Industry News (2012/02/20)

Wafer Fab Equipment Spending in 2012 is Projected to be Above $30 Billion

Published:2012/2/20 21:50:00 Author:Phyllis

According to Applied Materials, despite overcapacity in key markets, wafer fab equipment spending in 2012 is projected to be above $30 billion. In 2011, the FEOL capital spending exceeded its previous forecast, reaching approximately $35 billion at the end of the year. As memory makers implemented device shrinks by upgrading lines with 193 ArF immersion systems, spending on lithography equipment were said to reach ...   (View)

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The Distortion Correction Circuit is Simplified in CMOS RF Power Amps

Published:2012/2/20 21:29:00 Author:Li xiao na

As we know, the various wireless communication standards deployed nowadays use different ranges, but in all of them the output radio frequency signals are amplified by power amplifiers designed for these standards. The ideal solution must be compact, easy to fabricate CMOS RF power amplifiers, which is very difficult to achieve. Battery-powered mobile phones and smartphones must sip power. The RF power ampl...   (View)

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Details on Intel’s Ivy Bridge

Published:2012/2/20 20:53:00 Author:Phyllis

Intel’s Ivy Bridge was the first processors to use the company’s 22 nm tri-gate technology. At least four major variants of the chip are planned. Ivy Bridge packs 20 channels of PCI Express Gen 3 interconnect and a Displayport controller, Intel’s first chip to integrate PCIe. The move marks one small step into the long term quest of w...   (View)

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MediaTek’s Chipset will Drive the Shipment of Smartphones

Published:2012/2/20 1:42:00 Author:Li xiao na

MediaTek Inc was founded on May 28, 1997. It is headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Its sales and research subsidiaries are located in China, Singapore, India, Japan, South Korea, USA, Denmark, and England. It is a fables semiconductor company, which is specialized in designing and selling components. The components are used for wireless communication, optical storage, GPS, high-defini...   (View)

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Synopsys Announced DesignWare Embedded Memory and Logic Library IP for TSMC’s 28nm SoCs

Published:2012/2/20 1:20:00 Author:Phyllis

Synopsys has announced immediate availability of DesignWare Embedded Memory and Logic Library IP for TSMC’s 28nm high performance and high performance for mobile process technologies. Designed to deliver high performance with low leakage and active power, the libraries give engineers the ability to optimize their entire system-on-chip (SoC) design for speed and energy efficiency. Combined with the embedded ...   (View)

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