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Viewpoint: Your future is programmable
The state of the electronics industry today, and certainly in the future, directly challenges that traditional view of technology-focused product design evolution.
FPGA startup: Process tech eases ASIC migration
A little more than a week after long-simmering programmable logic startup Tabula emerged from stealth mode, Tier Logic stepped into the light to offer the first details about its technology, which employs a novel processing change to build FPGA and ASIC products on a single die.
Interview with Chuck Thacker, PC pioneer
Charles Thacker won the 2009 Turing Award for his work in the early 1970's on the Xerox PARC Alto, a forerunner of the Apple Macintosh and IBM PC, and is now a Microsoft researcher testing out parallel programming concepts on a multi-core FPGA development system he designed.
Jim Hogan joins GateRocket advisory board
FPGA verification and debug software vendor GateRocket Inc. announced veteran EDA investor Jim Hogan has joined its advisory board.
IC Insights boosts 2010 chip growth forecast to 27%
Market research firm IC Insights increased its estimate for 2010 semiconductor growth, saying it now expects chip revenue to increase 27 percent this year, reaching $253 billion.
Analysts cite five opportunities in mobile data
Systems and semiconductor companies have a handful of opportunities for growth in mobile data networks despite the fact most carriers will keep a lid on capital equipment spending over the next two years, according to analysts from Barclays Capital.
Viewpoint: The importance of FPGA-to-ASIC solutions to accelerate CPU-based protocols
Joe Rash of CebaTech argues for protocol acceleration solutions, which leverage the capabilities afforded by FPGAs, to help customers get to market fast and capture market opportunities.
Altera, Lattice Semi raise Q1 sales targets
Programmable logic vendors Altera and Lattice Semiconductor increased their first quarter sales targets, citing better-than-expected growth across a broad range of products and market segments.
Xilinx cutting distributor, changing strategy
Market-leading programmable logic vendor Xilinx will terminate its 23-year relationship with distributor Nu Horizons Electronics effective June 5 due to a change in Xilinx' distribution strategy, according to a statement issued by Nu Horizons.
Altera: Industry faces 'platform collision'
Bradley Howe, vice president of IC engineering at Altera, said during a presentation that IC integration, while reducing the cost of systems, is creating a new and competitive environment.
Semico: Good times are here for ICs
Good times are here for the IC industry, according to Jim Feldhan, president of Semico Research, who predicts a two-year growth cycle for ICs.
3-D architecture promises new type of PLD
Startup Tabula made public details about its three-dimensional programmable logic architecture, which the company says will enable a new class of devices, 3PLDs, that offer the capability of an ASIC, ease of use of an FPGA and price points suitable for volume production.
Xilinx confirms: Samsung, TSMC in, UMC out at 28-nm
Xilinx said it will use TSMC as one of two foundry suppliers for its 28-nm FPGAs, a major strategy shift that has been the subject of industry rumors and analyst speculation for weeks.
Analyst raises sales estimates for Altera
A technology research firm raised its estimates for Altera's 2010 and 2011 revenue, citing expectations of modest market share gains by the company against rivals in the programmable logic space.
Math grant to tackle pandemics, malware and blackouts
The search for a common mathematical framework for complex networks of interactivity, which include the spread of pandemics, malware and blackouts has landed an academic with the Virginia Tech College of Engineering a $750,000 federal grant to come up with generic answer.
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