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		As a semiconductor professional and an Apple customer I’m very  interested to see what is inside the iPhone5s. Rumors are spreading,  photos are leaking, creating a nice build up to the next release of the  mobile device that changed the world. 
Honestly, last year I was a bit disappointed with the iPhone5. Inside is the A6 SoC which uses… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		The power of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem never ceases to amaze me. On one hand you have the Intel backed press crowing about Intel stealing Altera from TSMC. On the other hand you have Xilinx and TSMC crowing about a new ‘one-team’ approach. If you are interested in the real story you’ve come to the right place. 
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		At DAC in Austin a design company, foundry and EDA vendor teamed up to present their experiences with 14nm FinFETs during a breakfast on Tuesday.
Panelists included:
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This completely misleading title is from a Seeking Alpha (SA) article, a  stock investment version of the National Enquirer. As I mentioned inA Call to ARMs,  fame and fortune seeking SA Authors make a penny per click so  sensationalism sells. The article is not worth your time so I will save  you the click and skip to the misguided conclusion:… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		Just at the moment we look for the mobile market to consolidate, it fractures along new fault lines as old allies become enemies and new business models appear in order to spur the ecosystem  giants forward.  It was not long ago that Android was let loose in an attempt to prove that the Mobile World is Flat.  Ah but Samsung decided that it… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		If you have attended DAC in Austin (June 2-5), you probably have missed the first TSMC Technology Symposium. It was held on June 6 in Shanghai. Considering my own experience of a 29 hours trip to come back home (in France), I doubt that it was any possible to leave Austin on June 5 to attend TSMC Technology Symposium in Shanghai on June… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		While eyes remain fixated on the architectural battle between Intel and ARM, a second front is soon about to open up that will determine mobile supremacy for the rest of the decade.  Whereas yesterday’s story on the collapse of Wintel and the anointing of Google and Samsung are repeated endlessly, now tables are being set for a significant… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		It has been a little over a fortnight since Paul Otellini officially stepped down from the CEO post and yet it seems to be more than a long time gone.  Unlike his predecessors, he was not asked to remain on the board and perhaps it is a sign that his complete disengagement from the company was necessary to complete a future strategic engagement.… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		There’s never a dull moment in the foundry race to offer FinFET processes that enable leading-edge SoC design. Today I attended a webinar hosted by Samsung and Synopsys on how to enable 14nm FinFET design. The two speakers were Dr. Kuang-Kuo Lin from Samsung and Dr. Henry Sheng from Synopsys.
 
Dr. Kuang-Kuo Lin, Samsung
 
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		TSMC Goes To DACby Paul McLellan on 05-22-2013 at 5:37 pmCategories: Foundries, TSMC
 
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		TSMC will be at DAC again this year, of course. The main event, as last year, is the OIP Theater where TSMC’s partners come and present their collaboration stories. Here is the schedule:… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
	
		
	 
	
	
 
		 
		
		
	
Intel to Compete with Broadcom and Marvell in the Lucrative ASIC Business