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Apache/Ansys presents: 3DIC thermal, transmission lines, low frequency analysis

Apache/Ansys presents: 3DIC thermal, transmission lines, low frequency analysis
by Paul McLellan on 12-16-2012 at 10:00 pm

Late in January it is DesignCon at the Santa Clara convention center from January 28th-31st. Details are here.

On Tuesday from 11.05 to 11.45 Apache and Ansys will be presenting on Thermal Co-analysis of 3D IC/packages/system. This is being presented by a whole team of people: Stephen Pan, senior product specialist at ANSYS; Norman… Read More


TSMC 28nm and 20nm Update Q4 2012

TSMC 28nm and 20nm Update Q4 2012
by Daniel Nenni on 12-16-2012 at 7:00 pm

The big news in Taiwan last week was another increase in TSMC capital expenditures to $9B in 2013. That number could grow however. Last year TSMC CAPEX was set at $6B and ended up at $8.3B due to rapid 28nm capacity expansion and an accelerated 20nm program. 2013 will be all about FinFETs and manufacturing Apple SoCs so $9B may not cover… Read More


Novocell team finishes record-breaking year with record number of new customers

Novocell team finishes record-breaking year with record number of new customers
by Eric Esteve on 12-14-2012 at 8:10 am

In this pretty shaky NVM IP market, where articles frequently mention legal battles rather than product features, it seems interesting to take a look at this Newsletter from Novocell Semiconductor starting with these words: “As the Christmas carols and festive music floods the airwaves (and the shopping areas) here in western… Read More


Apache Presents: ESD analysis

Apache Presents: ESD analysis
by Paul McLellan on 12-13-2012 at 1:15 am

The 26th Conference on VLSI Design will be in Pune, India from January 5th to 10th at the Hyatt Regency. Details on the conference here. Registration here. I happened to be involved in the first of these conferences, which was held in Edinburgh where I was wrapping up my PhD. It was in the considerably less palatial surroundings of … Read More


New HP Memristor Material Developments

New HP Memristor Material Developments
by Ed McKernan on 12-12-2012 at 10:00 pm

At the recent NCCAVS Thin Film Users Group meeting in November, HP was on the program in the person of Joshua Yang who gave a materials centric look at the status of the HP ReRAM (Memristor) program. A colleague passed on the informative set of slides presented at the meeting. Being a former process integration team leader, I was immediately… Read More


A Comparison of SemiWiki and DeepChip

A Comparison of SemiWiki and DeepChip
by Daniel Payne on 12-12-2012 at 9:06 pm

An email update from John Cooley at DeepChip this morning prompted the bloggers here at SemiWiki to continue the discussion and point out incorrect data, so that readers realize what is really happening with our media portals as sources of timely and relevant news and opinion. I respect what John Cooley has done with DeepChip over… Read More


A Brief History of Synopsys

A Brief History of Synopsys
by Daniel Nenni on 12-12-2012 at 1:00 pm

One of the largest software companies in the world, Synopsys is a market and technology leader in the development and sale of electronic design automation (EDA) tools and semiconductor intellectual property (IP). Synopsys is also a strong supporter of local education through the Synopsys Outreach Foundation. Each year in multiple… Read More


When ARM and CEVA team-up for “Designing a Multi-core LTE-A Modem”

When ARM and CEVA team-up for “Designing a Multi-core LTE-A Modem”
by Eric Esteve on 12-11-2012 at 4:25 am

ARM and CEVA have launched a white paper, addressing one of the hottest topics of the day: LTE-Advanced modem architecture. This very exhaustive paper, written by David Maidment (Mobile Segment Manager, ARM), Chris Turner (Senior Product Manager, ARM) and Eyal Bergman (VP Product Marketing, Baseband & Connectivity, CEVA… Read More


Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays
by Paul McLellan on 12-10-2012 at 3:00 pm

At times of this year, companies usually get their salespeople to submit the names and addresses of all their customers. They then get an expensive card printed and mail it out. What the recipient does is anyone’s guess, from throwing it straight in the bin to using it to decorate the office.

Atrenta decided to do something … Read More