Over the years we have looked at a number of products from Apple, and in their mobile products we have seen a continuous series of design wins for power management chips from Dialog Semiconductor, all custom-made parts since they have not been in their normal product listings. One of the distinguishing features of each part has been the code names Dialog has used for them – as my colleague Jim…
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Dialog Semi Gets the Girls for Apple
Over the years we have looked at a number of products from Apple, and in their mobile products we have seen a continuous series of design wins for power management chips from Dialog Semiconductor, all custom-made parts since they have not been in their normal product listings. One of the distinguishing features of each part has been the code names Dialog has used for them – as my colleague Jim…
Semicon China – SMIC Shows off 28-nm HKMG Development
Another foundry goes gate-last In the opening keynote at Semicon China today, Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, CEO of SMIC, gave a run-through of their technology portfolio, and in doing so let out a few details of their sub-40 nm process development. SMIC’s Process/Application Portfolio It appears that they are actually shipping some 40-nm pilot product for revenue, and to keep the ARM-world happy, they will have Cortex A9 cores running at…
Semicon China – SMIC Shows off 28-nm HKMG Development
Another foundry goes gate-last In the opening keynote at Semicon China today, Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, CEO of SMIC, gave a run-through of their technology portfolio, and in doing so let out a few details of their sub-40 nm process development. SMIC’s Process/Application Portfolio It appears that they are actually shipping some 40-nm pilot product for revenue, and to keep the ARM-world happy, they will have Cortex A9 cores running at…
Semicon China – SMIC Shows off 28-nm HKMG Development
Another foundry goes gate-last In the opening keynote at Semicon China today, Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, CEO of SMIC, gave a run-through of their technology portfolio, and in doing so let out a few details of their sub-40 nm process development. SMIC’s Process/Application Portfolio It appears that they are actually shipping some 40-nm pilot product for revenue, and to keep the ARM-world happy, they will have Cortex A9 cores running at…
GloFo’s FinFETS are Better than Intel’s! Musings from CPTF
This confident statement came from Subramani (Subi) Kengeri of GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GloFo) during the panel session in the GloFo/IBM/Samsung Common Platform Technology Forum (CPTF), held Wednesday in the Santa Clara Convention Center. I’m currently on one of my periodic road trips, and this one has given me the chance to sit in on the CPTF – last year I had to make do with the online version. Towards the end of…
GloFo’s FinFETS are Better than Intel’s! Musings from CPTF
This confident statement came from Subramani (Subi) Kengeri of GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GloFo) during the panel session in the GloFo/IBM/Samsung Common Platform Technology Forum (CPTF), held Wednesday in the Santa Clara Convention Center. I’m currently on one of my periodic road trips, and this one has given me the chance to sit in on the CPTF – last year I had to make do with the online version. Towards the end of…
Lithography, direct-attach LEDs, packaging trends at Strategies in Light Day 3
February 10, 2012 — Day 3 of the 2012 Strategies in Light conference continued the LED Manufacturing session. Presenters covered lithography for light emitting diode (LED) manufacture, advanced packaging, metrology and testing, high-performance materials, and other topics, such as the value of dimming. First up, Thomas Uhrmann of EV Group with a review of the lithography and wafer bonding tools that they provide for HV manufacturing of LEDs. Nano-imprint is…
GlobalFoundries’ Ajit Manocha Visits CES
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has hosted a reception for the last three years at CES, although they don’t exhibit there, or even take a suite for the show – they find it a useful way to connect with customers and the analyst and journalist community. Held on CES Tuesday (Jan 10), I expected a large Intel-style gathering with lots of flash, but it was actually quite low-key in a hospitality suite at the…
GlobalFoundries’ Ajit Manocha Visits CES
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has hosted a reception for the last three years at CES, although they don’t exhibit there, or even take a suite for the show – they find it a useful way to connect with customers and the analyst and journalist community. Held on CES Tuesday (Jan 10), I expected a large Intel-style gathering with lots of flash, but it was actually quite low-key in a hospitality suite at the…
