a hot IPO
News The company recently launched a series of integrated circuits used in credit card verification devices and telephone networks. The company makes mixed-signal integrated circuits, or ICs, for the communications sector.
[March 23, 2000, 11:48]
Microtune acquires Bluetooth chip maker
News The company says it employs a substantial in-house team of engineers specialising in RF systems, RF integrated circuits, digital integrated circuits and software. Texas-based Microtune, a maker of radio-frequency (RF) chips and systems, is to make...
[October 30, 2001, 11:55]
Electronics and Circuit Analysis Quick Study Guide. FREE first chapter in the trial
Downloads Digital Circuits: Integrated Circuit | Elements of Digital Circuits | Computer Architecture | Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog ConvertersI. Analog CircuitsCircuit Analysis: Introduction | Symbols used in Electronics | Kirchhoff's...
[July 24, 2007, 8:00]
Electronics and Circuit Analysis Quick Study Guide. FREE first chapter in the trial
Downloads Digital Circuits: Integrated Circuit | Elements of Digital Circuits | Computer Architecture | Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog ConvertersI. Analog CircuitsCircuit Analysis: Introduction | Symbols used in Electronics | Kirchhoff's...
[July 24, 2007, 8:00]
Electronics and Circuit Analysis Quick Study Guide. FREE first chapter in the trial
Downloads Digital Circuits: Integrated Circuit | Elements of Digital Circuits | Computer Architecture | Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog ConvertersI. Analog CircuitsCircuit Analysis: Introduction | Symbols used in Electronics | Kirchhoff's...
[July 24, 2007, 7:00]
IBM announces nanotube breakthrough
News While the oscillator is slower than the equivalent of those made of silicon, the device and subsequent other nanotube circuits will allow IBM and others to more acutely study how nanotubes operate in certain circumstances.
[March 24, 2006, 10:30]
The transistor turns 60
News Integrated circuits consist of thousands or millions of transistors orchestrated into a component dedicated to a specific purpose. Maps of circuits are drawn onto masks, and light is then directed at the mask.
[December 17, 2007, 12:25]
Telescope microchip could aid quantum research
News The chip was specifically designed to be fitted to the front end of hundreds of super-sensitive radio receiver circuits that amplify cosmic signals. Current silicon-based quantum computer technologies are designed to integrate with existing silicon...
[January 9, 2008, 9:15]
Intel shows off Silverthorne and Tukwila
News Intel has unveiled a slew of details on its portable and enterprise processors, new memory technologies and wireless development, as part of a 14-paper onslaught on the 2008 International Solid-State Circuits Conference, which opened in San...
[February 4, 2008, 17:14]
Developing a Feature-Rich Reference Design for Blackfin Based Surveillance DVR
White Papers ADI) is an S&P 500 company and a global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications. Analog Devices, Inc. The significant challenges encountered in extending rich features to the...
[March 28, 2008, 0:02]
