MIPI Takes the Wheel to Drive Interface Specs
New Birds of a Feather Group pulls together OEMs, suppliers and other industry experts to solicit input for automotive applications, including autonomous driving projects
Wafer Shipments Forecast to Rise Through 2019
After a record-setting 2016, shipments of blank silicon wafers are expected to reach new all-time highs in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
After Long Decline, PC Shipments Forecast to Rise in 2018
After six straight years of decline, Gartner is projecting a nominal increase in PC sales in 2018, thanks to continued Windows 10 upgrades.
ASML Continues to Ramp EUV Shipments
Lithography tool vendor says it shipped three more next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography tools, bringing total for the year to six.
TSMC Chairman Morris Chang Announces Retirement
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Chairman Morris Chang has announced his retirement from the company in June next year. He will turn over leadership to the current co-CEOs.
Need Something Electronic? Try a Swapfest
A visit to the Flea at MIT reveals that you can get test equipment, tools, books, computers, components, radios, and more. All used, some bargains.
TSMC Chairman Announces Retirement
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Chairman Morris Chang has announced his retirement from the company in June next year. He will turn over leadership to the current co-CEOs.
TI Riding mmWave Sensors
2017-10-02 13:00:39TI Riding mmWave Sensors
Texas Instruments, which entered the radar sensor market only four months ago, is late to a party that includes heavyweights NXP Semiconductors, Infineon Technologies and STMicroelectronics, but nonet
TSMC Aims to Build World's First 3-nm Fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will build the world's first 3-nm fab in the Tainan Science Park in southern Taiwan, where the company does the bulk of its manufacturing.
Q&A: Ray Bingham on Canyon Bridge, Imagination
EE Times caught up with Ray Bingham, partner at Canyon Bridge. Our discussion covered questions about his firm's relationship with Tallwood VC which bought MIPS, how Canyon Bridge plans to rebuild Ima
Tessera Files Infringement Suits Against Samsung
Technology licensor sues electronics giant in several venues claiming breach of 24 patents in semiconductor packaging end imaging analysis.
Semiconductor Industry Backs Trump's Tax Reform Plan
Semiconductor Industry Association President John Neuffer comes out in support of framework for reducing corporate tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent.
Samsung, Xilinx Back Programmable Chip Startup
Silicon Valley-based Efinix says its programmable platforms deliver four-fold power, performance and area advantage over traditional FPGAs.
Robots Roll Towards China
2017-09-29 13:00:20Robots Roll Towards China
Investments and revenues in robotics are on the rise, particularly for emerging collaborative and mobile systems, an analyst said.
Woodie Flowers: Gracious Professionalism
In the final part of EE Times' interview with MIT Professor Emeritus Woodie Flowers, we get to the core of what it takes to make a difference in your career and in society.
Averna, PTC Bring Test & IoT to Manufacturing
The test & measurement company is joining forces with a manufacturing software to integrate IoT devices and analyze sensor data.
IBM Uses Deep Learning to Train Raspberry Pi
Computations requiring high performance computing power may soon be done in the palm of your hand thanks IBM researchers in Dublin, machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data
Toshiba Inks Acquisition Deal with Bain-led Group
Deal to sell chip unit for about $18 billion structured to proceed before legal challenges brought by Western Digital are resolved.
Does Japan Get Industrial IoT?
When it comes to sensor data and automation technologies, Japanese companies know how to use them effectively to improve productivity -- especially on the factory floor. Unfortunately, all that knowho
IBM Uses Deep Learning to Train Raspberry Pi Devices
Computations requiring high performance computing power may soon be done in the palm of your hand thanks IBM researchers in Dublin, machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data
Samsung, Intel Back Process Control Vendor
Startup Reno Sub-Systems' investors include three of top five chip makers, two of the top four vendors of etch tools.
IBM Research Uses Deep Learning to Train Raspberry Pi Devices
Computations requiring high performance computing power may soon be done in the palm of your hand thanks IBM researchers in Dublin, machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data
The Electric Cars of the Frankfurt Auto Show
Cars at this year's International Automobile Exposition in Frankfurt fulfilled everyone's expectations.
5G Sprint Led by Marathon Man
Qualcomm engineer and 3GPP chair Wanshi Chen is on the hook to deliver by the end of the year a draft of requirements for a 5G cellular transceiver.
Power Transistor Market Poised for Growth
After a period in which it contracted in three of five years, the power transistor market is projected to hit a new high this year and should enjoy modest growth in the years ahead, according to IC In
Does Japan Get IIoT?
2017-09-28 13:00:33Does Japan Get IIoT?
When it comes to sensor data and automation technologies, Japanese companies know how to use them effectively to improve productivity -- especially on the factory floor. Unfortunately, all that knowho
Former Freescale CEO Takes Helm at Cree
Greg Lowe, who also spent 28 years at Texas Instruments, succeeds Chuck Swoboda, who is retiring.
Partnership Puts ReRAM in SSDs
A collaboration that mixes Mobiveil's NVMe SSD IP with Crossbar's ReRAM IP blocks is aimed at enabling 10 times more IOPs at one-tenth of the latencies of flash NVMe SSDs
IPhone 8 Chips Come into View
Apple's iPhone 8 Plus sports an A11 processor 30% smaller than in the A10 in the iPhone 7, according to a TechInsights teardown of it and other chips.
Western Digital Still Hopes to Block Toshiba Chip Sale
Western Digital still believes it can block the sale of Toshiba's chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital through arbitration tribunals at the International Chamber of Commerce.
Intel Refreshes Desktop CPUs
2017-09-27 02:00:08Intel Refreshes Desktop CPUs
Intel rolled out six new desktop processors, boosting CPU frequency at the high end and adding more x86 cores elsewhere.
Qualcomm Extends Offer for NXP
Speculation growing that Qualcomm may have to sweeten the offer to close the $38 billion deal.
9 Views of Flexible Electronics
GE, Boeing, Jabil, Flex and others showed their latest work in flexible hybrid electronics at a coming out party for Nextflex.
Nvidia CEO in China: Big Push for AI Inference
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang came to Beijing this week to put Nvidia's new AI inference platform --TensorRT3 -- front and center at the company's GPU Technology Conference (GTC).
MIT Spins Second Wireless Charger Start-up
MIT spin-off Pi Inc., promises a wireless recharging station that works over about a foot.
Sondrel's CEO Takes the Long View
As Sondrel integrates the IMGWorks design team and invests to hire 100 more engineers in Europe, CEO Graham Curren weighs in on China, Brexit, and the benefits of market-driver diversity.
Will Imagination Deals Deliver MIPS to China?
Imagination will sell itself to Canyon Bridge, while simultaneously agreeing to sell MIPS to Tallwood VC. Has Imagination structured both deals in such a way to let Canyon Bridge -China's government-b
iPhone 8 Still Packs Q'Comm, NXP
A teardown of the iPhone 8 by iFixit shows good news for Qualcomm, NXP, Broadcom, and Skyworks, who maintain or expand sockets in Apple's latest handset.
Power SiC for Everyone
2017-09-22 13:00:13Power SiC for Everyone
NCSU researchers have implemented the cheap-to-license PRESiCE process at TI's X-Fab as an alternative to proprietary silicon carbide processes for power devices.
Globalfoundries Reportedly Asks EU to Probe TSMC
Globalfoundries has asked European regulators to investigate rival chip foundry TSMC, accusing its larger competitor of unfair competition, according to a report by the Reuters news service.
Google Buys HTC's Pixel Team
2017-09-22 06:00:31Google Buys HTC's Pixel Team
Search engine giant makes second major foray into smartphones.
7 Views of Globalfoundries in 2017
Globalfoundries announced 12-nm FinFET and RF-SOI processes as part of an annual update on its road map.
MediaTek, Huawei Partner in 5G Development
MediaTek and Huawei, China's largest mobile phone maker, have completed 5G tests in Beijing with the aim of building an industry ecosystem that includes 5G terminals, chipsets, instruments, and networ
AMD Copilots Tesla AI Chip, Says Report
Tesla is collaborating with AMD on a machine-learning ASIC for its self-driving cars that could replace Nvidia GPUs that the car maker uses, said a report.
EDICON: Views from the Exhibits
The second EDICON USA took place in Boston from September 11 to 13. Here is some of what EE Times saw on the exhibit floor.
Nest Targets Home Security Market
Nest unveiled the next phase of its strategy to enable the connected home, rolling out a suite of products for the retail home security market.
DeepScale on Robo-Car: Fuse Raw Data
DeepScale has developed a perception system for ADAS/autonomous vehicles. It offers pre-trained AI algorithms, based on raw data, not object list, coming from multiple sensory data types, and accelera
Toshiba Agrees to Sell Chip Unit to Bain-led Group
Latest twist in months-long saga has Toshiba agreeing to sell for $18 billion to group that includes Apple, Dell and sk Hynix, leaving Western Digital out in the cold.
DDR5 Runs in Rambus' Labs
2017-09-20 22:00:50DDR5 Runs in Rambus' Labs
Rambus has working chips in the lab for DDR5, the next-generation DRAM bus while the industry debates the road ahead for memory in servers.
Smartphones: Have NFC Will Travel
Vendors of smartphones - both Android and iPhone - are putting an NFC reader in the hands of consumers, making NFC a globally interoperable platform to connect, commission, and control things with NFC